New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-09-26
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The zzent Blanc Catastrophe. :
/ The British consul at Geneva forwards the fol-
lowing letter from Mr.. Loppe q weIlknoyyn artiat

The British consul at Geneva forwards the fol
Lowing letter from Mr. Loppe, well-known artis
in glacier scenes: sI. S
CHAMoUNN, August 29.si
Dear sGonSttl-I think it Isl useless for me
TO relateto you in detail what has Just happened
on Mont Blanc. You must be aIready over.
Whelmed with accounts and descriptions etc .
more or 1859 true, arranged according to the i'm
aglnation Of each narrator, which is ALWAYS more
poetieat or dTamatical than the simple truth.
Al soon as as known that some cident had
/ napne to these unfortunate Englishmen, lust
below .3 the summit Of Mont Blanc, we set off my.
sen ana two guides on the one hand and seven
other guides sent by the mayor of Chamnnniy
and and accompanied BY two gems d'afmes the latter
LITTLE accustomed toIthe glaciers, and who retard
edus greatly s5a5 t.FlGasal ,4.sa sf n
At last, at O'Clock in the evening We reached
the .cabino thesGrand Mulets. As we werespre.
pairing TO start from there IN search Of those NE
supposed to be either hHrtor incapable of 6extti,
/ eahng themselves from among the preoipioes we
saw them arriye+=that is to say, two of them
only the other having been, they told us, killed
Elnstantaneensly by falling on his head from a
/ height Of twenty feet. Those travellers were Sir
9epfge oung and his two brothers. The youngest,
NJ. Samuel Young, was the unfortunate victim Of
l.Ihe accldent. sir George pressng TO me wish
reao his hEotheris body, Leboges
sx Of the most able Of the gqidessto. accompany
him. The others would have only been an hin
dranee, as they We're already tired and indisposed
| nY the quantity Of snow water they had drank on
my uk. +eIl5 psFY HH0leIIaV aQQarter to
three O'clock and remained at the cabin with an
hngllshman, who had on our arrival most kindly
placed hls guides and provisions at our disposition
towards ~ o'cloek, finding that Sir George and
MS party did not return, / proposed that we %
and meet them, aud take some prayisions with ns
After having been an hour on the road we met a
| party of Frenchmen returning from Mont Blanc.
E5lo gave US some very vague information Of the
We began to be alarmed !; the fog which enye.
/ Ioped the mountain grew thicker as,we ascended.
and line snow began to fall Arrived at the
Grand Plateau at three O'clock, and hearing ne,
ansWeT 10 our numerous cries, myself, Baguette
and Alexandra Tournier pushed forward.
f. AT last We heard the voices of Sir (ao4ea ana
his guides, who lost their way above the preeipices
that separate the corridor from tie Grand
Piafean, and who dared not advance step for
fear Of being precipitated into d oreyasse Tie
dlhlcnity was TO give them any certain advice. at
last gust OF wind dispersed the fog and we Jaw
them 1T height of thousand feet on the nilae of
III 5htinl decliyity of ice. Ireeognized a Com
paraiiyey easy passage at the foot of the Rochers
Rouges and by force of signs, they having seen
us, we directed them which Nay to take.
AT last, thanks to- the energy. of Baguette. we
were able to- Jeln them, and my two men helped
% 9rlng down the body, which was accomplished
hdiIheulty Sir ieorge shook me BY the hand
and was indeed thankful to have been able ii
render ms service to a man whose 'energF aud
moral courage vase subject Of admiration III ma i
Qar provisions proved 9f great use to the exhaust
Isa MI Rate9. WV 11tuhs N tFefe hnan had refused
the bread they had asked them! ana that So5ynp
to the bad weather they had gone astfay I1efF tIe
Corridor dsang Gr0Y and Sir George were tas
only e9es VINO had kept up their energy to tie
issf hy seven ietoek we. were All once more 1T
the Grand Mules. Leaving the body there under tbe
charge OF ". peRFayS SiF GeoFge and proceeded.
to Ghamouiiix he Being ati1ioGs To retfii 81 sSSn
as possible to England and carry the Inelahebolv
ilntslii9enee ls ot the accident to his mother. The
body arrived at Chaiaounix on Saturday at two
eaolo0k. and was conveyed to England on Sun.
day by Mr., Albert Young "a t5s55 sfs, srs fes -.
# remain, dear epnsal sever yours sincerely,
4S 58 W. lt a Ta0ppE