The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-30
Failing to Reach Husband and Unable to Climb Rope, Death Expected
 in AhyssDid Not Come
By Associated Press

Banff, July 29.-The story of how Mrs. w. F. Stone, wife of the for mer president of Purdue university air and then dropped exhausted on a four-foot ledge, the only breaa in 8 precipitious cliff hundreds of feet high, after an unsuccessful at tempt to save her husband who had fallen into crevice below, was re- vealed today in dispatch received here from the correspondent of the Calgary Herald
 Mrs. Stone is now in an improvised camp on the mountainside recover the tiny ledge for eight days with out food or water until rescued oy Hammer, Swiss guide. The cores pendent told how she had watched her husband fall as they were at tempting to climb Mount Eanon and then attempted to lower herself with the rope in the hope of rescuing him The rope. however, was too short and after hanging alongside the mountain and finding she was unable to pull herself back up she let go, tApcCtlIS u PldHeS tO hSA NNeieAi the abyss below. Fate intervened and she landed on the narrow ledge, a drop of 10 feet.
 search Unnvailing
 Members of the party that rescued Mrs. Stone are busy building raft to convey her down the Marvel lakes the first stage of the 55-mile trip to civilization. The search for pr, Stone's body has proved unavailing and members of the rescue party are nearly exhausted from their efforts to find him. It is probable that the body will be left until another and better equipped search party can be organized.
 Mrs. Stone is still weak, but pr. Bell of Winnipeg, who has been With her since she was found on Sunday. is confident she is now out or danger. Although she had had little sleep ana nourishment since she was found. she was able on Wednesday evening to speak briefly of her terrible eN- perience.
 lost his life occurred on Saturday, July 6. she said and not Sunday as was at first believed Mrs stone said that on Saturday morning they set out to climb Mount Eanon wieh- out being fastened together py rope. In the afternoon they had nearly reached the summit and were negotiating an almost perpendicu.a cliff. MT. Stone was slightly in ad- vance. Mrs. Stone said she suddenly looked up and saw her husband slip. Then he fell past her and she saw him strike the face of the cliff several times, his body turning over and over until he disappeared in tho abyss below.
 started to Rescue
 Although Mrs. Stone held out faint hone of saving her husbands life, and realized the grave dangers that confronted her. she endeavored to go to his rescue. Fastening rope to the edge of a ledge she climbed rapidly down until she reached the end of the rope. There was no sfoat hold and no hand hold and she found herself dangling against the steep mountain side.
 For some time she hung there, try ing vainly to draw herself back up again. Finally, exhausted, she looseo her hold expecting to dash 10 ner death Instead she landed on tue four foot ledge about 10 feet peioW' There she remained for eight dsys' During that time clouds lowered over the mountain tops and frequently  by lightning and thunder, broke about her. Long before help ar rived she had about despaired CT ever being rescued but her remark able stamina carried her through. Last Sunday evening Hammer fourd Mrs. Stone. Letting himself down tu the ledge with rope, he fastened l if about her body. difficult task for she was badly bruised. Drawing her up to where foothoid could be gained, he performed what Gen. eral Mitchell described as a wonder fuI feat for he carried the uncon- scious woman down the side of the mountain in his arms.
 Although Mrs. Stone is recovering and the worst of her experiences 1re over. an arduous journey still lies before her. The trail to Banff is | 55 miles on pack horses, beset with many difficulties. She must be car ried on a stretcher every foot of the | way with the exception or the snort snan of tho 1xa@xsl lakes.