BERLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1925 



MAN LOST ON 



MT. WASHINGTON 



Searchers Find Max Englehart Near 

 Hermit Lake, Badly Exhausted 

 After Three Days' Exposure With- 

 out Food. 



Max Englehart, who was employed at 

 the Glen House during the summer and 

 ■who has been in charge of the Stage 

 Office on Mt. Washington since the 

 closing of the Summit House two 

 weeks ago, was lost on the mountain. 

 Englehart was last seen on Friday, 

 just before the terrific storm which 

 has been raging on the mountain, set- 

 tled down. On Monday, two men were 

 sent up by Elliott C. Libby to -tell liim 

 to come down and when they got there 

 found the place deserted, and a note 

 on the table saying that he had left at 

 12 for Tuckerman's Kavine. The mes- 

 sage was undated and was as follows: 

 > "Laf at 12 for Tocmans Arein, no 

 Wood," The fury of the storm and 

 the high drifts of snow made it impos- 

 sible for the men to make a search so 

 they returned to the Glen House for 

 help. Early Tuesday morning Mr. Lib- 

 by with a crew of men went to the 

 summit and made as thorough a search 

 as was possible in the blinding storm 

 which still raged. They found this 

 message written in French on the clap- 

 boards outside the building: "Je pars, 

 date Oct. 10, 1925. Poudre de neige, le 

 vent soufle d'une force de 100 niile3 

 a 1 'heure maisante, temperature tres 

 mugir. Max." A few tracks were 

 found near the head wall in Tucker- 

 man 's and Joe Dodge, caretaker of the 

 A. M. 'C. Huts, with several men, 

 tempted to go down the Bavine but 

 had to give it up on account of the 

 wind and the snow drifts which v 

 10 feet deep. 



Mr. Englehart was found near Her- 

 mit Lake Wednesday at 2 o'clock by 

 Joseph Dodge and Arthur Whitehead, 

 managers of Pinkliam Notch Huts. 

 He was badly exhausted after his 

 three days' exposure on the mountain 

 and had to be carried part way down 

 the Eavine. „. , -jj , 



" They reached the Huts at 8 o'clock 

 where they were met by a party of 

 newspaper men, Elliot Libby, man- 

 ager of the Glen, Roydon S. Leavitt, 

 Carrol .Noyes and Howard Gray of 

 Gray's Inn, Jackson and taken to the 

 Glen House. Dr. H. H. Bryant of 

 Gorham was called and attended to 

 Englehart. He was put to bed and 

 with the exception of frost bitten feet 

 it ia expected that he will be all right . 



within a few days. _ ^ _ | 



Englehart 's experience is without 

 parallel in this section and it is noth- 

 ing less than a miracle that he has 

 survived. He tells the men that he 

 left the Stage office Sunday noon as j 

 he was afraid to stay there any long- 

 er, the wind was coming with such 

 force that the building was lifted 

 from its chains and shaken. He chose 

 the Eavine thinking it would be more 

 sheltered than the road. 



The storm raged with such fury that 

 his progress was slowed and he made 

 shelters in the snow for himself. When 

 i found he was in a snow hut he had 

 1 made over a brook, a little ways from 

 the trail. He was without food since 

 Sunday morning and had existed only 

 on water which he said would keep a 

 man alive for 8 days. No doubt 

 Englehart 's experience in the Rockies 

 and woods of British Columbia was 

 what saved his life. 



