St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-01
Six Men Buried Under Thirty
Feet of Snow and
Earth.
A Mountain Avalanche on the
Canadian Pacific Rail-
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Special TO the Globe.

Special TO the Globe.
WINNIPEG, Man., Jan. 31.-There is
no doubt that the Canadian Pacific rail-
road will always be subject to most
serious interruption of traffic every
winter III the mountains by snow and
landSlides. The millions expended in
building SnowShedS seem so far to have
had very little effect. Serious accI-
dents occur with great frequency. Par
ticulars rarely reach the public, owing
to the control the company has of the
wires and strict censorship exercised
over dispatches. The only way the
public can learn anything is by the non
arrival of trains. The fact that no
through train from the Pacific has ar
rived here for three days caused in
quirieS to be made, and it was learned
that serious landslide had occurred
last Saturday at Pallaiser, a point in the
mountains some distance west of the
Columbia river. 1t appears there that
big chinook prevailed in the mou IT
aims, causing many SnowslideS and Sc
riOuSly interfering with traffic by
sweeping away portions of the road. A
Wrecklng train was sent Saturday
night from the nearest divisional point
to clear the track for traffic. The men
had been working away for several
hours and had the task almost COM
pleted when
A TERRIBLE AVALANCHE
of snow and land gathered in the de-
scent came sweeping down the noun
tain side. Two men of the gang of
eight saw the danger in time to escape,
but the others were caught. By crouch
ing close to the mountain near the track
they avoided being struck by the ava
lanche, but they were buried and
wedged in under thirty or forty feet of
snow. Their two companions who es-
capped proceeded to the nearest station
and gave the alarm. In short time all
available men were pressed into service
and sent down to dig out the entombed
men. They worked with vigor for
hours, but the pile of snow and earth
was so terribly pressed down the work
was slow. After digging down fifteen
feet the cries and means of the buried
men could be heard. 1t was impossible
tc distinguish any words, but the labor
ers knew the objects of their search
were in awful agony. After vigorous
effort of another half hour, the head of
THE FIRST MAN
was reached. He was a section man
named Robertson, and was unconscious.
He revived after reStorativeS were APP
piled, but for long time gave little
hope he would recover. He was awful
weak, and moaned as if the pressure of
the mountain was upon him. Three
other men were soon found. One who
was in nook in the mountain Jared
pretty well, but the other two were in a
terrible plight, and it is not known if
they will survive. One is an Italian,
and the other a Frenchman named
Bureau. Search was continued for the
other two or three, there being some
uncertainty as to the exact number. 1t
is hoped they will be safe, as they sue
ceeded in getting into crevice in the
rock. Medical assistance was quickly
sent down to the men, who were con-
veyed to hospital in the mountains
provided for that purpose. The rail-
way company is quite at loss know how
to combat these land and snow slides.
which, owing to the prevalence of
chinook winds, occur with alarming
frequency every winter.