- Date
-
1st Sep 1915
- Publication
-
Not recorded
- Cave
- Paradise Ice Caves
- State
- Washington
- County
- Pierce County
- Country
- United States of America
- Category
- Cave
- Incident type
- Rockfall
- Group type
- Novice cavers
- Group size
- 17
- Aid type
- Unknown
- Source
- Third party
- Incident flags
-
Injured cavers
| Name |
Age |
Sex |
Injuries |
Injured areas |
| Ferguson, C. W. |
Not recorded |
Male |
Death |
Not recorded |
Incident report
On September 1, 1915, C. W. Ferguson was killed instantly by a block of ice he poked loose from the ceiling of an ice cave in the Paradise Glacier. He was in a party of 17, guided by Harry Greer. Apparently against the instructions of Greer, Ferguson with his wife and two boys went ahead and entered a tunnel under the ice.
References
- Molenaar, Dee; The Challenge of Rainier, Ch. 31. Page 273 in 3rd edition, 7th printing (1997)
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