The morning call., 1894-02-22
BURIED BY SNOW.
Fatal Avalanche Up i'm
Nevada.
FOUR TEN WERE KILLED.
A Cabin Crushed and Only One
Occupant Escaped.
HAD A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
Waters Recede From Stockton, but
There Is Great Danger of Floods
on the River Islands.

RENO. Feb. 2L-A special from Verdi
says: A disastrous snowslde occurred in
the mountains five miles from the State
Line Mill, yesterday afternoon. sweeping
the cabin of Michael Warner. Tom
Thrasher. M. S. Wheeler. Ed EIDE and
Leonard Nelson down the mountainside.
supposed TO be dead.
From DR.. w. A. Phillips, who has just
returned from the scene. is learned the
following: The camp where the slide
occurred is two miles southwest from the
State Line Mill. NJ. S. Wheeler, who had
a wood contract, with four OF his men. Ed
EIDE. Tom Thrasher. Michael Warner and
Leonard Nelson, were in their cabin, and
several her men were occupying a cabin
eighty rods above.
Monday at O'Clock the men in the up
per cabin saw the slide 60 past the cabin,
but thought nothing more about 1t. Ed
EIDE, the only survivor, says they were all
IN the cabin as usual. He heard roar
and was knocked senseless. When he re-
covered consciousness he found himself
pinned down beneath snow, WOOD and
dirt. He could only move one hand, and a
spike was driven into the back of his
neck. He was held in this position, suffer
ing untold agony, twenty-six hours. and
probably would have died had it not been
for Joe Rieudeau. who, returning from
Reno, had the mail for Wheeler, and
started for his cabin. He heard Ede'S
cries and soon summoned help and re-
leased him and carried him down to the
State Line Mill, wnere he was well taken
Of until no arrival Of Dr Pbillina
He was very comfortable this morning
and Will be brought to Reno on the first
train. A large force of men is working
to find the bodies Of the other four. AS
the snow is forty feet deep il is thought
the bodies will not be found before spring.
1t Is heartrending to hear EIDE tell the
misery he suffered during the twenty-six
hours of captivity in the snow and ice.
The four delayed westbound passenger
trains left here at 2 O'Clock this afternoon
and will be held al Truckee until the road
is opened, which, it is expected, will be
some time tomorrow.
Between 500 and 400 passengers had
been delayed here, and last night demand
was made upon Agent Field to furnish
food during the blockade. Only destitute
passengers had been furnished with meal
tickets. All freight trains are held at
Wadsworih. The stock corrals are full of
delayed sheep and cattle en- route to the
San Francisco market. The Virginia and
Truckee passenger train came in on time
last night. the blockade between Mound
House and Gold Bill having been raised.
SACRAMENTO. Feb. 2l.-Word has teen
received here that the blockade on the
mountains has been broken and east
and west bound passenger trains were
started tonight on schedule time. At
last accounts clear weather prevailed
in the vicinity of the Summit and the snow
lad stopped falling. The material damage
to railroad property is not nearly SO great
as was expected. The principal injury
was to suowsheds, a few hundred feet of
which were Frustrated but not badly bro
ken by snowsiides. But few of the sup
porting posts we're broken. Over 200 men
are now employed ION the hill" shovel
ing snow from the railroad tracks. d.
vision Superintendent Wright is still in
the mountains directing the operations of
the men. An eastbOund passenger-train
which had been detained here forty-eight
hours was sent on to its destination shortly
after noon to-day.
MERGED, Feb. Flowing to the wash
out of the Southern Pacific track couple
of miles north of MERGED the train due
here al IL O'Clock last night was unable to
get here until $50 o'clock this morning.
All the passengers were transferred across
The creek and brought into MERGED on
handcars during the night The tracks
are all right now and no further delays are