The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-15
DOWN IN AN AVAIL NCHE
Snowslide Carries Fourteen Men
Over q Precipice.
DETAILS NOT RECEIVED
a Courier Brings the Startling Intelli-
genoa to This City Engineer Mac
Donald Hurt-It Is Not known
II Any Are Killed.

News of the most alarming nature
reached this city yesterday. A mes
senger, urging forward an almost ex-
hausted horse arrived at about L.
O'Clock. bearing the startling inteIli-
sence mat party of men, some IA
in number, had been caught in an
avalanche at point about 20 miles
west OF Anaconda and carried down the
mountain side. ss
The courier who brought this infor-
NATION was John Dolan, an axeman of
a corps of engineers now at work in
that vicinity. Dolan was very much ex-
cited when he came in, and could give
out meager particulars of the slide.
from what was learned it seems that
party or about Is men are doing some
survey work i'll fhe mountains in the
neignborhood of Twin Lakes Yester-
DAY morning the party started for a
point some miles beyond where they
We're camped. There are two routes
winch may be made uso of to reach the
desired point. One is by circuirous
but safe trail and the other a danger
GUS road over a ridge in the noun
tains. In order to save time the party
decided to take the latter route
They had proceeded for some dis
tance, when the snow bank over which
they were making their way. began To
move. The incline is very steep and
the avalanche soon attained terrific
velocity. The mountain side, down
winch the snow slide occurred, breaks
abruptly over precipice There is a
fali Of about so feet from the brink of
this precipice to the bottom, and over
this the men were carried
Dolan himself was one Of the partv
that went down, but he was fortunately
near the edge of the moving bank ard
served to stay his downward course BY
srasping roots, stones and other pro
jections. The first man to emerge from
the snow bank was Z. II. Macdonald.
chief engineer of the party He in
structed Dolan to make all possible
haste to Anaconda to summon sur
geons. Macdonald told DoIan that his
cclia' bone was broken and he was also
bleeding about the head
pClan spIang upon a horse and made
all possible speed to Anaconda lie
MADE the ride Of more than 20 miles,
over hard and slippery roads in an hour
and half. When he reached the city
his morse was well Knight spent. He re-
ported che accident to the superintend- 4
ent of the work, and securing a fresh
morse. returned to the scene of the slide
OF the men unhurt to eXtricate those who /
were buried, but that he did not know !
who II anyone, was hurt, excepting
Macdonald.
Ihe company ut once summoned Drs.
~ X ea-s2 end Srelman and sent them
20 the scene with the fastest team pro-
durable The surgeons left the city at
abou- 1910 o'clock and were expected T
10 arrive at 3 o'clock short time
l2te- q sleigh with a plentiful supply of +
nay IN tae box was placed in charge I
OF g careful driver and ordered out /
II the surgeons find it advisable they |
viii utilize this sleigh to bring the in
Jared 10 the city.
Al go o'clock this morning no one
lad come in from the scene of the
avalanche. and as the physicians went
out prepared to stay over night, it is
impossible chat any particulars of the
accident Will be available before some
time to-day. The greatest anxiety is
let in this city as to the seriousness of
the slide. Most Of the members of the
corps are residents of Anaconda and
their friends are fearful lest they may
have been killed outright or terribly in
jured.
S. O. Curtis, conductor on the B..
A. & p. railway, had a very narrow
escape from being run over and killed
at Rocker yesterday. The eaboose of
Curtis train had been cut off from the
ore cars and was following the train !
down. Curtis was on the rearmost car
If the train and when the engineer took
up the slack in the train, the jerk threw
Curtis off The caboose came along at
his instant and struck him in the back
His clothing became entangled with .
;ome of the iron work of the caboose ;
md he was dragged for some distance
lie is injured about the back but 1t is
bought no serious results will follow
ie was removed to his home in this
ity.
Henry Paul came within an ace of
laving his head mashed between two
imbers yesterday while at work in the
nnnel north of the city. As it is he is
t the hospital with broken leg. There Z
: tramway at the tunnel about three !
Get high. set up on posts over which
Dad small dump cars are run. Paul
faS working underneath this tramway ,
hen in some manner the supporting /
est under one side was knocked away j
the track to sag down on i
hat side. The next car that came along
.ent over the side and fell fairly on
9p of Paul A stick of timber was '
ahmed against the side of his head {
ut he fortunately escaped any danger ;
US injuries. In falling the car strucK !
i'm on the leg. breaking the limb be-
Teen the thigh and knee.
John Luta. while ar work at the mill h
the lower works, had one of his N
ands badly crushed. He came t. lie a
ospital to have the injured member c
TENDED To.
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