The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-10
around to pseA and bring IN. body back

TO Seattle.
II vas at Sheep camp when .he tig slide
occurred. hurried Up 10 the Stone house
and took one look AT the mass of Snow and
ice Ind debris. The trail was literally black
with rescuers. Then I hurried back to
Dyea, as intended to take the firss
steamer for Seattle. AT Dyea learned
Sunday evening from reliable source that
seventy-esght people were known 20 have
been buried In the great siia.aS mass Of
snow, but that fifty-seven of these were
taken out alive. ard all save two % them
were unhurt. Twenty-one dead ho.iIes ha,.
been recovered when 1 left Dysa. and two
OF the rescued were reported so badly hari
that they are not expected to recovef.'
GoIdwater came from Skagway 10 VIC
torsa on the Amur. arriving at l o'clock
Friday afternoon. He was a passenger on
the steamer City of Kingston, which ar
rived at o'clock last evening from Vic
toIia- Goldwafer says that ne left Dyea
Monday between : and o'clock in the
morning; that he rowed around the point
to Skagway In time to catch the Amur
just before she left the dock.
Goldwater's story.
According to Goldwater. the avalanche
covered a distance of LOO feet on the
trail and In places the snow and ice were
piled up fifty feet deep.
All the indications are that the first ac-
counts of the loss of life and the charac-
ter and extent os the snow side were not
exaggerated in the least Statements made
by men who have lately returned from
the trail are 10 the effect that the path
way leading from Sheep camp to the sum-
Init was usually back with people. Let
ters received by private parties in Seat
tie from travellers on the trail contain
statements of the same tenor. Daily
crowds would cross and recross the sum
way. 1t is the custom for n man to take
part OF his goods certain distance along
the trail cache them and return to his
last station below for more Of his outfit.
In this way. people were continually moy-
ing to and fro over the trail between the
summit and Sheep camp.
In some cases the gold hunters would
take part OF their outfits clear across the
pass and after storing them at Lake Lin
deman. on the other side. would return
TO Dyea for more. In addition, packers.
sightseers and workmen engaged on the
tramways now being built over the pass
were constantly passing up and down the
mountain side.
II Is plainly to be seen that the state
ment that 100 people were In the vicinity
OF the slide when the disaster occurred
is rot far wrong. This number would
have beer far greater had the weather
heea favorable TO travel at the hour the
disaster occurred.
Zfebarth and spraxu..
August Zieharth. Of Seattle. one OF the
victims Of the snowsiide At Stone house
was g years old He had lived In SEATTLE
for eigh. years and al ore time conducted
a butcher shop on Pike street for carstens
Bros He was also engaged In the butcher
business On yesier way and was well
known throughout the city. Zieharth's
father and his sister. who is Mrs Frank
sprague. are hsartbroken over ,he news
from Dyea. They are snxiously awaiting
further advices. although they DO not
doab, that the first accounts u The dis
asier are true.
sprague was abcu, - years ola. His
father resides a, Ballard. spragpc's death
ss particularly sad. as he leaves wife
and daughter. the latter $ months old.
sprasue married Ida zieharsh. the sister
OF August zieharth. about year aui a