Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-11-06
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.The ptwsiofI another disastsr co,eesota
us from ,ChamplpiX.. Uappears that tbe
ti1e weather had., MT racted a Considerable
number OF families I'd tRht place. and among
others Capt. ArkWHghtgian EnghshmaG!
with bis mother and lis two, sisters. ON
Friday morning last he resolved to attempt
} the ascent of Mont BlfIit, and one of his
sisters decidedon accompanying f,im ms far
as the .Grands Mulets, oEFlY on the fol-
lowing morning Capt, 4rkwfight t6ok his
( departure withitWe .gpideso aid 2 porter,
and about . O'clock they were seen ascend
I ing the Grand Plat an. 1RaHyancei at the
I party went Sylvan Ceuttet,, The rpprietor
OF the new liuts on the Giands MnlftS ut
faeht tdfbyala3pna eOachman yofitle Ho-
/ tel Royal, known bv tile name Of Nj, hOlss
who wished to profit by the opportunity 10
ascend Mont Blamc. On reaefhg the
fGrand Plateau the parties agreed to take
the passage Which had been usually fol- W
ed before 1920 bat Which was 'suhscqIii mt
ly abandoned in cons qncnee OF aCatas4
trOphc similar TO, the present. dThqX ~ opt
ed it in preference to the ''CorridoI'' from
its Shortening the journey by two Hours.
and beOalIsei they calculated onI laYlng
much less ice TO cut through, as was ey7,
perienced during the summer by three or
four other PARTIES, They were about half
an hour in their ascent when SylWin Coltrs
tet, who was in advance, suddenly heard
above him a loud detonatioiG He 1d6ktd
up, and to his horror saw ah iavalaiiGhei
rushing down with fearful ,rapidity. lie
instantly shouted out to those who were
below him. Save yourselves ! 10 the righlI
tothe rightFl He threw himself nrthaG
direction, advanced few steps, struck his
staff intn tho SNOW and plupu M N NftTt tini1i
his might, and his companion Nicholas did
the me. They both threw themselves flat,
on their faces and buried ihdir heads In the
snow. They had hardly dOnei SO wenl a
tremendous crash followed. and the .jm7,
mense mass thuuGerCd along quite clos e 10
thenl-so close tIat tlicy Were al over
spashed with the iraC mGnts of the ice. Ina
a few minutes, when the avalanche had
passed, they raised themselves up, and
looked about for their unfortunate eoR-i
panions. They saw! !nothing--uOthing but
a furrOw under them, and further down on,
the Grand Plateau a mass Of blocks of ice.
,Contt t and Nicholas desceude,I in all
haste in, the same directi0n, ana sea- Ghcd-
everywhere in the hope OF hearing 2 cry or
moan tOindieate that Shine had survived
t. catas' rophe. They. last perreivt Ian
arm. At great risk tn themselves they,
reached1he spot. and dragged out FROM be-
tween the blrtks a dead hody, the skull
crushed and the .hTea,t laid open. They.i
laid it on the snow and resumed thelr
Search but found nothing more. ITiey re-
solved to descend and apnouucalo thglsistar
and b. the 0theriamilieS tbat tiiere was no,
hope beyond the faint onen -ligdjng on the
following day the three otiicr JOfiC. buried
in the he. Ihiy reached the Gramds
Mulets where Miss ArkWriYht had b. en-, d,
left. and intnrm-d her that il was useless
to wait any longer, and that she herself
mustTwithout molil6ut's dplTv, descend
with them. The writer of letter from 4
ChamouniX says:
"lmagine the sccne that took placr-thc 2.
lamentations uf, the mothers. OF thG three
widpwsn and Offthe nine orphans. The ,
pen is powerl SIS to describe Il. Mrs. Ark
wright bewailing hor son; her two dtleh-H
tors weeping tottheir brother; but calm
aud firm, and relIiag on the will OF God,
who tries them so cruelty. They are stilI
hoping, unfortunately, against hope, for
the recovery OF the bodies of,the yistims.p
On Sunday morning, fItte enmen, selected r,
from among the most intrt pid Of the popu-
latioG, left on the search. They proposed y
topass the night on the Grands AIllets, in
order to begin early the following morning
clearing awav the avalanche and many
others have offered themselves 10 act on the
following days If Necessary. E0rtumatety;
the weatner was fine, and favorable to their
perilOuS work. An American faullg, who
did not wish to have their frames mcnti6n-lh 2
ed, gave the Mayor 260f. for the three