, 1890-02-13
ELEVEN KILLED
Particulars of the Dead
ly Avalanohes.
NAMES OF THE VICTIMS
Three of the Slides Caused
Loss of Life.
THE CANYONS FULL OF SNOW.
Scores of Snowslides Have Oc-
CURED Throughout the
Cpur d'Alenes.
THE CANYONS FULL OF SNOW.

WALLACE, idaho, Feb. 6.-While the
reports received at CUur d'Alene were
in the main part correct, the story c
the terrible avalanche in the Cmui
d'Alene mining district has not been
half told
The snowslides have never been
equaled in this district before. In most
cases they were wholly unexpected, yet
at Burke Il people anticipated an ava.
lanchc, and many moved up the gulch
to places OF safety, thereby leaving the
town almost deserted.
The snowslide at the Custer mine
was a terrible affair. There were only
ci,hteen men working in the mine.
twenty having been laid oil. The whole
iorcc sat down to dinner at q o'clock.
only twelve OF the crew that sat down
to .he table escaped, and only two OF
them leit the building uninjured. Six
men were killed outright. They were:
JosgrH GALBRAGrH, foreman OF the
mine.
THOMAS SruR0EoN, miner.
DANIEL FtANNPRY, miner.
MGCiAEL FLYNN, cook,
TOMMY MALLoY, assistant
OH OLEsuN, waiter.
IHlS pllt ol tlv Otner m inerS was
seriously injured.
CAUSE OF THE AVALANCHE.
This was Monday. Duringthe whole
day rain had been falling in torrents,
and just before the slide commenced
the wind started to blow a hurricane.
This was undoubtedly what started
the slide. which commenced intmedi.
ately above the, boarding house, and
striking 1t, carried every splinter OF 1t to
the bottom Of the mountain, a distance
OF 800 feet. The air-Compressor huild-
ing was all destroyed but the wati oi
the north end The archousc was not
touched, but is buried out of sight by
the natural fail Of snow.
REPORTS from DIFFERENT CANYONS.
Many reports have reached Wallace of
snowslides in the different canyons last
Monday.
The first was that four men had been
buried IN u DRIFT between che sawmill
and Granite concCntrator. A r,scuing
party was immediately sent out and
they succeeded in rcsCuins two of the
men alive, The other two were found to
be dead, however This Is where the
man. Moriarity was killed, The other
mans name is unknown at present.
At BURKE.
The next report was from Burke, to
the effect that the lower end OF the town
had been struck by n heavy slide, which
carried away a portion of the town. The
house that Jack Wait and wife OCCUPIED
was struck and carried clear across tho
creek with the occupants inside, Wait
was uniulurcd, but his wife received
some slight injuries. No lives were
lost 10y this slide, but considerable prop
erly was destroyed. Most OF the itihab-
itants of Burke had moved up the gu!ch
TO place of safety, fearing a slide, and
the town was nearly deserted,
tue LARGEST or ALL
About one mile and half below
Burke and above the Gem mine, where n
railroad camp was situated, tho largest
slide of the Cuur d'Aiene district oc-
CURED. Tho slide Is piled up on the
railroad tracks fully seYcnty.fiye feet
high Three men were killed In this
disaster.
At the Gem mine the flume was par
TALLY carried away.
The san Francisco tramway and the
greater portion ot the tlume were carried
away by slide.
This side of Wallace, near the Argen-
tine mine, heavy slide occurred. Which
piled up on the tracks OF the Washing
ION x lduho and CWurd' Alene railroads
No lives were lost, but Il will take until
next Saturday night at least to clear the
tracks OF the Washington Il Idaho. The
CGur dAlene company got their tracks
clear in one day.
At Mullan quite number of slides
have occurred. No loss of lite is report
ed, but the damage TO property is great.
portion of the Morning mine tram
way was carried away.
Reports from Sunset nrc TO the effect
that no lives have been lost, hut consid-
cradle property has been destroyed by
slides.
At Wardner the Emma and Last
Chance tramway, blacksmith shop and
other buildings were carried away, but
fortunately all escaped with their lives.
The Bunker HUI and sullivan mines
have suffered some losses.
Several other slides are reported in the
district, but the above are OF the most
IL is not likely that any
more very serious slides will occur this
season. At least 1t is hoped that none