The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-21 00:00:00

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THE Loss OF ENGLISH TOURISTS ON THE MAT-
TERHORN.—The Journal de Gen4e of Tuesday last
publishes the following letter from Randa (Vallais), dated
the 15th :—" In informing you yesterday by despatch of
the ascent of Mount Cervin, or Matterhorn, I did not expect
it would be my duty to describe to you a terrible accident.
The information which I have received respecting this
catastrophe is as follows :—Messrs. Edward Whimper and
Charles Hudson, members of the London Alpine Club, and
Mr. Haddo and Lord Francis Douglas, members of the
same club, met at Zermatt, each desirous of conquering the
Cervin colossus, hitherto inaccessible. Mr. Hudson had
brought from London cables of iron wire to facilitate the
ascent, but finding Mr. Whimper ready to leave, he loft
them at the hotel, and set off with his unexpected com-
rades, with no other object than to find out the best way.
They took with them as guides Michel Croz, of Chamouni,
and Zum Taugwald, of Zermatt, with his sons. It was the
13th. No member of the party expected to succeed that
day ; it was only proposed to find out the route which
would lead to the desired object. They had, in fact, left
their instruments at Zermatt, and were only supplied with
seven bottles of wine. One of the sons of Taugwald left
them and returned to the village. The tourists passed the
night of the 13th on the snow at the foot of the Cervin.
Lord Francis Douglas, who was but nineteen years of age,
alone slept, overcome by fatigue ; the others remained
awake. At daybreak they pursued their journey, and find-
ing the ascent much easier than they expected, pushed on
and reached the summit towards 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
At that time they were distinctly seen from Zermatt, with
the aid of a telescope. They remained on the summit until
3 o'clock, when they began to descend. Michel Croz went
first; after him came the four tourists, Lord Douglas and
Messrs. Haddo, Hudson, and Whimper, in succession. The
son of Taugwald and the father closed the line. They were
all tied with the same cord, and descending, rejoicing in
their success, when Lord Douglas suddenly slipped, and
giving a violent shock to the cord, threw down in their

rnMossrs. Haddo, Hudson, and all the band, who were

hurried with frightful rapidity to the brink of a precipice.
Taugwauld, senior, the last of the chain, preserved his
presence of mind. He was happily able to pass his cord
over the ridge of a rock, and for a moment he thought ho
had stopped a frightful fall ; but the cord broke between
Messrs. Whimper and Hudson, and the four unfortunate
men. Michel Cron, Lord Francis Douglas, and Messrs.
Haddo and Hudson, bounded from rock to rock down a
height of nearly 4,000 feet. The three survivors returned
to Zermatt this morning at ten o'clock—l leave you to'
imagine in what condition. Twenty men immediately left
to discover the bodies, which they thought they could seo
through a glass lying two by two, the cord having, it ap-
pared, broken'again. The whole village and the numer-
ous tourists there are in a state of consternation." The
Journal de Geni-ve remarks :—" This sad catastrophe, which
will excite in every part of our country the profoundest
sympathy, will ever be associated with the first assent of
Mout 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 ciiPApti on the 7th of this month."