The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-20 00:00:00

1 the 15th :

In informing you yesterday by despatch of the meet of
Mount Casein (or Matterhare), I did not expect it would be
my duty to describe to you a terrible accident. The infor-
mation which I have received respectiog this catastrophe
is as follows :—Msears. Edward Whimper and Charles
Hudson, members of the London lapin. Club, and Mr.
Haddo sad Lord Francis Douglas, members of the
same ',club, met at Zermatt, oath desirous of °mi-
nuses' the Corwin colossus, hitherto inaoceisible. Mr.
Hudson had brought from London cables of iron-wire to
facilitate the ascent, but Eliding Mr. Whimper ready to
leave, be left them at the hotel, and set off
with his unexpected comrades, with no ether object
than to Bed out the best way. They took with
them as guides Hiehel Croy, of Ohamouni, and Zam
Taugwald, of Zermatt, with his sona It wan the 13th.
No member of the party expected to summed that day ; it
was only proposed to find oat the route which would lead
to the desired object. They had, in fact, left their instru-
ments at Zermatt, end were only supplied with 510/06
bottles of wise. One of the soon of Tax:infield
left ►hem and returned to the village. The tourists
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. the night of the 13th on the snow at the foot
of the Corrio. Lord Francis Douglas, who was but
19 years of age, alone slept, overcome by fatigue ; the
others romaine) awake. At daybreak they pursued their
journey, and finding the sweat much easier than they
expected, pushed on and retched the summit towards 2
Ake is the afternoon. At that time they were
abetinelly seen from Zermatt, with the aid of
▪ tederesse. They remained sce the summit until 3
(Nock, when they began to deemed. Michel Cron went
lest; after him came the four tourists, Lord Douglas and
/Imam Haddo, Hodson and Whimper, In succession. The
eOll of Taugwald and the father closed the line. They
were all tied with the same cord, and were descending,
rejoicing in their mown, when Lord Douglas suddenly
slipped, and, giving a violent shook to the cord, threw
down io their tura Meson. Sado, Hudson, and all the
band, who were hurried with frightful rapidity to the brink
of • precipice. Taugwald, senior, the last of the ohaia,
preserved hie presence of mind. He was happily able to
pass his cord over the ridge of a rock, and for • moment
he thought he had stopped a frightful fall; bat the
cord broke between Mani. Whimper and Hudson,
and the four unfortunate men, Michel Croz, Lord Francis
Douglas, and Meters. Haddo and Hudson, bounded from
rock to rock down • height of nearly 4,000 fest. The
three survivors returned to Zermatt this morning at 10
o'clock—l leave you to imagine in what condition. Twenty
men immediately left to discover the bodies, which they
thought they amides* through aeries lying two by two, the
coed having, it appeared, broken again. The whole village
ad the numerous tourists there aro is • state of rooster-
astion.
The Journal de Geneve remarks :—" This gad

catastrophe, which will excite in every part of our
country the profoundest sympathy, will ever be
emaciated with the first ascent of Mont Cervin.
It was the only summit of the Monte Rosa group
which had resisted the efforts of man, the last
virgin summit of the environs of Zermatt, the
Gablehorn, having been climbed on the 7th of this
month."

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