HIMALAYAS CLIMBERS
KILLED BY AVALANCHE. (BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] (Recd. June 21. 1 p.rn.) SIMLA. June 20. An avalanche overwhelmed the German Mangaparhat expedition, killing seven climbers and nine Gurkha porters, but the leader. Wein, escaped. A PREVIOUS REPORT. BERLIN. June 20. By a coincidence- the "Vojkischer Beobachter" published an article dated May 20, by Martin Pfeffer a member of the expedition, announcing he had reached the main camp on the snowline at an altitude of 10,900 feet, and hoping to launch an attack on the summit within a month. He adds that Professor C. Troll of Berlin University, “whom science led elsewhere." had quiteed the expedition on Mar 17.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 21 June 1937, Page 2
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