LOST ON MOUNT TAMALPAIS. - Gustav Herz Spends Three Days and Two Nights in the Dense Underbrush. - The San Francisco Examiner, August 02, 1893

LOST ON MOUNT TAMALPAIS. Gustav Herz Spends Three Days and Two Nights in the Dense Underbrush. He Missed the Trail and Became Hopelessly Astray in the Ravines of the Range. AWFUL HOURS OF DESPAIR. A Seasoned Traveler, He Attempts to Descend to Bolinas, but Was Overtaken by Darkness and Could Not Retrace His Steps - He Was About to Lose Hope When He Found a Fence, and Followed It to the Cabin of Portuguese Cattle Herders and Safety. After wandering for three days and two nights in the ravines about Tamalpais, Gustav Herz, the bookkeeper of Eppinger & Co., returned to his home in this city last night in a very weak condition. The bottle that Herz clung to with desperation.When Herz started out on Sunday morning last full of life and spirits to walk to the top of Tamalpais he weighed close to 140 pounds. Last night his weight was less than 125 pounds. But he is well satisfied to be alive. Herz, a strong, wiry fellow, spending his days over books and papers, has been accustomed to a tour…