Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-01-17
now Slides In Utah,

& LlepBtch from Salt Lake CltY.saYs. S0oW
has fallen nlmcs. continuously 10 tho WahEatch
Mountains, sblat The heads of the Little md
Big ColoaHool rivers. sirco Christmas. TIE
mountala1 turrcuaditg tho miLlag town Of
Alta arc sleep, AID tho trees ta'o bGon cut of.
Tie 'ramWay sheds of the Wahsa!oh and Jor>
don Valley R,lroad have been swept away in
several places !or fVo miles below Altl, rcDder'
ing ingfcss or cgrcsl almost impossible. Two
weeks so f@0w-sljao oiIried away o man
usmed Dry. ruo storm increased 10 fury
With tho opcniGg Ct last weik. Ga Wednes.
day blight tho snow foil in sheets, aad tho wind
beeim2 q hurricane About 10 o'clock snow
slid, carried away tho flagstaff Nina orc house
AID four hundred feet Of the railroad shed, and
swept across tho fiat o)ualry and the creek to
tho opposite mouutaio. a little later another
slide Ia:s.d OYER tho Victoria aud Imperial
hou9cs, burSpg t~o men, who dug their way
GU! IN ten hours. Continuing. it swept away
the u!Z2'Y bo,iding hou4o. 10 which wero
Mrs. Johna!han lloskins and four children,
Chailoi SSm)ls. Robert Ilowllh and EGan
Morris. O; these. Mrs. lIoski1s aad her
lluabtcr JiEr, tloRalh aud Morris, wore Kill
cd. Aa9ih2r s!ld3 smashed and buried tho
To!c!a works and boarding. house. killing Cha7.
Batbridro and Frank Lapcrto. On Thursday
ond Ftilay wo:k was stopped OF tho principal
mlacs, AMI mipy Of tho men left tho canon fer
tho valley. The STERN oOni1ued and inorcasc1
10 Jury. tbs winj blowing gala. and pIing the
SLOW j lst over the oro3t Of tho hill. por;h of
Alta. 90 tho Alta side. The great Weight star
ted another elido. halt mio wide, on Friday
night, which wiu'd have completely demolish
cd AlIs, but that it was split AID partially d..
verified BY fiat AREA, justabovo tho head OF
Main street. 1t struck q largo aad heavily
built stono a!ore. 10 which FIVE men had gath
cred Tor safety. Two Of them. who wtrl slocp
lCG 10 the second story wcro thrown cut, bu.
were comparatively unhu,t. Three had taken
refuge 10 tho BASEMENT and built fire. The
house was crushed 10 Oh them AID fired from
the stove, end they pOrishod. Two men VIII
rem sIucd to lcok after The Joab LaWrcrco
properly. With Instructors TO tlaep 10 tho tun.
Eel, orc missidg. Tho aTaispnhe swept away
every building owned by the Joab Lawrarc,
Company. together With their tramTay, il iliot
ing os3 OF $20. 600.
|. turied tho Buffalo House. but thrco men
had retired into tunnel, and Hero rescued,
exhausted. Fifty people emo dowo last night,
leaving tTcny, who. for various reasons, could
not get away. Tho trip down WIS fearful.
Leaving their homes with nothing but tho
clothes Oh their backs, the women widowed
through the saow as b:ss they could, tho men
carrying tho children. There remains enough
mountain slope still undcnudsd to complete tho
destruction of tho towo, and it may slide apy
moment. Eight miles Of tho Upper Big Cot
torwosd are said to be ono huge slid', covering
everything. A big slide in Msy6cld Guch has
blocked The crclll fer four hundred yards and
made quito lake. While there is 60 loss Of
life set reported from the Big Cottonwood, the
mioc!s are leaving the canyon as fast as posi-.
bic. When the Snow becomes deep and heavy
ou the steep mountain slopts, 80 avalanche may
BIO started By party Wadirg across their face,
o. by ooncussion. Sometimes bias! far 10
der ground will do it.
BEHIND THE SCENES The Chicago News
Letter draws tho following scene in newspaper
Office on snowy morning: City oditor 10 man.
aging editor:
"Yes."
City editor to the associate ed!tor:
Cleaned your sidewalk? p
Eyes, tended to j. right away after blosk'a:t."
City editor through tho tube 10 business man.
ager:
Cleaned your sidewalk YETI
"Course l hsyo. got up before break f.st.n
He'd tho Office walk shoveled OFF,
No. The devils gene to the pos: Office and the
Office boys out Collecting"
Better get 'em hood OF before we 60 TO press
with the first edition. I'm soiag to write an
item giving folks - for not cleaning their
walks moro promptly"
City editor writes teare. i I'D sho7cls eff his
own sidewslk Whoa he goes to dinner.
A few appiioaticus Of ST. jacobs Oil cured
Mrs. Sue Cotytrs, Cor Spring and Olive Sta,
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