MOUNTAIN PEAK MAY FALL.
Tourists Are In Greet Danger tr&m Threatening MtmtiitaJm Tost In the Air*.
Although It has been rumored throughout the Alpine region for some time that the Artels—the great mountain peak which rears itself above the famous Gemmi pass—wns .' a more or less shaky conditio! no or expected to hear that there p. m danger of its falling. Now, however, it is definitely stated that the Alt els is on the point of splitting in two a., d may come thundering down almost any time, saye a report from Neuchatel, Switzerland. Damage enough will be don* if Jhe famous peak does fall in any ease, but it is to be hoped that the crash will oorrie before the next tourist tentrv begins, for the Gemmi, above wlv- '
the Altels towers, is used to a gr extent than any other Alpine (;•:• The inhabitant of the region cst imagine what will* be the result •; the Altels should come crashing .iown, having experienced such an occurrence on a smaller scale when g; >.eiers from this particular peak ha., descended upon them. The last one fell in September, 1895, and many peasants were killed.
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 423, 2 June 1904, Page 3
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193MOUNTAIN PEAK MAY FALL. Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 423, 2 June 1904, Page 3
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