ALPINIST'S ORDEAL.
DEAD AND DViNG ON ROPE.
BURDEN - HELD ALL NIGHT.
A. and ,N.Z. • LONDON. Sept. 5. The Geneva correspondent of the Daily Express states that M. Hoessel, a Swiss student, narrates a horrible ordeal when touring the Alps with a man named Schaer and Schaer's son. They climbed the Rothorn, and when nearing the summit, at eight in the evening, all three being roped together, the elder Schaer;fell, dragging his son with him. The father was killed and the son fatally injured, but tho rope held. Hoessel remained on a ledge supporting the weight of the dead and living. Ho was unable to raise the dying man. Young Schaer talked to Hoessel for several hours, telling of his sufferings, until ho died. ' Meanwhile Hoessel was unable to move without risking his life. He remained thus until dawn, when ho crawled to the edge of the precipice and found his companions dead, when he cut the rope.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18498, 7 September 1923, Page 7
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