Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1900 — IN DANGER ON PIKE'S PEAK. [ARTICLE]

IN DANGER ON PIKE'S PEAK.

Undertake m Stick Half Way Up the Grrot Mountain. an I ton, Col., Oo|. 11.—Several ot the- funeral directors of the United States, gathered here for their annual convention, were stuck half way up Pike’s Peak, neither able to go up nor come down. The train on which tlie party started tlie ascent met with au accident and was forced to return for repairs. The passengers did not like to go hack, and so they proceeded to walk to the summit. None of them realized the terrible climb or they would not have made the venture,.eg- 4 pedally at tills season, when the peak Is liable to lie enveloped in one of those sudden storms for which the inmintaitis are famous. The situation was growing really dangerous when relief came front a train sent for tlie purpose. Several of tlie women fainted during the storm, and on tlie down waul journey in the ears a*man went insane from excitement. At tills place he was treated and restored, tin* aberration being due to heart trouble induced by the altitude.