BEBLIN, NEW HAMPSHIKE, 



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 wag 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 liira 

 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 Tuckernian's Bavine. 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 soufie d'une force de 100 mile:! 

 a I'heure maisante, temperature tres 

 niugir. Max." A few tracks were 

 found near the head wall in Tucker- 

 man's and Joe Dodge, caretaker of the 

 A. M. €. Huts, with several men, at- 

 tempted to go down the Eavine but 

 had to give it up on account of the 

 wind and the snow drifts which were 

 10 feet deep. 



Mr. Englehart was found near Her- 

 mit Lake Wednesday at 2 o'clock by 

 Joseph Dodge and Arthur Whitehead, 

 managers, of Pinkh.am Notch Huts. 

 He was badly exhausted after his 

 three days' exposure on the mountain 

 and had to be carried part way down 

 the Eavine. 



They reaehea tne iiuts at » 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 is expected that he will be all right 

 with in a few days. 



Englehart 'a 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 

 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 Ravine 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 

 found he was in a snow hut he had 

 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. 



