The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-10

for a time psople did not believe the story
to be true However. confirmaiory reports
came In. AMI then there was terrible ex-
element. for many OF the people of Dyea
had friends. relatives or partners on the
trail. and the anxiety as 10 their fate was
intense There were number of the bod
les which 1t was impossible 10 identify
before the steamer left. and no doubt the
names OF some will never be known.
1.-The three men buried In the first slide
were Harrison. Riley and Ziebarth, and all
three were killed. They had been working
ali night. and were asleep in their tent
when death overlook them. The whole
thing came so suddenly that people had no
time to try and escape. for with one roar
the snow enguifsd them and spread a
was done to the people camped on the left
side OF the trail, the tents on the other
side escaping
Another Tale of the Disaster.
The Post-Inielligencer last nigE. receiv-
cd specia, dispatch from Dyea via Vic
,orla. written by one OF It's correspond
snts. who made the trip SUNDAY night from.
catch the steamer Amur. which ief, sew
eral hours after the Al-Ki. The dispatch
follows:
DYEA. April I. via Victoria, 3. c.. April
"A heavy, wet snow storm set III. COM
meneing early in the morning. and lasting
without Interusis~lon all dav Saturday and
Sunday til afternoon. This, with severa.
DAYS Of warm winds from the sea made
the snow on the mountains very sof. and
sticky. and In country so fitted for AVA
lanehes was bound 10 result In snowslldes
along tho grea; slopes OF the mountains
surrounding Chilkeos pass.
The Indians when the great glacier be-.
gan 10 send OF pieces of Ice hastily lef.
t,ret 20 do the same Hut the old story Of
haste 10 get over the pass and disdain ~
"A danger they had never experienced caus-
ed the warning TO go UNDECIDED. 4 week
of gooi weather had rendered IL possible
for thousands to get their food welt up the
nsss. which MAS filed az every paint with
caches. So great had been the rush TIA,
one consfan; nne niled the trail. causing
IL the CANYON many ANNOYING blockaaes.
"a II Was Impossible To pssss a team except
at The turnouts
Fortunately. the severe storm prevented
many from being on ,he trail or Sunday.
Had the weather cleared a H;,lS before the
avalanchss came the loss 90 iife would
have been in tAe hundreds as many were
anxious 20 so uo ana lock after their
cachez az thp Scales ard on the ~sn1'',
Thursday this verv path was an nnaroken
Nun - Fuen. horses and dogs. the busiest
@seDe on the whole trait IS all we're rush
-. 3hs-lr freight ahead 10 get above the
~ost SNOW. At about Il O'Clock 1evsral
siasI slides occurred at dirsren, points
ora sae trail \, The Stone house eve tnen
vera string Ia ;ea;. ard were caught
rs. a siise.
The old Mans story.
Fortunately some % them ware thrown
/ outside srd shos soen released their com
paniens Sust a they were clearing fSs
wTeck a. cid man came down srom me
Scales asa begged every one hs saw -
g. above: that there were thirty O. forty
: peaple t1sgssvs shove the Aerial Trsmwny
I Carnnany's power house Il aepears tna'
5 saere rad beea 3 small slide or .we a. fAc
/ Sales sass had frightened th~ geaa's a0s
/ sore shir;y o. forty were IL Ire party
/ ard tsex Wark sasssd with tAe exception