New Britain herald., 1930-09-04
BODIES EXAMINED IN ARCTIC FINDS
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fully examined them. M. Hoel, the Norwegian scientist, said that state- ments about them were based on ru- nor ana guess work.
 In addition to all other finds the diaries will be turned over to the Swedish government, according to Prof. Lithberg.
 T know nothing about Frank els death during the naa<ch (Stock- holm dispatches yesterday reported that this was narrated in the diary)", he said. T have had no time for studying the diaries. We, have been busy preparing the finds, and. if any other member of the commission had seen such q thing he would certainly have told 4ne.
 Besides this all the members of the commission have sworn silence. and nobody else has been permitted to get near the books.
 Tt was past II o'clock when we finished our work Tuesday night and left the hospital. We then locked one door by padlocks and the other one we sealed. On returning Wednesday the seals were unbroken.
 "The diaries as well as all other finds will be handed over to the Swedish government. In the mean time, so far as it depends on me, will get to know anything of the contents of the diaries"
 The commission this morning is- sued a statement on their most re- cent finds. ....
 No New Finds
 "The continued examination Of Andree's body has not produced any new finds to throw further light on the fate of his expedition.
 Tn his pocket, however. were found a number of shells for his gun, a box of matches and a pocket l kaife. After that, Strindberg's body | was examined. In one of his pockets was found pencil. Observations made at the examination seem to strengthen the belief that strind- oerg was buried by Andree."
 Tt seems to be proved that An free outlived strindberg, because some things belonging to strindberg were found in Andree's pockets These were recognized by Tore as belonging to his brother.
 Examination of the boat has be- gun. The boat had been loaded full | with equipment of the expedition. In one end of the boat there has been | found the expeditions library of nautical and trigonometrical lists and a copy of the magazine 'Ymer,' in which Andree had published an article describing his expedition of | 1896 (this was prevented from start ing by unfavorable weather condi- tions).
 Among the books was found the body of a rare bird. In a tin con- tainer was found typewritten roll of paper that seems to contain an article written by A. G. Narthorst.
 "Of the expeditions guns, one 1ouble- barreled rifle and carbine were found in the boat, and the
  tree. Examination of the boat con- .inues."
 Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. R- The newspaper Dagens Nyheter to- lay said that it had learned that Knut Frankel, third member of the Andree balloon expedition. died after he balloon was brought to earth md while the party were en route back to Hvitvoen, (White Island).
 Its information was said to have nave been obtained from the newly discovered diary of Solomon August | Andree, that document which An- free wrapped in an old jersey and olaced beneath hisclothes and on his back as he lay down toN die in late 1897.
 The paper said that the diary also 'evealed that the explorers started across the ice toward land after the wreck of their balloon and were still going on September 5. Nils Strind- oerg, Andree's scientific worker. died liter the arriavl at Hvitvoen and Vas buried by Andree himself.
 Sources in charge of the diary, which is being examined by experts 1t Tromsoe, Norway, insist that no information as to its contents has oeen given out. Only the bodies of Andree and Strindberg were recov- cred by the Horn expedition in its