The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-01-16

would certainly have shown the
selves: from which it ia eonclud
that they had remained in the boal
ing house, had been carried aw
with it, and killed, and that I
n bodies are buried somewhere in {
mountain of snow.
The other three are known,
almost known to be dead. The
a names are John Fitzgerald, 2.
Lees and w. Hollingshead, the form
being telegraph operator and railrot
agent at that point. They were
? Ssrickley's store, together with Park
Norton and John Beemish. Tt
three named made up their minds
sleep in the cellar OF the store. j
case ofslides, and the other two cor
cluded not to. Jus! before going |
bed one of them suggested that tee
should have q fire in the stove t
warm themselves up, and took
scuttle full OF coal down. This wa
the last the bookkeeper saw c
them. Before the bookkeeper re
tired to bed, he states thst hi
fire had nearly burned cut. 81
and the othor gentleman of tn,
five slept in the same room, ant
one higher than the other. Wher
the slide struck the store it tipped
up the building 10 which they were
sleeping, and threw one OF The mer
out OF the window, so that he escaped
in safety, while it threw the second
into the place just inTOluntarily
vacated by the former, and he sue
ceeded in crawling out of the window
by which toe other had made such q
rapid exit. Immediately after the
slide crowds of men gathered around
Strickley's store, and the work OF
digging for the men known to be in
the cellar commenced. Finally the
cellar f0or YVES reached, and hole
made, when a puff of smoke came
out. which showed that The cellar was
on fire. q report was in circulation
on the streets that when the men got
to the cellar they could hear the cries
and Rrosns OF those benesth; this,
Mr.. Brough states, is incorrect, as
those beneath must have been suf1o-
Gated by the gas long before the men
reached the cellar, in the event that
they had not burned to death. The
existence of the fire being known,
quite a number desisted in their
work, from the fac. that in the ware
house on the north side of the
building there were known to be ak
or ten kegs of black powder,
aud about 400 pounds of giant pow
der, together with liquor, coal oil, etc.
1t was feared that the fire would
reach these and that an explosion
would follow, which actually did.
The black powder exploded, blowing
some articles distance OF perhaps
100 feet in the air, but doing no harm.
The great tesr, however, was lest the
giant powder shoul1 explode, and
that the conclusion thus caused,
would start other slides, which we're
imminent at any moment; besides,
there was known to be giant powder
n other parts of the city, which might
also explode, and bring On other dis
Isters. However, it did not explode,
lot at least. up to the time of the de |
oarture OF Mr.. Brough, nor had the |
bodies ofthese persons been recovered, |
hough men were still at work trying
ecure them.
At the Buffalo house there were
hree men. One OF the Buffalo houses
vas on hill. and this was carried
way; the other was in a gulch, and
his escaped, the men being in it.
Immediately after the slide, they ran
nto the tunnel. and when g party
tarted out to look for them ON Satur-
lay morning, and commenced dig
ling down in the snow, they met the
men, who were digging their way out.
At the south end OF Strickley's
tore, and adjoining, WAS building
rsed partly as a baroer shop,
md partly as roeideuUs,
md in this family lived. !
The building was tilted up and
'artly crushed in by the crushing of
store, but no one was liz
1red. and those iDHide succeeded in
making their escape. There were 8
lumber OF narrow escapes, but so far
8 is at present known, the missing
re the five named, though it is pos
lble there may be others.
While some of the Chinese places
'ere carried away, no heathens were
1st, as they are all understood TO
ave congregated at a place which
las inside Of the V shaped tract
'hich the avalanche missed.
The loss in damage to property is
Oughly estimated at $4,000. Mr..
Irickley's store is q complete wreck,
nd it cost him $1,000 to build; it was
I rock and brick, and fire proof; his
Jock, which Is consumed by fire and
therwise destroyed, was valued at
4 900. while he has losses in his
warehouses;, which would make the
damage to him amount to
figure which will not go below
$4,000. The Vallejo boarding house,
hich was carried away, and is g
,,al wreck, cost So 600; the tram.
ay when built cost $l4. 900, and will
cost two thirds as much to
eplsce it now. while the company
lffers losses from other buildings
nd ruined machinery, which
uuld make it's loss net
rs than $4,000, and probably
25. COG. Besides, the Pride OF Amer
"a. North Star, Buffalo and ether
hines lost. as well as the owners of
1e buildings adjoining Strickley's
ore. the whole making a loss of
bout $4,000.
The road has been impossible for
sveral days, and the telegraph wires
own, so that communication of
lmost any kind was almost impos
bic. About fifty persons arrived in
lis city from Alta on Saturday night.
nd many others left the ill-iated
amp who did not arrive at the train
j time. 1t was necessary to walk a
istsnce Of five miles before a point
'ss arrived at where the train could
g reached. And this is one OF the
lost painful things connected with
be terrible event. Fathers and |
lothers had to walk all the distance,
arrying their children, and we're IN
BILE to take with them any more
han they had on their persons. The
My way to get down toe cahon was
= means OF the snow sheds, through
lhich the cars pass, and dur.
1g the five miles that persons
sd to walk the sheds are
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