THE BEAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY SEPT. 3, 1925-
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HOW
AVALANCHE IN SWISS ALPS
DESTROYS ALL THINGS.
A mountain climber, In discuss
ing the accounts of recent
avalnnches in the southern alps,
resulting In destruction and
death, says:
The cause of these sudden
descents Is not far to seek. On
the higher slopes there have
been six or eight weeks of clear,
almost uninterrupted frosts,
which have caused the existing
snow to become loose and
powdery.
Now, under pressure of the
recent heavy falls of fresh
now, this loose under snow has
given way, and vast masses of
It, gathering volume every
moment, are plunging down the
mountain sides, overwhelming
sheep and unfortunate tourists J
and burying all that comes in $
their path.
This type of powdery ava-
lanche, serious enough to life X
and limb, Is as nothing com-
pared with the real avalanche
built up of accumulations of jj
snow that may have commenced
years ago. $
These vast accumulations oc-
cur on the plateaus or less steep jjj
Inclines. The pressure of each
succeeding season's snow turns i
the under snow to ice," and
winter after winter the mass
Increases in weight and volume.
A moment arrives when, ow-
lng either to pressure from jjj
higher levels or the mass grow-
lng so immense, It overcomes jjj
any resistance that holds It. Or,
'due to an exceptionally mild jjj
summer, the lowest, stratum
against the mountain side Is jjj
: melted and a sort of water f
cushion Is formed upon which jj.
the whole glides forward.
There are other causes, but
for some reason such as these
the colossal mass commences to
move slowly downward toward
the valley. If the pace Is slow
It Is known as a creeping
avalanche and can be kept un
der constant observation. There
Is little Immediate danger from
It and peasants and farmers can
be warned of the approaching
peril.
Sometimes, however, an aval
anche of this type will within a
jjj few hours of having become
loosened hurl Itself downward
jjj with the speed of an express
? train and a noise exceeding all
jjj Imagination. Nothing can with- jj
j stand it Farms and home- sj
jjj steads are swept away or buried, jj
J forests of fir and pine are 3
crashed down or carried away jj
jjj like so much straw; cattle, J
rocks, railways are all carried
jjj before It until either It comes jj
to rest In lower levels or hurls
jjj Itself over perpendicular walls jj
of rock Into the valleys be- ij
jjj neath. jj
How Big Men Do Things
A friend of the late Henry M. Flag
ler, the Standard Oil giant who did so
much for the development of Florida I
by constructing railroads, building ho
tels, etc., tells me this Incident, which
throws light on the manner of man
Flagler was. This friend was chat
ting with Ftagler when a telegram was
handed him. He read It and handed
It to his friend. It was from St. Au
gustine, where Flagler had built his
monumental Ponce de Leon he,tel. It
read: "Hotel empty except for band
playing at one end. What shall I do?"
The manager was wondering whether
he should pay off the band. What did
Flagler reply? "Engage another band
to play at the other end."
Flagler, like most of the stalwarts
John D. Rockefeller gathered around
him In his early days, had. foresight
and the couruge of his convictions.
B. C. Forbes. In Forbes Magazine.
OTWAY NEWS ITEMS. Mr. Harold Hancock is leaving
Messrs Bryant and Ira Gillikin who Tuesday for New York where he will
have been in Onslow county fishing be employed for several months,
for several weeks returned home Fri- Mr- Anson Gillikin an son clev
day night to spend the week end with eIand are on the sick list and have
their families. been for several days-
Mrs. E. L. Lawrence spent Satin--1 Mrs- Carlton Willis spent Sunday
day night and Sunday the guest of niht with he cousin Miss Fannie
her mother in law Mrs. W. H. Law- Ltwrence.
rence Miss Wyona Lawrence is spending
Mr." and Mrs. Levi Gillikin and lit- Beveral davs at Lenoxville with her
tie son Levi Jr., left Sunday for New aunt Mrs- Mack Hunnings.
j port News, Va., after spending sev-l Messrs minora and John Lewis ot
1 eral days with Mr. Gillikin's parents Lenoxville spent a while Sunday af-
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Gillikin. ternoon in theis neighborhood visit-
2 Mr. and Mrs. Mack Hunnings of " relatives.
T.nnvil1e snent Saturday niirht. nnrl mr- Jonn ewls 01 Moreneaa -"y
Sunday with Mrs. Hunnings' mother Pas8ed through Sunday afternoon on
Mrs. Richard Gillikin.
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