The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-20
1S00 ~ Dajly q 1ssAa1.
T188089 OF THE STAGE.
The 60le00 Coach OfooninG tn
Divide Repeatedly Lost in
the Binding 0eosm.
a woman Set Adrift In The Road
to Prevent Her Porishin9
with the Cold.

Mt. George c. Randolph, who with
twelve other passengers len Helena
Wednesday morning on the Deer
Lodge coach, Describes the trip - one
"fterribIe severity, and he regards The
! arrival 81 the entire marty ut Deer
Lodge In safety, - miraculous, In
view ofthe perils Of storm and eo,d
which they had been compelled to
undergo. In crnsslng the divide the
greatest difficulty wss encountered.
The cold was intsuse and tie wind
was blowing . perfect gale, witch
lifted the snow In binding Aurrys,
and threw up great drifts in places,
which completely hid the ruod
from, view and ~ CHANGED
the aspect Of the Landscape
tl,ot the driver and paasengsss were
several times completely bevildered
and lost. The passengess wese -.
peatedly compelled to leave the coach
aud beat about Ia the suow In senach
Of the mad. 50 binding was the
storm that It was impossible to 80
each other ~ thestsge when they bed
scattered ont hut q 'ew steps aud
the only way passengers were pre-
vented from becoming lost, was BY
each one keeping up an incssssnt
shouting. Upon one OF these ecca-
sions, when Ill hands were looking
for the Fad, one Of the rassengen
canse upon Charles q. Birlseye. .
merchant from lBlackfoot, who he'd
left Helena with . team and cutter,
ahead Of the stage. He had experience
eli terrible rd,hips In beating his
way through the storm, and when
G'un', by the stage passenxess W.
completely lest. The storm CON-
tinued until within . few miles Of
Deer Lodge, and even In the last
canyon approaehius that. city The
road was lO>t ami It seemed probable
that the party would be obliged to
spend the night In the snow drifts,
but by lucky chance the
rad was found and the
coach finally reached Deer Lodge
late In the night with lad II per-
sengers, ~ nearly persisted with the
cold, aud the hartl.hips through
which they had la.'setl, anil - thank
full for deliverance frn,n q terrible ex.
periencc ~ any coach ever brought to
the valley city.
A gentleman WIN arrived from
Mtssoula last night narrstes similar
story Of hardshius encountered by
the incoming Missoula stage on We'd
nes,lay night. He ssyss lady passen-
ger Was only prevented from perishing
In the passage over the Flint Greek
hills, thirty-iive miles west Of Deer
Lodge, hy the prompt and heroic
applied by the driver. The
lady was accompanied by two-year
child, and - the cold became more
Intense, with nsotheriy Instinct she
took her Own wrAps to protect the
cli!.l, until hcr own shoulders were
covered only Ly = thin shawl, which
ws~ entirely insufficient to ward OF
Tue freezing wind. The prei,,onitory
WAS som observed aud Il |
l,exun,e evident that the woman !
would freeze unless prompt action
Was taken to rvvive the circulation
IN her conyeslstl veins and arteries. !
The driver was notified, and with |
nut saying . word, immediately lifted |
the woman out Of the ccac|, aud leav- |
ing her by the roadside mounted the !!
box and drove oil. The lady AFTER
wards said that she was too much BE-
nu,mbstl both mentally and physi-
.ally tn take In the situation. |
hut that she realized that her child
was Icing carried away from her,
md started t. run after the stage.
rhe driver maintained sufficient |
,peesl to keep . little ahead Of the
distracted mother, for . distance Of
lbout three miles, when he stopped !
md helped her into the coach. Hhe i
MA wrapped In blankets and over.
coats Offered by the xentlemsn pas- !
,engers and made the balance Of the
trip without further suffering from !!
odd.