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Domestic News
July 27, 1934
The Wrangell Sentinel
Wrangell, Alaska
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Miss Wanda Cheney from Warren, Minnesota, was seriously injured in a fall down a glacier slide near the old Perseverance mine in Juneau last week while hiking with George Leveque. She slid 100 yards, was rescued after five hours, and taken to St. Ann's hospital.
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GIRL INJURED AT JUNEAU IN FALL DOWN GLACIER SLIDE
Miss Wanda Cheney, who has been a Juneau visitor from Warren, Minnesota, for the past several weeks was seriously injured last week in a fall while hiking near the old Perseverance mine property.
The fall came when Miss Cheney and George Leveque, Alaska-Juneau employee, attempted a descent of the mountainside beyond the Alaska-Juneau glory hole by means of chopping footholds in the glacier slide. It is estimated that they slid and rolled about 100 yards before coming to a violent halt against the rocks at the bottom.
Leveque was not hurt so badly as Miss Cheney, and when he was unable to revive his companion he went to the blacksmith shop at the glory hole where he found four men to help him. Miss Cheney was carried two miles on a stretcher to the opening of No. 1 hoist, by means of which she was lowered into the mine, where she was placed in an ambulance car and taken through to the mine entrance. From there an ambulance took her to St. Ann's hospital for medical treatment.
The accident occurred at 4:30 p.m., and it was five hours later before Miss Cheney reached the hospital, most of which time she was unconscious.
Miss Wanda Cheney, who has been a Juneau visitor from Warren, Minnesota, for the past several weeks was seriously injured last week in a fall while hiking near the old Perseverance mine property.
The fall came when Miss Cheney and George Leveque, Alaska-Juneau employee, attempted a descent of the mountainside beyond the Alaska-Juneau glory hole by means of chopping footholds in the glacier slide. It is estimated that they slid and rolled about 100 yards before coming to a violent halt against the rocks at the bottom.
Leveque was not hurt so badly as Miss Cheney, and when he was unable to revive his companion he went to the blacksmith shop at the glory hole where he found four men to help him. Miss Cheney was carried two miles on a stretcher to the opening of No. 1 hoist, by means of which she was lowered into the mine, where she was placed in an ambulance car and taken through to the mine entrance. From there an ambulance took her to St. Ann's hospital for medical treatment.
The accident occurred at 4:30 p.m., and it was five hours later before Miss Cheney reached the hospital, most of which time she was unconscious.
What sub-type of article is it?
Accident
What keywords are associated?
Juneau Accident
Glacier Fall
Wanda Cheney
Perseverance Mine
Alaska Juneau
What entities or persons were involved?
Miss Wanda Cheney
George Leveque
Where did it happen?
Juneau
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Juneau
Event Date
Last Week At 4:30 P.M.
Key Persons
Miss Wanda Cheney
George Leveque
Outcome
miss cheney seriously injured, unconscious most of the time; leveque not hurt so badly; rescued after five hours and taken to st. ann's hospital
Event Details
Miss Cheney and George Leveque fell while descending a glacier slide near the old Perseverance mine by chopping footholds, sliding and rolling about 100 yards to rocks at the bottom.