ALPINE RESCUE.
CLIMBERS HANG IN MIDAIR. ALIVE AFTER FALL OF 300 FEET. (BY CAHI»-WB*S ASBOOIATIOK—COPJBIOHT) (AtfgTBAUAK AXD K.Z. CABUB ABSOOIATJPN.) (Received August 13th. 7.10 p.m.) LONDON. August 13. The Geneva correspondent of tho "D-aily Express" says that threo young Italians, corded together but without a guide, fell SCO feet when near tho 11,420 feet summit of one of tho most famous peaks in the Mont Blanc range. The cord struck n\\ overhanging rock, miraculously supporting thorn as the-y hung helplessly In apace over a glacier 3000 feet below. Tho accident was witnessed through telescopes from Chamonix, and the Alpinists were rescued after hanging for six hours—one with a broken leg, a second half-mad with tho pnin of internal injuries, and the third with slight wounds,
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18151, 14 August 1924, Page 9
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