The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-20

snow. We managed 10 breathe with d.f-
nculty, but IL was not so very cold. was
in my sleeping bag, with ali my clothes Off.
After getting ont ! was fitted up by
friends and started In 10 help the rescu-
ers. OF whom there were several hundred.
"A short time after We were dug out the
rescuers came upon the bodies of two
men. Turner and Van Antwerp. They
were lying. wrapped mp In their blankets.
under heavy tent. which, had fallen down
around them. They had smothered TO
death. Both bodies were cold whsn found.
The bodies were put In another lent and
the work Of rescue went on. Il was sew
eral hours before the last man was dug
out No others were found dead. Some
could not have lasted much longer They
tell me that sixty meA wera taken on.
alive.
How the second One Came.
"A few moved back down the glacier on
May /. bu. the snow was go soft that little
could be accomplished III that lire. They
feared another slide. and sure enough Il
eame. About II o'clock on the night OF
May ! a slide fully az large as the first.
plowed Iss way down the slope OF the sum
nit A. before Il came without warning.
and found every enc asleep. +, was slight
ly 20 the north OF the first slide ana COW
cred UP the north end Of the line of tents.
II extended over a portion Of the first slide.
Again those fortunate enough to have es
capped sumbied uut % thelr tents and start
ell 10 dig against death. Ia the part of the
slide explored by the rescuers forty men
were taken out alive and several women.
There was ohe part thsk was covered deep
~ than the rest and Il was decided TO let
that so until morning. tt was believed that
there were several tents there and poss-
hiv twenty bodies but the reseuers decided
that any buried there would be dead before
they could be reached.
ION the morning Of May another slide
came down and covered UP that portion OF
the second slide tha. had not been explored
during the night ] left for Copper CITY
that morning 50 do not know whether the
search for bodies was continued or not. My
ouent was ruined beyond use ~ were those
~ the others unfortunate enough 10 be
covered up. With the other passengers
who came back on the steamer. decided
TO come home. The next boat will bring
back many Others.
Burstng the Dead.
THE dag before Ief: the Zoo, Of the
summit the two dead men were barred.
Their friends carried the bodies &, the tim
her line. They could not be buried on the
glacier. owing 10 the great amount Of sofs
saow- Joe Frrner % caicago. WIS an odd
Follow ard Mason. lie VAS abou; -
years of age. r. Van Antwerp Of Minneap-
olss MINI was 4 strong, husky fellow.
about 81 years % age lie WIS an oda
Fellow Rosis mon had been hard vorkta.-
en- The tran and had their outfits almost 10
the summit.
a doctor and his wife lad peculiar *
pegience IN the FIRST slide They had raised
tAe9r tent Oh account Of IRE >fow whirh
had fallen. Il WAS. fastened "a wooden
ioog. and When ihe Slide came dowa 3,
was pushed 20 TIE bottom of the SLOPE and
then covered MP Both were taken eat
alive"
Anorc rhe other pssSse gers who c1rrob-
ovate Refs statement are Wtiam Ring
" , tsavts " !. Faevr F, :. Degnaa.
II B'- joS~ah kel,v ana ] l. STAT
terry ssNt-ei of tseJss were covered a. iu
tns s,tde az, g.; shrtr ouigss
FRhFr say Wat t~c-e uaw pFsr the stat
al rs sa ts-Evreus sI.aast5n There
are foss4 cF rv ,iunsi~el aoea snd women
who hsfesgaae ,hat far over The glacier.
IRE amougt a. Sofi snow roe On he gs-
e8er, according - Eahrr prevents them
from moving snelr outfits. iie sa3ys that
supplies co2i3 - purchased -iac.e when BE
.eft fer slr5ss uathtgS
There have been several slIaes on fhs
ciAer benches. one killed i number OF mules
=; The foot o. the second bench. All over
the s.ssses ,ae trouble from sofs scew .