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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18992, 11 February 1930, Page 9

A skier named Loretan was swept away by an avalanche while in the Torrenthorn region, near the Gemmi Pass, Switzerland. He was flung 3000 feet over a precipice. Loretan was crossing a gully filled with snow, and it is believed that the tracks made by his skis set the mass in motion. By a strange coincidence the accident occurred at the exact spot where, thirty years ago, Loretan’s father escaped death partly through being the possessor of a wonderful tenor voice. Like his son, he was carried away by an avalanche, but on the very edge of the abyss he struck a rock to which he clung for twenty-four hours. Unable to move, he spent the night singing “ Salve Regina.” The next day he was rescued by mountaineers, who had listened in the darkness to the beautiful voice without being able to discover whence it came.