Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-07-02

times almost wholly hidden by the snow;
but behind, the sliding layer was not ~
thick. and ienni stroyc WIN desperate
energy to arrest bis prpgress
'Ilnlti Herr Jesus, halt he shouted,
as again and again he IlroYe MS heels
into the frmcr surface underneath.
And now, let Prof. Tyndail tei the
rest:
Hooking in advance. I noticed that
the slope. for short disianc' Decnine
less steep. aud then falls a, '@iorc Vow
J or never We must he brought 10 rest.
The speed visihly slackencd, ANA |
thought we were saved. Hut me mo
meninm had been TOO great; the ava
lanche crossed the brow and IN lArt re
gained his motion. Herr Hutchinson threw
his arm around his friend. iall hplS ne
lug extingnished. while ] Erasped my
belt AMI struggled to free myself finh.
iig This difficult from the iosslhE'
sIlleuly resumed the strain upon the
rope. Destiny had 50 related the nowh-
ward impetus to Jennis phil ~ 10 give
the latter slight advantage. ana me
whole question WIS whether the olluslr <
force would have sufficient time 10 ant.
This was also arranged in our iaNnf,
for We came Ia rest 50 near tue brow
that two or three seconds OF our hNethgc
motion Of descent mutt have earned ns
over. Had this occurred. we should nave
fallen into the chasm and been covered
up by the tail end Of the avalanche
Hutchinson emerged from the snow with
his forehead bleeding. but me wound
was superficial: .Icnni had Bit OF hesh
removed from his hand by cmnSlph
against a stone: the pressure OF the rope
had left black wi'lts on my arms. ana we
all experienced tingling sensation oIe9
the hands. like that produced ny ihell'-
ient frost bite which continued Tor sew
oral dnys. This WIS ALL ! found
portion Of my watch chain hanging r9hhu
my mock, another portion III my pochc''
the watch was gone.
Very similar In many respects was tue
famous accident Of the Haul de Cry, IN
which !. ]. Bcnncn persisted IN zen
rury. 1861. So sure Of foot was Ben
pon thar il nsnd to be- said Of HIM as \
was said Of Johann l.auener. who diet
,ipOn the .Iungfriu. that nothing could
bring him to grief hn an avalanche.
Aud the hour came when The snnwheid
which hr was crossing with his llefren
split suddenly and the ground ON when
tipy stood began To move, and Benneh
solemnly called ont the words. WIZ
sind ale ycrlorcn, and never spoke
The avalanche was deeper than the
one which swept Professor I'yudall down
the glacier Of the Pz Mortcratsch.
Before LONG" writes Mr.. Gosscit. one
nl lllt NNFNlNOIN 81 hllt hNNlNfHAs . NA'
covered up with snnW and IN utter
darkness. | WAS suifocating when,
with jerk, I suddenly came to the sur
face again. To prevent myself sinking
again. ! made use Of my arms much In
the same way as when swimming W
standing position At last noticed
that | was moving slower; then | saw
the pieces Of snow IN front of me stop
az some yards distance. then the snow
straight before me stopped aud ! heard
on large scale lhp same crrnkins
sound that is produced WHEN a heavy
cart passes over hard frozen snow in
winter"
But the snow behind pressed Oh aud
buried Mr. Gnssptt So intense WIS the
pressure that he could not move. ard be-
gan to fear that Il would be impossible
10 cNiricAtc himself Then, while try.
ing vainiy to move his arms. he suddenly
became aware that his hands. nS far
NJ the wrist, had the faculty of motion,
The cheering conclusion was that they
must Ice above the snow 81 Mr.. Cos
srtt struggled Oh. Al last he saw a
faint glinmer of light The crust above
his head was getting thinner, aud lot
little air pass. but he could no longer
rench 1t with his hands The idea struck
him that he might pierce IL with his
breath. lie tried, and after several
efforts he succeeded. Then he shouted
for help. and one Of the guides, who had
escaped uniniurrl came aud eNtricuted
him The SNOW had In be- cut with the
axe down to his feet before he could hr
pullcl out Then he found that his
travelling companion. NJ Ruissonnet VA.
dead. and that no trace Of Benncn could
he .cen His body. however. was after
wards recovered, The story Is told In a
letter from Mr. GoSsett to Professor
Tyndall
"Rpnnpn's hndy" Lp writes. twas