The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-31
THE cGuR p'ALESE SLIDES.
Five Persons Killed. Railroads Block
AIDED. Mines Earcad 10 Cloae.

AIDED. Mines Forced 30 Close.
WALLACE, Idaho, March 30-- Between
Gem and Burke. the heart Of the Cour
d Aiene mining district yesterday not less
than six destructive snowsiides rushed
down into Canyon creek. As far as is
known five lives were lost. and these were
all killed by one avalanche, but reports
are current that two men were caught in
another slide. which is quise probable. At
$50 a. m. a slide started 1900 feet above
the creek, at the head of the draw in which
the Black Bear 'mine is situated. At the
foot of the draw four board shanties were
smashed to pieces and buried under forty
feet of snow, and one was carried bodily
forward across the creek with but little
damage. In one of the buildings covered
dwelt an Italian family comprising Ste-
fano Deiro. aged %; his wife, aged 25; their
daughter Victoria. aged 5 years. and an
Italian, Magtino Michele, aged "A. These
were all killed. aud the bodies of Mrs.
Deiro and daughter have been recovered.
The body of Mrs. Nellie Rowe. vas also
found, making total mum mber of five per-
sons killed.
Immediately after the slide occurred the
entire shifts of the Gem. Frisco and Stand
ard mines, about 30 men, were put to
work 10 search for the missing persons.
and these were recruited by several hum
dred volunteers from Wallace, Gem and
Burke. Arthur Swayne. an inmate of one
of the cabins. was found at the surface.
but so terribly injured that his recovery is
uncertain. Two other men were partially
covered with snow, bu; were not seriously
hurt. Open cuts were made by shoye.inr
TO successive benches, and then drifts
were run in search of the demolished
buildings. AS many men as can work to
an advantage, about seventy-fiye, are still
digging under forty feet OF snow in search
of the bodies of the missing men, hut the
water has risen so that il Is from two 10
three feet deep in the tunnels. interferins 2
seriously with the work. Michele was
sleeping at the time the slide occurred.
The debris of his bed was found early this
morning, but thus far the search for his
body has been fruitless.
The Frisco mine, Employing i25 men.
lost by slides in different places from !. 80
10 90 feet of their tiume- One of the
slides about mile above Gem, covers
both the Union Pacific and Northern Pa
eihc tracks 10 the top of the te egraph
poles for distance of several hundred
feet This damned up the creek and for a
time threatened destruction 10 the towns
and property below. bat the pent up rivers
ilnally found passage underneath. The
other slides have each covered several
hundred feet Of the railroad tracks to \
considerable depth. THIS wil cut of rail-
road communication With Burke and the
Standard. Tige- and Poorman mines for
several weeks. The Standard and Frisco
mines. employing SO men. have closed
and the Tiger and Poorman must follow,
IS they have no room for storage. Coming
rs It does. just when the mines were COM
Infnclng al active campaign tor the
season. the disaster IS : serious blog te,
the business interests OF ali the mining
camps involved.