The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-24

| tain climbing. and parI IIr.y tho elos-
ing one OF the SERIES bunss wildly 20
my mind recollection OF ms pcrsonal "a
I perieuce iu connection with that sad
I event which ST. Whymper rightly des g.
mates "tlc worst catastrophe o. the
/ Alps And just here allow mo 10 correct
I one serious error which appears iu your
| report and which was undoubtedly a 8 10
/ of 900, reporters pen. Tho catastrophe
/ referred 90 occurred not at tho end OF
/ ,s- a. you have o.. bat twenty-one
[ years eIrlior-namciy. iu the month o.
| September 1870 That year. you viii
I doubtless rcmtmbcr was hateful one or
rho continent OF Europe and marked some
notable change 30 lie political history. IL
was the year which Witnessed the out
break % that terrible French ani Ger.
man war which so soon resulted in the
downfall Of the French army the sur
render % Louis Napoleon ~ the mead NJ
hts army. the Night Of Eugene ana he
ultimate establishment OF the resent
French republic. eliminating with the
cession OF Alsacc and Lorraine the in
vestmcnt OF Paris by the German Army
and thc croWuiug of King william a.
Versailles az Emperor Of Germany. II
was this same fatefu year. 1870 that saw
the Italian army entering aud occupying
fb. ir,r,risI ,i,, az Rome "a the .nh.,-
,n.nt .le.,to,, la. an ,t,,,.,., ,,,.,rt,r.,,-
,.fe of me Ror,srs of Victor Emmanuel
father OF tho late l,m.ut..d King Hum
h.rt al. r,,l.r Over urt,ed r,alv
Lost on Mount Blanc.
II was my fortune TO be travelling in the
three centuries named durlhk 'he pI's feNa
OF THESE mohehtoes events ana 70 haNe
h'eh az 'hhihouhi al lh' tlme Nheh me
worst catastrophe ~ me AIDS occurred.
hence the viva recoliec IONS "hleh the
Te'eW i'iatloh bN MI. Nhghptt nave
awakened 10 my mi"d ~ was on the al
ternoon OF the tth OF sepiemher-tne same
f1totul month which Witnessed the down.
ran Of Louis Napoleon, the Investment o.
faris ana inc occupation "t homr-th''
IN company with small party 81 tour
i-ts, Including two gentlemen and four la
dies from Boston the majority Of wnom
have since passed from earth-I enterad
the little village % Chamouni under very
peculiar circumstances. Ne found the Viz
| lage square ulled with excited villagers.
men, women ana chilircn, many OF whom
were weeping ana moaning ana wfinsinf
their hands. The cause Of this demonstfa-
| sion we soon learned from one OF the To"
visitors VINO haa r. NAMED ai'rr rae war
rews reached thcm. The substance 81 the
INFORM Ton gwen US "'s ma ~" -
pi'Nloua's r'l
/ tourists, '"i.e bu"'', NV, "
'i"''h w. ~ ""'l 7'"'''I ~ ''" '
ascent OF Mont hlan' ln'y han o''"
watched through the telescope WIN MOI
'han usual interest az " was i"le ~ t'''
season Tor such an enterprise No very
/ sreat anxiety hhd neeh t,lt 10 reEatd ."
. them until the morning OF the second aast
! when. as ] was informed hy gentleman
who had heen a special watcher Tor tnen.
l they We're seen for Few moments, not
Tar from tho summit apparently descend
ig and looking as he expressed Il. hS"
I flies crawling over . white sheet. sud
denly" ne said. while I was looking a
| vci seemed Go be thrown over them and
! they vanished from my sight looked
! long and earnestly. but saw them no more
! 7 was convinced that they had been over
I token by a fuowstorm and feared that
they were lost" Tho chief guide who
was also mayor OF the village, was com
I municated with and he dispatched an
Z cxperiencod guide with orders TO 80 up 20
/ the Grand Mulcts ana signal back any
] ir formation he might obtain In regard 60
/ the party. In due time he returned an
swer that they had not been there nor
vverc there any signs OF them In that vi
entity
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