The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-01-30

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l felt confident of living until l
could get out or be rescued, but
lay there eighteen hours with but
little use of my limbs. At the end
of that time l had succeeded in
getting my pocket-knife out and
cutting in two the board on my
head. This enabled me to turn
over, and, although l thought it was
but little after midnight, l man.
aged to tell by my watch that it
was noon. / soon got on my feet
by the aid of the piece of board |
had cut off, and, working directly
upward through the opening of the
door, gained the open air about
eight o'clock in the evening. |
knew that Harry was dead, and as
my hands and feet were very numb
l started for Burns's cabin to warm,
but found that it too was entirely
buried. was too weak and help
less to effect anything in digging
for the boys then, so l went to the
jigs and got lot Of ore sacks and
crawled under the caves of the con-
contractor, where / remained until
morning Another slide came down
during the night and filled the con-
centrator to a depth of four or five
feet, but did not carry me away and
| was enabled to get out. l needed
rest and concluded it would be best
to remain at the concentration till
sufficiently restored to risk the
storm in search Of aid. Monday
morning l went to John Anderson's
cabin two miles below, told the
news and got something to eat-the
first l had had since Friday night"
Mr.. Warnings experience was
such as he will not care to repeat and
it is certainly miraculous that he
escaped. His chances were equal
with the others, but by accident in
the position of his fall his life was
saved. He is now i'm town and
feeling quite recovered from the
hardships he endured.
Harry Frost was well known in
Ketchum and other Wood River
towns. He was from Pennsylva-
MIA, where his relatives now reside.
He was employed by Thomas
Mitchell and j. O. Swift at the
time of his death and was given a
decent burial by those gentlemen.
Walter Peters, a Cornishman,
formerly worked in Bullion, and
was well known throughout the
mining camps of Idaho. He came
to Wood River from Silver City.
The expense of his burial was
shared by Thomas Mitchell and
Jake Lockman, by whom he was
employed.
Patrick Burns was a native of
Virginia. He was well known in
Ketchum, having been among the
first settlers in the place and later
became interested in several pros
poets on Lake Creek. He was
buried by Jake Lockman.
The funeral of all three took
place in Union Church yesterday
at 3 p. IN. and was conducted by
the Rev. Osborn. They were inter
red in the Ketchum cemetery.
THOMAS LORING.
Thomas Loring and Mr. Kelley,
employed by Martin Barry on the
Monte Cristo mine in Thompson
gulch, about two miles above Boyle |
Mountain, were digging a trail to
their cabin on Thursday, the 21st
instant, when they were caught by |
a slide and covered by several feet
of snow. Kelley soon dug himself
out, but not knowing where to dig
for his partner, started for help,
which was secured a the Junction,
two miles this side. The lifeless
body of Loring was found about
six hours after the slide. The |
storm then got so bad that it was
not deemed advisable to bring the
news to Kctchum at once and the
body was placed in the cabin.
Word reached here Tuesday, and,
the Lake Creek disaster
had called away most of the snow
shocrs, a party was formed consist
ing of Joe Johnson, James Bon
ing, p. Hilman and others, who
kindly volunteered to GO after the |