The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-21
KILLED ON THE WEISSHORN.

Almost simultaneously with the Mat
terhorn accident Of which the victim, a
guide named Alphonse Furrer, was bu-
ried this morning Gully 26). at Zermatt.
an accident occurred to three English
men on the Weisshorn, near Zermatt,
at an attitude of IA SG5 feet. Two were
yesterday morning found alive and un-
hurt, namely r. w. Brant, age forty
seven, of the foreign office, and Robert
Cory. thirty-four, shipowner, Of Croy-
don; the third, j. G. Cockin, flfty-four,
retired barrister, of Halifax, England,
was found dead, probably from falling
stones. The dead man, who was I'M
married, leaves an aged mother in Hail
fax. The party went without guides
Mr. Brent gave me the following ac-
count of the accident:
Eve left the Weissahrn Hut on
Thursday, at seventeen minutes past 2
a. M, to climb by the eastern ridge, the
usual way Our leader was Mr.. Cockin,
an experienced climber, who had as
cended the Weisshorn before. We
reached the end Of the rocky portion Of
the ridge at s in the morning, and in
tended to return by the same route. We
reached the SUNNI. at twenty minutes
past u, and left at twenty minutes to
/, but, seeing that the state of the
snow was dangerous, Mr.. Cockin decid-
ed that we should take to the rocks be-
low the ridge. Finding that route diff
ficult, we descended lower than we had
intended, constantly cutting ice steps,
and being much delayed. We were
eventually benighted on the ridge sep
q raj n oa cta from the WpSterO
part of the Schalliberg glacier. On the
next morning we found the direct des-
cent to the glacier impossible, and look
ed unsuccessfully for one mentioned in
Conway's guide to the Eastern Schali-
berg's glacier Our return to the south
face of the mountain was attended by
extreme danger from falling stones. Mr..
Cory suggested crossing over to the
western glacier, though it was extreme
ly crevassed, This proved to be too ex
hausting, and we therefore preferred to
wait the chances of the arrival of res
cue party on the next day (Friday); but
Mr.. Cocln, feeling his responsibility as
leader, and in spite of our misgivings,
but with our consent, being also APP
parently less fatgued, went alone on
Friday afternoon to find the suggested
down route, He crossed the western
arm of the ridge, and, apparently
avoiding the crevasses. reached the
very gully we had been looking for all
day, for there he was found on Satur-
day, at 3 y. M, by the guides rescue
party with wounds on the back and
front of the head. which the guides sug-
gest were caused by falling stones or by
himself falling some twenty metres
We meanwhile kept shouting the whole
night, in the hope that we would be
heard at Weisshorn Hut which actually
was the case. A rescue party led by (
Herman Seller, had, because we were
started from Zermatt on Fri |
day night about 10, and reached the hut |
about 8 in the morning. 1t found us |
on Saturday, at s in the morning, ex- |
haustcd but unlurt. The day was most |
difficult to find, but guide, remember
ing having seen channels ascending I
rocks at a certain point in our direction, |
foud a way to us. On reaching the hut |
we waited for the party searching for |
Mr.. Cockin. 1t found his body at 3,
and transported it to Randa, whence it !