Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-09-11
Alnine Climbing.
A> ACCIDENT oS rHE IUNGtRAt

The 4a-ei2er ron ho-rIatsp Of July 5I7 t
says:
= We have = report "a great misfortune
which happened 70 the RJtl-tlai on the 9th
Of July, With reference % which the cure
! Of Lluter5runneu writes % Us uaj-r date Of
the 2J5h GA Wedne-lty, July -, Herr
Merz, scho)lmaster Of Mos AfDlJern, IN
company with Won Ailuen, seaoJlmlster
and innkeePer Of rrachsellauenen. and the
guide J1hlnn BDseapf started for the
Roth thai Their plan was np- altogether
settled; the weather was u decide whether
they should return from there or cross the
Roth-thal-sattel TO the Ey5jschhorn. On this
account the families Of both Nerz' cJmpan-
ions were told not t. expect them back
before two or three days Ihey started from
Tracnsellauenen at / a. NJ. they were seen
at the StutensteIn Alp n 3, and after that
nothing further was known Ot them On
the supposition that they might have pro-
longcd their journey, a. had been contem-
plated, people expected them back each
evening without at first thinking Of the pos
sibility of an accident On the 24th AZ last
as there were no signs OF them. suspicious
BEGAN 70 be entertained. The idea of an
accident gained strength when a relative of
Merz arrived to make inquiry for him, he
had been expected home IN the Friday to-
certain. a last. towards evening the news
arrived rha. one of the three a-SJcllceS -
Mcrz 10 fact had been found at the Stute :
stein Alp. whittier be. a -3oi deal injured,
had managed T. dra2 himself, ha- tda- of
the others there was not trace. lmmc Ii
ately search was set on foot. AMI a band 1T
from twenty to thirty men sttrte1 off Nerz
was brought DOWN halt dead with exhaust
ton, % Hrachsellauenen. where he, little
restored with meat and drink, t7it the fol
lowing tale
- Our journey 10 the R5th-tbtl vas pros
porous there We were - tresl, aud the
weather 50 enticlng. that We resolved T. pro
long it u the Roth-,hal--8ttcI We had
already a considerable iistinn- b-I3w as,
and were IN the rJul5ir winch has been tss-
cribei Is Professors obi and -h1i who made
the passage in ISL as - d,tiellt, when
suddenly an avalanche from thOve fell straight
upon Us J found myself when re-uroei
to consciousness. on a rock whishcr ] was
hurled hy the avalanche, the mass ot which
had carried away my companions The
rope hv whici we were fastened must have
been rent asuudcr otherwise ] should have
been hurried u sudden destruction As well rs
the Others 4 loud crv from the mouths Of
all 81 as then sienee-l1i of my unt5rtu
nate companions ! saw aud heard o. more. i
second avalanche passed. oT me vlr11l- "a.
jury. ! remained safe On my rock, where.
also, horror struck, passed the night Next
day succeeded IN descending 70 the Club
hutte, in the Roth-thal. where / rcmtined
the night with my feet frozen A little
chocolate some hard cheese .rini and cold
water were. during these days my only
nourishmant. On Friday. painfully, ana
with blre feet, for they could no longer
endure the pressure OF shoes, crawled away
further 70 the R)th-thal glacier On Satur
1 l.a and rt-
day came with unsFeakt5le t1l, - the
Stufensten Alp
Thus far Herr Ner1 Oh tae 24th at.
one clock, the bant OF guides set Of in
search for the bodies OF the twl unlorrunates.
Both have left families, of nine ami seven
children respeetyeiy-on entirely without,
the other with but inc1nside able me ans OF
subsistence. The grief of both families can
be imagined A collection made at the
Steinb0ck at Lauter6runnen, in their be
half, realized three hundred francs