Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-01-31
TERROR OF OUR MOUNTAINS
1T CLAIMS ANOTHER BRIGHT AND
PROMISING yICllM.


lanche In star 6mich-His Neck
Broken. Death was Probably las,an.
tanrOus.
Ahou, half-past four o'clock y-ster>
day afternoon, . miner came running
hresthlessly into town, who said that
u s"owslide in Star Rulch had buried
I'D. Smith, killed one OF "John"
.ameron's horses. and smashed his
sleigh. The occurrence had been seen
from the Star mine dump, aud Ill!
hands run to the rescue with picks
aud shovels. In about an hour. under
about foot Of SNOW, young Smith had
been found, his face turned up, and
he was still warm. The miner had
the" rushed of for . physician. DR..
Higgins responded Immediately.
Aheu. halt past 5 o'clock the body Of
Young Smith was brought to Nelson 3
nndt r,aking rooms. His neck Was
broken so that his head had to b.
propped. Death must therefore have
been instantaneous
The decreased came to town last
Friday night, intending to return to
work by Saturday noon. The wors,
storm seen here for years having 81 t
in. the snow flying so thickly that one
could scarcely see few feet ahead,
he WAS dissuadeh from returning until
about neon yesterday, when, impa-
tient ut the loss Of 80 much time, and
NO. w,sh.tandinv Art Smith. John
Thomas aud Others endeavored to dis
suade him, he borrowed . pair Of
snowshoes and started.
r. d. ('John') Cameron had left
esrIi"r with six horse team and bob
sled, hut made slow progress. and
young Smith caught up with him jus,
as he reached the fla, ut the mouth of
the ra>ine. Mr.. Cameron then un,
hi,ched his leaders, and started ahead
to break the road. yong Smith driv
ing the remaining four horses aud
sled.
About this time a man dumping a
car Of waste off the end of thr Star
dump, about eco yards away, guessed
he saw teaw. superintendent
Smith, who was filling ore-sacks witt
Mr.. Lyle, thereupon cs,se TO the edge
Of the dump and halloed.
"Halloa>a-a!" was the reply, III
young Smiths voice.
The superintendent recognized the
voice, and then shouted:
"Do you need any help, Ell: Shall
I send some men with shovels"
"Gurss not. Too late for to>tiay
Guess We cam. make it to night"
There had been t, mporary lull il
thu storm, so that the team and youn.
Smith could now be seen plainly. Blu,
Mr.. Cameron and his two horses were
supposed to be three men walking up
Young Smith had scarcely ceased
speaking when a man on tho dump
yelled: Look out!' ~ an avalanche
rolled down from Della mountain. and
nothing could be sven but clouds Of
loose, fluffy snow. All hands now
ran from the mine dump with shovel.
and picks toward the mouth to the
ravine.
| Mr.. Cameron was found ur hurt. Al
he saw the slide conf, E he turned
TO ride back to the sled, rs the slide
seemed to be making straight for him
He escaped.
The slide being 400 or 500 fee,
wide ard piled up IS or 20 fee. deep
and packed hard, it took considerable
work to find Young Smitl; hut By
beginning a. the base Of the hill,
ehoveling the tnow back on the hill,
and working across the narrow ravine,
first tho fou, horses. then the sleigh,
then young Smith were found. The
sleigh. box WAS eff TO one side. the
hobs fully so feet away, the off horse
had beer thrown over the near horse
and both thrown over the sleip h, box.
One of tho horses was dead, but live
horse had to he moved before young
Smith could be pulled out Of the
snow. The snow was packed very
closely around his head, neck and
mouth; and he would have been suf-
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