The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-01-30
THE S'l'OR NJ.
spring.

Since our last issue the great
storm has gradually abated,
although it has showed a little
almost daily and large number of
slides are reported from various
parts of this region. IDU +.
EAST FORK.
From East Fork, where much
danger was anticipated, Geo. p.
Hodson brought the news last night,
having made the trip to Kctchum
yesterday on snowshoes, that no
serious damage had befallen that
district. A slide carried away the
unoccuptcd cabin of the Pride of
Idaho and covered the boarding
house at the foot of the hill, but
the inmates escaped uninjured. AT
the Lizzie Lemp Antoine Fiarar and
Nick Guard were sitting in their
cabin when the avalanche took their
roof off and carried it down the
hill, but did no further damage.
The North Star, Triumph and all
other camps in that neighborhood
are all right.
We clip the following from the
News Miner concerning slide on
East Fork A. L.. Dow and Camp
bell Alexander, who had been
working on the Leader claim on
East Fork, across the gulch from
the North Star, were covered IN a
slide on Saturday last, having a
narrow escape. They were running
an incline and had got in but
short distance. About noon on
Saturday, a huge slide came down
directly over them, filling up the
gulch below them, and completely
covering the mouth of their incline
except just barely space enough
for them to move. As luck would
have it, they had shovel and
pick, and in an hour and half
they succeeded in making hole so
as to give them air, which they by
this time felt badly in need. "A
part of the slide was stopped by
the timber above them else it
might have covered them up so
deep that they could not get out.
THE SUMMIT.
Geo. Mercer came in from the
summit on Tuesday and reported
the snow SO deep that nothing
could be accomplished, toward
taking the horses out, without
more help. Ed King and O'Brien
were taken to Riverside and Billy |
Turner was at the same place with
a frozen foot. AL Stone and Nj. l..
were on the summit with |
the horses waiting for help. pinto"
and Dave Mccullough had broken
the trail up from Riverside to with
in two miles of the summit, but
the snow was too deep there for
Roadway from either direction. A
party of four snow shoers started
out Wednesday with light loads of
grain and it is supposed now that all
hands have gotten out with the
horses to Riverside. The animals
were without hay for one week and
grain from Sunday morn
ing until Wednesday morning.
VIENNA.
The Sawtooth stage, which start
ed out Friday morning, consisted
Of three single horses hitched to
flour barrels and one drawing a
boat in the rear. Besides two
drivers VIM. Stetson accompanied
The outfit en- routeuto Vienna. The
trail is hut very poor tOs EFslw,sl
station, sixteen miles north,' and
from there nothing but shoe trail.
Mr.. Stetson probably struck out
from Easley's station this morning
and will camp at Galena or Noun
tain House tonight. From there,
# successful, he will reach Vienna
tomorrow night. Much fear is
in behalf Of the miners
N and about Vienna, from whom3
nothing has been heard since the
storm, and we await with much
anxiety the report of Mr.. S. /
BOYLE MOUNTAIN.
There are great many exposed
camps on Boyle mountain but re-
,orts from there since the storm
,ay that no material damage has
,een donc in that locality.
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