AH ARCTIC TRAGEDY.
FATE OF FISHING COLONY
ATL" CLOTHING AND CORPSES.
By Tele.q l'apli.—Press .Ys~o<'i;uion. Copyiialit
Received this .lay, 9.30. Pai'is, Friday,
The Petit Parsisn's St. Petersburg correspondent on the expedition to Nova Zembla, discovered the diary of the last survivor of the fishing colony of a hundred persons, established in 1909, showing the colony was neglected and supplies cut off forjten months.
All perished of disease and starvation. The dead lay around bare huts, several clasping children.
The diarist's last entry showed his companions ale clothing and corpses. He wrote until his fingei'3 and eyes failed.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 594, 16 August 1913, Page 5
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97AH ARCTIC TRAGEDY. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 594, 16 August 1913, Page 5
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