TRAGIC FAILURE
LOSS OF MOUNTAINEERING PARTY United Press Association —By Electric Te’ - h —Copyright CALCUTTA, July 22. All hope has been abandoned of finding alive the three German climbers. Merkl, Wieland and Welzenbach, who were lost in a blizzard on Nanga Parbat in the Kashmir Himalayas. Two British officers who were lent to the relief expedition, Captains Sangster and Frier, have returned to Srinagar. They state that the bodies of seven Darjeeling porters have been recovered, but it is impossible to find the Germans yet, owing to the weather conditions. All attempts to reach the summit have been abandoned, but every effort will be made to recover all the bodies before leaving the mountain.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19860, 25 July 1934, Page 9
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114TRAGIC FAILURE Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19860, 25 July 1934, Page 9
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