The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-26

ess~na~. - uncertainty - ADDED ~ TIE
rar,rt that E<reen psopis are rstasslf1'
sr~ang ,ber- SAID 20 - Ut. ar9 Mrs
er-ftr - fkEz ETY. ard r~. ard Mrs Ne
Lane. II spckABe ~ Was the belief -
ere rran that Or. and Mrs. Smith had
.eaehea point beyond shsep carp So
rs5~e from fhs inundati0n q Zee and rock.
There may Be deaths other Tran Cnoyn-
Sis bat SO Tar 70 other bodies have
tesn fs1ns Tns Scss u SUPPLIES stg reaen
~ 90 Mznv have lest tassr al after tot
.nx sor weary days 20 get tssr thsf taF
On tha way ard many professional PACK
sra who lad been working for weeks And
scnths. WORKING IS men never woTke1
before lost their earnings IN TIE twfinkl1hE
&C a. sy&
The Glacier Breaks Loose
The warm weather and heavy rains OF
TIE pas; few days had formed 3 lake "a
The gfacizr and the wind blowing tor
fwevfv four hours from the north ~ 4
analfy brszen or section. pr0nab4y IA
an acre "a extent. which. with tne wsl@r
behind 81 started o. is fatal journey
Persons wb3 were camp~d a. stone House
Soy II locked Ike volcano turned loose
over 10 feet IN height and p IN width. :.
When IL started IL made noise as !.
9 Thousand cannon rad been Fred ana
the startled inmates of tents sprans 70
their feet ia aII stages OF undress ana
rushed outside 70 see what was the MAJ
ter One glance up the canyon was
sronah. Some rushed into their tents %
gather the most valuable things they
could lay hands o.. while others took %
ths foothills.
How Chayn.kf Died.
C.hoynsk was camped with sorne CON-
% asons az this place and Ga not get ou;
OF ria tent Until The food Of water had
struck e. he grabbed the tent rope and
vras carried By the food to the length Of
AIS rope. and the water thrasned him "
s8G down. unia finally he was torn loose
and dashed along BY the raging torrent
and beat agalnst ne rocks and ooulders
until life Vaa almost extinct. Tender
hands held him Until death came.
From Stone HOUSE 10 Sheep camp 4
about two miles and former slides have
less several channels which have piled
rocks fndlscrimIaately on all sides. There
were about 1.ooo people n the caIap.
The FiEst Alarm Given.
The first psrson thers 70 see that the
avalanche was about % oyerwheIm them
w2s Capt. Ransz, gho had saloon and
gambling house n the iaEt tent. entirely
81 The course OF the torrent. he rushed
into the saloon. grabbed up all his money,
kicked a dozen or more men who were
sleeping under the gambling tables. called
them and started on run down the trail
50 it was they escaped with their lives
Bat few were able 10 save any Of their
effects, though many tried and nearly lost
their lives IN doing So George c Marks
of San Francisco. who came to Sheep
camp a few days ago. had bis money,
81 eG IN belt under his bed, and escaped
with only his uuderclothes on
Tents. goods and provisions OF all kinds
were buried IN an Undesirable manner FOL
nearly n mile from the head Of SheeI
camp down the canyon. Forty tents, oc-
oupied oy probably over leo people. were
buried In The debris; and outfits are also
mixed Ia the mass. AL was confusion.
Stampede for Home.
Over q hundred discouraged. dlshearten-
ed pilgrims came down on the Seattle
Some Of them have not a dollar to their
name SIN. most OF them saved theiI
money. One man lost $40. which was
round by digging where his tent had gone
down, -Four saloons out OF six were wiped
out OF existenes. but the log houses. which
we're built higher np the slope. were left
standing.
There are hundreds OF discouraged men
tonight al Sheep camp. They seem
stunned. The principal packers. who
have been at work for some time, are
sick from exposure and overwork. Many
intending TO stop only for a night or two
would camp right IN The bed OF the stream.
These lost their ali. and {, Is a wonder the
loss OF Afe was not greater.
The FIRST two bridges on the skaguay
tral were washed away by the high
water. and all the river crossings below
Sheep camp on the Dyea trail suffered q
similar fate. Men can move neither way
There are said TO be over thousand mer
well In on the trails who. II they could
get out 10 the coast. would do 80. There
lost their OUTFITS In the avalanche al Shses
camp. and stiil others who had theirs de-
siroyed by the incessant rain that ha.
been falling. Some few sold their outfits
bus those who could not find customer:
ilft theirs along the trails TO be ruined.
Beriiner Describes ~.
"On Saturday morning. September Is
last, a torrent OF water came roaring down
the canyon from above Sheep camp. With
the force Of a mountain stream. running
100 miles an hour Il swept away my tents
outfit and clothing. and passed on. destroy
Ing everything In its path. At least TWEEN
ly-fye tents were swept out OF sight and
covered BY debris. How many persisted
cannot tell ~ least three are reported
dead"
This Is the way Sol Berliner. formerly
secretary 10 J. y, Spreckeis. the sugar
maguate. described the avalanche OF Ice
aud water that swept away more than
half o. Sheep camp. halfway up the Chill
koCt trail Air Berllner came down On the
steamer CITY OF Seattle. arriving last night
al 81 o'clock.
y was lrst awakened by hearing the
siovc pipe !o my 's1t blow doxn It was
ust getting Iikht \ moment later lock.
"a out OF ths opening IN nv tent and saw
Q teat toiHg down stream. with two per.
s-rs -lins'ng - it. I rushed out and into
a stream &C Icy water Al Instant later
: was "a water up 20 my neck and was
saved frarc being swept away ouly By
chasing - a stump IN front % the tent
I'm shorter time than 7 could describe
e. the water completely filled the tent. Ms
partner. George Marks. caught hold OF a
Efly rope leading 10 an adjoining tent. Al
around us vas a roaring stream ~ water
rocks (ee ard debris ~ al Kinds We
scl'ed 10 the people living in tents abov,
as tav help, They threw a Tine 20 me as
het8 on 20 the stemp. 7 was fast besne
chilled with 'ae lev stream but managed
90 fasten TIRE lire about my body. and they
hauled me 10 dry land
AS sceu as ! was safe I directed my
rcecueFs 60 save Marks lie was about q
icse his hold or the gov rope- and the meg
wilh the life lire were not minute TOT
soon. lie was dfaeEod cut IN his under,
clo'hiog. nearly dead
81 rs -Ni tf'tsltie les NE 20 sHf row many
lest their lives bat We found the body al
Merrs Choynski with bis head crushed q,
a boulder. The miners We're stretched
along the tran above sheep camp clear "a
re summit. How many other tents abov,
- were washed down oy the avalanche n.
man knows
'~The water seemed e. ~ fully ten fes
hsghes yhan the he'd ~ che stream L
washed away sbont hAlf cf the camp. W,
buT5ed Chovnsd che next day"
Sou1e az the losses.
NJ Be-'fncr conducted . store a, -.
camp us loss Amounted q nasrfy g. Fa