Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 196, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1913 — Mountains’ Death Toll. [ARTICLE]

Mountains’ Death Toll.

Now that the mountaid climbing season is approaching, a German paper announces the death list of 1912, when 95 perrons lost their lives in Central Europe. The total in the last 12 years was 1,117. Of the 95 fatalities, 36 were in Germany, 26 around Vienna, 29 in Tyrol and only four in Switzerland and France. Three of the latter were in one party that perished on Mt. Blanc. Most of the accidents were due to gross inexperience and poor equipment of German amateurs who economized on guides.