, 1860-08-28
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'-mountAaus.
Til. :perilous adventure Of Ar. and Mrs.
c., from Jersey, City, On Mount Wiley,
EestsIdaJ, ,.is ths thc1ns Of coave1satiod at the
Willard is but t~o miles from the Crawford
House, and is visited By all, whether they as.
-cend Mount. Washington OF not. good
car1i1ge road has been constructed 10 the top,
cDd tic mode Of ascent is either BY foot or in
uounsain wagons. These two persons walked
up, xnd after vie~ing The tremendous gorge
Mount Webster: on lie other, With ths
Wiley House, looking IKE y Euall type beg
ID tic distApee, they crossed by connecting
ridge ispm Mount Willard to Mount Wiley.
From t4is la:tsr Mount aome $500 feet in
height, in tpirit Of adventure. they commenced
to descsud. For five Or six hIudred feet ,hcy
beca-a more difficult, which lheJ hoped would
ceou pass axaY; .e tyen,s subsequently
pfnrsd, they he'd but. eo0munoed.. Tt.ey got
safely OYER several hedges Of rocks, and ending
III It ulslt troubles were incl Easing, they en-
dea7ured to return, but found that impossible,
and they we1s reduced 70 tho alternative Of
either keeping on OF remaining where they were
Ia the hopes Of beng n'issed at the house, aud
ia. searching parties would d, he ;t se.t on: for
large roeE, HE:le tyr husband worked hlmself
hetoE short distaIes ~ di.roseF tks best
Nv # proceeding down. Ii fer moments
sle exclaimed that the 1ock was moving, and
told ber hySbaEd to jump for big life, and be
barely estaped beng crushed to DEATH tie
roek rushing by him with fearful velocity down
the ,noun.-... : ~. hrsakics dnsn snall trees
and looseni.9 otAerlasge stones, until II .ou-u
rest 1t the mountasn's bsse. ..Tbi4 vas start.
we'c not discouraged somsthng must BE-
done aad .bat quickly. L7ing domn fist. and
holding fast to rocks by oue hand, Mr. G. low
e1ed hls wife over The ledge With the other a.
far Us he could reach, and then let her drop
soma ri1 OF eight feet further upon q narrow
shelf below, md then dropped himself. In this
m.nntE thsJ descended !eDg dissauGe: TO
they might come to ledge over which they
could not get down., 4 single msstep, or the
loss of prestuce Of mind on the part Of either
would have resulted seriously, II not fatally.
a Thick growth Of large bushes then bscame q
matter Of obstruction, and In getting over and
Though them, by afoppi6e IRON branch 70
After hard struggle Of more than Joxr Aoars
they succeeded in reaching the base at the side
Of ihe road, where .LeJ we're soon after found,
mere dead thaa alive, By rescuiog party head'
ed by Mr.. Hadlev, one III tic propz1etors Of the
house, which purity atar4fd iEoEa information
given by gentleman who saw them from The
HToad, in tleir dangereua situation, and reported
it at once Rsstoratises were giEea, and thsy
Tere assisted IN the wagon, a1d brought 'safsy
back, with bodies completely exhausted, their
hlnds considerably lsc.ratsd, and their. eloth-
ing badly torp, -lota .a:e persqus Of much
ne1vs; :fhey, 81 @tIE 1ay' al,houeh suffer
ing from weakness.' The mountain guides SAY
/, sha& tleg do not understand how they got down
al.s%, particularly the lady. Had they returned
from Valley To- N Mouut ~ Ylllare, they could hars
nude lbe descent in about twlnty ln:nnes.,