SOLDIERS MAROONED
SNOW IN BERNESE ALBS. [by CABLE —PRESS ASSN. — (Reed. March 10. noon.) BERNE, March 9. Seventy-six Swiss soldiers, who are short of fuel, are snowed in on the Wildhornut, in the Bernese Alps, at an altitude of 7600 feet. The commanding Major telephoned that they still have some food. A heavy gale is blowing, and snow is falling, increasing the danger of avalanches hourly. It is impossible to send relief, and it is impossible for them to attempt to descend, while tingale continues. The column which was engulled by an avalanche on March 3, was taking supplies, but failed to reach the marooned troops.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 10 March 1939, Page 2
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