MOUNTAINEER KILLED.
FALLS 900 FEET,
(Received Last Night, 11.35 o'clock.) VIENNA, Sept. 15.".
Count Maurice Lilrenthal and a, young lady, both experienced mountaineers j essayed a dangerouß ascent on the Semmering Pass. While nearlng- the top ' Lilienthal was seized with cramp in the arms and begged the girl to massage him, despite -the fact that they were clinging on to an almost perpendicular rock. The girl did as she was asked, but Lilienthal suddenly fell from a height of .mine hundred feet. He was shockingly mutilated. , - His terrified 'companion with great difficulty completed the ascent and f procured-assistance. ■".">'■ \
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 16 September 1913, Page 5
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98MOUNTAINEER KILLED. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 16 September 1913, Page 5
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