The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-09
I'M CONES 10 Scores O. MINERS IRON A IIINK o. aNIUI1
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- vers unshse TO make their acesD-
,nel tr.7s. This wss the reason ~
1pssAs no passsassrs from Dyea who
- III there after tbs avalanche.
unssssaie Destrsssfss sf Hs.as Laae
80 were lying 1t the dock At skagway.
airing 10 san early Moncsy nOsniag.
uh1n the first news Of the ayalanche and
= a. wholesale destruction Of human life
sseehsd " b. telephone. The news ere
ased the greatest excitement n skAsway
- crowds assembled on street corners
- In saloons discussing the catastrophe.
~ou account Of the ssosn ncns OF the
sseamers could make tbs trip to sxas-
ray, and 10 We were compelled to rely
An news from the scsns d the avalanche
By telephone. On Sunday evening te!e-
phone message was received from Dyea.
SEATING that tvenfy-one bodies had been
recovered By the rsscuers frcr1 the Pie OF
suov and Ice that covered the traii. On
Monday raorning this information was
supplemented by the statement. also tels-
phoned, that sixteen more bodies had been
recovered. This would indicate that the
tessi number OF dead. 20 far as known
q that i,our. was .hirty-seYen."
Another account Of the disaster received
NJ night BY the Post-Intellsgsncer. con-
lalns the statement that thir,y-oac bodies
~ been. recovered at the hour Of the
AXIS sailing Monday morning.
znis account states that the avalanche
- certainly caused BY the melting pro-
80 on tho summit. due to the Chinook
piAls that had prevailed on the Saturday
pE1vicus These winds blew on Sunday.
thar warmth ioosening large masses of
usw from tie rocky denies OF the pass
sstll huge mass Of snow and Ice above
~ Scales lay trembling and ready to
sussp down the mountain shelf and
aAilssfase everything and everybody In its
saA~u
y also stated that the avalanche
sreks away from the mountain side a
shsrt 'dstanee from the summit, ana In
- Instant Ii had caught nfty or more
ussekrs on the trail below and had
esushrd their lives OF. in its icy embrace.
M snow and ice was piled up along
e5ehe tran at different points. covering
S+ses sNtss& atiI RBAs4AS IA 8GgIEpit Con-
nslon. Al other places along the tran
Utry Indication OF travel and of mans
eahIsatlon was swept cisan out OF sight.
wiaA DID Not Drive Miners From
the Summit.
notwithstanding tho windy weather pre-
sailng and the unfavorable conditions for
rsyel. nearly 90 miners were scattered
aNn Sheep camp to the summit of the
- distance OF eight miles A. Sheep
sAp the majority Of the gold hunters
We camped. waiting fer better weather.
Had there been no wind, the loss o. life
sSls have been fonr times as great.
Iaere was hut little cutlery when ihs
sase mass % snow ard leo came tearing
sewn The mountain sAie at ,rsxh,fut
rate Some q those in the van ~ ;he
marching god hunters saw their peril In
the to save their lives and ran scamper-
as oa' Of the track Of the avalanche, An
instant lsssg. the avalanche was en- the
efx party Ot gold hunters. some Of whom
wee sseanaaea IN taelr tent. along tae
so Of The ,rag. Few IL those who were
siAss made sny oa,sry whatever. T1,ey
H~ Seat quickly ava wtiAoa, a murmgsy.
Ga - slas ., the ;rat.. some twenty snea
sss buried 30 cas SIDE or partially COW
ssa % the saow ans injured Theis oat-
sss sere destroyed.
Ess n'iaases after ;Ae avalanche tad
'ssns '~'1t IN ,As fgnsax <xpanse Of
'ss 'ras sssaw sseae aaase. sesca<rs were
a~erk tlsslas Ga, ia unfartaos,.s we..
sAsS'a were DISPATCHED 30 sheep CAMP
ave s'i'ss als'aRs. and ,aess ss.,.,Aa,.s s.s..