GENERAL CABLES

Hokitika Guardian, 25 August 1930, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES

- • - - - SAD A IyPI-N E TRAG KHlLtet ~ y hniLed Press Assoeiatiou—By Electric ".c- p 1’ 1 BERNE Augusi' l "l23 A party of eight, roped together, who .. were, climbing the 11,700 Rpt aypi lies peak Pointe de Levdqiitd) iArdhl >;\rolla;y.We3}eV-near the- summit, when their rope ‘broke. A . who bad specially asked to be tied next to one another, crashed-r-jnto;.;a (deep crevasse. ,No rescue’was The young couple.;; iwgre :>VttflCent O’Connor, aged 25, the Junior Classics Master at Eton, and ,M.iss Macy Jtvingy aged 19 years, the daughter ’oft ope of the Masters of WiuclicstertCollege. The couple fell in love.--,-Sjhile rthey were, mountaineering; 1 ■ Tliey.'lmd'jpnly just became , engaged,-.u> The party included*.(lie and her brothers. -!.>» L'A A U'A’UlX'.c. The accident was due to the rope bo- • iiig cut in a ledge of ice. The two do’yera will JieiiJef t in ytjieirj ;.h’U?-y dre-o feet alpine grave., g3COLVR;< . —rrJV.ATrEi Y.:V MOVIE ACTt)lt.,;|J-.1f.-ij.j i ;. , NEW Y r OliittA:'H^i E ? 3.' l ' Lon Chaney, the actor who gained fame in “3’he Hunchback of None dianie.Y’ ryy.d other, pictures,. is,,;y|( ox,-, . peeled t-<Hive. A Los Angeles iji]cfvice states that Mr Chaney is lielievod lobe dying from pernicious St.Vincent’s Hospital cli?re.,',fpjlmvjyig on a throat operation in New" York" a fortnight ago. The surgeons, who declared (lie actor’s condition ions, said that he bad failed to..rally after two blood transfusions. accidents'. . " inquest on yacht victims. LONDON^ eUpgustljH.. - At the inquest on Commodore King, M.P.,, and the others who lost their lives in the yacht he had chartered, a. .verdict was returned of accidental death, the jury expressing the pipqicp that there “’was laxity in placing the coastal watches that night.