The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-01-19
THE BODIES FOUND.


The bodies of the three man buried
in Strickley's store a. Alta have been
recovered. Ever since the slide took
place, on Friday night last, men have
maintained az steady work as pos
sible to recover these bodies. and on
Monday night they came across that
of Lees, but let Il remain all night,
fearing to work farther that night lest
they should chop it and the others
with their spades. Early on Tuesday
morning, work was renewed and the
bodies of all three we're taken out of
the ruins in the cellar. 1t is now as.
certained that they we're neither
burned nor sn6ocated to death, as
had been the general opinion ever
since the terrible occurrence. The
bodies OF the three we're found in
their beds, probably undisturbed, but
they had been very badly crushed and
bruised, and death had ensued
from these bruises. When the ava
lanche struck the building it knocked
the walls in onto the 6oor, breaking
the floor down. and thus falling on
and crushing the victims beneath.
They had all been found and ex-
humed before the volunteer: arrived
from this city. The remains are to
De brought to this city to-day for in
terment.
The bodies of Frank LAPorte and
Charles Borbridge, the men carried
away with the Toledo air compressor
on Wednesday night, by the first
fatal slide, have been recovered, and
we're at the Court House at Alta on
Tuesday. They also will be brought
down to-day, together with the re-
mains of Mrs. Heskins and her
children, killed by the slide at Grizzly
Fiat on Thursday night.
So far no word has been received
of the finding of the bodies OF John
Howarth and Evan Morris, killed and
carried away at the time Mrs. Hos
kins was killed; nor OF John Wash
ington and Dick Williams. the men
carried away with the Vallejo board.
ing house on Friday night. Regard
ing the bodies of the men just named,
some deem it idle to talk of attempt.
ing their recovery this winter, az there
is not the slightest thread to guide the
search, and while it might prove
successful, the chances all are thai
the attempt would be futile. Il is
not known what course the volunteers
who went to Alta on Tuesday morn
ing will purs1e in this regard, but
there is little doubt that they will
adopt the &isest plan.
The body OF John Pool, the young
man killed by slide in American
Fork Canon come days ago, was
found on Monday night, and taken
to American Fork on Tuesday morn
ing. It will be buried to-day, and |
residing in this city will 60
south to attend. Doc. Sperry, the
person carried away with him, is now
understood to have been taken out
alive, but very badly bruised.
On Tuesday Mayor Little received
a telegram from II. II. Borbridge. of
Ottawa, Canada, asking il the name
OF the man killed with Frank
LaPorte. at the Toledo air compressor,
on Wednesday night. was Charles
and if be had come from
Ottawa. Investigation proved that
the man killed was Charles Bor-
bridge, an that he was from Canada.
1t is understood that the sender OF
the dispatch to Mayor Little is one Of
the deoeasSd's relatives, and that
they are Well-to do Canadians. The
are that the remains. as
soon as they shall have been brought
here, will be dispatched to Ottawa for
interment.