The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-08-07
Meets MOST
HORRIBLE Death
Does Beautiful Daughter OF
Rev. Geo. W. Barnett.
Falls From PERCEPTIONS Cliff 200
Feet High TO Ledge
Then in River.

The following shocking account of
the horrible death of Miss Grace Bar
nett daughter of Rev. Geo. w. Barnett
of Los Angeles California, niece Of MIR
C. NJ. Barnett, Mrs. Woodberry Tins
ley and Mrs Fannie Taylor of
Hartford and relatives of many
other people of the County taken
from the Tulare County Times of Wis
ALA California VIII be read with pro-
found sorrow.
One of the most terrible accidents
in the annals of mountain climbing
in this section of the state occurred
on Monday afternoon when Miss
Grace Barnett, a member of the
Sierra Club and popular teacher
of drawing in the Berkeley high
schoolA fell 10 her death from a pre-
cipitous ledge in the Arrayo Canyon
to the waters of Kern Canyon below.
Edward Hohfeld, a former princi-
pal of the Visalia high school 10
whom the young lady was attached
with a strap, was carried over the
edge and narrowly escaped meeting
the same fate that came 10 Mass Bar
nettt. Afer laying unconscious in a
clump of bushes for some time he re-
covered sufficiently 10 make his way
TO camp, about mile distant and re-
port the awful accident. a party
was quickly organized and the re-
mains recovered in a pool 10 which
they had been washed and brought
10 the camp about dark.
The remains were brought 10 vi
salia by three members of the club,
arriving at | o'clock this afternoon
after an arduous trip in which they
slept not for two nights The party
included Miss Edna Cadwalder and
Glenn l.. Allen of Berkeley and Miss
Zoe hartman, of Tularre. Telling Of
the affair this afternoon to repre-
sentative of the Times the follow
ing account was given.
A number of members of the party
had gone 10 the top of Kaweah peak
and had safely descended 10 the vi
cinity of oraine lake. There was no
danger and the trail back TO camp was
a safe one. Miss Barnett a daring
mountain climber and Mr.. Hohfeld, how
ever, decided to return by the much
shorter but much more dangerous route
of the Arroyo conyon. After travers-
ing the greater part of The distance
and the more dangerous part, over in
fact an almost impossible moWtain
gorge, Miss Barnett suddenly lost her
footing and slipped over the precipice.
The body struck on ledge some dis
lance down and bounded from here
over INFO the river distance calcula-
ed by Mr.. Hohfeld, at 200 feet. THE
fall was headlong from the PERCEPTIONS
cliff. 1t is believed the fall TO the
ledge killed the young woman and that
she was dead when she reached the
bottom OF the torrent with lis many
loulders.
The injuries to Mr.. Hohfeld, con-
sist in broken nose, badly sprain-
ed ankle and various other Commissions
about the head and body. His greatest
inurjy is mental however, being al
most overcome by his terrible exper-
fence. When he came TO his senses
he could see far down, the body of
the young woman lying in the water.
After much exertion lie maLa6.d ,
get back upon the trail and reached
camp a mile distant. being COM
PEELED 10 go slowly on account Of his
injuries.
The unfortunate young woman was
one of the most popular in the club,
being reckoned one of the strongest
physically not excepting the men, and
was hardy mountain climber.
She was declared to be one of the
jolliest of the party and her death
has cast a gloom over the entire
camp. Up until the time Of the ac-
cident the trip had been one of the
most enjoyable in the history of the
club.