The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-26

companions at this place, and did not
get out OF his tent until the flood CT
waters tgd struck it. He grabbed q
tegG rope ana was carried by the food
to the length CT his rope AMI the water
tllraSrhsd min up AID down until finally
he was togC loose and dashed along
by the raging tcTTerJ. and beat against
rocks and boa!T1ers until Life was al
most extinct. Some one finally caught
his body and brought II TO sIlore, Wer-Ce
rough, but teldsr hands held ATM IN
III life was extinct. He wsss onGy able
to humble mis- nan1e before he died.
From 'Stone House" to Sheep Camp
is about two miles and former slides
have EFT channels which have piled
rocks indiscriminateiy on all sides.
Hence the name. But the general course
IS quite direct to Sheep Camp, where
the most Of these VINO are packing made
one stage of their journey, and there
is at aid times from 500 to 1000 people
camped there, and there was fully ! 600
there yesterday. The first person there
to see the avalanche was about to
OveCwhelm them Was Cartain T. c.
Baat2, g. salConlEeeDeP, who had a sa-
loon and gambling house in large tent
directly in the course OF the torrent
He had just got up and hearing q noise
as though thunder looked UP the can
yon, and taking in the situation at
glance. he rushed into the saloon,
grabbed 10 all his money and kicked
g dozen or more men who were sleeping
under the gambling tables. He called
TO them that an avalanche was on them
and started on a run down the trail,
yelling at the top of his voice for all
to get up So it was they escaped
with their lives. But few we're able to
save any CT their effects, though many
tried and nearly lost their lives in do
ing so.
George c. Marks of San Francisco,
who came TO Sheep Camp a few days
ago to buy outfits of those who were
discouraged and broke, had his money,
$4,000, in a belt under his bed, and at
the first alarm ran out with nothing
but his Underci0taing on to see what
was the matter, and tried to get his
money, but the water was on him be-
fore he could set inside again. He had
hold of rope and vas thraShed
around by the angry waters until his
held was broken, when he was carried
into an eddy and rescued by those on
the bank. He came down today with
the crowd and does not show any
signs of the struggle for life he has
gone through.
TENTS WASHED AWAY.
Tents, goods and provisions of all (
kinds are buried in an indescrlbable }
manner for nearly mile from the head (
Of Sheep Camp down the canyon Forty /
tents, occupied by probably over 100 I
persons, 2re buried in the debris, 25 !
outfits are also mixed up in the mass |
All is confusion. Over 100 discouraged. /
diSheartersd pilgrims have come down +!
today. intending to take the first !
steamer fcr home. Some Of them have /
not dollar to their name, still the I
most Of them saved their money One
man lest S4c0, which was found by dig
ging where his tent had gone down Z
Four saloons out Of six were wiped out /
of existence. but the log houses which (
had been built higher up the slope vera !
left standing. The toll bridge was
washed out as well as several foot logs
along the trail, but Healy & Wilson (
have set a force of men at work re-
pairing the bridge and trail so that it I
viii he paSeab!e for horses again in Il
few days
AIon have felled trees across several I
places arG it IS again possible to set /
along on foot. There are hundreds % .
men tonight at Sheep (
Camp. They seem Stunned. The prin- !
eipaI packers who have been at work /
for some time are sick from exposure (
and ovCrWork- The course of the avail (
anche was not over 200 feet wide in any /
place, and none Of these who had used /
precautions in aelectiug camp (
ing places we're injured, but many in
tending to stop only for a night or two (
wouId camp right in tAe he'd Of the /
stream. These lost their all, and it Is .
a wonder the Ices Of life was not
greater
At Finnegan's Point the river rose
nearly a foot in two hours but haa
gone down again u almost its former
level, and those camDed here ara be. /
ginning 70 move their stuff ahead ag1in
j. W. HAGERTY.