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THE SCOTT TRAGEDY

AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. LONDON, February 24. It is officially announced that the King has granted the widow of Captain Scott the same rank and precedence as if Captain Scott had been nominated a Commander of the Bath, as he would have been had ho survived. AMUNDSEN’S OPINION. DEATHS DUE TO SCURVY OR PTOMAINE-POISONING. (Received February 25, 10 p.m.) MONTREAL, February 25. Captain Amundsen denies the possibility of Captain Scott • starving to d °He'stafccs that the deaths must have been due to scurvy or ptomainepoisoning due to bad food, “CHAPLET OP MOURNING ON GLORIOUS GRAVES.” (Received February 25, 11.50 p.m.) LONDON, February 25. Lord Cnrzon, at the Geographical Society’s meeting, eulogised Scott, Wilson, and Oates, and said he hoped their bodies would be left there with the snow as their winding sheet, the eternal ice as their tomb, and the solemn Antarctic wastes as their graveyard, in which, it pleased God that they should sleep. Lord Ourzon added: “If we cannot crown him and his companions with a fresh laurel wreath, at least let ns lay our chaplet of mourning upon their glorious graves.” SURVIVORS WELCOMED IN SYDNEY.. (Received February 25, 10.45 p.m.) SYDNEY, February 25. The survivors of the Scott expedition were welcomed by Professor David and others. They stated that they had nothing to add to the details already given in New Zealand.

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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8364, 26 February 1913, Page 8

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THE SCOTT TRAGEDY New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8364, 26 February 1913, Page 8

THE SCOTT TRAGEDY New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8364, 26 February 1913, Page 8

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