EYE-WITNESS TELLS STORY OF AVALANCHE DISASTER IN THE TYROL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18046, 5 January 1927, Page 15

EYE-WITNESS TELLS STORY OF AVALANCHE DISASTER IN THE TYROL.

HAND PROTRUDING FROM SNOW LEADS TO RESCUE. Ky Telegraph.—A«n.—Copyright Aus. and X.Z. Cable Association. VIENNA, January 1. Details of the avalanche disaster in the Tyrol have created a sensation throughout Europe. A bank clerk was the only eye-wit-ness. lie states that ten tiny figures could be seen climbing when the mountain side seemed to move and a huge mass of snow fell like a waterfall with a noise of thunder on a front of half a mile. The spectator involuntarily closed his eyes and when he opened them the ten had vanished and the configuration of the mountain side had completely changed. If the English party had been given a couple of minutes it could have sheltered behind a large rock. As it was, a human hand protruding from the snow was the only clue to the scene of the disaster. Later, the tip of a ski led to the rescuers saving Miss Mary Woodward. She was badly bruised about the body and was suffering from shock. She is likely to recover. The party made the mistake of going without a guide.