Show ship america had been crushed in the ice norway aug 10 the arctic steamer terranova which went to the relief oc the alala polar expedition has rescued anthony alala and all the others connected with the expedition with the exception of one norwegian seaman who died from natural causes the ship america which took out the expedition was crushed in the aco early la the winter of 1803 4 and lost part jot her coal and provisions thirty seven members of the expedition who returned to safety are all in good health despite their deprivations and trying experiences and prolonged imprisonment in the arctic the expedition having been severed from all communication with the outside world since july 1903 anthony alala of brooklyn N Y the leader of the expedition in a brief statement says the rescue was most timely by my order the america was bay where mariyln of 1903 04 the ship was crushed inthe ice and became a total loss together with big quantities of coal and provisions supplies of stores left at franz josef land by various relief parties saved us very serious privations tareo attempts to reach a high latitude failed the work how ever as planned was successfully carried out by william J peters of the united states geological survey our rescue was due to the splendid effort sot william S champ secretary of the late william Zel gler commanding the relief expedition who owing to the terrible weather failed to reach us baat year and to the untiring zeal of captain and his norwegian officers and crew who for six week persistently forced their way through solid floes oc ice and finally reached us an abundance of stores had been left on the franz josef archipelago by the expedition commanded by tha duke of abruzzo and the andre relief expedition so that we did not suffer serious difficulties on that score |