The record-union., 1894-03-31
SEARCHING FOR THE DEAD.
Further Details of the Destructive
SnOwslideS in Idaho.
HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS EN-
GAGGED IN RELIEF WORK.
Thrilling Escape of the Crew of
CapsiZed British Bark Off Cape
date for Mayor at San Jose - La
Grande and Island City, Oregon,
Special to the REcoRD-UN1oS.
Inundated.

Special to the RECORD-UNION.
WALLACE (Idaho), March 30.-Between
Gem and Burke, the heart of the Coeur
d. Alene mining district, yesterday, not
less than six destructive snowslides
rushed down into Canyon Creek. AS far
as is known five lives were lost, and these
were all killed by an avalanche, but re-
ports are current that two men were
caught in another slide, which is quite
probable.
At $3.50 A. NJ. slide started 1000 feet
above the creek, at the head of 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 was an Italian
family, comprising Stefans Deiro, aged
%; his wife, aged %; their daughter,
Victoria, aged 4. These were all killed,
and the body OF Mrs. Deiro and daughter
have been recovered. The body of Mrs.
Nellie Rowe was also found, making a
total number Of five persons killed.
Immediately after the slide occurred
the entire shifts of the Gem, Frisco and
Standard mines, about 200 men. were put
TO work to search for the missing per-
sons, and these were recruited by several
hundred 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, but
were not seriously hurt. Open cuts were
a., L. s,l,. II, l..
i've benches, and then drifts were run in
search of the demolished buildings.
AS many of the men as can work to ad-
vantage, about 10, are still digging under
forty feet OF snow in search of the bodies
of missing men, but the water has risen
so that ii is from two to three feet deep in
the tunnels, interfering seriously with
the work.
A man named Michel 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 125 men,
lost by slides in different places from l, 200
to 1,500 feet of their flume.
One of the slides about mile
above Gem covers both the Union
to the top of the telegraph poles
for a distance of several hundred feet.
This damned up the creek, and for a
time threatened destruction to the towns
and property below, but the pent-up
waters finally found a passage under
meath. Two other slides have each COW
cred several hundred feet of the railroad
tracks to a considerable depth. This will
cut off railroad communication with
Burke and the Standard, Tiger and Poor
man mines for several weeks.
The Standard and Frisco mines, en-
ploying 300 men, have closed, and the
Tiger and PoOrman must follow, as they
have no room for storage. Coming as it
does, just when the mines were COM
mencing an active campaign for the sea-
son, the disaster is a serious blow to the
business interests of all the mining camps
involved.