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Show PEARY IS JELAYED STEAMER ROOSEVELT DAMAGED BY ICE AND HOMEWARD JOURNEY JOUR-NEY WILL BE SLOW. Members of Expedition All Well But Look Thin and Tired, Peary Especially Es-pecially Showing the Effects of the Terrible Journey Northward. St. John, N. F. The Roosevelt, Commander Peary's steamer, was badly bad-ly damaged by ice in the north, and may not get to North Sydney before September 25. This is the news brought by Captain Neilson of the fishing steamer Taff, which has arrived ar-rived here from Battle Harbor, Labrador. Lab-rador. The Roosevelt struck a rock while entering Battle Harbor, and was fast for six hours, but not seriously ser-iously damaged. The Taff was in Battle Harbor when the Roosevelt arrived from Indian In-dian Harbor. The Roosevelt put in to take on a supply of coal and also to give Commander Peary an opportunity oppor-tunity to send details of his far northern north-ern trip to the United States. While the Roosevelt was stranded Captain Neilsen went aboard to offer of-fer his assistance and was thanked by Commander Peary and Captain Bartlett, who decided that they would be able to work the steamer free at high water. Captain Neilsen says that Commander Peary and Captain Cap-tain Bartlett showed Him over the ship and told him that the pole had been reached. When Captain Neilsen Neil-sen asked Peary if he was certain he had found the pole the commander declared: de-clared: "I got there; you may rest assured of that." When the commander of the Taff asked Peary what he thought of Dr. Cook's claim, Peary replied that Cook's Eskimos had assured him that Cook scarcely went out of sight of land. Neilsen said that the Roosevelt was badly battered and that her hull showed the bruises made by jagged pieces of ice. He was informed that it was the intention of Peary and Bartlett to run the Roosevelt to As-siz As-siz harbor, where she would remain for ten or twelve days, so that the men would not be hampered in their work by stormy weather, and that the expedition expected to reach Sydney about September 25. The crew, of the Roosevelt are all well, but look thin and tired and according ac-cording to Captain Neilsen the most worn looking member of the expedition expedi-tion is Commander Peary himself. Neslien was informed that the Peary party underwent severe hardships in the final stages of the dash to the pole. The expedition encountered blizzards and according to Captain Neilsen was obliged to kill dogs for food. Professor Marvin was drowned and an Eskimo was lost. The party journeyed jour-neyed over 600 miles on sledges over fair ice conditions, although at one time Peary and several of his men had a narrow escape from being carried car-ried away by a break-up of an ice floe. The Roosevelt was moored in latitude lati-tude 82.30 during the winter. The rigging of the Roosevelt presented pre-sented a curious sight. About forty musk ox heads and heads of reindeer were suspended to yard arms. There are twelve dogs, the last of nearly 2-00 taken poleward. When the ship reached Battle Harbor Har-bor her bunkers held only five tons of coal. At that place she took on board sixty tons. The crew and explorers ex-plorers are dressed in semi-Arctic attire. at-tire. All were very anxious to heai news of the outside world. |
