THE INDIAN DAILY NEWS

Calcutta, West Bengal, India

14 September 1905

(page 30)

THE KINCHENJUNGA EXPEDITION.

FATAL ACCIDENT.

DARJEELING, September 9th.

I have received the following message from a correspondent with the Kinchinjunga expedition. A fatal accident has occurred to the Kinchinjunga expedition. A roped party of six, viz., Guillarmond [Jules Jacot Guillarmod], Righi [Alcesti de Righi], Pache [Alexis Pache], and three natives fell 250 feet with an avalanche. Guillarmond and Righi were saved by a miracle, but Pache and three natives were buried under the snow. The two survivors and Raymond who pluckily came to the rescue, worked one hour to try and discover the other others [sic]. They were buried too deep in the snow, and the rescuers had to leave as darkness came on, and they were two hours from camp. The accident happened at 5-30 on the afternoon of the 1st September. The two survivors luckily escaped slightly bruised. The expedition is returning to Darjeeling shortly.