Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-25
KILLED BY A SNOW SLIDE.
SIX MEN RECOVERED DEAD AND
FIVE BADLY INJURED,


Trapped by the Avalanche While Asleep
in Their Boarding House - Terrible
Storms Followed by Ruinous Thaws
Throughout the North and West-The
Thermometer 32 Degrees Below Zero.
DENVER, COL, Dec. PA dispatch
from Ouray, Col, says: News has been
received in Ouray of horrible accident
at Nirginius, which occurred Friday.
Owing to the stormy weather, which had
been more severe than had been known
Tor years, a messenger could not reach
Ouray sooner, though the distance is only
seven miles. The Yirginius mine is owned
by the Carolina Mining Company. of Bos-
ton. 1t employs thirty-fiye men, and is
situated above the timber line at the foot
OF the Suefias range. Friday afternoon
huge mass of snow started from the top Of
the range, swelling into an avalanche
as it descended, striking building used
as boarding house, where eleven men
were resting and sweeping it completely
away, crushing and burying the men fif-
teen or twenty feet under the snow among
rocks and timber. The avalanche missed
the engine house. After the noise and
confusion which followed the other
miners were hOisted from the
shaft and started to search for
their comrades. Five were taken out
alive but badly crushed and may die.
The six others were found dead.
reports from the mountain towns state
that there has been an unusual fall of
snow, 1t being from four to six feet deep
ON the level. The warm weather of the
past few days is the cause of the snow
slides, which are common occurrence
late in the spring, but are not looked for
at this season of the year, which will
make the present one all the more dis
astrOus. Other accounts of an equally
calamitous character may be expected as
soon as messengers can make their way
from the interior sections.
SHOWING FOR EIGHT DAYS.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 24.-Snow has fallen
every day but one for eight days, reach
ing depth of two feet. A sleeting rain
commenced yesterday and a heavy dark
mist arose from the snow, covering the
entire region hereabout. Rain fell all day
and came down in torrents. Cellars are
Hooded everywhere. Many roofs are
breaking. All railway trains are delayed
Special dispatches report snow the whole
length of the Ohio valley and rain melting
it rapidly everywhere.
1nnumerable small losses are reported
from leaking roofs and from roofs crushed
by the accumulated snow wet with rain.
be mentioned that of the Cincinnati var
nish factory, in the western part of the
city. TIE roof fell IN, destroying the
second story and injuring the contents
of the first floor. The loss is $4,000.
Heidelbach, Friedlander & Co., clOthiers,
had their stock damaged $1,000 by the
falling of the roof. Many livery stables
suffered from the same cause. All freight
trains on the Louisville and Nashville
Railway have been stopped, and no pas
senger trains from the South had reached
Newport up to l O'clock this afternoon.
The roof of Harper's rolling mill, at New
port, was crushed by snow, involving con-
siderable loss. The Cincinnati and Ports
mouth Narrow Gauge Railway bridge,
and the long iron trestle near California,
Ohio, were torn down by the flood in the
Little Miami river. The Oak street tun-
mel of the Cincinnati Northern Railway
has caved in and all trains have been
stopped. Four hundred barrels of mo-
lasses, at the foot of Sycamore street, and
consigned to the Little Miami, and GIN
cinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Roads have
been swept away by the rise in the Ohio
river. The river is rising one foot an hour.
RESULT OF THE THAw.
NEW ALBANY, IND, Dec PA bridge
over the Blue river, on the Louisville
New Albany and Chicago Railway, about
one and half miles south of Salem, was
washed away this morning, and a south
bound train ran into a Washout, killing
Chas. Sanford, a train baggage master of
this city, and lady, Dora Eddings, of
Lafayette, and five passengers, whose
names were not learned. The wounded
were Jno. Vaughn, engineer, and his fire.
man, and eight passengers, whose names
have not been ascertained. The train
consisted of one baggage car, two
coaches, and one sleeper, with baggage
and express matter. A special train with
officers of the road and assistance left
Louisville about II 80 O'Clock for the
wreck
NEW ALBANY, Dec. "a, s P. M.-Among
the killed was Jacob Hellfrecb, father of
the master car builder of the Louisville,
New Albany and Chicago Railway.
A MARKET CRUSHED IN.
LANCASTER, PA, Dec. 24.-The Ear-
mers' Northern Market, on North Queen
street in this city, large brick structure
pa by 81 feet, was totally demolished
about 3 O'Clock this morning by the weight
of the snow resting on the roof. The sup
ports of the roof gave way and the walls
fell into the adjacent streets or on neigh
boring buildings, in many cases running
the latter.
Several narrow escapes from death oc-
CURED, but owing to the early hour at
which it took place no loss of life is re-
ported. If it had happened several hours
later hundreds of lives would have been
lost, as many people would then have been
in the building, and it would have been
impossible for any occupant to have es-
capped. The loss on the market house and
surrounding property will be about $751;
600. There is no insurance.
SNOW WRECKS AN ENGINE.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. Dec. "a. 7P.M.-
Eally this morning a New York bound
freight train on the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railway stuck, near
Milford in large snow drift, which extin-
guIshed the fire and caused an explosion
which blew out the furnace door Engi-
neer u. Ross wasibadly scalded and Fire
man j. Lynch was badly burned. Con-
ductor Searles, who was assisting the fire.
man, was blown from the engine into the
drift. He lost some teeth and received
several bruises.
NEW HAVEN, CONN, Dec. "a, 8. P. NJ
Later reports say that the engineer and
fremen were killed.
SNOW CHANGED TO sLUsH.
PITTsBURG, PA, Dec. 24.-This city
was visited yesterday by one of the worst
storms experienced here for years. 1t
commenced showing at day light and con-
tinued till dusk, when it changed to
steady warm rain. The streets Me
in terrible condition. Many cellars
are flooded and the damage is
heavy. Trains are DELAYED and tele-
graph wires Frustrated III every
direction.
20 BELOW ZERO.
WORCESTER, MASS, Dec. 2s.-Yester-
day was the cOldest day known for years
here, the mercury ranging from IS to 20
degrees below zero.
SO BELOW ZERO.
UTICA, n. Y, Dec. 24.-The thermome-
ter Saturday night marked % degrees be-
low zero, and at BoonYille, Oneida county,
36 degrees below.
A consumptive cough is dangerous. Ar .
rest it with Hale's Honey of Hoarhound
and Tar.
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