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Show Futnl i'tilNO LWlcB- London, 19. Regarding tbo accident acci-dent to Wm. O. Moaely, jr., a young physician of Boston, whose death, while descending the Matterhorn, was announced on tho low insi., Geneva corresnondent writes as follows: fol-lows: "Dr. Moaely had safely accomplished accom-plished tbe ascent of tbe Matterhorn. On returniug, and when near the cabin which in used as a resting place, be loosened himself fiorn the rope uniting him to his companions. He bad hardly done bo when he made a false step, lost his footing, and glided rapidly down the steep ice slope, making franlio efiorts lo stop himself by grasping at projecting rocke. Tbe next moment he disappeared disap-peared over the precipice, falling on the glacier opposite the rilll? between Hoernli and Saint Throdule lass, where his body lies, completely stripped of clothing by the rapid. iy of its descent. Tbo bedy can be distinctly dis-tinctly seen from belnw, lying on a projecting ledge of ice." An expedition expedi-tion for the recovery of tho bedy was to slart on Saturday morning. |