The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-03-21

on the 18Th on the VifSiu" q
Truckee Railroad, at American
Flat, a short distance below the
Tyler mine, Nevada. The slide
was so feet in length, 30 feet 10
width and 25 feet in depth. The
heavy pressure on the track forced
it up to a position nearly at right
angles to the one originally oc-
cupied. At the point where the
slide occurred there is a sharp curve
in the road, and the engineer ofthe
first western-bound train, composed
of cars loaded with ore, which left
here at 6 o'clock this morning,
being unable to see the obstruction
on the track, ran into it. The
conductor jumped off the locomo-
tive before it struck the slide, but
the engineer and fireman remained
in the cab. The locomotive and
tender fell over sideways and was.
half buried up with dirt. No one
was injured. One ore car was
wrecked, and three others jumped
the track. Passengers arriving
from Reno and different points
were transferred to trains on this
side.
The jacksonville Sentinel oflast
says: "Quite number
of citizens of the Klamath Basin
have been in attendance on Court,
witnesses in the Gentry
White case. They report the trip
a rough one in the extreme, there
being eight feet Of snow on the
Cascade mountains and the weather
cold. They bring only confirmation
OF previous reports concerning the
distress Of cattle and sheep men in
that region. Nearly all will lose
more Or less Of their stock, and in
some cases whole bands will perish.
They bring the report also that
Jesse Applegate, after freezing
hands and feet in attempts to save
his stock, had finally been com
PEELED to abandon the herd to their
fate. The Applegates will
doubtless be heavy losers. No
word reaches us from Goose Lake
valley. We have no doubt, how
ever, the storms prevail there also,
and much loss in stock will also be
suffered in that locality yet. In
the absence Of knowledge of that
fact, we shall entertain q hope to
the contrary
Here is what the Tacoma Irib-
etme learns about Stickeen: sit is
to be terribly cold on the
Stickeen river, and worse and
worse every mile further interior.
An Indian had come down, and
got over to Wrangle as the Cali
fornia came by. EIe says that one
white man only, Mr., Buck, bad
got through to the Dease lake
iiggings, but that the entire road
was lined with hundreds OF poor
fellows bravely tolling on. All are
covered up as warmly and heavily
rs possible, the faces being shielded
entirely with tightly drawn flrs.
having three Of the slightest aper-
lures to see and breathe through.
Notwithstanding every preCaution,
however, scores Of the men have
been frozen, and a great many have
turned their steps back toward the
coast. Another month will te
amply soon enough for men to 60
10 Cassiar."
Parties arriving at Prescott from
Camp Verde report the surrender
at that reservation of a band Of
renegade Apaehes, who
had absconded some time back to
The mountains, where their Tetrea&
became known to Agent Williams,
who sent them word ito return at
once, upon condition that the young
bucks should be confined for one
month in the guard-house at Camp
Verde, the old men, women and
shldren to remain ON the reserNa.
tial. This they did ,and the young
men, numbering seventeen, are now
under charge oftbe military. The
OF the whole party was
wmtched, indicating great suffering
from hunger and cold in the
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