, 1879-05-24
A Terrible Avalanche --- Disaster
and Death on the SIM
pion,
Hanging o Russian Observation-Disclosures
:, OF Nihflism Found In Ills
y. Possession.
The Boera Of South Aftioa-Mutual Con-
oeaaions Between the Vatican aud
the Quirinal.
Tho rrInts;et Wales Maiden Speech In Paffla-
nent--Why Yako0b Khan Submitted
10 tht British.


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,rrnnrnt.r AVALANCHE.
Ron1s Ie,,<r to Lraon I,atIv yrtos.
',... "..,e AAs ~. ~. H., ..a',,..t, ....a.
oeea toIt 30 ae"te,S ~ w a'e "'o""eau4 passea
between Swiezorlaud and Italy, oh'y q lew
hours journey from the spot whero her Maicsty
hn, beeu ENJOYING her vl,cxgtatura occurred
.sa,. ~ sf.ss ~ ana 1csth raroly nan,1tcled In
ssa.s s",'nr. y, ~ .nn,,,rsf. ,nd nysnnchs Thc
tose regions o. uni
thousand Italian workman annually mike tlcir
,v.v irto su,ya and Franrc In ,,ur,t nj rim.
aA'o 49,. +. ,.a ~ thtr. ~ th..,
plo,ns'. anu ., "Aa .,,.,s.s, ia:e.as,, 49,.
WaylaFera thaf ths visitaIoa aescenoea' lon
wlltch nothing but the nobso hcrossn Of the
poor monks Of the hpspice could hnyo saved
then. THANKS Ia that institution au., ,ts attousl
ants, only ono OUT OF 'ne ta.sts'lwo ltaNans 'ose
bis life, although three ot tic men attached 70
IL hayo been cngulfed in The avalanche, aud will
not be found TIL the melting SHOWS have tn
such was the snowfall on tic I'd Inst. lin. the
courier could not prosecute his journey With
sledges, A ntalNnrs pedestrian Offered to take
the ettcr-bses, and atter hcrculcen efforts lie
seventy Italinu worktaen, en- route partly for
Hwitzcrla,,d, pnrtly for Frnt,cc. Lie Wns forth
With tnteTroEated as to The state Of tie ruad,
Ind to hs5 saesr y H. 70 ren a Il aa
wanted to start they must do 50 tlAt ycrY day,
rs every minutes postpontment increased the
risk from the snowfall. Accordingly, thrce
companies Of these ltasans, consist'ilG respect
iveli Of aftceu, ten, md nnc pcrsous, set out at
once. unl bv in tic afternoon arrived nt Ref
uec Blk, where they rested TOR a little, as the
snow was coming down with increased force md
density. Two sturdy Swiss yonths nstached to
the refuge offered to conduct The travellers,
and on Tic three companies set once
more, with their two guides nt thcs head.
Ecarrcly, however, Ind tlcY emerged from tho
middle gallery called LII vielc Dnlcre-she
1nost dangerous part OF tho ~simplon route
when an enormous avalanche descended from
tho mountain, carrying with 1t the two guides
ana :Saas an ltnllan workman who w"|ksd beside
The rest Of the travellers who remained In tho
gallery were so far safe, but the! soon saw the
terrible prcdlcameit they were In,-no longer
ends Of the gallery we're blocked up With SNOW.
They were In despalr, and already the cold was
beginning 70 tell on the children Of the party,
and cries Of misery rcsounded through the ltV-
tng tomb. Suddenly ma,l's vbica rose nbove
tho waflnE: "Wc might as well die under an
ayalencte as under 4 gallery. Lot tls try and
get out" Aud 80 Without further parIcy ho SGT
Il trouFb @ I'll tbs snow and M k arrlye balicsd I
~ Keiugc sl1. whence the alarm WIS passed On
10 tho hospice, BY this time It was halt-past7
In the evening. The monks attached to tho hos
aster, aud with the ntd OF two servants of Refuge
Six, thor succeeded about li-pas. Q. two hours
after they had set out, in sarIns the inmates OF
tic gallery, and accommodating them cop,iorta-
bly at tho hospcc, 1cayiug fcw whose strength
could carry them no further at the refuge. The
names Of the monks who with such hurosm md
SUCCESS came TO the rescue OF thirtY-two 1tnl-
inns arc: The Rev. Angelo Carro1l, the Prior Of
the hospicc, and the Rc7s. Eugenio Carron, Val
cstlno Ra1lsts, and Innoceute Fallay. The three
companies OF travellers having ocen scttled for
the! night, the monks we're anxious tu return
and do what could be dono for tho two guidcs
and their companions who llad been carried away
by the avalanche, but, considering the darkness,
and tho constant succession Of nya!anchce that
we're laundering at short intervals over the
precipices, they reluctantly abandoned the at
tempt,
Tie prior vas still in doubt as to how many,
or how fuw, had dfsaDpearol viii, the rutdcs..
aosoe Of thc survivors Saving tint iour, so,nc
that thrcc. sotno tjlat two of thcir number were
misstng, when next morning he addressed thc
heads 81 the three comUanirs, and by dipt oi
uattcnt interroratories. mt 10 each Of them
separatojy. he satistied himself ti,at only one
Italan bad ioiued tle guidcs-ono Mnurizio
E3ceil iron, thu pcjgtborliood Of Iptsn, on Tie
eldest Of whom Is private In the Italian army.