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HONG KONG METEOROLOGICAL:] ·HONG KONG TIDE TABLE.

REGISTER,

Hong Kong Observatory, August 15th.

Previous On Dat:j0 Date

Day

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Barometer... 09.49

0948 29.45 Temperature 87 .B1 Haviidity...

7889175-

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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY, AUGUST 11th, 1928.

TOURISTS SEE ALPS TRAGEDY.

WATCHED THROUGH A TELESCOPE.

FOUR CLIMBERS KILLED.

GENEVA.

Friday, July 13th, was the blackest day in the Alpine-history of Zermatt for the last 20 years, writes a Daily Mail correspondent. Tourists un the Gornergrat (10,289ft.) scanning the glistening snowfelds. of the Breithorn (13,6sstt.) through telescopes any party of four Frenchmen vainly try ing to cross a knife-like ridge. They were M. T. Le Becque, M. Edouard de Gigord, M. Yves Guilbert, and M. Pierre Langlois

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Suddenly the first man оп the rope slipped on the ice and fell 1,500ft, dragging his The companions with him. last man clutched a projecting ics-ledge, but his weight was too great and he too disappeared down the gulf.

The plight of the climbers was first seen by a professional guide. He had been keeping close observe tion upon them for three hours and realised that the heat had made the snow extremely treacherous. lanches were coming down at fre quent intervals on the mountain side.

Ava-

The tragedy took place with startling suddenness. Through his telescope the guide saw the leading climber make a supreme effort ta reach the top of the ridge. He watched breathlessly the moun taineer's struggles and in a mo ment all was over.

Mantle Of Fog...

For a moment the scene was blotted out by fog, but when it cleared two bodies were clearly visible lying in ". cleft of the glacier. Even bloodstains and the ice axes belonging to the victims could be distinguished on the snow by the tourists, who, powerless to help, were terribly affected by the drama.

During the night a rescue party from Riffel Alp left for the spot, but returned on finding all the victims dead. Another column of 11. pquipped with sledges, was despatched to bring the bodies to the foot of the glacier, from where they could be conveyed by mule

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THE COASTAL SERVICE.

RECENT CHANGES AND

APPOINTMENTS.

Captain J. A. MeCallogh, from special service, has gone master, Soochow

Captain G. A. Evans of the Soochow has gone master,, Chung king.

Captain P. J. Green, of the Ichang, has gone master, Ningpo.

Mr. J. McKinlay, second officer, Suiyang, has gone chief officer, Ningpų

Mr. J. Riley, chief officer, Chungking, has gone chief officer, Newchwang.

Mr. B. C. Finch, chief officer, chang, is an reserve,

Mr. E. G. Long, third officer, 4n tung, is on reserve.

Mr. WT Paul, chief officer, Awangchow, is on reserve..

FAT MAN'S DILEMMA.

A CUL DE SAC.

A City man's expansive waist measurement nearly lost him an im- portant deal. He bad an appoint ment with a firm whose offices are ni the end of a narrow cul-de-sac. Just before he arrived a lorry broke down half-way along the lane, leaving a space obviously intended for the use of average-sited men only.

A constable squeezed through and to him the fat man appealed, "How am I to get through 1 It is most important that I should be at the other side of the lorry."

"Do as I did squeeze through," suggested the constable.

Mr. I. Newton, chief officer, An-man. tung, has gone chief officer, Awang

chow.

Mr. W. D. Cashel, second officer, Ziengehou, is an reserve...

Mr. G. R. Gow, has been appoint- ed second officer, Ichang,

Captain 8. C. Smith, of the Chungking, is an reserve. Fengtien, has gone master, Ichung.

Mr. R. H. Fairley, chief officer,

Mr. A. J. Courtney, from reservo, has gone

third engineer officer, Ichang.

Mr. K. E. Wilson, from Home, has been appointed third engineer officer, Suiyang,

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said: "Perhaps not. Why not TJIMANOEE climb over the top 7"

"Do I look like a climber?" | TJISAROEA“ naked the fat man peevishly.

"You don't," agreed the con- TJISALAK stable, adding brightly," Why not crawl under!"

The fat man stooped na low na nature would permit him and said. still more peevishly, "The thing is dripping oil."

But the fat man, though fat, was resourceful. He telephoned to a slim partner. Both the slim part

Mr. A. B. Sinclair, from Home,ner and the deal squeered through. has been appointed third. eogiteer afficer, Shengking.

Mr. R. F.. Young, from Home, has been appointed third engineer officer, Fuchang.

Mr. A. Baggott, from Home, has been appointed third engineer offi- cer, Noankin.

Mr. J. S. MacDonald, from re-

Mr. G. Cormack, chief engineer officer, Fuchong, is on reserve.

Mr. P. H: Todd, from reserve, has gone second engineer officer, a

chow.

Mr.C. Eitzpatrick, second en-

serve, has gone third engineer off-gineer officer, Kanchow, is on se cer, Ninghai

Mr. D. G. Evans, third engineer officer, Ninghai, has gone third en gineer oficer, Wenchau

Mr. D. S. Goldie, chief engineer officer, Shuntien, has gone chief en- gineer cflcer, Ghekiang

Mr. J. G. Campbell, chief en gineer officer, Chekiang, has gone chief engineer officer, Suiyang.

Mr. J. Roxburgh, chief engineer officer, Suiyang, has gone chief en- gineer oficer, Shuntin.

Mr. J. D. Craig, second engineer officer, Souchow, has gone: second engineer officer, Fatshan.

Mr. E. J. Easson, second engineer officer, Fatshan, has gone acting chief egineer, Szechen

Mr. C. E. V. Fayrer, second en gineer officer, Auking, has resigned. Mr. R. Mooney, third engineer officer, Ichang, has gone third ep gineer officer, Shansi...

Mr. FK. McIntyre, chief en gineer officer, Hein Peking, has gone chief engineer officer, Wu, chang

(Continued, on next Column).

down the valley. After desperate DODWELL

efforts they recovered the bodies, which were taken to Zermatt.

"The Breithorn is one of the prin- cipal mountains of the Alpine chain which forms the frontier be tween Switzerland and Italy.

The ordinary ascent is easily made from the Théodule Pass, or Matterjoch (10,000ft). This is one of the easiest and most frequented of the high glacier climbs of the Alps.

There are alternative acents which mostly present little diffi- culty to the climber of average ex- perience.

No Guides

The four climbers, however, kad set out to climb what is known as the Young Spur of the Breithorn, so-called after the English climber Young who scaled the peak by this route for the first time 20 years Bo...

Mr. Young is at present staying" at-Riffel Alp, and the four tourists, it is stated, sought his advice be fore starting. They had nearly succeeded in the exploit and were within about 180ft. of the summit of the spur when they got into difficulties. They had insisted on setting out without guides and were left entirely to their own de vices.

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serve,

Mr. A. Duncan, second engineer oficer, Sicchuen, has gone second. engineer officer, Taikoo Ming,

officer, Chinhua, is on reserve,

Mr. W. Curran, second engineer

Mr. R. D. Davie, third engineer officer, Antung, has gone acting second engineer afficer, Chinhua.

Mr. H. R. Stuart, third engineer officer, Szechuan, is on reserve.

Captain R. Hughes, of the King- wo, has gone master, Kiawo. officer, Kiangro, has gone master, Mr. O JA H. Hendry; chief

same ship.

Pooshing, is on reserve.

Mr. Pirie, second officer,

Mr. Moodie, frota reserve, has gone chief officer, Foosang.

Mr. W. F. Smith, second en- gineer, Fausang, has gone second engineer officer, Awongsang.

Mr. W. Bould, second engineer officer, Kwongsang, is on reserve.

Mr. A. W. Taylor, from reserve, has gone chief officer, Kongning.

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The father and fiancée of M. Langlois were staying at Riffel HOMEWARDS FOR BRINDISI, VENICE AND TRIESTE.

Alp, from where a full view of the scene of the tragedy, can be obtain ed. The father of M. Becque and the latter's two children are at Zermatt.

M. Langlois and M. de Gigerd were skilled Alpinists and were promincut members of the French Alpine Club.

About the same time as. the ac cident I have just described an- other fatal accident occurred near the Solvay Hut, on the Matterhorn. (14,780ft.) where a tourist met his death a few days ago. A young German student was making the scent with companions when he slipped and fell over a precipice. Thero is little prospect of his

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