The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-10-25
A Terrible Death.

liz
of New York city. was frozen TO death
while making the descent of Longs
Peak. Longs Peak has an altitude of
ID. 436 feet. and is one of the highest
mountains in Colorado. and one Of the
most difficult of ascent IFS summit
which towers above the clouds il GOV.
erred with snow during the entire snm.
mer. and while Il is the least travelled
by tourists of any of the high Colorado
peaks. its ascent has never been eonsid-
erred dangerous In the nleasant SIMMER
and fall months. The mountain ia at
the head of Estes Park one of the
most fashionable summer resorts in the
Rocky Mountains
Miss Welton has been summarizing in
Colorado and two weeks AGO took mn
her residence in Estes PARK stonnino
at one of the prineipal hotels. her
friends among them Mrs Warren of
New York. remaining at Colorado
sprinus where the whole marty had
snent sevaral ,veelxs nrevious MISS
Welten suent mncb of her time in
horseback riding and visiting the sur-
rounding peints of interest in the
mountains, She resolved on making
the ascent of T,ong,s Peak which stood
"a buge seminal at fine head Of tbe
park, and for this purpose set out re-
Gently on horseback. Seven miles
away, at the foot of the peak, was a
cabin occupied by ranchman named
Lamb and his wife and son. Here Miss
Welton remained for the night, first
having engaged the services of Carlisle
Lamb, the son, aged nineteen, to act
as her escort and guide to the peak, he
having acted in that capacity to tour
lists on several occasions.
At sunrise Miss Welton and young
Lamb, seated on sure. footed bronchos,
were vending their way up the narrow
and uneven trail leading to the summit.
The weather was warm and pleasant,
and there were no forebodings that a
delightful trip above the clouds was
not before them. 1t took five hours to
make the first seven miles, so difficult
was the trail. This brought them To
the timber line, and the snow had then
become SO deep and the trail so obscured
that it was decided to hitch the horses
and proceed up the mountain on foot,
as the banks of snow would bear the
weight Of men, while the horses would
break through. The air at that altitude
was getting chilly, and the clouds were
just above them. Wrapping themselves
in heavy clothing they proceeded Oh
foot. The distance to the summit was
about four miles, and this ascent was
made after much tedious delay and
hard work, the top of the black peak
being reached at about O'Clock in the
afternoon. Their stay on the peak was
not of long duration. A heavy storm
had in the meantime set In below them,
and the dark clouds were being tum-
bled about In frightful confusion. From
the rolling and tumbling of the huge
hank of clouds az seen from ab. IT =
puide knew that he ard.c Fpoodaa a.,
panion hal a risks feer a. a., 80 Wv
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10y So '-' ''U oo
nol F's WeiSoh' VINO nau lAsis'eu vi
going 10 the summit, When the guiot
ADVISED retreat, was now thoroughly
frightened at the prospect OIL spehuine
a night on the mountain ana IN rag
ing snow STORM IL was ABOUT O'CLOCK
wheh the return Journey was sVarIeu
Ihey had not proceeded far when th'
heavy storm cloud lifted, and the traV
oilers found themselves In tle MIDST o
a binding snow storm, the heaviest
the guide says, he ever saw IN TIL
mountains. MISS Welton began u
nnnlnlQin halnn and atf1