The herald., 1898-04-09
ALASKAN SHOWS
overwhelmed THRONGS OF
MINERS
AT LEAST THIRTY DEAD
A LARGER NUMBER SUFFER
SERIOUS HURTS
DEADLY COLD OF THE ARCTIC
Succeeded by the Soft Chinook Wind,
Bringing More Certain and
More Awful Death
AT LEAST THIRTY DEAD
DEADLY COLD OF THE ARCTIC

Bringing More Certain and
More Awful Death
| Associated Press Special Wire
sKAGUAY. April 8. via Seattle, April g.
AT about noon today on the Chilcoot traiI
between the scales and Stone house, at
least thirty-one men met death and large
number Of others were injured, more or less
seriously in a snow slide. The dead were
crushed under an avalanche OF snow and
ice. which came down from the mountain
side upon the left hand side Of the trail,
about midway between the scales and
Stone house. At this writing the known
dead are:
GUS ZEBARTH. Seattle. - -
FRANK sPRAGUE, Seattle.
STEVE STEVENSON. Seattle.
TOM COLLINS, Portland Ore.
C. v. HARRISON, Seattle
W. L. RILEY, Seattle
One woman, name unknown.
ED ATWOOD New York.
c. BECK, Sanford. Ella
L. WEIDLEIN, Kansas city.
MRS. RYAN. Baltimore.
JOHN MORGAN, Emporia, Kan.
-- GRIMES. Sacramento, who haa
brother in business at Dyea.
Two OF the seriously injured are Walter
Chappey Of New York and John q. Muir.
ply Of Dixon, Oak.
Fully fifty people were ovsrtakeu hy the
| slide and are either buried In the snow OF
scattered along the borders Of the avail.
| anche, in moro or less injured condition.
The point at which the accident oo-
| Cured Is some hve miles above Sheer
| camp. The nearest telephone station n
| four miles distant. The scales are some
five miles above Sheep camp. The tsls-
phone wires at this point were carried away
| by the slide. This fact makes It difficult
to obtain further particulars at this time.
| A binding snow storm was raging all
day upon the summit. and as a consequence
many Of those In the vicinity were making
no attempt to travel.
zebarth. 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 rendering such assistance az
was possible. Upon receipt Of the news,
points below Dyea telephoned up to know
If assistance was required and received
| answer to the effect that 500 people were
at work upon the debris and were only in
| each others way.
All day Saturday and Sunday a south
erly storm. with Chinook wind, rain and
snow, prevailed in this vicinity. and 1t is
believed the softening of the snow on the
mountain side by those agencies was the
cause Of the avalanche. The quantity Of
snow and ice that came down in the slide
is estimated at thousands Of tons. It swept
standing the fact that the weather was
unsuitable for travel, was thronged with
wayfarers. The last vestige of the trail
In the vicinity was wiped out of existence.
and where 1t led is now mountain Of
snow and ice, under which are many dead
bodies that cannot be recovered for days
to come.
Later reports bring the information that
the bodies of three more unfortunates have
been taken from the snow. One Is
GARRISON, initials and residence un-
known.
RITCHIE. initials and residence un.
known.
DURBER. initials unknown. residence
Seattle.
There was a preliminary slide at
o'clock in the morning People were dig
gins out their goods when the second
slide occurred about noon.
Latest reports are that thirty-ons bodies
have been recovered.
GROWING WORSE
The horror Of the Dyea trail is growing
In magnitude hourly. AS the work Of
rescue proceeds 1t becomes more apparent
that many more lives were lost than was at
first thought possible. It is now believed
that between fifty and one hundred men
and women were killed by the avalanche.
many bodies will never be recovered until
the summer sun melts the tons Of snow
and ice that now bury them from sight.
Two or three thousand men are working In
relays OF as many as can stand side BY
side shoveling away the debris in search
Of the dead and dying. Twenty-Five dead
bodies have been recovered and identified
and twenty-five have been taken out alive.
LIST OF THE DEAD
A corrected list of the dead and wounded
as complete as possible at the hour Of
writing Is as follows:
GUS ZEBARTH, Seattle.
FRANK sPRAGUE. Seattle.
STEVE STEVENSON. Seattle.
c. H. HARRISON, Seattle.
w. L. RILEY. Seattle.
e. D. ARTWOOD, New York.
G. BECK, Sanford, Fla.
L. w. WEIDLEON, Kansas City.
MRS. RYAN Baltimore
JOHN MORGAN, Emporia, Kan.
F. M. GRIMES, Sacramento, CAL
MRS. ANNA MOxoN. Jefferson county,
Pa.
RAS HEPGARD, Baker City, Or.
- ATKINS, Idaho.
TOM JEFFERT, Seattle
E. F. MILLER. Vancouver, Wash.
TOM COLLINS, Portland. Or.
T. LAMER.
NAMES OF INJURED
The seriously injured. SO far as recor
cred, are:
WALTER CHAPPEY, New York.
JOHN G. MURPHY, Dixon, N. D.
F. B. HOLBROOKE. Portland, Or.
-DAHLSTROM, residence unknown
MEN MISSING
Seventeen employees Of the Chilcoot Rail-
(Contiuued ON Para Eival I