, 1881-01-17
Our Present Story Deals with 1t
as a Weapon Of De.
struction.
Mountains OF It Thrown upOu
the Heads Of Utah'Y
Inhabitants.
The Flcccy Messenger Leaves a
Trail OF Destruction and
Dismay Behind.
It Destroys Houses, Railroad Sheds,
Barns, and Every Sort Of HUI
man Hnbitation.

SAtT LAKE, Utah, Jun. lG.--Snnw hNs fn!lcn
hlint,st continuously III tlia Wnhshtch, nbout tic
he1sls Ut tho f.Ittle nmA liIR t,touwA,tls, since
ChrlAlEnas. The tnonn.uIns surrounding The
hiinlns tnwn ut Alsn nro stccp mid hui uni tie
trecs have lcen cut o!E. The trau,wuy si,tlis OF
Tho "AlsAtoh Jnr.1nn Wiley ltnlIrulu hnye
been swept nway iii s"yesni places for I'VE miles
below Afsls. rendering cxrGs3 Or inRrcss tmpossi-
lie. Two week. nE' n sndw. t1h!o cnrrittl away
man tiatne1 Durby. The continuous stnrt11
increased In fury With tho opening Of lust week.
Wednesday, night
Snow FELL. IN SHEETS
md tho wfNd becanlu II hurricane. AtnIt 10
o'cock anow-slle cHrsctl awny tho titystI!,
orc hullsc, 400 foot Of tho ruilroa alIlts, ard
bwcpt nernss tho lint and tho crrek to tho ot,-
p0sito mountain. 1.ntur nnotlIur slide puhsnti
pvGr tho Victoria and lMpcrln1 House. hlryin8
two, who dug their Way cut III tG,l hours. Colt-
ttnu[nK 1t swept nway tho Ur!xzly b.,nr,lln4
ho!lsc. In which WIS btr. 1onatha1r Has
kina and four Children. Charles Sym0na,
lsot>ort lIowurtt, and Evan sfarrls Ot those,
trs. 1taHkns nt,d tiabghter, Jhno Nowcrth, md
Norris wcru killed.
Another Slide mashed anl buried tho Toledo
Works and boarling-house, killing Charles
Rorbrfdge ind Frauk l4npnrte. Thurstlay mid
Fritlny work WIS stopped 1T tho principal n,l,n,
md many IF tho mcn tpft tho caiIUn for tho
valley. The storm continued antl
INclsEASED IN FEHy,
tho wind blowing Il Khc. and plng the SNOW
lust uvcr tho west OF tho hill nort! nf Alta, on
tho AltN side. Tho greut weight sturtct another
slide half milo wtlu Friday night, which w,y,,ItI
have completely demolished Alta but tllut II
whs split nnd pnrtIally diverted by tho tint aren
Just nboyu tho hrAh Ut Aiatn street. 1t sirIick n
1argc. heayiIy.built stoHu RtOrc. fl which Two
nun tlal gathered for Bnfety. Two, sleeping In
tho sccond story, wcro thrown out, conlpar-
ntfvesy unhurt.
Three had tnken refuge In tho basement nntl
built flrc-tohn Fitzgerald, =. II, Lec, Nnl
William ff0lltugbhcaJ. Tie house wus crushed
IN IN tllam and fired from thu stove, and thcy
persisted.
filchnrd Williams md John WasiIngtOn, who
rcnntned to look after tho Junb Lawrcllcc
rropGrty, with instructions tU aIeep IN tho tun.
ncl, nro missing. Tho avalanche
SWEET AWAY EvEl.Y BUILDING
owned hy the JuAh l.awruuce CulnpAHy, together
with thoir tra1nway, 1nh!ottng lttss Of s:ItK0.
1t burned tho Buffalo House. hut thrco mcu had
retired into tho tunnel aild wero rescued ex-
hnts;cti.
Fifty people cnmo down last night, leaving
nbnut twenty, WHO for various rclsona could
t,0i HGt nwny. Tho trip down was feurful, lcav-
inY their homes with nothing but tho clothes on
their bncks. Women wnlowcd thr1ttgh tho
snnw US best they could. tho men carrysug tho
children. Thero rnnatns enough mountain
slope Sill utMlonuslcd TO complete tho
DESTRUCTION Or THE TOWN,
a1lt1 It 1nny glide nny moment.
Eight miles OF tho tlpt,er flFH Cottonwood nro
sad tp bo one hugo slIti0. covering everything.
a big glide III s1nyscld Gutch tas bloekcd tho
creek for 100 yards. Aud ,nade quito n lakc.
Wh!to there Is no loss OF life yct reported
from I}tg Cottonwood, tho miners nro lcarsng
tho cnhnn rs fust As possible. When tho snow