VOICES UNDER THE SNOW.
WOMAN SURVIVOR OF AN AVA-
LANCHE.
A party of eleven eki-ers was overwhelmed by an avalanche near the summit of the Schnesberg, near Vienna, and ten persons were killed. Two woodcutters coming down the mountain heard groans from beneath the snow. They dug hastily and discovered a lady with clothes torn and so exhausted that there is little hope for her. She gasped "Avalanche. Dig deeper," and then fainted. They laid her on the snow, and after much work recovered the corpse of the leader of the party, Dr. Hacker, and then conveyed Fraulein Blanka Tagleicht, who is the sole survivor, to the hotel. Owine to a heavy snowstorm the relief expedition was without result, but in the morning several detachments of soldiers on skis proceeded to the spot. Nine bodies including one woman, have now been recovered. It is remarkable thae the faces of all the victims wear happy expressions which would seem to indicate that death was instantaneous.
The Emperor has expressed his sympathy with the familiea of the victims and has requested that all fresh details be communicated, to him immediately
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15002, 25 May 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)
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188VOICES UNDER THE SNOW. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15002, 25 May 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)
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