St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-26
UNDER TONS OF DIRT.
The Washington State Land
Slide BupieS q Crowd OF
WOrkmen.
Fifteen or More of Them
Thought to Have Been
Suffoeated.
All Northern Pacific Trains
Temporarily Prevented
Passing the Spot.
Pierre Now Arises as a Rival
Of Sioux Falls in Divorce
Business.

Special to the Globe.
TACOMA, Wash, Nov. 25.-Twelve or
fifteen men were killed this morning by
landslide on the Northern Pacific. A
large force of wOrkmen is now shovel
ing away the dirt to find their bodies
and eXtricate the men buried alive. The
accident occurred between and 10
O'Clock, near Canton station, between
Eagle Gorge and haywood, and distant
fifty miles from Tacoma. The killed
and buried wOrkmen are supposed to
be men sent out from Tacoma yester-
day. A majority OF the party were mar
ried men, who had recently been lai d
off in the city. Sixty men were sent
out from Tacoma Monday and Tuesday
to that vicinity, and force nearly that
large was at work today when the slide
came. The scene of the accident is the
base of high bluff rising up from the
Green river. Thousands of wards of
earth were suddenly precipitated by
the sliding bluff, OIrying many of the
wOrkmen and carrying two of the M and
2J0 yards OIL track
Int o the River.
At o'clock, the hour of the last re-
port, two bodies had been taken from
the slide, and number found buried
who it is thought will live. At this hour
it was supposed that two bodies had
been washed down the river, which is
very high from the recent rains. One
man, Andrew Larsen, was thrown across
the river by the force of the slide and
had his back broken. The names of
the killed and missing are yet I'M
OOtainable. Supt. Powell reports that
some of the nen left right
after the accident, so that the force
could not be checked up. A special
train will arrive tonight. bringing the
injured 10 this city. The men were re-
pairing the damage caused 10y the recent
washouts, and were at work between
the track and the bluff. The buried
men are chiefly Irish and Swedes.
Great Excitement Prevails
in Tacoma tonight over the casualty,
particularly among the working people
who have relatives and friends among
the dead and injured. The accident oc-
Cured at the most dangerous place on
the whole line between Tacoma aud st.
Paul. Officials say that it is the
worst accident the Northern Pacific
has had in years. Relief trains
with physicians aboard we're
dispatched to the scene from Tacoma
and Ellensburg. One will return here
late tonight with the dead bodies taken
out so far. Telegraphc reports from
the accident are controlled by the rail-
road and are cOnse quently meager. A
private telegr am just received says that
the scene at Canton is beyond all de-
ScriptiOn. The
Men Are Nearly wild
with frenzy and grief. On one hand
rises the bluff, still sliding at in
tervals. Below is the raging river,
whose waters are still rising. The
track is covered with earth twenty feet
deep and 100 men are working in the
rain searching for the dead. The track
cannot he cleared of earth before morn
ing. and until then all traffic will be
stopped. The train which left this
morning for st. Paul was delayed bv
waShout at Croker and re turned to
Tacoma tonight. No trains will be run
past the Green river slide until day-
light.