Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-13
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Mrs. Stone Tells Story On
Reaching ST. Paul With
Husbands Body.
st. Paul. Aug. 12.-..Enroute to la
fayette. Ind. for burial. the body Of
Dr.. w. B.. Stone, president OF Purdue
university who was plunged to his
death in the Canadian Rockies, near
here this evening.
Accompanying the body, were Mrs.
Stone, who herself wal rescued from
q mountain ledge after eight days of
exposure without food; Richard Stone
of Cleveland and David Stone OF New
York city. her, sons and Harlan r.
Stone, dean of Columbia law school,
New York city. q brother of DR..
Stone.
The party is due in Chicago to-
morrow. It will go directly to La
fayette, where funeral services win
be held, probably Monday.
Despite the hardships she has en-
dured, Mrs. Stone shows no lasting
physical effects of her experience.
Her hands still are rough and sore
from the friction Of ropes, but other
bruises practically have healed, and
in the past three days she has regain
ed l. some Of the weis9t lost during
Near the summit of Mount canon,
rearing Its crest ;10.S00 feet above
sea level, stands a small monument
of loose rock, erected by friends in
tribute to DR.. Stone, who was first
to accomplish the ascent of the peak.
It was from this peak that DR.. Stone
fell while climbing with Mrs. Stone.
His brother, in telling tonight the de-
tails Of the fatal plunge and Mrs.
Stones rescue, told how the party
erected the monument, and in a flask
set firmly in the ground is a paper
with this inscription:
Records Feat.
FRIDAY, August o. 1921. This mon.
ument was built by the undersigned
in tribute to their comrade of the
mountains, DR.. Winthrop E.. Stone.
president of Purdue University, Lafay-
cite. Indiana, U. S. Al, who on July
16, 1921, with his wife, virtually COM
pleted the first ascent, reaching a
point net more than so feet from this
spot. Dr.. Stones ice axe crowned \this
mount"
The following signed the tribute:
Albert H.. MacCarthy, Lennox H
Lindsay, Edward Feuz, Conrad Cain
and Albert Aemmer. The first two are
members OF the Alpine club Of Canada
OF which DR.. Stone has BEEN a mem
Der for years. Aemmer is a Swiss
guide and he rescued Mrs. Stone and
recovered DR.. Stones body.
While tho inooript{op olives T,,1x, 4 4
as the date of Dr.. stones feat, his
brother declared July I8 was the cor.
rect date. On that date. Dr.. and
Mrs. Stone set out to climb Mount
canon, which is south and west OF
A~ssiniboine Mountain, and about SO
miles from Banff.
Mrs. Stone, according to the &C.
count of her experiences recited by
Harlan Stone, said she and her hus.
band We're ascending the mountain
roped together, with DR.. Stone lead.
ing. Near the top, they came upon
rocky chimney Vsshaped cut IL
the mountain side, with frequent foot
holds-and DR.. Stone climbed Tx
through this.
Secs Nothing Higher.
With her knowledge. he had un,
tied the ropes that had held them
and after climbing through the chin.
ney called out to her: II see nothing
higher" Just a moment later, a
crumbling rock caused him to lose
his hold, and he plunged past her tc
his death. This was at 6 p. M, July
L.. :
Mrs. Stone declared that it seemed
to her that his body fell a full 5000
feet before it struck a chasm. Toe
shocked to move, she remained .ir
hnr 6o-pa~4y1c ~@1S~a Ill LL-..-t
tina night and most of the next day
without food or water.
Apparently the want of water
caused an Authorization. as she
thought she saw many people moving
about a short distance down the
mountainside. She espied a ledge
about 40 feet down and, uncoiling hel
rope, began to lower herself to- it, in
the belief that it Jed around the
mountain to the people 'she believed
there. &
Tumbles to eLedge.
Her rope came to an end about ter
feet above the ledge, but finding she
could not raise herself again, she re.
leased her hold and tumbled to the
ledge, which was only four feet wide
at its greatest width and only 4 few
feet longer.
! = IOCheIeo on the le0Se, she ulSCOV-
cred a tuft of moss and beneath. II
found water slowly seeping through
the rocks. For two days she drank
frequently, digging with a sharp stone
q small hole to hold what water seep-
ed in. Then, fearing the water would
play out, she wound her watch and
timed herself to only one drink. every
two hours.
Two nights on the ledge 1t rained
heavily, but Mrs. Stone declared she
lost all reckoning uf time and she
hardly seemed to think. She suffered
greatly from the rough character OF
the rocks, which prevented her lying
in any position except on her stom-
ach.
For a little more than eight days
she remained on the ledge. Then, her
occasionally uttered cries for help
were heard by Aemmer, the Swiss
6utde, a member of a searching par.
ty, who lowered himself to the ledge,
Aemmer spent two hours getting
her in condition for the ascent, anu
kthen with the assistance of William
Peyto, a prospector who, was at the
anchored end of the rope. Aemmel
managed to get Mrs. Stone onto the
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