ALPINE TRAGEDIES
HEAVY DEATH ROLL THIS YEAR. THE LATEST DISASTER. THREE PEOPLE PERISH. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.). (Times Cables.) Received August 19, 8.40 a.m. LONDON, Aug. 18. The Times’s correspondent at Geneva states:—
“The death roll in the Alps thus far in 1931 is 85. The latest tragedy involved two brothers and a friend who were ascending a mountain near Chamonix, a celebrated valley among the French Alps. They were overtaken by a snow storm at an altitude of 11,000 feet and were forced to spend the night in the open. One brother died, and the friend slipped while descending and was killed. The surviving bi-other reached a shelter hut, but he died from exposure.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 221, 19 August 1931, Page 7
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116ALPINE TRAGEDIES Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 221, 19 August 1931, Page 7
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