The Democratic advocate., 1875-02-06
Winter gfenes.
Snow Slides IN Utah.


A eorrespondeps Of the Dayenport Gu-
zeife, writing from Salt Lake. Ulah Jan.
Is, says :--A serious accident having
happened in one Of our mining eamps, and
being Of a kind that could never hammer,
10 our vicinity. thouaht would g;ye
you short account Of i. In one ef our
mining camps, known as aBig Cotton
wood Z the mountain peaks loom M 10 the
height Of from II 900 to 1000 feet ana
during the winter the snow storm. rsoe
iucessantly. Consequently the eamn /.
subjected 10 the most terrific snow.al;des
One Of those storms WAS az tha most
fearful character4-not a little fail Of snow
Of six or eight inches during 4 p;ght but
thut many feet with the wind howl;po
and drifting The snow every a;,a..;aa
Tha,o -. ,.i.a.. ~
w =, p''s's ~ ''s,s ""o's '''s sho"
~ plODap'y over iorsy ieet deep These
ayalanches are caused by the wind sweep
ing up on one side of the mountain and
farming havoc d,;f, ;,,s, nvo. ~. .;a,a
'" ',s VPPo'''e sue "h'0n soon becomes
700 heasy, anu, aetachlng Itself, plnnges
down the mountain, increasing in size un-
I'll a moving mass of snow, covering acres.
and TIM 10 FORTY eaat .h;.L s.oa,.. ..;.l'
.L..a;.. r-1..
'"s '"P'-y - ''s''H'ns eo"n ihte the
eanons' carrying everything before It, No
soft snow, but packed and jammed together
50 perfectly solid that the moment The
mass s,ans heavily loaa.d ors.,..n. -.
-, -. !. ' =" ~
.'''s" ".J ""''e w 'oP y v 'ne hOrses
SHOES only making an impression. A
person In front Of one of those slides can
commence his prayers none too auiek
Wad;no in snow anvwb.re f.o,,, n. l.
80 !. -, 49, = ""ss'
!" n's ns'N' ~i'n ~ oio"ing 70 that ne
cant see iour ieet IN advance OF bim, he
uoesn . nave .ne least chance to escape,
ai1nougn ne hho"s one Is coming by the
1e,riD'e roar y makes, Wnicn can ne heard
long distance
one oi 'nese SHOES swept over mine
called the anna, last tuesday, killing
Iour men: Inc mine was working SIX
men, on elgh. hoors sniiIs' which neces-
sari'y nePe ewo men AZ work Wnile four
Were e''uel sieePins " resting ineir
eaoin, 9. iather Doaluihg mouse, immedi-
a.eiy ~ iron. q me tunnel they were run
ming, was pu,it very strong ana considered
sale rom sliues. AT y O'Clock at night
tnc snn's were chAngeo, ana tne Two men
whose au'y came on iei, Two Of the men
ln s"c nouse aseeP, anu 'ns other sitting
up ~ 'hs hle vns nau commenced
writing = ie''e,, anu .ne o'ner was sitting
On u, = s'oo' s'noAi1s ms pipe.
ihe me- ,~o III iea e.h aau JUST leacnea 'ne iace
v, paeA s''S eaa ~ s',e eaine' Nhicn was 70
!, distance o. soc Iee., ana one mad raised
,he s,euse = s''is me e,lh wnen they
hea,u 'ne foar q .ne siiee' iney ran
paeA ~ e.e iaoS,n' sn m',en '',e silae nad ran
over lea'lns y n,ea n mI'n aoon' nse feet
oi snow wnich 'ney mac 70 aig through,
T aaa On gee'in oul, loana nothing N sight.
rne mouse WaS sMep' away completely.
ihsy ra,seo an sisI'h = soon ~ possible,
ana gs..ns worn up 70 sne mine called
'he ince u "s'es' whlcn was running
aoou' one huhufeu hsnas' shey an turned
os. shu coh'hsnseu o'gtseins ior the mouse,
) Wncn "as nos losna Until iate .lte next
morn,ns u nad peen carried Gown .ne
oua'ala ul,,. A.: aDou. s.o 'nousanu iee., WIN
a'1s' o''isy .ce. ~ sho" ch 'op q H.
rou1 men i",'ee sele 'ounu Juse as she