Show I TERRIBLE ASROBOPT TRAIL Survivors Relate Fearful Stories of Their Sufferings I Vancouver B C Sept 27As a result re-sult of the mlLnystories told of the distress I dis-tress of prospectors on the Ashcroft trail it is stated that the trovincial government is taking the necessary I steps to send aid and that the Domin ion government will be asked to do its share J A Grey of New York City and J Atwood of Boston tell a stOry which confirms former reports of the horrors of the Ashcroft trail They left Ash croft April 28 and were nearly starved they say before they reached Glenora Said Gre Our sufferings between Hazleton and I Glenora wee almost beyond endurance For ten days we lived on a few ounces i of porridge daily and for five when I the pangs of hunger drove us to desperation I des-peration we shot a horse and lived on i horseflesh No melt ever tasted nicer Weary footsore and weak to death we I reached Glenora Not having any money after reaching there to get home I we applied to the American consul for aid from the United States govern I > ent |