Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-02-06

hard work, as the snow wa S packed
close about it, and the hole made
was not over a few inches wide e,
the lower end When tho edge Of
the axes went through they called
at the aperture and was answered
by a voice, "For Gods sake push
in som ething to eat, my children
are dying" In a moment bread,
meat and O small flask of brandy
was pushed through the aperture,
and the wearied toilers in the
snow sprang to the work and made
a fresh attack upon the log, which
imprisoned six people. They cleared
away the snow several feet above,
and it was o'clock in the morn
ing before they cut through the
| log about six feet above the first
cut. Then there came fear that
| the place between the two cuts
would fall inward and crush the
family. The second hole, however,
gave better chance of communi-
cation, and Maxwell said that
if they would get candle into him
he could tell where the log
would fall. A candle was taken
from a lantern and given to Linn
with matches tied to it. In few
moments the glow of the ligh. was
seen from the outside and this light
must have been very welcome to
the Maxwell family as they had
been in total darkness since Friday
night when the avalanche struck
the stable. He soon called out to
push the log inward but it WIS fast
and required considerable pryiDg
with crowbars before it yielded.
TERRIBLE SIGHT.
Those nearest the aperture fol-
lowed the log and climbed in
through the opening with lanterns.
There in a space about tea feet
square was Maxwell and his family
His wife was lying on mattress
and some blankets with q young
chilli in Lar arms and t6kae others
clinging to her and crying bitterly.
When the lantern shone on their
faces they put their hands to
their eyes and turned away in fear.
The woman was hardly able to move
and Maxwell who had kept stout
heart all through the long days and
nights Of darkness, gave out at this
point and cried like child.
BRAVE BOY.
Chester. the Oldest boy who was
eight years of age, had worked with
his father to get out and was worn
out with hunger and exhaustion.
There were two loaves Of bread
within reach after the roof Of the
stable fell in. and the little fellow
had refused to touch a morSel CIV
ing oil to his mother ard sisters.
This is all that the mother, the
baby and the two daughters, Mary
and Callie, aged four and a half and |
six years respectively, had to live
on from Friday afternoon when
thew last took dinner until about |
midnight on Sunday. There was
plenty of flour and some game in
the place but the logs of the roof
which were crushed in cut Of all
from these although
Maxwell and his son had vainly en-
deavored to cut q way through a
three foot log with a jacl.knife.
The inmates of the terrible prison
house were taken in s,eighs to
Woodford's where they were soon
as comfortable as warm fires. good
provisions and kind attention could
make them When Mr.. Encla
bright left Woodford's on Monday
afternoon they were all doing well
and the recipients Of all the atton-
ton that the little camp could be-
stow. Mr.. Merk the honest cid
German who keeps the toll gate
and who first found the Maxwell
family is now the biggest man in
the canyon.
EtGgSctt-s New Play.
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