New Britain herald., 1928-07-13

broken, but he and his men immedi-
tely set up camp and by wireless
urged the krassin to the rescue Of
the two members of the Malmgrel
group who We're in starving con.
dition.
Then to Hunt Amnndsen
After Chukhnovsky is picked up
the hrassin will proceed to Virgo
Bay, where the pilot will establish a
base for further flights to seek trace
Of Road Amundsen and the six mer
who We're carried off in the bag OF
the Italia when the gondola was
torn loose. These men have yirtu-
ally been given up for lost, but in
view OF the almost miraculous res
cue of Mariana and Zappi. every
effort will he made to find them.
Other details of the rescue OF
Mariana and Zappi were received in
Moscow today. These men wept and
laughed with JOY as they were wrap
ped in blankets by the rcscuing
party and carried aboard the kras-
sin.
VI 10 ietSS ll''S IIdu Iliu Iot
ing to eat and for warmth they had
only two blankets left. On sighting
Chukhnovsky Tuesday evening.
Mariana cut big letters from piece
OF tarpaulin to from the words:
Food. Help"
When at length they sighted the
krassin, Zappin feared that the tiny
iceberg to which he and his COM
radc We're clinging Mould be smash
ed to bits and the two Italians Wild
! ~ waved their hands to their would
he rescuers to stop. The Russians.
fearing that they would smash the
! little ice refuge. stopped about 200
yards away and the crew laid a
small board bridge from the boat to
the icebearg along which the Ital-
ians We're carried to safety.
| The ice breaker Malagin. which
had been making its way toward the
Niglieri group from the south has
Archangel.
| The krassin received congratula-
tons by wireless from General No
| bile, who is now at Kings Bay,
Spitzbergen. and who still has hope
| for the six men carried away in the
I bag ofthe Italia. Mobile has asked
Prof. Samoilovitch TO search for this
party.
The Krassin is under orders to
prosecute a search for the group,
but it is likely that it will first have
to go to Advent Bay for coal.
The rescued men aboard the
| Krassin also have sent a radio mes
/ sage TO the soviet committee at
Moscow expressing gratitude for
! their rescue.
35 miles from the stranded group
of Pilot Chukhnoysky, will join him
as soon as fog conditions permit
and will then rush back in the d.
rection of the Alessandri party. :.
When the Italia crashed on May
% and the goDdola was torn free,
six men of the dirigiblc We're car
ricd off in the bag which. freed of
the weight OF the gondola. fioated
off to the northeast. Several OF the
men who had been thrown on the
ice and have since been rescued re-
ported that they saw column of
smoke in the direction of the bag
some time later While it was first
feared that this indicated the bag
| had exploded and the men in it
killed, General Mobile has chung to
the theory that the smoke came
from gasoline and oil supplies
thrown from it and that the bag
succeeded in landing safely. In
long report to Rome he describe
carefully the position where he
thought the bag had come down
and urged Tat careful recon-
Nuisance be made of this region.
The Niglieri group was found in
much better condition than Captains
Mariana and Zappi. After the men
had been taken aboard the krassin,
they We're given baths, had lunch
with the crew and then fell asleep
i'll specially prepared quarters.
While eating. the men told the
crew that they had sighted the kras-
sin about eight miles away but were
unaware OF its identity or destina-
ton. They fired pistols, sent up
rockets and waved flags until they
saw with inexpressible JOY that the
boat was steering in their direction.
/ 7 To-, toll. l.,
of the sailing OF the krassin into the
arctic month ago, but neither he
nor his companions had the faintest
notion that the icebreaker was SO
near.
Tho gondola of the Italia was
found wrecked about a quarter of a
mile from the little camp whose red
I tent had been a beacon light for
the rescue parties for so long. The
wreckage made a heap of tubes,
broken apparatus and shattered in
struments. Everything of possible
value was salvaged.
Prof. Samoilovitch in his report of
the rescue said in part: Il am glad
to report that the saved men are
happy and warmly thank the Soviet
rescue commission"
In reply Chairman Unschlickt of
the commission radioed:
The commission and Soviet pub
lie warmly greet the Krassin crew
congratulating 1t on its success and
thanking it for its selfsacrificing
work. The commission is confident
you will overcome all difficulties and
dangers in fulfilling the task as
signed
BOYS CAUGHT WITH $3.50
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