, 1890-05-01
THE CUSTER DISASTER
How the Avalanche Came
Down the Mountain.
A MELANCHOLY PROCESSION.
The Bodies Dragged ovor the
Snow Five Miles Down
the Guloh.

While nt Wallace | learned some
grphic particulars of the disastrous
snowslidc at the Custer mine, In
which six miners lost their lives,
Snow lay in deep drifts upon the
steep mountain-sides. Then came
n beating rain, and with II mighty
gnle that rocked the tall trees and
loosencd the earth and snow.
The miners were not unmindfll of
their peril. So impressed were some
OF them with the terror of the storm
aud the dangers which hung above
their heads, that they refused to
pass the night In the boarding
house, prelcrrlng to sleep in the
mouth of the tunnel. Thithcr they
had carried their bedding for two
nights, but death had marked them
for its own, and they were not to es-
cape.
The darkness of winter night
had fallen upon the lonely mount
ain. The day shift had come out of
he,inine, and were ut supper In the
bonrding-housc. Without, the gale
howlcd over the bleak landscape,
the scattered trees were weaving
away i'm the blackucs, and the rain
cam. pclting down I'm torrents. Tho
gloom of their environment WIS e.
Elected In the f,cas of the miners
al was 30 impressed with our
DANGER, said one of the Survivors.
"thnt could hardly swallow my
sumner Tho mon were ouiet and
ahstnctcd. An at once we felt n
little iar. II wns the first touch of
hco,,nlorcbo Th.n on ,yas u.rcci,
md min ond 900 yycro burI,d I'm N
s,rcnt mos M bro,,on ,inhora trrcs
ear,b rncl, and snow -
Tho hoorJino-Lo,,so an, ,n,, ,
li,,l. h.nch ant In ,ho no,,r,ain
ID. and ,,han ,ba ,aia,onoru.hcd
do,rn tho n,onn,ain 4, s,,,, o.,r ,I,n
Lniidinn Lu, arnsh.d 4, M, ynn
wonId nr,sh y, aaa Iii In vorr
hanI ee
I'hroo -, ,,,o h,r,,, ,,i,or. d,,,,
bo,,. - n,', ~ ,La IoLr,. on5
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asta,. go son, ,a ,yai,aoa .rI nr,
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C.rva-d n,i,b nnnam.,ina nnoray
So a ta1.' '',',Is ,'",.i1 aai-JJ
arus,,"a h'. tha -, ~ ,,,,,,o nr
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incL t;nIi,r,;,L tho f,rc,,,, az
iIc min, yv,s 4, ,,.r,i.d u,.r his
family liying ON - C,rn In ,hn Nond
river countrv iIe hnd MANNED to
tho porilous llfc of IA minor
tine present year. and wns ooing IN
settle down unon his farm. lie
lived Gor t,yo bnurs ,fl.r tbo ovn.
lnnche. and ono of tho snrvlyor.
talked with him Tbcv dis,u-.od
their chances of life while living hc-
nontb tb, debrIs Jhe ali. k.nt
Irnviug CnuIer and G,lh.,f,b In.
lorned his ..oni,anion I'm rcrlI that
he could not survivc much Inngcr
Soon nftor th,t tbe re.,.,icrs re,,rbcd
them. hut il wns too late for moor
Inckl His spirit mad forever obnu.
IoneJ ;hn dark levols and pcrilous
tones of tho Custcr
onvx rttr No,NrAiN
Wallace WINS aigbt niI.. distant
lovn Nine Milo crcek Tho ,rnil IN
,lecn and tl,c snow lnv docn I'm thc
npely gulcbcs Bv this limo n
mon werc an tho croun1
rhc sr,uc ,v,,a ono never to tc fo,-
rotten lv thosc who viewed II, Thc
lrenrv nrd.r,nc tbc nwc-.,rurl,
thn a,,aloncbe,s noth nf
Ie.tr,,ctinu aud tho dc,d md I'm.
moi mon Iving ,hout unnn ,ho
.n,yy con,bined Ia form :, ric,ur.
hat ,yos o,vCul i'm its ,n,crsi,v
Tba vic,,ms ,vnrc ,iyb,Iv sv.,,b,d
N hlnnkcts nud roncs were bo,,od
,rouud thsm The euds of a long
.nnc ,vc,c tbnn ticd In tbe,r foo, ,ud
i've ar si~ mon orasned tho rnno
md drnggcd cocb bodv down tb,
n ,yos , nnolo,cholv rrocossi,r
.bnt ,vcnded ita wnv ,oyard uho
ov.n Eoro inno d,:,ononthc nth
# ihc snnwsI;dn ros onIIoyeJ Thn |
,od,e. ,yor. dr,,c,od I'm .inc,o iio
md fol,ov.ina ,han, oannn u,a
yon,hod so,,,o ofuhom hnd Il, ho
,ornc ON s,rotclors 7, wos nvo
,,tIo. down tba ,ro,,toi, 20 d.