Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-01-24
EASTERN NEWS.
Terrible Results Of More Sn0WSlldeS
in Colorado.
MINERS KILLED OUTRIGHT
OTHERS BURIED ALIVE.
The Doings of a Gang OF
Nxasaed Burglars.
LATEST NEws FROM THE vEw3uaa
NINE DISASTER.
Malignant D~iphtbs.il in Eastern
Pennsylvania.
EASTERN RAILROADS AGAIN
BLoCKADED.
The Doings of a Gang OF
NTasaed Burglars.
LATEST NEWS FROM THE NEw3Uaa
NINE DISASTER.
Malignant Diphtbs.it in Eastern
Penn sylvania.
EASTERN rail- ROADS AGAIN
RLOCkADED.
ESPECIAL To THE sESTISEl.l
Terrible NewS from Colorado,


DENVER. Col, Jau. 23.-An Aspen spe-
ciai to the Tribune-Republican says: The
| Maroon Pass road has teen the scene of a
fearful loss during the recent storms.
The horrors CT Thursday are intensified by
the developments of yesterday, which
show the pass to be q snowbound tomb.
While men were hunting yesterday for
bodies in Thursdays snowsiide word was
received Of another further up the canyon.
An avalanche struck the latter place at
midnight on Thursday and Clayton GAN
net, Sol Camp, Charles futile, Martin
Riley. Jap Farris, August Goodwin, AL
Sons and Martin Patterson were asleep in
a cabin, which WAS supposed TO be safe a.
it was built in u grove Of heavy timber,
but when the slide came down it snapped
trees AZ though pipestems. hurling them
against the cabin and crn+hing everything
in a mass. Martin Riley and August
Goodwin had their backs broken, and
Riley was suffocated. When tho slide
struck the timber it divided, a part rush
ing across the gulch, burying q cabin on
the opposite side, occupied by three men,
without injuring them. These men worked
their way out and at noon started to res
cue their friends Wednesday evening.
After pulling through numberless fallen
trees to effect an entrance to the cabin
they found three dead aud the other five
suffering terribly from snffocstion. Sol
Camp lay on his face dead. The body Of
Jap Farris was pinioned across the back of
heavy timbers. Riley died five minute
after the disaster. His dying convulsions
nearly caused the doaih OF the man under
meath him. Camp had sustained a terrible
cnt on his head, from which blond flowed
profusely. He become terribly thirsty.
aud being i'll u position where he could
hold his hands under his bleeding head
and lift them to his mouth he quenehed
his thirst. All the men alive were nearly
crazy when found. All were addressed.
aud had bitten themselves - their hands
and arms-in their delirium. and they pre-
scented a sickening spectacle. They may
all recover. but the case OF q couple OF
them are extremely doubtful.
Wholesale Thieves.
TARRYrowN, N. Y, Jan. pa gang of
six masked burglars robbed three houses
iu North Tarrytown last night. Their
most successful raid was that upon the
house Of the widow OF Gen. Henry Storms.
The only perSona in the house were Mrs.
Storms and another lady. The burglars
terrified them with threats OF instant
death, and almost smothered Mrs. Storms
with a pillow. They then ransscked the
house and carried away everything that
NhAx, nAnll I.v hnaI. m mhDx ar..1 Il
away service silver plate weighing 600
ounces, which WAS presented by q brigade
of cavalry to their commander, General
Storms. besides other articles Of high
value to the family az %relios. These in.
cluded a pair OF oandlesticks, very mass
i've. which were brought to this country
inst after the close OF the War Of hide.
pendence. and a silver hilted sword
which General Scott carried at the battle oil
Lundy's Lane. They slso took another
silver. hilted sword set with gems, which
once belonged to General Massena. and
was carried by him in Italian campaigns,
christening cups Of silver, apostles
spoons and all their accumulated domestic
silverware for three generations. Thu
burglars, in addition to the above. took all
the money and family jewelry they could
find, and q lot OF bric-a-brac and antique
cut glassware. The property stolen il
valued at many thousands of dollars. The
thieves made a clean sweep. and IL /.
feared that they may destroy many OF the
| curious relica of no intrinsic value. which
were stored with other articles, and thu
they may be melted into bullion. The
other houses entered were those OF James
Sec and II. T. Tumbard. In The former
they assaulted Judge Sec, and secured hi,
watch and many other valuables. From
the latter they took q large quantity o.
silverware.
a Dual Murder.
FOREST Cry, ARK. Jan. 23.-Hardy
Nichols quarreled with his wife some days
ago, accusing her Of unfaithfulness. They
separated. and a division of property as
proposed. To-day tho Nichols brothers,
John and Hines. called at the store of
William Curter. tho womsn's brother, to
settle the matter. An alteration occurred
and Curter shot and i~nstntly killed
Hines Nichols with a rife. then drew n
y pistol on John Nichols. It snapped
and he quickly reloaded aud fired at John
as the latter ran. John fell 100 yards
from the store mortaliy wounded and
soon died. Curter fed and il pursued by
the Sheriff and posse.
The Newburg Mime Disaster.
WHEELISo, W. Va. Jan. 49, Work was
continued in the shaft at the Newburg
mines oil night, and three bodies were
taken ont this morning. Daniel Miller,
Isaiah Tfmmons, acting pit boss, and his
son. Their faces were badly blackened
The bodies were taken to an undartaker's.
where they will be dressed and hsndod
over to their friends. The inquest has
been postponed until this afternoon. The
damp is ont of the mine. but explosive
gas il present in large volumes, aud there
is danger Of another explosion.
EASTERN Railroads Again nioeladed
KANSAS CRY, Jan. 2S.-All through
trains west are again abandoned, and bust.