Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-03-26
UNDER TIE snow.
Ii,i.s Nv. Week. .. oe.is' MIA rsdss
-. a..t...a. A. ar. Air.

ti.iss i've Week, ea Ge.is' Mia rsds'
80 A,.l.ashs a. the Air.
A remarkable insiance q thrr- Trrpous
surviving AN lmprisoumcnt q I've recks un-
der an avalanchs IL rroorlei In "SarraiiV-
% Pcrtl and Suffering In the valley - The
upt-r stura. AZ tn foot q the Alp, IL the
littis hamlei u Bergolstto In the winter ~
i5sS The falis u snos vers uncommoniy
haavy on the lgh q March the par.sh
pris~;, Who va. on his way b. the church.
keanl mis- from The mountains, AMI. cast
Ing up BIZ sys-, be az t~o avaiaDchos Do
sn-ndlng towards tho village lie gave ihe
alarm % sums villagrrs AMI tb~n rrirsaisd
into biz own bou-s
The avslanchs- came anil buriei over thirty
bog.s-. anil twenty-five I.ruuns werv found
n D. missing. among them the parish priest
who hal given the alarm. Ths amount q
nov which az over the ruinci dseliings
81. Aloui a. e., d~-p. g'O fs.t long AMI az
fsst vkis
whea the surviving PEASANTS hal shakrn
a the terror AMI dspr-.slon shich soch an
event must n.-s--.arily cau-e, they - about
trying 81 ave any llfs 90 TFutsrty pu-sible
Morp than suo T.uasants frum Bsighhoring vi
hsvs cams % their asistAnoe. But they
coah d. little. the thicknsss q The snov
ma .was ~ grvai. AMI tn sDow coniinD~i 10
sAll FROM IN cio,lsls la slch amount that they
we're oblig~i b. di-oontinne thcir fraitls-- n
.rtlou., anil salt tlll the sitting In - The
warm April sin.is shich soah partly uislt
th- gigantic snov Iiles
ON tho 18th q April tho vlliAsers returned
Ia their mslancholy task u -as siih ~
hots q hn,ling any human t.tng alive Ons
q them usmssi Ho.c.a. sho-.s uhois family
was t-u.aih tho avalanche, vas INST active
In The ssar,h by Tho etth u April b. bal
sdvancs.i 80 FAR. that after broaklng thruugh
ala fsst q ~, b. ouuI touch The gruunsi With
long pole Thrs- friends worked 9Th him
The four sofk~i vigorously. AMI made
tbsir way. a. length. into lloocias hou-r, but
~ ons. dad 90 lving. sas there A. u was
protahle that, AZ The fatal moment, The VIC.
tins hal soa.hi shelter la ths stahle. ~hich
"a about q huB,ir-i fsct frum The hou-e,
Re'ciA AMI his oompanious dirsriei their
Efforts Va that quarter
After thu bal burowvd for -ms time,
ona q thrm thrust Iois through an apr
turr. AMI ga withdrawing u heard boar-,
faint soice sayf
"iIslp. n dsar buslaB.ii IIslp. dsar
hru;hsf We are alive
Thy NV SurkSi -iih rsiouhlei activity.
anil ss,n made a cuushierabls of.ning AMI
tbsrs, under ib~ snow. I,occia. o. biz l1y.
foun,l his ~ifr, daughter AMI a sister. in-iar
Tlls thrs.s sufferers scra Incapable q nov
ing. ami ~sre shrunksn alno-i b sksictons
They usrr carrmliy removed from thslr
riaru a lmuri.nnnl..nt AMI Cuuveyoi o. the
hou-s q frieni. anil pruf-r MEASURES
adopted for their rc-toratiuu In a fc~ day.
they scrv fairly r,coyervl
Thsir hvrs werr prr-rrvcd during tho.s
long I've wc.ks In the following manner
rhcy hal taken fcfugc in The rack and man
or. vhich. lsing sirung. Lai viihsiood The
strain. though the ROT fell Fortunately
two goas w,re near them, which fuppli~i
them With goats miik In quantity suficseni 30
s,Istain lie
Tofc,i The gosts vas q prime importAnoe.
Immediately over tbs mansrr was a hois into
the has lnft through this hois ouc u the
womcn vas ahleto pull down iol,icr into The
nck. and when she oouhl M l0ugvr rcach IL.
The sagaci0ui animals cli-hei upon hsr shoui'
der AMI hsltr,i rhcm-lveS
Through ths whols % thsir inprisonmen;
they wcrc In total dArsne>S After the hrt
I've 90 IN day. they suffered iittls frum
hunger. though a quart q guats mia hal 10
su;iic, for thrrc Thy suffered Gar m0re
from the eKcs-sive colins-- q the snow water
that tricsioi over them. and from ths con
ttrnlnel f..turc into which they wcrr fOrncd
-Youths Companion