GRIM ALPINE TRAGEDY.
BROTHERS SWEPT INTO A CREVASSE. FOUND AFTEB SIX MONTHS. UtVED FOR A WEEK. (Received 11.80 n.m.J GENEVA. June 3. A grim Alpine tragedy has been solved by the discovery on" the Bernese Alps, near Lpnk. eastward of the Lake of Geneva, of the bodies of Dr. Rahm and his brother, both eminent Alpinists, ■whom an avalanche swept into a crevasse in December. The brothers were found locked in each other's arms, the bodies being perfectly preserved. Their haversacks had been emptied of food, and apparently they had lived for a week at the bottom of a precipice, vainly hoping for help. Swiss guides spent a fortnight endeavouring to locate them, running great risks from avalanches.— (A. and
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 131, 4 June 1923, Page 5
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