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Show PEMI'S SUP IS BADLTJAMAGED Not Likely to Reach North Sydney Syd-ney Before Latter Part of" the Month. CAPTAIN OF FISHING BOAT BRINGS IN NEWS From His Story It Appears That Peary Is Still Busy "Knocking" "Knock-ing" Doctor Cook. ST. .70ILXS, N. R, Sept. 11. Accord-ing Accord-ing to Captain Ncilson of tho fishing steamer TafT, which arrived hero tonight. to-night. i?om Battle Harbor, Labrador, Commander Peary's steamer Ilooscvclt was badly damaged by ice in tho north and ma3' not get to North Sydnej- bo-fore bo-fore September 25. The Roosevelt struck a rock while entering Battle Harbor and was fast for six hours, but was not serious' damaged 03 this accident. ac-cident. The Taff was in Battle Harbor last Wednesday when the .Roosevelt arrived from Indian Harbor. The liooscvelt put in to take on a supply of coal and also to give Commander Peary an op-pcvt.iinity op-pcvt.iinity to send details of " his far northern trip to the United States. WlMo the Boosevelt was stranded, Capniin Is'eilsen went aboard to offer his assistance and was thanked by Commander Com-mander Pear3- and Captain Bartlett. who decided that they would be able to work the steamer free at high water. Captain Ncilscn snys that Commander I-Yary and Captain Bartlett showed him oerthe ship and told him that the pole had been reached. Certain in Assertions. When Captain Neilsen asked Peary if ho was certain he had found the pole, tho commander declared: ' "I got there; you may rest assured of that.-1' Wlion the commander of the TafV asked Pean- what he thought of Dr. Cook's el aims, Peary replied that Cook's Eskimos had assured him that Cook scarcely went out of sight of land. Captain Neilscn saj-s that Peary appeared ap-peared to be thoroughly convinced of iiis own success, and Neilscn declared tonight that he fully believed Peary's report. Xcilsen said that the Roosevelt Roose-velt was badly battered and that her hull showed the bruises mado by jagged pieces of ice. He said tho oakum was dropping from her seams,- when she reached Battle Harbor and that Peaiy engaged twenty men there to assist the crew in giving the ship a. complete overhauling, cleauing and painting. lie also said that when he left Bat.i.lo Harbor Har-bor yesterday it was the intention of Pcnry and Bartlett to run tho Boose-volt Boose-volt 'to Assiz harbor, where she would remain for ten or twelve das's so that the men would not be hampered in their work bv storni3r weather. Captain Noil-sen Noil-sen said that the expedition expected to reach S'dnc3- about September 25.' Suffered Many Hardships. The crew of the Boosevelt are all well, but look thin and tired, and according ac-cording to Captain Neilscn tho most worn looking member of tho expedition is Commander Peary himself. Noilsen was informed that tho Peary party underwent un-derwent severe hardships in the final stages of the dash to the polo. The expedition ex-pedition encountered blizzards and according ac-cording to Captain Neilscn was obliged to kill dogs lor food. Professor Marvin Mar-vin was drowned and an Eskimo was lost. ., The party journcj'Cd over GOO miles on sledges "over fair ico conditions, although al-though at one time Peary and several of his men had a narrow escape from being carried away b- a breakup of an ice floe. The Tioosevelt was moored in latitudo S2.30 during the winter. Few Dogs Survived. Captain Neilsen aid tUit the rigging of tho Roosovelt presented a curious sight. About forty musk-ox head and heads of reindeor wen- susj. ended to vard arms. There -to twelve t'og?. the last of nearly 200 taken polea:d. Above the deckhousD arc- kcnnols containing con-taining foxes and other animals which Commander Pearv is taking to tho United States. In the hold of the vessel ves-sel is a iarge supplv of si: ins and furs, a number of Eskimo skeletons and bones of strange animals. When the ship reached Battle Harbor Har-bor her bunkers held uiily five tons of coal. At that place sho took on board sixtv tons. Tho crew and explorers are drcs'sod in semi-Arctic attire. All were ver3 anxious to hear news of the outside out-side world. |