London, Feb. 19, The telephone breakdown ut Yarmouth has completed the isolation of the villages of Horsey and Hickling, which are floadbound following a sea encroachment. The last residents lof, Horsey Friday night, after shooting the cats and dogs and assisting the horses and cattle to swim to safety.—Reuter. weeks ago, which forced the ice-field on which the expedition was camped to crack, thus severing them from their two bases and the storehouse.
Thè process of taking the campers off the floe occupied an hour and a half, Both ice-breakers then sailed for Murmansk.
Thousands in Moscow to-night listened to special broadcasts. which enthusiastically greeted the rescued Expedition.
Despite their acute discomfort and the imminent danger to their lives, the four scientists managed to save all their equipment and to continue their meteorological observations during their eighteen days of helpless
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