The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-04-12
IN A SNOW SLIDE.
Between Fifty and One Hundred Persons
Met Death in a Horrible Manner on the
ChilkoOt Trail-Large Number of People
Were Drowned.

Met Death in a Horrible Manner on the
ChilkoOt TraiI-Large Number of People
Were Drowned.
SKAGUAY, Alaska, April 8, via Seattle.
April 9.-AbOut noon Friday, on the
ChillIoot trail. between the Scales and
Stone house. at least 81 men met death
and large number of others were injured
more or less seriously in a snow slide.
The dead were crushed under an ava
lanche of snow and ice, which came
down from the mountain side upon the
left hand side of the trail at midway
between the Scales and Stone house.
At this writing the known dead are:
Gus Setbarth, Seattle; Frank Sprague,
Seattle; Steve Stevenson, Seattle; Tom
Collins. Portland, Ore; c. p. Harrison,
Seattle; w. l.. Riley, Seattle; one
woman, name unknown; Ed. Atwood,
New York; c. Beck, Sanford, Fla; L.
Widelein, Kansas City, Mo; Mrs.
Ryan, Baltimore; John Morgan, EN-
poria. Kan; - Grimes, Sacramento.
Cal, who has a brother in business at
Dyea.
Two of the seriously injured are
Waiter Chappey, of New York, and
John c. Murphy, of Dixon, Oak.
Fully 30 people were Overtaken by
the slide and are either buried in the
snow or scattered along the borders Oh
the avalanche in a more or less injur-
ed condition.
The point at which the accident oc-
Cured is some five miles above Sheep
Camp. The nearest telephone station
is four miles distant, The telephone
wires at this point were carried away
by the slide. This fact makes it diff
cult to obtain further particulars al
this time.
A binding snow storm was raging
all day upon the summit, and as q con-
sequence many of those in the vicinity
were making no attempt to travel.
Sebarth, Sprague and Stevenson were
travelling together as partners and
were found side by side in bed.
Thousands of people were encamped
in the vicinity of the accident at the
time and were soon upon the scene
rendering such assistance as posi- bic.
Upon receipt of the news points be.
low Dyea telephOned up to know il
assistance was required and received
answer to the effect that 5000 people
were at work on the debris and were
only in each others way.
All day Saturday and Sunday
southerly storm with rain, wind anc
snow prevailed in this vicinity and il
is believed the softening of the snow
on the mountain side by those agen cies
was the cause of the avalanche. The
quantity of snow and ice that came
down in the slide is estimated al
thousands of tons. 1t swept directly
across the trail, which notwithstand
ing the fact that the weather was un
suitable for travel, was thronged with
way-farers. The last vestige of the
trail in the vicinity was wiped out o:
existence and where it lay is now
mountain of snow and ice, under
which are many dead bodies that car
not be recovered for days to come.
Later reports bring information thai
&he bodies of three more unfortunate.
have been taken from the, snow. On4
is that of Garrison, initials and resi-
dence unknown; Richie, initials ant
residence unknown; Durber, initials
unknown, residence Seattle.
There was a preliminary slide at
o'clock in the morning. People were
digging up their goods when the sec
Ond slide occurred about noon.
Latest reports are that 81 bodies have
been recovered.
SEATTLE, Wash, April 9.-Later adj
vices from Sl<aUuaU saws that If ic DOIx
believed that 80 or 100 people were
killed in the slide. Twenty-Five bodies
have been recovered and identified and
% were brought out alive.