SWISS ALPINE TRAGEDY
PARTY OF THREE PERISH OVERTAKEN BY SNOW STORM I TOTAL 85 DEATHS THIS YEAR. Juitcil Press Association—By Electric. Telegraph Copyright.) Received 0.45 a.m. to-day. LONDON, Aug. 18. The “Times” Geneva correspondent says the death roll in tire Alps thus far i„ 1931 is 85.
The latest tragedy involved two brothers and a friend who were ascending,;! mountain near Chamonix, they were overtaken by a snowstorm at a height, of 11,000 feet and were forced to spend the night in the open. One brother died. The friend .slipped while descending and was hilled, and jnie_surviving brother reached the shelter of a hut, but died from exposure.
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Hawera Star, Volume LI, 19 August 1931, Page 5
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