Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1886-01-22

a"u ut olner times nearly buried IN
the snow, blinded, cold and nearly ex-
hausted, and DR., Higgins being SO
heavy that he often went down entirely
to his waist which, OF course, made
our progress very slow, and when the
gusts came so strong that we had to
cover our lantern to keep it from go
ing out, why, of course, the darkness
was intense and down one of us
would go; 50 we agreed that when
these great gusts and rushes of wind
and snow came-and which we took
for the storm, but which were in real.
ity the result of the slides and the
storm together-that Or. Higgins
should take me by the shoulder to
steady US, and that l should place the
lantern under the skirts of my over
coat, and that it was useless to try to
guard ourselves against being caught
in slide, but to just try and make
the best of it, and during the mo-
mentary quiets following to uncover
our light and GO on until the next
one. We adopted this pian-and
here let me say that my anxiety to
push on when we were at the sleds,
saved us from being caught there, for
after we left a slide came down the
mountain, striking the sleds on the
side where we stood, overturning
some Of them and covering all On
the other hand DR.. Figgns's inability
to get on faster saved us in the other
direction, for as we again climbed
over the slide, in which we had nearly
buried oar horses, and gained the top
of the little hill IN sight of Shutdown,
we were again met by great rush
with terrific b!as's of wind and whir'-
ing snow. ducked the lantern un.
der my coat, the Doctor grasping me
by the sho ulder again. After the blast
subsidized sufficiently we brought out
our light, climbed up on the edge of
the great slide at Shutdown and imme.
diately heard cries for help, which
proceeded from Mr.. Drake who lived
up the canyon in the little grove
above the mouth Of Idahoan gu!ch
The voice called for help, stating the
house had been crushed III, his boy
buried in the snow, aud he caught
waist deep. 1t was Impossible to get
to them while it stormcd so and
most every other house in the place
oad been partly covered by the slide
and at this juncture our light wen,
!, out. Mr.. Ciawson, on hearing voices
came from his house which set fur.
Their up the Idahoan gulch and out oil
the way of the slides, most all o
which came from the left hand side oil
; the canyon going up. Had we been
: but few minutes faster coming uE
y, we should have been buried in the
. center of this great slide instead o
q it just passing in front of US. w,
e found, on looking at our watches
0 that it was 2 o'clock in the morning
s Mrs. Clawson made US a cup of tea
t stating that we were very foolish t.
have ever left the Idahoan Concen
= traitor, that the man Reagan wa
/, dead, and that Colonel Ravens, at l
! o'clock, becoming very uneasy, ha'
n sent a four-horse team down tn,
Y canyon to meet us, and that they haC
/ succeeded only in getting shor
1 distance below the Bullion TUNE
n where they encountered a snowslid
r and were obliged to turn back, IAN
r it was lucky for them that they wer
= prompt in doing so, as after they re
O turned huge slide started from tn
s top of the mountain on the left, nea
t the Mountain View mine, sweeping
k everything and, incredible as it ma
If seem, after crossing the gulch ran u
1t the opposite steep mountain side a
d of Is feet.
) We remained at Mr.. Clawson
:, house listening to the storm and t
IS the frequent rush and dull ,hud an
II jar made by the snowslides il the cal
= yon, both above and below us.
G AT half-past 7 o'clock the storm ha
IS ceased, the wind fallen, and it wa
it light enough so we concluded TO tr
e. and go on up to Bullion. We starte
p out, and when we saw the great pile
'e of snow, the crushed houses, limbs G
d trees, freight-wagons, etc, all pile