Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1886-01-22
great cloud of snow. Everybody

great CLOUD OF snow. Everybody
rushed up the cross-street toward the
Eureka mine, to be ont Of the way;
but he slides stopped near the Jay
Gould mine. We arrived at Superin-
tendent Havens's Office at $3.50 a. M,
having been just two hours from Slab
town.
The scene around Bullion is enough
to appal the stoutest heart, Super.
intendent Ravens was already making
preparations to open the road, and es-
t.mated that it would take at least a
week or 10 days, and cost 5000 or
$500. There were, fortunately, no
other fatalities, John Curran and boy
having been extricated from their
home all right, as we'll as the other two
men who were buried with the unfor.
tunate Raglan.
We think it safe to say there were
all of rs to 100 snowslides in Bullion
canyon that night, after we entered
it at Gilman.
RETURNING TO HALEY.
We started back at IL o'clock II.
M, arrived at the ldahoan conccntra.
tor at l p. m, where we learned by
telephone that Phil. Reagan and par
ty had started out from HALEY at 2 or
3 o'clock in the morning. We were
much troubled for fear they had
been caught in the canyon above Gil,
man; consequently we attempted to
reach that place with our horses, and
after an hours hard work were oblig-
ed to turn back, having gotten only
short distance below the concentra
tor
We met Tommy Temple coming
out and gave him dispatch sent by US
by Colonel Ravens. About two hours
later two men came from Gilman who
were seeking us. We took their
snowshoes and came down to Gilman
while they brought the horses down
along the ridge of the mountains. We
met Phil Reagan, alone, about hal
way up the gulch He pressed on ul
to Bullion. On the way down W,
came across the place where he aue
his party encountered e 30-acre slid
and upon turning around found them
selves blockaded in the rear and hat
to cut their way through.
We were met between Gilman ant
the halfway house by Don Mckay
Jimmy Sullivan, AL - and Mr.
with Coffin Brothers team who tool
us in to Haley"
A CLOSE CALL.
: When Mr.. Brakes house wa
caught by an avalanche the snow fileC
the room in which the family wer
sitting to a depth Of about FIVE feet
knocking them down and covering
the father and child. Mr.. Drake sue
ceeded in paving his way up to
standing posture and saw that his wifi
was all right but the child was not t
be seen. Remembering where tn
boy sat when the accident occure
Mr.. Drake crawled over the surface c
the snow to the spot and commence
digging with his hands. He soon Ell
countered the chair, then the arm c
his boy beneath it. Locating III
face he quickly removed the sno'
therefrom and not moment too 800
as the child was gasping in the las
stages of suHIocation. Raising hil
! up he got His breath and was soon a
right, save few slight bruises.
THREE MEN CONSIDERED LOST.
a Up near the head of Elk Cree
r men have been employed for son
o time cutting wood for the Donova
v mine. Lew Dorsey had gang thel
n of three whom he left Wednesd;
II night and instructed them to leav
if the snow ST. rim amounted to an
3 thing, as the mountains on either sic
o of their camp are very steep and SUI
d to furnish slides, even with a lig
], snowfall. The men promised to &c
low Mr.. Dorsey's Instructions, and
d came on to HALEY. Yesterday
IS started out to the woodchoppers' can
y fearing some accident had befall'
ID the men, no word having been receive
- from them. He succeeded in reac
If ing within sight of the camp, fro
d which point he discovered that t,