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Show SHORE PARTY I TELLS STORY Captain Scott and Two Men Found in Tent-Pathetic Tent-Pathetic Record in Diary Christ Church. New Zealand , Feb 10. Captain Robert F. Scott's Antarctic An-tarctic Bhlp, the Torfa Nova, on lan-1 lan-1 uary is, this eai, arrived at ('ape ; Evans, the base on McMurdo sound, j where it was to meet the explorers on their return from the expedition In search oi the south pole and brins them hack if they were ready. It was learned from the shore party found at this ba.se that Captain Scott and the four men with him had reached the pole, but all had neriBhed on the return journey. Captain Scott, Dr. Edward A Wilson, Wil-son, chief ol tho scientific staff, and Lieutenant H. R. Bowers had made their way back to within 155 miles of Cape Evans whore they were caught In a blizzard and were oser-! oser-! come about March 29. Thev were then within elegit miles of a one-ton 'depot where thc would have found shelter and supplies. Previously Petty Officer Edgar !Eans and Captain L. E G. Dates" of the Innlskillen dragoons, ho had I been in charge of the ponies and dogs, had succuinhcd Evans was the first to give way, dung from concussion jof the brain, due to a fall, on February Febru-ary 17 Dates died from exposure on ! March 1 7 The records of Captain Scott were recovered by a relief expedition. Thev showed that be and his party had reached the south pole on January Janu-ary IS, 1912. There thev found the ; tent and records left hv Captain j Amundsen when he quit the pole on I December 17, 1911. Six other men of the Scott expedition expedi-tion who had been through a perilous experience were found to be safe und well. They composed Lieutenant W L A Campbell s expedition, which had been sent to make geological investigations in-vestigations to the east of Cape Evans The Terra Nova had been unable to take the men off the vm before on account of ice, and the were left to spend another winter In the antarctic, In this party were Dr Ievic, Priestley, Abbott, Browning and Dickerson. Before the Terra Nova sailed Tor New Zealand last March Surgeon Atkinson, At-kinson, who had been left In charge of the western party until Captain Scott's return, dispatched Garrard and Demctrl with two dog teams to , assist the southern parfv, whose return re-turn to Hut Point was expected March in. 1912 Atkinson would have uccompanled this party, but was kept back in medical charge of Lieutenant Evans, the second in command who, II vill ho 1 ' mem be red, nearly died, from scurvy This relief partv reached On Ton! depot on March :i. but was compelled to return on Man h 10 owing prlmar- ' H v to the dog food running short, also I to persistent had weather and the ! poor condition of the dogs after the strain of a bard season's work. The I dog teams leturned to Hut Point on Match li".. the poor animals being; mosth frostbitten and Incapable of j further work Garrard collapsed through an overstrained over-strained heart, his companion was! 'also sick It was impossible to com nrtrrati with Captain Evans, the ship having soiled on March i and the (H-n ses lying between Atkinson and Kf omane The onl two men left sledi;'d out tn Corner Camp to render any help that might be wanted by the southern party. They fonnht their way out to Coiner amp auainst the unusuallv severe weather and realising that the could be of no assistance, thej were forced to return to Hut Point alter dropping one week s provisions. Blocked by Open Water. In pnl when communication with Cape Bvans was established a gallant attempt to relieve Lieutenant Campbell Camp-bell was made by Atkinson, Drlght. Williamson and Keohane This partv par-tv reached Butter Point, when they I were stopped b open water Their return was exciting and nearly ended end-ed lu disaster owing to the sea Ice breaking up. The search partv left Cape Evans (after the winter on October 80 last ! The party w hich was organized by ! .Surgeon Atkinson consisted of tvo divisions Atkinson taking the dog ' teams and Wright being in charge of a party including Nelson, ('ran, 1 -a e h -ley, Crean, llliamRon Keohane and Hooper, with seven Indian mules Thev were provisioned for three months, as they expected an extended search. Three Bodies in Tent. Dne Ton camp was found In order und all provisioned. Proceeding alon the old southern route Wrkht's party I sighted Captain Scott's tent on No-I No-I vember 12. Within it wore found tho bodies of Captain Scott. Dr Wilson Wil-son and Lieut. Bowers. Thev hud raved their records as hard pressed 1 as they were. 1 From these papers the following Ln- ! formation was learned The first death was that of Seaman ESdgar Evans, petty officer of the royal roy-al navy, official number 160225, who died on February 17 at the fool c f the Beardmore glacier. His death w;is accelerated by a concussion Of the brain, sustained while traveling over the rough ice some lime before. be-fore. Walks Out to Meet Death. Captain L. E. G Ontcs of the Sixth inneaklllen dragoons was the next lost, ills feet and bands had been badlv frostbitten from exposure on the 11. arch Although he struggled on be roicall: . on March 16 bis comrades knew that his end was approaching He had borne his Intense suffering for wepks without complaint, and b did not give up hope to the very end Captain Scott wrote In his diary Ibis tribute to Captain Oatea ' He whs a brave soul He slept through the night hoping not m wak but he arose In the morning It waf blowing a blizzard Oatea said I am just uoing outside and maj ht some time. He went out Into the blUzard and we have not seen him since." Another passage read "We knew that Ostes was walking 10 his death, but though we tried to dissuade him, we knew it wHB tho Hot ol a brave man and an English gen-! tleman. Three Perish In Blizzard On March 16 Oates was reallv tin-1 able to travel, but the other could not leave him and he would not hold, them back After his gallant death Scott, W ilson and Bowers pushed on ' northward when even tho abnormal-1 ly bad weather would permit them toj proceed. They were forced to camp on March Ul In latitude 79 degrees 0 minutes Fouth, longitude 169 degrees I 22 minutes east, 11 miles south of the big depot at One Ton camp |