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TERRIBLE ALPINE ORDEAL. [By Electric r, ~ t/ !e—Oopyrle-htl. [Aust. and N.Z. Cabl? Association.] (Received Thursday. '! p.m.) LONDON, September 5. The -"Dally Express" Geneva correspondent states that M. Hoessel, a Swiss student, narrates a horrible ordeal he underwent while touring the Alps with a man named Schaer and Schaer's son. They climbed the Rothorn, nearing the summit at 8 o'clock in the evening. The three were roped together. Schaer, senior, fell, dragging his son with him, the father being killed and the son fatally injured, but the rope held and Hoessel remained on a ledge supporting the weight of the dead and living. Hoessel was unable to raise the dying man, who talked to him for several hours, telling of his sufferings, until he died. Meanwhile, Hoessel, unable to move without risking his life, remained thus till dawn, when he crawled to the edge of the precipice, and finding his companions dead, cut the rope.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 2742, 7 September 1923, Page 5
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158TIED TO DEAD MEN. Manawatu Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 2742, 7 September 1923, Page 5
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