The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-15

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swallowed them up. Some of them left
families and some aged parents depend
iii an very s10 poor os Tor t ssc .ea:on had Sesn bad
for them. The French and German war
a nsd s :=ys-: :SsE y Wait co% TO I lasse s 81 e.:
70 upward Of 1000 francs va: rsissa
distributed by the Maivr.
IL va: several week. afterwsEa that ]
learned the sequel 70 thu: terrible anair.
deemed practicable 10 attempts another
search for the missing men, and then
o :. s slsn %s e down s1 Their iifslr Ss h oSio
There WINS no other hope.
Fifty of the most experienced noun
this purpose and after q long and tedious
orp:e Of .everai Of the party, .mona
C~orkendale. They were In q sitting pos
t,ire, as though they had sat down To rest,
f Dr.. s 90 n"a w sssi sa,.nd !. IN mo sne BOOM sSan h bensin Hr
several dates, the last Of which was that
terrible night of September. The record
midst of a terrible SNOW storm; that they
had had trouble will their guides and the
party had become separated. They were
ord closed as follows: 1--WE have dug a
grotto in the snow ut g heiRh OF 1900
feet fses are ! ha sro,e n" a n"Pf OF aS S=e ssh"us,si. my
have only strength so write these words.
l die believing in Jesus Christ, with tho
Ships. and ali. i hope we shall meet in
heaven" DIR. Beane was a highly esteemed
young physician of Baltimore, and had in
officials connected with the smithsonian
Institution. The object of his visit to
Chinouni ami his fatal ascent OF the
t,pp,npntnir. v-as mainly for scjnnfitC tHnvnS-
tigation. Mr.. Randall, who persisted AT
the same time, hut whose body was not
was a well known resident of Quincy, and
think was treasurer of the savings
hank.
least one victim every year. But the year
1870 was pre.cminently it's own; for this
terrible affair-the worst that had ever
been rememhcred at Chamouni-was not
the only fatality OF that season. The
other was In this wise: During. the pre-
man with his bride visited Chimouni.
The lady was very anxious to GO part way
up the ~o,ntai so two Ruides and u
porter were secured, and the gentleman,
his wife, and u lady companion started
ON their upward way. Upon reaching the
Grand Mulets they found the ascent 80
agreeable that they concluded to go on
still further.
The gentleman and guides started ON
MARI out "a path for the ladies, leaving
them i'm charge of the porter. They had
gone hut a short distance when they heard
q succession Of shrieks. and upon has
Gently left. they found the lady compan-
ion Standing alone and dazeti with fright.
The bride and the porter had disappeared
forever from the face of the earth. As
soon as the frightened woman could speak
sine explained that they were all stamping
their feet upon the SHOW tn keep them
warm while waiting for the return OF their
male companions, when IL suddenly gave
way beneath them. and i'm an instant the
bride and porter were gone gone from
light: They had been standing over a
opening Of which was hidden by the
SNOW.
Those who have crossed the Mer dc
treacherous crust had finally given way,
and the snow falling in upon them. had
forever shut them out from human Y
made to recover the bodies. but without
avail, for these crcvasses are sometimes
hundreds and thousands of feet I'm depth,
though often not more than two or three
feet wide at the top, which. renders them
all tho more dangerous after n snowfall.
have heard people speak of the ascent
of Mont Blanc as n pleasant supnpe days
jaunt. But l arm quite sure they have
never tried IL; neither have 1. The Mer
de Glacc was enough for me. There were
at that time 40 men on the roll Of guides
bcr wcrs, allowed or licensed to take any
one To the top OF the mountain. Those
who know il hest fear il most. A fee of
100 francs about S2O-was paid to each
guide who made the ascent.
Two portcrs to each guide ara also re-
quircd to carry the extra clothing, provis-
ions, etc.. of the party. The latter are
none too much, for they share equally the
peril and more than share the toll of thc
ascent. They are "a noble body of men,
bound together by very strong ties OF SYM
pathy and friendship.