The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09

; Skaguay, Alaska, April 9, via Seattle,
April Sat about noon today, on the
/ Chilkoot trail, between the Scales and
: Stone House, at least 81 men met death
and a large number of others were in
jured more or less seriously in snow
slide.
The dead were crushed under an av-
alanche of snow and ice, which came
down from the mountain side upon the
Ieft-hand side of the trial. about mid
way between the Scales and Stone
House
AL this writing the known dead are:
Gus Zebarth, Seattle: Frank Sprague,
Seattle; Steve Stevenson. Seattle; Tom
Collins. Portland. Ore; c. p. Harrison.
Seattle; W. L. Riley. Seattle; one wom-
an, name unknown: Ed Atwood, New
York; c. Beck, Sanford, Fla: L. Weld
lein, Kansas City: Mrs. Ryan, Baltl-
more; John Morgan. Emporia, Kan;
- Grimes of Sacramento, who has
brother in business at Dyea-
Two of the seriously injured are wal
ter Chappey of New York and John Z.
Murphy of Dixon. Dakota.
BURIED IN THE SNOW.
Fully so people were overtaken by
the slide and are either buried in the
snow or are scattered along the Dor
ders of the avalanche in a more or less
injured 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 Scales are
some five miles above Sheep Camp.
The telephone wires at this point were
carried away by the slide. This fact
makes it difficult to obtain further par
ticulars at this time.
BLINDING SNOWSTORM.
A binding snowstorm was raging all
day upon the summit, and as a conse-
quence many of those in the vicinity
were making no attempt to travel
Zebarth, Sprague and stevenson OF
4 Seattle were travelling together as part
ners, and were found side by side in
. bed.
e Thousands of people were encamped
l in the vicinity of the accident at the
; time. and were soon upon the scene,
d rendering such assistance as was pos
n sible. Upon receipt of the news. points
q below Dyea telephoned up TO know if
assistance was required, and received
answer to the effect that 5000 people
were at work upon the debris and were
: only in each others way.
: CAUSE OF THE SLIDE.
I All day Saturday and Sunday a
\ sOutberly storm, with chinook wind.
= rain and snow, prevailed in this vicin-
:. ity. and it is believed the softening of
e the snow on the mountain side by
d those agencies was the cause of the
e avalanche. The quantity of snow and
T ice that came down in the slide is es-
timated at thousands of tons. 1t swept
: directly across the trail, which, not
e withstanding the fact that the weather
L was unsuitable for travel, was
n thrOnged with WayfarerS. The last
4 vestige of the trail in the vicinity was
e wiped out of existence. and where it
= led is now a mountain of snow and ice.
/, under which are many dead bodies
: that cannot be recovered for days TO
e come.
{ MORE UNFORTUNATES.
V Later reports bring the information
= that the bodies of three more unfor-
d Inmates have been taken from the snow.
@ One is that of Garrison. initials and
t residence unknown; Richie. initials
: and residence unknown; Durber. ini-
T tials unknown; residence, Seattle.
There was a preliminary slide at
o'clock in the morning. People were
:, digging out their goods when the sec
u ond slide occurred about noon.
y The latest reports are that 81 bodies
= have been recovered.
d a LATER ACCOUNT.
s Skaguay. Alaska. April (via Vic
Il toria. r. c.. April 1S).-The horror on
: the Dyea trail is growing in magni-
u tude hourly. As the work of rescue
: proceeds it becomes more apparent that
> many more lives were lost than al first
!, thought possible. 1t is now believed
u that between so and 100 men and wo-
. ! men were killed by the avalanche.
= ! Many bodies viii never be recovered
: until the summer sun melts the tons
y of snow and ice that now bury them
= from sight.
: Two or three thousand men are work
> ing in relays of as many as can stand
side by side shoveling away the debris
: in search of the dead and dying. Twen-
= ty-two dead bodies have been recov-
cred and identified, and % have been
: taken out alive.
CORRECTED LIST.
A corrected list of killed and wound
ed, as complete as possible at the hour
of writing, is as follows:
Gus E. Sebarth, Frank Sprague.
Steve Stevenson, G. II. Harrison, w.
L. Riley, Seattle: f. ID. Atwood, New
York: c. Beck, Sanford, Fla: L. w
Weidelein, Kansas City; Mrs. Ryan,
Baltimore; John Morgan, EmpOria.
Kan; F. NJ. Grimes, Sacramento; Mrs.
Anna Moxon, Jefferson county, Penn
sylvania; Ras Hepgard, Baker City,
Ore; - Atkins, Idaho; Tom Geffert,
Seattle; E. F. Miller. Vancouver,
Wash: Tom Collins, Portland. Ore; T.
Lamer
The seriously injured so far recov-
cred are;
Walter Chappey. New York; John C.
Murphy. Dixon. n. D.: F. B. Hol-
brooke. Portland, Ore; - Dahlstrom,
residence unknown.
Seventeen employees of the Chilkoot
Railway & Tram company, who went
up to the summit on the morning of
the slide to work. are missing, and it is
feared that they are among the lost.
1t is estimated that 10000 tons of out
fits are buried under the snow and ice.
SMALLER SLIDES.
There were several smaller slides be-
fore the death-dealing avalanche was
started About O'Clock in the morn
ing small slide occurred, which
buried several cabins. The alarm was
spread and many people were endeav-
oring to work back to Sheep Camp
when the big disaster occurred The
snowstorm was binding, and the
crowds were coming down by the aid
of a rope when overtaken- The exact
location of the slide is given at two
and one-half miles above Sheep Camp,
and 100 yards above the Oregon I'm
provement company's power house.
Here an immense gorge rises at very