Ogden Daily Standard | 1899-09-14 | Page 1 | Walter Wellman's Injuries

WALTER INJURIES london sept 14 walter wellman the leader of the wellman polar expedition who arrived in this city august after successful explorations in franz josef land has undergone the first surgical operation for ing his reghl leg which was seriously injured by his falling into a snow covered crevasse while loading his party it resulted in the successful loosening i of the elneas another operation Is necessary but the attending surgeons bay they expect to save the leg and that mr wellman wll be able to return to america in three weeks ho will deliver an address before the british association on tuesday descriptive of hla recent expedition