Show Salt Laker Tumbles Off M Ml t. t Rainier J. J H. H Fritsch Slips on Ice and Falls Into Crevasse Rescuers After Him Hun to 0 The rho 1 TAcOMA Wash Vash Sept 16 Slip Slip Slip- J. J Ping on ice high on Mount Rainier J. J n. n Fritsch of ot Salt Lak Lake plunged into a n crevasse Frida Friday aft aft- Bouncing on ledges of ot rock and md Ice he fell fifty feet before landing on a broad brond shelf helt Badly bruised his back Injured so that the tho limbs appeared paralyzed Mr Fritsch was carried from the crevasse cre by Guide St and lark Park Ranger Rosli Attempt was made to carr carry him down the mountain but when Gibraltar Gibraltar Gibraltar Gib Gib- wa was reached after atter three hours' hours hard work It was decided to leave him and send for assistance Bundling the injured man In coats other members of oC the climbIng climbing climbing climb climb- ing party part excepting and John of or Denver hurried down the mountain In Paradise Valley a relief party including a a. doctor was waa organized and started soon after aeter midnight this morning morning- for Gibraltar The relief party should reach Gibraltar shortly after aUer daylight If It Mr Ir Fritsch is unable to walk it i la feared l the tho rescuers will have haven havea n U hard liard time getting getting- him down as tho the most difficult part of oC the trail trall to the summit from Paradise Valey Valle Valley Val Val- le ley Is below tho the point where Mr Fritsch was left leU The trail just below the top of ot Gibraltar skirts the edges of or a Do glacier glacier gla gin cier that is almost straight up and down The trail all the way down from this point to Camp Muir at atthe atthe atthe the b base se of oc Gibraltar Is extremely perilous Often Orten climbers cUmbers stand out outon outon on Ice or rocks with sheer drops of or thousands of oC feet re-ct below them Mr Fritsch was a member member- or of 3 a par party y of at seven that left Paradise rad sc Valley at midnight Thursday reaching reo-ching the summit early Friday afternoon n. n Tho The party was making good progress down when Mr Fritsch fell tell In If Veteran teran Peak lenk Climber r. r Mr lr Fritsch is a mountaineer of ot repute and his relatives cs who live at E. E Second South felt no qualms when ho he left leCt the city with the tho intention of ot scaling tho the lort lofty Mount Rainier It has has' been his hii weekly custom for tor years to devoto Thursdays to climbing one or tho other of oC the neighboring peaks and having scaled everything in this section without suffering a serious mishap he set et out to conquer new fields H He has scaled Mount Tim- Tim eight times T Twin ln peaks four tour times and Lone peak once The last heard from him b by his relatives was to the effect that he ho was leaving shortly for Salt Snit Lake Every effort is being made by bythe bytho bytho tho the family to keep the news newa of or Mr Fritsch's accident from his aged fa ta- ta ther there The elder Mr Ir Is past SI 81 years of or age and his son Is ever everIn everIn everin In his thoughts and it is feared that should he hear of or tho accident It might be serious to him Mr Fritsch Is a n. bachelor 5 52 years old and makos makes his home homo here hero at Seventh East Bast and Fourth South streets S t |