ALPINE ORDEAL.
A MAN OF CAPACITY. M. Vouilloz, a French Customs House official, while climbing alone tho- Col de Balme; above Chamonix, in the Alps, fell 80 feet and broke his leg. He made a splint of his ice-axe and crawled for seven hours to reach the summit of tho Col. He remained there in agony for 40 hours before a search party : found him almost dead from exhaustion.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 26, 30 December 1925, Page 4
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69ALPINE ORDEAL. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 26, 30 December 1925, Page 4
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