The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-01-06
LIVES CRUSHED OUT.
Nine Persons Killed by Landslide In
Ireland.

Nine Persons Killed by q Landslide In
Ireland.
Dublin, Dec. ga landslide has &C.
Cured near baltimore, County Kerry,
doing great damage to property and
causing the loss of at least nine lives.
Heavy rains have fallen in that part OF
Ireland lately. with the result that soine
places that are generally dry now re-
semble vast morasses. Near Baltimore
there is an eminence about 1000 feet
high, known as Boy hill, and it was
here that the landslide occurred. The
rains percolating through the ground
gradually loosened a huge mass of
earth, and on Sunday night, apparently
without the slightest warning. large
part of the surface of the hill began 10
slide towards the valley. Gaining mo-
nentum as it moved. it swept down.
ward with a roaring sound, carrying
rockN trees and everything before it
for miles. In some places the path of
the landslide was mile wide, and as
it moved along it buried everything,
entirely changing the aspect OF the Sec
ton over which it passed.
The residence of Mr.. Donnelly. stew
ard of Lord kenmare, one of whose
seats, Killarney house. is at Killarney,
was engulfed in the mass of earth and
debris and all of its occupants, MIR. Don
nelly, his wife and seven children, were
killed. 1t is supposed that the house
was swept from its foundations by the
crushing mass. overturned and buried
10 great depth. AS its present local
II is not known, it is hardly proba e
that the bodies will be recovered. All
the cattle, pigs and horses on the place
were also buried. and there is now a
scene of utter desolation where. en-
Sunday, stood the neat dwelling and
outbuildings of SIR. Donnelly.
The movement of The landslide was to
the southwest, in the direction of the
River Flesk. into which large portion
IF the earth slipped. blocking it up.
The current of the river was employed
in running dynamos. which furnished
electric light for the Kerry lunaiic
asylum and some buildings in Killar.
ney. The blocking of the river. of
course, stopped the current and rem.
dered the dynamos temporarily useless
All the buildings using the light frorn
this source were plunged into darkness
and it was some time before other lights
could be obtained
The part of the hill where the slide
began was a bog. and much of the cart b
that moved was very soft. Huge quar-
titles plunged into the river, and there
is danger of the back water flooding the
country around about unless the cur.
rent is able to carry the debris down
with it. If anybody was passing along
the roads at the time the slide passed
over the highways they would surely
have been buried. There have been nc
reports of anybody being missing, and
on this is based the belief that there
was no loss of life outside the Donnel!y
family.
Dublin, Dec. 30.-During Monday
night and Tuesday morning the bog
slide at Castle island, County Kerry.
continued unchecked. a copious rainfall
helping The movement The mass Of
bog is mile and half wide, roars like
the ocean, carries away bridges and
roads, destroying houses and farms.
sweeping through the Flesk valley and
emptying peat, carcasses of cows. sheep
and donkeys, and debris of houses Intc
the Lake of Killarney. The people liv.
ing in the direction in which the bog
slide is moving have fed. and the police
searching for bodies. are arriving on ali
sides. Lord Kenmare has caused a cor
don of guards to be drawn around the
slide in order to prevent loss of life
The greatest excitement prevails in the
vicinity, and all the houses there are
open TO receive the hundreds of people
rendered homeless by the disaster.