ARCTIC MYSTERY SOLVED.
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S expedition. (UNITS® rR*3B ASSOCIATION-** BLISCTSIO T*USORA?K—COPTEIOBT.) FORT McMURRAY (Alberta), Sept. 12. Back from a daring flight to the northern shore of King William Land, W. 13. Gilbert, who piloted Major L. T. Burwash, the Canadiaii explorer, on the expedition, unfolded details of the finding of relics of Sir John Franklin's The evidence showed that some of the men succumbed to scurvy and others starved. Numerous-graves m orderly arrangement were found, indicating that the men dropped off one by one and were buried by their comrades. Bones and skeletons were found in rocky cairns that had been looted by Eskimos or disturbed by Arctic gales. -
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20033, 15 September 1930, Page 15
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