12 YEAR TRAGEDY
IN TYROLESE ALPS.
TWO BODIES FOUND.
fR-ecflivod this day at 12.25. p.m.) (United Press Association—By Electrii Telegraph.—Copyright.)
(Received 12.20 p.m.) VIENNA,/Adgust 10., . A twelve-years-old tragedy was re vealed in the Tyrolese Alps, when 'two bodies were found in a perfect state of. peservation in glncier ice, and identified as those of Professor Koban and Herr Anlawf, who were climbing the Alps in 1919 and were overtaken by n storm at night time. They sett’ed down to play cards by candle light in order to overcome the* dead’y snow sleep. Evidently they failed for a stump of candle was found with the bodies, and 'two unfinished hands of„ cards all beneath a transparent sheet of ice. *
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 August 1931, Page 5
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11812 YEAR TRAGEDY Hokitika Guardian, 11 August 1931, Page 5
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