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Show LABRADOR EXPEDITIONS M MBt PERISHED Grave Fears That Botli Mrs. Hubbard and Wallace Parties Lost. ST. JOHNS, N. F.. Nov. 7. -The mail-boat mail-boat Virginia arrived today from northern north-ern Labrador, bringing James Richards and Peter Btevens, members of Dillon Wallace's expedition to explore the Interior In-terior ,,f Labrador. They left Walluco and Boston In September In the wildest part of Labrador W'l-ii piovislotis were glowing i.catce t. and Ivasloii de cided 1 attempt tp reach the Caribou country. Before this the party i-nJ xuf-(ered xuf-(ered greatly, owing to the scarcity of gam.-, being on short rations for a con- ddi rable period Buffered Privations. Kb haul and Sl'-vens gave "alhic and Bsslon everj ounce of ft.i the) could spare nd suffered terrible privations themselves In reaching thi coast. The iiiallhnat In, night tm u.ws f Mrs Hubbard's Hub-bard's expedition. Which liav lint been beard of since it left the coast Inst June Fear Expeditions Lost. Reliable authorities along tho coast eg nrcK grave f,art that both expeditions hav. perished, the season having been unusuell) pom i"i game, while snow feii ,,,, th uplands early In August It Is al-togethi al-togethi l unlikely that tin expeditions CAD reach the coast later in this season. If llli v fall t do SO, tin v must almost certainly cer-tainly perish. |