BYRD CAME CLOSE TO DEATH.
PERILS OF HIS LONG VIGIL. OVERCOME BY FUMES FROM STOVE. (By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright) Received Friday, 7 p.m. NEW YORK, Sept. 12. Several times during his long vigil at the advance post, Rear-Admiral Byrd believed that death was inevitable. Publication of his diary in the current issue of an American magazine reveals that on May 30, 1934, he was overcome by carbon monoxide from the stove, and was forced to crawl on his hands and knees to reach food and fuel. A few days later he wrote in his diary: "L’m afraid it is the end. I’ve been in a comatose condition for part of the time during the past 48 hours, and I’ve left written instructions for the expedition and letters for my family in my green box.”
Several clays later ho “This is a ghastly way to go out, alone in .utter darkness, with nothing friendly at hand. Poe been in some tough spots before, but here it is just waiting in darkness and living despairingly from hour to hour.”
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 September 1935, Page 5
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