Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1906-08-09

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THREE NIGHTS IN A CREvAssE.
me adventures Of three young
uermans on the Jungfrau have been
the topic Of much discussion and the
cause OF great anxiety at Grinden.
wsid. A few days ago the three
Young men. two Of whom have had
considerable Alpine experience, while
the third. an Alsatian. is a novice,
started without a guide to make one
more OF those foolish attempts at
o.g climb unaided which have been
SO common and so fatal this season.
Leaving Lauterbrunnen in the at.
ternoon they passed the night at
hottal cabin. A storm, however,
overlook them on the way up, a sig.
nal OF danger which no prudent Al.
pinist would have failed to profit by.
AT a. m. the next morning, though
PAD weather was threatening, they
resumed their march. The Alsatian
iisten to the advice Of his more
experienced companions. Three
was already showing signs OF dis
tress, but refused to go back or to
hours afterward a binding snow.
storm broke over them. rendering
progress both dangerous and diff
cult. and blotting ont all signs OF
the track and landmarks. Flooding
dogsedly on, however. the trio man.
aged to reach the Silberhorn slopes,
little below the summit, where they
were compelled to pass the night.
Shelter was difficult to find, and
their position appeared desperate.
when one of the party noticed that
a crevasse near at hand appeared
10 terminate at depth of some
twenty feet. Carefully roping him.
seif' one Of the party was lowered
over the edge and found that there
was sufficient space and excellent
shelter at the bottom. BY firmly
wedging their ice axes into the ice
MS companions were able to lower
themselves also. and in this con-
nned space. walled in by solid ice
and in imminent danger from falling
Ice above. the night was spent. For
tunately a small stove and a good
supply OF eatables formed part OF
the climbers equipment, and the
not conee which they -ere enabled
70 brew probably was the means
OF saving their lives. Huddled to!
gether and almost frozen, the three
waited for dawn. The snow, how,
ever, still fell pitilessly all next day
and the day following; progress ON
retreat was impossible, and a second
night, and then third, had to be
laced in the icy shelter.
The Alsatian, unable to stand the
bitter cold. began to complain of
severe pains in his feet. a well-known
sign OF evil omen among snow.
climbers. Next morning his two
companions emerged from their ref
uge to ind the weather still and
clear, and completed the ascent, re-
turning to find their companion evil
IDENTIFY in great pain and quite I'M
able to move. The two others there
upon set Of for the Concordia but.
half leading and half carrying their
unfortunate comrade. There the
half-frozen man was left while one
OF his friends fastened down to the
Eggishorn Hotel. A relief party
was at once sent out, and with great
difficulty the sufferer was borne
down to the hotel. Both his feet
were frozen and his condition for
some time caused the greatest anx-
lety. Meantime, from the Lauter-
orunnen side search parties were at
work hunting for the missing men.
VINO. IL was believed. could not have
hVed through three days of such
weather on the icy heights of the
Jungfrau. 1t is said to be the first
time that a climbing party has ever
emerged safely from so prolonged a
stay below the surface Of the glacier
ice.-Geneva Correspondence of Pail
Mall Gazette.