Evening star., 1898-02-10
A RIDE on An AvALANCHE.
The Survivor Tells of His Frightful
Descent of Pixies Peak.

from the colorado Springs Gazette.
Joe Bradley, miner and prospector of
Cripple Creek, was brought into the city
from Cascade yesterday in a half frozen
condition, after undergoing series of
hardships and accidents on Pixies Peak in
which he nearly lost his life. He was
caught in snowslide, or avalanche, to-
gether with companion whose name he
does not know, and was carried down the
mountain side at the rate of fifty miles an
hour until he was hurled against a large
stump. Crippled, severely bruised, and
nearly frozen, he remained unconscious for
several hours. and was finally rescued by a
prpspector who lives in cabin on the
mountain side. Bradleys companion could
not be found after the fearful plunge, and
1t is thought that he has perished
Lying in his bed with hands and feet ban
daged, Bradley told the story of his awful
experiences while endeayoring to reach r6,s
city from Cripple Creek by wav of PIX.
Peak.
Il started out from Cripple Creek fer
Colorado Springs last Friday noon., SAID
Bradley, "and as 1 had some business at
the Strickler tunnel. 1 thought 1 would
climb over Pixies Peak and then walk down
the cog road into Manitou, At Gillett I
met man whose name do not know. and
as he said he wanted to secure work at
Lake Moraine. invited him to accompany
lhS VII my JouIHSy L lie Udy was a Deaut1-
full one and l did not anticipate any trouble
we climbed the peak from Gillett and
experienced no difficulty in reaching the
western end of the Strickler tunnel We
then climbed on nearly to the summit but
as we did not know the trail and the snow
was so deep, we wandered away from it,
we climbed to the top of an eminence and
were discussing the best way to proceed,
when suddenly it seemed as il the entire
slde OF the mountain was falling. We real
lZed that snowslide had occurred and we
were caught by it, but we could do nothing
lost sight of my partner in the binding
snow, and though it must have been a very
short time before l struck the big stumn.
yet 1t seemed an age
Ihe avalanche shot down the mountain
siue AT terrlnc rate OF speed and when
struck lost consciousness. When L re-
gained my senses, which must have been
several hours later l saw a small ca hin a
snort distance away, and started toward II
l round that could not walk but managed
10 crawl to 1t and summon assistance.
was taken In the cabin, bruised, bleed
ing and half frozen l must have lost n
gallon Of blood by hemorrhage, and was
too weak to walk. l remained in the ca bin
all DAY Saturday and was kindly treated
and cared for by the prospector who
searched faithfully for my companion. hut
MS body must have been buried under the
mass OF snow, as no trace of him could be
found. w
"The prospector went to Gilett for assist.
ance, and returned with Mr.. Fred Harding,
the marshal of that place. They started
win me sunday morning for Cascade and
there l found DR.. White, who brought me
to this city
:! suffered terribly from the biting cold.
and thought that l could never reach the
prospectors cabin after l regained con-
seriousness. AT one time 1 prayed that 1
might die
Bradley talked at random and seemed
like one whose mind was affected by the
su1erlngs which he had evidently under
gone. His hands We're swollen and his ears
and toes were entirely devoid of feeling.
Dr. White says he will recover but he NAV
lose some of his members