The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-03-11
KILLED FOUR MEN.
Disastrous Result of a Snowslide
&J $3.50 in Colorado.
Miners Camp Swept Away-Eieht Men
Buried-Half Of Them Res
cued Alive - RuinOus
Work Of Floods.


Work Of Floods.
Salt Lake City, March 8.-A disas-
trous snowslide swept down early Sum-
day morning upon the works of the
DAILY mine at Park City, burying eight
men under the crushing volume of
snow. Four of the men were recovered
and resuscitated, the dead bodies of
three were dug out by the miners and
one is not yet recovered, although it is
certain he is dead, as it is now - hours
since he was entombed.
The names Of the dead are: James w.
Heating, N. Russato, Nicholas Pafin
and Joseph yucca. The latter's body
has not yet been found.
The four men who are alive were
more or less injured although they are
likely to recover. Their names are:
Thomas Hodges, Harry Pinney, James
Mailman and Charles Mathison.
The eight men were asleep when the
awful avalanche struck their cabin and
carried it and everything else in its path
for hundreds of feet, until it reached
the mill of the Daily Mining company,
demolishing the engines, boilers and do
ing damage to the extent of $4,000.
The dead men were miners and all are
married with families except Russato.
The bodies when dug out were fear
fully mangled, almost beyond recogni-
ton. John Mackinaw had $4,000 in
greenbacks, gold and notes in trunk
in the cabin. which were swept away,
and crowds of people are digging in the
hope of recovering the money. Half
dozen snowslides of smaller dimensions
have taken place at the park Sunday,
but none of them were attended with
fatal results. The mountains surround
ing the city. however, are full of snow,
in some places to depth of 40 feet, and
other disasters are looked for, as the
weather is mild and thawing.
st. Paul, MIMI, March s.-Reports
from 100 towns in the northwest in
dictate that another great snowstorm is
raging. perhaps the greatest of the win
ter. A serious blockade is on in South
Dakota. No trains have been moving to
Watertown, Huron, Millbank and other
points for the past ~ hours. The South
Dakota legislature, which adjourned at
Pierre on Friday, has been unable to
leave the place, owing to the blockade.
General Superintendent Russell Hard
ing. of the Great Northern, has just
come in from North Dakota, and says
he never saw anything like the quantity
of snow up there. He says the snow is
three feet deep on the level plains.
Asked concerning the snow in the noun
tains, Mr.. Harding said it had surpassed
all previous records. In many places
it was far over the tops of the telegraph
poles, and so deep that the rotary pillow
could do little better than cut a tunnel
rather than swath. There is so much
snow on the ground that there is grave
fear of floods both in the Mississippi
and Red river valleys. Everything de-
Ponds on the Temperature of the next
ten days.
indianapolis, Ind, March 8.-The
country along every water course in
central and southern Indiana presents
a scene of unprecedented devastation.
The waters began to recede Saturday
morning, and along the miles and miles
of railroad tracks on the dozen different
lines that have been washed out it soon
appeared that reported damage was lit
tie more than forecast of the real de-
struction to- railroad property. From
dispatches It's learned that 113 bridges
and trestles over rivers. creeks and gull
leys are either down and washed away
or SO badly misplaced that days will be
required to make the roads safely pass
able.
Bloomington, Ind, March 8. - The
heavy rains of the past few days have
caused incalculable loss in this section
of the state. The Monon Railway COM
pany's tracks are inundated for six
miles by reason of back water from Salt
creek. Trains have been abandoned for
two days. No mails are received or
dispatched. The Western Union Tele-
graph company has also sustained
heavy losses, the water completely COW
ering the poles south of the city. Owen
Knight, prominent farmer north of
the city, lost his life in the raging
waters of Bryant's creek Friday night.
Chillicothe, O., March 8.-Never in
the history of the Scioto valley since
1884 has there been such high water as
at present. All the creeks and rivers are
running over their banks, and the water
continues to rise rapidly. All the low
lands and valleys in this locality are
covered. The entire southeastern part
of the city is under the food from the
back waters of Paint creek. end many
families are imprisoned in their homes.
Marion, ILL.,, March s.-The foods have
done many thousand dollars damage to
the farmers in this section. The waters
have not been so high for rs years. Over
1000 feet of track on the Chicago Il
Eastern Illinois railway has been
washed out. South of here John Rod
gers and Miss Mary White were return
ing early in the morning from dance.
He drove his horses and buggy into
what is usually small stream, but the
water was deeper than he expected.
The swift current carried the buggy
down the stream, and Miss White was
drowned. Rodgers was swept to the
bank and when found by friends q few
hours later was lying unconscious. He