The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-16


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r1ks~ or mere wa STARED dowr tAsa
E<rxnzzk ez steep serIslE- T1@ z1ox
Vas n2y- sceNzxn 80 tEa- waking wzz
fairy geast, we woas6 s11k Only 20 car
SrEseg. We fsese4-sses sks4 z$sDe rxras-
fy Tor ~ lesst fifteen Efagtss- whez 80
hegzn 70 ses marks r. the szg~ wascA
wS tco1z1t were r1e~4zy s-o~ cracks
tHs snsea 70 o1r E1-~ow ~ soor Fess-.z
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~er@ frzy<1s1z oyer a glacier thz- rrove3
- - a. oS~n grave for ere Of ozr nosz
fs@1NEec companions We Rad walke2 re--
traps hsf sn t0gv. E@i1orrz. CTR g1fE4e
wzs ahead perhaps ~ vsrs4s. waar A.
hert PaEscze erred eEt.- Lock egs* A.oTs.
s1@rs Srs holes 1@rN- He hzH fzss@a srto
4 er@Tfn@ 20 his krsex bag rad gosser CIR
a. rsEht and s.srtA5 ~ unsz sn@ ran
nsxr oSAsn1 nSrn- Jotn Do-sclo. a ye-
Eextzz. sang down = a crevIc% 70 lis
zz1sf ard was saved from deztn by RS
Winchester RE, fh@ erdz % ~1sch raaxns
or 1-k1er ss64 - fz@ c~ewsce w-srn was
asout two fe@e vaze ~ the top o< ras Co.
There VAS sEo7e zwc feet cf STOW On
Top % tne See ~ iris point. ard fh4 sn0w
formed rotten area ever the rhxs-a. So
that TIRE only Indication Of danger was
a marx Fl ire STOW rot larger tran :
mans finger. Uorhos0 cried OFT for help.
sE1 the rnaa Il txsnr q airr rad 70 r.
tgrn 20 his assistance. p-oozbsy fifty
yards Albert PagSehe returned froEa th@
frcnt ard gzTe Dorboio = lzfr ina. put
him On afs feet cut Of danrSr b. tass
time Fits. who was tire fifth r1sn. ard
Antonio DTzrag. ne sixth and IaSr -zn,
~ r7e 10 The creysce. We Rad ha-z3y "a
allied our danger yet. as Dzr5o1o Rad
gotfsn out al right IN fact. there was
no danger 81 this po1nt. as Ire esazsra
had been uncovered Fits took a shoves
from ke1EzE and Lad L across ire crew
ice for firm footing Placing one foot
OF the handle. ne stepped over with ease
ard then picked ~ sae shovel and handed
* 20 Kennah. WHO rad not get crossed
as ne seemed 10 want 10 20 little EEgn-
er so tire srewtce- PITS turned and start
ed after those ca ahead. leaving Ksnaza
ard Antonio Durzg yet 20 cross Sud
denly we were started BY Durzx's cry
that mar was n the hole. SO suddenly
rad the accident happened that Durzg.
Who was very close did not know hoz
Il happened. but he thinks that kennan's
foot slipped or the shovel handle or that
tire shovel was not laid over the hole
uro5erfy ami slipped In The latter -
probably right, as the shovel went down
with him and was seen TO more. We
al made for the fatal chssm az fast as
possible, but We rever gos sight Of Ken
nah after he fell IN, as down some twenty
or twenty-five fest the crestce made a
csrve. IN fact tt was something ike
edge. We gathered ais the rope we Rad.
which was perhaps thirty feet, % half Or
shree-elgflths inch cord. ard with three
pairs Of large double blankets stretched
out ard looped together. all told we had
perhaps sixty feet OF blankets ard rope.
When lowered this woaid reach down 20
Kennzh. bat 10 his horror and ours IN
seu1s Esnnes the pack had fastened his
hands 50 they were useless, and he was
in such position that he could not take
hold OF tire blankets with his teeth We
lowered first q shovel. hoping that he
could stand on that. but after long ef-
fort xsta his feet he said that was no
Ese. as he could not fasten TO II. Then
we gave him q pick fastened securely 70
the rope bat he could Rot faStsn 10 that.
and we could not fasten anything 70 him.
as we had but the one line. including the
blankets. so that IL a man went down
we had nothing 70 fasten 20 him. One
man descended about thirty feet, bat
there was no; sufficient room 10 turn
around or use both hands, and there was
roshing 20 hold &C or stand on while be
united himself ard even II IL had been
possible for man 70 unite himself and
tie on 20 Kennsh !, Is highly probable
that his hands waHld have been so be-
numbed that he could not tie the rope
10 himself after the other man had been
saved
I'VE did our utmost to rescue our friend
ard companion. and after days and nights
Of thought we are yet unable 10 see how
we could have saved his life with the APP
rsIiances at hand II was SIX miles 20
camp. a days travel 20 make the round
trip. 50 after all our resources we're ex-
hzusted he realized that be was dying.
He tod US he was going. and then after
some conversation he said he was IN
great pain and that he could speak no
more But in answer 10 a question he
said family that he was suffering. and
then all was over. We could get no sound
from BIN after that. II was then. and not
until then. that NE realized that our COM
r2nion vas lost and that we were almost
exhausted ourselves from nervous ten
sion and the cold. when all was over and
we knew that we could not get his body
we fastened ourselves together with rope
and blankets and turned our faces sadly
towards the foot OF that perilous slope.
and az s o'clock we reached a fat IN the
valley at the head Of the canyon. as soy
rovful a band OF men az ever crossed a
mountain. On the sth we returned by
another route 10 our main camp. which
we reached after a hard days travel To
the honor OF the deceased we must say
that he had such confidence In the Justice
OF his God that he did not think II neces-
sary 10 call on Him for assistance in his
last extremity.
ANTON DURAG.
wv p. HETDORM,
~ ". Fits.
~ ". Fits.
a PAUSCHE.