FROZEN TO DEATH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14299, 19 February 1910, Page 3 (Supplement)

FROZEN TO DEATH.

LONDON , GIRL'S TRAGIC FATE &M THE ALPS. . ■" iSVii After three days' diligent search the bodji'ij of Mis& Kate Eastman, 25, of London, \vsjf<[ found buried in snow, in the Swiss Alp&P The young lady, who had: been on a day, was; thus discovered to have been ovei%® taken by a terrible death. Her body wa*J| discovered by ,a ( party■ of '■-. searchers on ;t&*|| Chainossaue, near IChesieres. L She arrived}® at : the Grand? Hotel, Chesieres, ob 3e*| Year's > Day from; London, accompanied HkK a lady friend. y Early next morning 'left; J? the ;hotel. alone Id witness the sunrise oO | J theC2iamossaire. : This mountain is lea's ;|, than 7000 f- high, and a guide is not-jcott« sidered necessary Zin : order to make tMM ascent. ■'■!. Ko'alarm was felt regarding. Mii*;j| Eastman's absence ; until the afternoon.;! Then, as ; ; she had not- returned,-a party di|| visitors and guides set out ■to search ff her. ; : When the body was jdiscovered half-;;;; buried in the drifting -snow"it was evidenfl. that Miss Eastman; had made a brave figs||>; for J life. She $ bad.:? walked many v n M«*|gti -trying'to, find "the path: which would tataip her back to the valley. The footprints i#|the 2' snow .showed- that i she >had wandejs||j more than four miles S from .; the ->,: beaOT||i track. The body was brought'to; sur-Ollon,.en route for London. *■•• ■UH ■l Miss Eastman, " t who was ? a weU-edficaw||| young lady, had -travelled extensively* f**i|| was an expert mountain-climber,-: . J||||