, 1890-02-13
A List of the Killed and the
Injured.
HOW THE DEBRIS CAME DOWN
The Disaster at the Custer Mine
and the Snowslides
at Burke.

the eleven miners who fell Nlcilllls
to the terrible slides of snow, dam
age amounting to between $4,000
aud $4,000 was done TO property.
From the latest reports received
from the district the following addi-
tlonal facts are learned:
THE FIRST FATAL SLIDE
occurred on Monday morning at 10
o'clock on the narrow-gaugc rail-
road up Canyon creek, II quarter OF
mile below the Granite mill. II
buried three men employed on the
railrord shovcliug snow under rom
six TO ten feet of snow, An Italian
managed 70 dig himself out, but
Jack MOrlarity, the section foreman,
and Nelson Olsen. a Swede, were
killed. Their bodies were recovered
and brought to Wallace, he railroad
authorities taking care of them.
From what can be learned the slide
gave the men no warming, but came
upon them suddenly. Moriarlty'-
body was shipped To this city on the
eth inst. and 1T arrived saturday.
THE SECOND FATALITY.
The second fatal slide occurred
Monday afternoon about one mile
below Burke, where u railroad camp
was located in IA narrow portion of
the canyon. IL l. thought that
eight men were buried In this drift.
shortly after the slide took place 1t
was discovered, and men went down
from Burke and up from Gem and
other places TO dig out the unfOrtu-
mates. Nothing but the tents could
bc found under the massive piles of
SNOW, which were driven clear across
the creek bottom and up ON the OPP
positc side. Search was continued
ON Tuesday with no better results,
On Wednesday afternoon two bodies
were discovered. One was Identified
as being all that Il mortal of Billy
White, but the Other body Is uu-
ldentliicd. On the latter body was
found about 800.
THE CUSTER CALAMITY.
The third ard most serious slide
taking place in the district was that
at the Custer mine, The slide
started few hundred feet above
. NV AhNllbNANETNiFhF' NAllN NAlbNh ~
with terrible force. The men were
all sitting at the table, entirely OBJ
livious Of danger, when the shock
came. Those on the upper side Of
the table, with one exception, were
only slightly inJupd, thc.r backs
being against the wall which rested
against the graded bank In the hill
side. Those who sat on the lower
sid of the table, six In number, were
killed outright, except the foreman,
who lived Il lew minutes.
As the REyEIEw has already
printed list of tho dead they will
no. be- repeated.
The injured arc:
Hurry Rose, miner, severely.
Joe Blackburn, miner, internally.
owen Currt,n, miner, slightly.
w. Price, blacksmith, slightly.
John Cadum, miner, slightly,
Thomas Higgins, miner, slightly.
John Galbraith arrived from
Bellevue, Idaho, last fall. lie leaves
wife at Bellevue.
Ole Olson leaves two sisters, who
are employed ut the Carter house,
| Wallace.
Tommy Malloy hns II brother in
the camp, and leaves an aged
mother In the Fast.
Tom sturgeon was one of the best
known among the uniOgtunatcs.
He was interested In some of tie
gold properties ON the North side.
Little or nothing can bc learned
of the relations of the other two.
The path OF the slide IL repre-
] N..I ~. I.A ..h.anN .4nt xNt1a
| The great depth and weight gave
the snow terrific force, and 1t
IcIushrl through the timber below
the cabin with irresistible might,
The building was c,ghty feet long,
and nothing remained standing but
the north wall. The logs were
crushed into stove wool and splin-
tors. The air-cOmpresSOr building
adjoining was also partially swept
away, but the boilcr-rOom was not
greatly damaged. Tie machinery
for the air.compIcssDr wls not yet
all Ia place. The damage To the
company will, however, amount Ia
about $500. A party of miners,
living in "a tent 500 feet from the
| Custer boardlng-housc, did not
know any thing of the disaster until
O'Clock after midnight. This
demonstrates the tact that "a person
can sleep soundly aitera a hard days
work.
SLIDES NEAR wARDNER.
On Monday morning about .
o'clock IA terrific avalanche on the
Bunker Hill mountain made IT.
/ npaeent fiilly . DpO foot md oIyi no