The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1875-02-06
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A correspondent of the Dsyenport e..
seite, writing from Salt Lake riah Jan
10, says A serious acciasat having
happened in one Of our mining camns. and
being of kind that could neyer hanne.
in our vicinity. / thouaht wopla g;vs
you short account of IL In one of onr
mining camps. known "A ..B;y Cation
wood, tho mountain peaks loom I'M totbe
height Of from II 900 10 p 600 fee,. md
during the winter the snow storms r.os
incessantly. Consequently Tho camn !.
subjected 10 the most terrific spow..l;,,es
One Of those storms was Of the mos,
fearful character--not n little can Of snow
Of six Or eight inches dur;no n;.bt M
that many feet with the wind bowl;ag
and drifting the snow avery d;,.n,;a.,
As's a,s P"'fe ~ s's.e "nofe 'he SHOW
is proDaply over forty teet deep. These
ayalanches are caused by the wind sweep
ing up on one side of the maintain and
forming large Ar, ;n., over ,ha 49,
i
y" wy 0pPo'''e siuc' nh'oh soon becomes
too heavy, and, detaching itself, plunges
down the mountain, increasing in size un-
til a moving mass Of snow. covering acres
aud Inn j. cor,,, eaa. .h;.,. ......s.
.I.,.. Pe Wv"
'HS ''p'u''s u i'sn'ning down INTO the
eanons, carrying everything before Il. No
soft snow, but packed and jammed together
80 perfectly solid that the moment tie
mass stops heavily lo.aaa -. .a.n. s.
-, -. e !. ss-' y" ~
uii'e" any"hefe 2" 'op Oh y, me horses
shoes only making an impression. A
person 10 front Of one Of these slides can
commence his PRAYERS none too auiel
Wad;no IN snow .nvwha-a e.,,n a.
'' -" Nnees
70 nus hecA' WIN y o'o"'hg 80 Ihat nc
can't sec four feet IN advance Of him, he
doesn ! have the least chance to escape,
although ne knows enc Is coming BY the
terrinie roar u makes winch can he heard
iong distance
/ one oi tnese siiaes swept over mine
called the Anna, last Tuesday killing
Tour men: Inc mine was working SIX
men, on elgh. hours Shifts which neces-
sariiy hePe Two men az work whiie four
were ei'ner Sleeping or resting Their
cap'n. OF ra.her poaraing house, immedi-
ateiy IN iron. q tne tunnel they were run
ning, was pa,ie very strong, ana considered
sale from slides. AT y o'clock at night
tne SINUS were changeo, ana 'ne Two men
whose auty came on iei, Two o. the men
IN 'ne mousse asleep, ana the other sitting
up AZ the nfe' Vne nad commenced
writing = ic''el, ana lhe otner was sitting
on m : s'ool smoking ms pipe
Il Inc TWO men nau JUS. reached the lace
Sor Dack emo o. ene tunnel, which was IN
distance o. 4oc ieet, ana one had raised
,ne s,eoge 70 s'rise .he arm when they
neafu .ne roar o. the s'iae. ihey ran
PACK 70 1ne mouth wnicn tne siide had ran
over ieaslng !. n,'ea WIN ABOUT nse feet
Oh snow, wnicn 'hey ha1 70 dig through.
anu on ge'''h ou', iouha hothing IN sight.
Inc mouse was swept away completely
insy raised an alarm as soon as possible;
ana ge..lng Wcra up 70 .ne mine called
tne sfrince On "s'es' shleh was running
auou' one nunarea hsnos, they an turned
gu. ana commenced a'eg.ns ior tne house,
! wnlcn was 10. ioand uasll iats the next
morning ~ nau peen carried down the
mountain apon. .wo thousand rect, with
ABOUT ,nif'y zee. ei sno" oh top OF n
ronr men ,nslae were ionna just as the
u'hsr I'VE NAG ie,' tnem' lne snow had
prosen through We roo, ana had enyel-
oped ,nsm r % suoaenly Una, tney nad not
moved. lhey were not bruised m any