ANTARCTICA
SCOTT'S •DEATH,
THE POLAR TRAGEDY,
By Cable—Press Association—Copyright.
Received 14, 0.50 p.m. London, April 14,
Tne Central News, in an interview with j Commander Evans at Port Said, says he denies the rumors regarding Edgar Evans. Captain Evans says nothing was withheld regarding his fate. He behaved magnificently. There was certainly no friction with the rest of the southern party, and there was no reason to believe that he became insane. Possibly he suffered from, scurvy, but lie had 110 knowledge of it. He was only carried op a sledge on the day of his death.
The members of the expedition had not seen the five diaries, which had been lianded to the relatives of the deceased
It was untrue that there were any features in the final tragedy that had been deliberately suppressed. The bodies were naturally very emaciated. Captain Scott and the others all wrote farewell letters to their wives and relatives.
If Atkinson and Ivoehane had pushed farther south there would have been seven deaths instead of five.
Lady Scott and Mrs. Wilson were entirely in favor of leaving the bodies in Antarctica.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 277, 15 April 1913, Page 5
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187ANTARCTICA Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 277, 15 April 1913, Page 5
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