Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-02-02
PERISH ON A GLACIER

PERISH ON A Glacier
TERRIBLE STloRY OF DEATH AND sGF-
FERlNG IN ALASKA.
Some Who Reached Camp Die of Blood
Poisoning While Many Others Are h ally
Frozen--son Lays Down His Life For
His Father.
SEATTLE, Jan. 2S.--The steamer Cot
tage City from Alaska, brings news that
number of Copper River prospectors
persisted on Valdez glacier. The fol-
lowing are known to have been lost:
CHARLES KHRoN, New York City.
G. P. SMITH, Chicago.
OLE EVEN, Baldwin, Wis.
- HENDERSON, Wisconsin.
GEORGE SwEEsEY, New York
Among the many badly frozen miners
are:
George Poalowitz, New York City.
Sylvester Grog, ST. Joseph, Mo.
Holver Evjens, Baldwin, Wis.
The are six men at Valdez suffering
from frozen feet, hands and face. A
hospital has been established at Twelve
Mile Camp, on the other side of the gla-
cler, and Is men are suffering from the
same cause. All We're frozen trying to
cross the glacier, but managed to get
back into camp. The freezing of the
Evjens, father and son, is particularly
sad. They started for Valdez, but on
getting well toward the summit of the
glacier found their feet freezing. Both
started back. The son gave his father
his extra wrapping for his feet and as
result froze both legs in few min
utes and was unable to proceed. He
babe his father good bye and compelled
him to go on without him. Then the
boy lay down in the snow to die. His
body will probably never be recovered
The father reached Twelve Mile Camp
very badly frozen and is not expected
to live.
Fate of Smith and Khron.
Smith and Khron were members of
the same party. In company with
George Poalowitz, Sylvester Grog and
several others. They started across
the glacier early in December. Smith
was the first to freeze his feet Afte4
they had crossed the summit and were
going down the long stretch toward
Valdez, his strength began to fail him.
At last he could keep up no longer.
Calling his companions around him, he
told them he was doomed even if they
got him into camp, and that they must
try and save themselves. Telling them
to notify his wife and children back in
Chicago, he lay down in the snow and
was soon lulled into last sleep by the
deadly frost
Khron wanted to lie down and die
when the trip was almost at an end
His comrades kept him moving in spite
of the pain of his badly frozen feet and
at last got him into Valdez. His toes
were so badly frozen that they fell off
when his boots were cut away. Blood
| poisoning set in soon after and in ten
days the miners buried him in rough
grave.
The third man Of the party to lose his
life was miner named Henderson. He
started out with the party, but was
frozen before they reached the summit
of the glacier He decided his only
hope was to turn back Soon after he
left the party terrible blizzard swept
over the glacier, obliterating all trails
and making travel impossible He
! probably lost his way then and persisted,
Many Others Persisted.
George Paolowitz, Of the Manhattan
Mining company of New York, was the
fourth member to be badly frozen. He
returned OH the Cottage City yesterday
in charge of DR.. Lewis of Chicago. He
will lose the greater part of both feet
and is in danger Of losing his life from
blood poisoning. He said: cit was bit
ter cold and for four days we wandered
about the glacier trying to find onr
way down. We had little food. The
other four members of the Manhattan
company were waiting on short rations
at the foot of the lake. I don't know
what will become of them now that
Khron is dead and am here in almost
as bad fix"
George Sweesey started across the
glacier early in the winter, drawing 4
heavy sled. He never reached the
other side.
The miners who arrived on the Cot
tage City say that many others persisted
like Sweesey. They are unable to give
names. The men, starting out in pairs
or singly, were never heard of again.
Three Perish In II Snow Slide.
APEX, Col, Jan. 30.-A snow slide
occurred here yesterday in which three
lives were lost. They are: Mrs. w. H.
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