BLIZZARD THE LAST STRAW.
(Received Feb. 12, 10.50 p.m.) . ; Christiana, Feb. 4? r . Dr. 'Nansen says the bl'ikzard^ was floi"' tlie real cause; of tKe ; disaster, but only the last straw. He is •satisfied the deaths were due to the party being weakened by their'terrible hardships, and probably by the wages of^curvy, by which Captain Oates' desperate action is explainable. Another: important oauso was not using (logs and ponies to drag the stores, .'.i > King Haaicon and Queen Maud telegraphed to King George, their condolence.
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Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13648, 13 February 1913, Page 5
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85BLIZZARD THE LAST STRAW. Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13648, 13 February 1913, Page 5
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