The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-02
Four Persons Known 10 Have Been
Buried At st. Alb ans Under the
Mas Of Earth.

ST.. ALBASs. Que. via Laehsvroiieic
May L-Samusl Gauthier, farmer cf So.
Adams, his wife, theii son Joseph, aud
David Gsuthier. their brother. are buried
under a hundred feet Of earth by the terri
bic landslide of Friday last The pr.nci
pal scene OF :he accident Is eighteen miles
from the nearest telegraph station aud
this l. the reason why news OF this ter
riols freak OF nstnrs WAS rot given
sooner to the outside world. For miles
there is nothing bot desolstion Where the
ST Amaze river was nearly a mile wide,
IL Is .now only a narrow stream.
raging and surgiag ia vain attemp. :,
bresk its new bounds. Wood. house..
cattle, all are gone aud nothing J. lett buS
barren ground OF uneven height for SIX
miles back Here AID there the debri. of
the Inflated farm houses granari-. ant out
houses are seen 10 lit, 10 heaps. tangled ~
Win uprOOtei trees aud carcssses OF Ge ri
cattle but mOst n f. has besa swept into
the rsyeF aud carried long since Into tue ST.
Lawrence aud thence towards she ocean
be shores Of the river are Of . peculiar
formation. and rise 10 feet above the level
OF the water except tor nIlo or 80 where
the slide oecsTrpd. Here Tor n most ssyes
miles tack toe earth has d gentle dsciivity.
and nearly isysi vita the river. Whose bed
has risen at least si1ty feet HhaI the
scsne must have been wasa thu EARTH
began u move can be imagined. The
lower soil Of the river Is COMPOSED u clay
honsycOm ed By the water that for yeaFs
back has filtered through the moe atsin..
IL was ) O'Clock In ts- evening when tbes.
clay banks caysd 10. End with the hun
dreds q tons Of sand on top. aid iato tas
river.
The farmers wers Jus, preparing for
supper. Tss noiss was terrific bat wAs
followed b. sudden calm. Tor the roar ~
the falls bad been smoshsrs1 By she crsru-
bling earth. TIE ground, however, ksps
on vibrating as from al eartbqgsks aa1
tbs farmers t0r miles aFoGud rushed ous
Of their houses for shelter. wh ca thsy al
net know uhsfs 70 gn4 kftsr tbs nrss
panic wss somewhat siisyed they wssf
back. bat the riyes had siOsly risss. sol
ice. which IA Sill plsotifui here. hsip~d
70 stge1zthea u. power. The water rosa
for miles. II ~Ms faily 700 feet hlzs wh.a,
the earth bexsn again nsysisz. srst SLOW
Iy. tLes faster aud finally - tat th<E
tloss Who we're fessBz vsrs fhgsEu
down. i. % q miracle iEcssd Tat 10 nsofs
human lives were los&
The Srouad Gear the rvsr slouRhst OF
fxst srd tns house nssrsst vss ttA1 sf th-
f5autEisra wh3cb snarsi tbs fsts % the
paIs fniils farther down By the ars. hrs.k
ii tie shoy-. There 10 nSt the e. xat~SE
tcs u bat tie p0Df GxGshssr family a.,
sssi WHEN the IA ssilas started tt,s
bosss wa sees - - "a frs ard svea h.f
hey nos Tea baTj@1 Or snnst h~raSs 70
3e4sh, ;s<y must have b-~a cf1sh~sg sasf.r
so lmmsas< qasntltie. 80 Earth tsst k~sst
ii.siaz ca toy - tksrs NJ Ons . s~siIg
.-ftzla AZ 20 she sxact secs .hsr~ tier
we're tUried. ss6 u - p.zNxlLss tkAs tAs
>e5ses rsAy sever bs rscorsr~i
u 10 d.Ebcsit 70 sx@cs y aescr4a~ fhs
i@ts 81 sE@.fs ! - c~eEss ef -. toss~z
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20, b-ioss FRIDAY tks rs.dsls % -. rsv~s.
YEA today - Il iDp>-s. be to csszs ths
sssr. klt4ozse "a stt~usOs sill - fEA5s
9 ssys4r the srsdzs ~ - Aib4hs .dls afs-
rEooH- Al .Es lost- for saIg~s ss1 n -.
Log Tbs river ssSs Es~a szrst 49,
a19sz nds of p>oyss Oily efo14 tas bsasa
ID poszt ca; - ess saothss pExrs sas
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