Show S x I I 5 MORE MoRE LOST LOST S IN ARCTIC Russian Ship Finds Finds' 2 Italia Survivors Alive and 1 Dead Relief Flier Flier- and 4 4 Com Af Af- After ter Locating Men PLANE IS DAMAGED Pair Aboard Ice Breaker Tell Tale of Hardship Copyright 1928 by the Press ABOARD RUSSIAN ICE ICEBREAKER ICEBREAKER BREAKER KRASSIN IN ARCTIC July 12 AP Captains Alberto Mariano and Filippo pilot and navigator of the North Pole dirigible Italia without food foe fol thirteen days and seemingly doomed to an agonizing death were rescued today by the powerful Russian Russan ice icebreaker breaker Krassin The almost unbelievable pIc ot of their rescue was darkened by neWS that Dr Finn Malmgren noted Swedish meteorologist and leader of the little group that set out ort or- or t three ty-three three days ago to bring help to the stranded crew ot of the Italia Halla had died thirty days ago Starving and exhausted but still standing guard over over- the body ot of their c the two Italians were taken aboard the Krassin at 7 o'clock this morning A A. tew rein rein- utes late hater the sturdy vessel turned its bow eastward to continue Its rescue efforts In behalf ot of the fh Italia's men still marooned WITHOUT FOOD 13 DAYS The full story of Dr Malmgren'S death and their own bitter suffering suffering suffer suffer- ing was told today aboard the I Krassin Kras- Kras ras sin by the two men who had bad been beert miraculously saved For thirteen I days they had not eaten For thirty days they had clung ng to the body of Dr Malmgren in the vague hope of Dt taking it ba back k to civilization They had all but bul resigned themselves to death on Tuesday when the gus gus- us sian plane attached to the Krassin and commanded by Pilot sighted them and directed Continued on page G. G I Russi Russian ri Ship Finds Two Italia Survivors Alive and One Dyad Dead Continued from page 1 the rescue efforts which ended successfully successfully suc- suc this morning Setting Setting- group on May 15 to bring help the progress ress o of the three men toward land had been impeded by an injury to Dr Malmgren's leg which he suffered suf- suf when the gondola o of the Italia crashed to the ground Unable to move farther arther the the heroic scientist who had given most of his years ears to study ot of the secrets o of the north begged them to march on to save their oWn lives and leave him to his inevitable end end but they would not go They felt bound to him by the clOSEst bonds of comradeship comradeship com com- in the desolate frozen waste which surrounded them and they they ministered to him until he died GUARD DEAD BODY Even in death they would not desert his bOdY and for tor thirty days they jealously guarded it Day after day they spent ill lu the silent horror their food supplies slowly but steadily diminishing until until un- un til thirteen da days s 's ago there wa virtually vir- vir nothing left In the desolate region where they were Were of off North North- eastland they had just one hope and that was that somehow out of the murky skies sIdes might come a a. rescuing rescuing res- res cuing airplane This dream the men said today born in infinite pain was finally fulfilled when on on Tuesday evening emerged from the heavy low hanging clouds like a rescuing angel Starving as they were and dying inch by inch the plane bore a a. promise o of me life but for the moment this promise was not destined for fulfillment and thirty six hours a of further suffering was still before them The plane could not land i but Ch disregarding his own perU peril from a forced landing on directed the by wireless to the spot where where- the two men were huddled SAW MAN ON FLOE All last night the Krassin plunged again and again through the thick mass o of ice floes through the twenty twenty ty miles o of sea that separated it from the d dying ing men At I 5 o'clock this morning the captain on the bridge saw a human figure on an anice anice i ice floe Two hours later the lee ice breaker drew alongside the tiny group on the floe One o of the men stood waving faintly a tattered flag The second lay hay exhausted On the ice and beside him was the body of Dr Malmgren The doctor although widely exp ex- ex p in Arctic life had been harder hit by the accident to him when the gondola crashed than he knew and was not equal to the thelong thelong long and difficult journey before lefore him He died a month ago from cold and exhaustion near island Eager as the Russians were to minister to the needs o of the living lhing men they did not forget the dead While all stood at at- salute the body was carried aboard the vessel and laid in state It wasa moving scene and many man manof of the hardened men participating ill in it were not ashamed to show their stained tear faces SHIP TURNS NORTH As the Krassin turned its bow for further rescue work Captains and Mariano given up for dead many weeks ago were taken below where they were bathed given given en food and fresh clothes The Russian pilot and four companions who first located located lo- lo the missIng missIng- men were forced force to l land nd by heavy fog southwest of Cape Platen Their plane was damaged damaged dam dam- aged In landing and their exact position po- po was not determined Although the two Italians had hall had virtually nothing to eat for thirteen en enda da days s 's living l on the of tare fare they were in fn good spIrits and nd full of cour courage ge when rescued and were able to express their warmest thanks to the crew of 0 e The position of the party when the Krassin reached the men waS north latitude and 2 1 east longitude a point some miles north o of Prince Princ Oscar Land and nd about twenty miles miles' from Foyn Island reported tIT tIT-at the under carriage of his machine had ad been damaged in landing and asked that assistance be sent to him to 7 this |