Show Women Meet ee Death ea ean On n Mountain Peak ea Cold Made it Impossible for Them To Cling to Perch SANTA FE N. N M. M Deaths M.-Deaths Deaths of two mountain climbers were ascribed to biting cold which made it impossible impossible impossible sible for them to cling to an ice- ice v glazed perch long enough for their guide to summon help Bodies of the pair pair Miss Miss Mildred Hartig 25 of Evansville Ind and Miss Frances B B. B Krauss 34 of Baltimore Bal Bal- were were recovered on precipitous precipitous precipitous tous North Truchas peak in the Sangre de Cristo range north of here The guide Sam Martin of Truchas village said attempts to rescue Miss Krauss who slipped in descending descending descending de de- de- de the foot mountain led to the double tragedy The accident happened as the women turned homeward on a weekend weekend weekend week week- end outing from the Los Alamos atomic project Both worked there thereas as Atomic Energy commission sec sec- Martin said Miss Krauss lost her footing and injured her head and leg in a foot tumble As the guide and Miss Hartig sought means to get her back on safe ground she slid farther down the snow-covered snow slope Both women were unable to climb back to safety Martin related and clutched a small rock above a ravine ravine ravine ra ra- ra- ra vine as he clambered up and around the peak and descended to their horses for a rope Thereafter Martin said while he tri Ki vainly to reach them from above and below the women wept and begged piteously for him to please do something were we're freezing freezing freezing freez freez- ing to death Meanwhile darkness and dropping dropping dropping drop drop- ping temperature froze the mountainside moun moun- mountainside glassy slick and Martin was un unable ble to reach them N Near ear midnight Martin went for help State police answering his summons helped Martin find the broken bodies |