Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-12-26
TERROR OF THE SAWTOOTH.
1T HAS ALREADY RENUNED ITS
FATAL WORK.

me Deadly Avalanche Kills Q Youse
Engtaser-Henry Bloss the Victim
The Narrow Gauge Mill and Hois,ine
Works Destroyed.
The avalanche has begun its work
OF death. and what was Henry Bioss
lies dead in Nelson's undertaking
rooms in consequence. He is tho
first victim this year, as far a. known,
IN the .rans~Rocky region.
lie was standing by his engine, at
the top of the Narrow Gauge shafs,
about o'clock last Saturday after
noon, when an avalanche came rush.
ing down, and behind him nearly 10
feet or more of snow. The whole
Bannack hillside was denuded OF
snow, and the mass that was thereby
precipltated against1 the Marrow
Gauge hosting works and the con.
centrating mill, about 300 fee. further,
must have been tremendous, as both
works were smashed into kindling
wood. Nothing remains OF either ex.
cept the lS>lnch main rubber belt of
the mill. Engines, boilers. timbers,
les, screens-all are broken, jammed,
bent, twisted out of shape and buried.
There we're at least ten large slides
in Narrow Gauge canyon last Saturday.
The FIRST started from the head Of the
gulch. near the Nettie mine, and
rolled down probably half q mile, car.
rying timbers, debris and couple OF
houses before it. 1t caught in the
heavy timber, and lodged between
that and j,,.ing point OF rocks
above the village
This slide thus cleared the base OF
the Bannack and Narrow Gauge hill,
and, two hours later, this mountain
was relieved OF its accumulation of
snow, with the result above sated.
Some woodchoppers saw the deadly
avalanche, and one OF them-named
Davis-went down the Narrow Gauge
shaft to notify the boys at work In
the mine. As Davis got to the pump
station, he saw Dan. Hall and part.
ner at the bottom, and called to them.
Dan Hall is an old miner, who has
been here fully 10 years. Before and
since coming here he has SEEN many
avalanches, and helped to extricate
the victims. He knows no fear
Seeing three feet of fresh snow fallen
down the shaft, and the water falling
out Of TIE boxes, he guessed what was
the matter, and was coming to invests
gate. When Davis told him he
scarcely expressed any surprise, but
went up, got some shovel., took charge
of the seven or eight volunteers, and
began digging for Bloss.
They got to him about 8 O'Clock
Saturday night. The poor fellow WAS
cold IA death. His left side was
crushed, the ribs protrudlng through
the skin, and the heart had evidently
been jammed GU. of shape and flat
tened. A deep cut about II inches
long over the corner of the left eye
and temple. would doubtless have
proved fatal even if the poor fellows
side had not been crushed. Death
was probably instantaneous, as the
features were placid and not at all dis
torted by pain, thong h black with coag-
u|ated blood.
He was laid out in the boarding
house, and the exhausted rescuers Law
down for a few hours rest. At day.
light sleigh was gotten and the re-
mains started for Haley. The four
associate leasers OF Il dcce ased accom-
panied their defunct partner. They
reached HALEY abou. 4 o'clock yester-
day afternoon.
The deceased was born in Cuyahoga,
Canada. 26 years, eight months and IL
days ago, but moved at an early age,
with his parents, to Buffalo, N. Y,
where his father. sister and other
relatives still reside. From Buffalo
he Omitted to Colorado and Montana,
and came here four years ago, since
which he worked as q miner or an en-
gineer, as he could get work at either.
fIe was one of the FIVE leasers OF the
Narrow Gauge and Bannack group,