The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-04-15
|SNOWSL|DE ON CH|LkOOT
Thirty-One Killed and Many
Injured.
LIST OF THE KNOWN DEAD

tween The Scales and Stonehouse.
Port Townsend, April 11.-A letter
just received from Skagway, Alaska,
dated April 8, says: At about noon to-
day on the Chilkoot trail, between The
Scales and Stonehouse, at least 81 men
met death and a large mum ber of others
were injured more or less seriously in
snowslide. The dead were crushed
under an avalanche of snow and ice
which came down from the mountain
side upon the left side of the trail
about midway between The Scales and
Stonehouse.
A list of the killed and wounded, as
complete as possible at the hour Of
writing, is as follows:
Gus E. Zebarth, Seattle.
Frank Sprague, Seattle.
Steve Stevenson, Seattle.
G. H. Harrison, Seattle.
w. L. Riley, Seattle.
E. D. Atwood, New York.
G. Beck, Sanford, Fla.
l.. Weidelein, Kansas City.
Mrs. Ryan, Baltimore.
John Morgan, Emporia, Kan.
F. M. Grimes, Sacramento.
Mrs. Anna Moxon, Jefferson county,
Pa.
Ras Hepgard, Baker City. Or.
-. Atkins Idaho.
Tom Geffert, Seattle.
E. F. Miller, Vancouver, Wash.
Tom Collins. Portland. Or,
T. Lamer.
The seriously injured SO far recovered
are:
Walter Chappey, New York.
John G. Murphy, Dixon, N. D.
F. M. Holbrooke, Portland, Or.
-. Dahlstrom, residence unknown.
Fully 80 people were overtaken by
the slide, and are either buried in the
snow or scattered along the borders of
the avalanche in a more or less injured
condition.
The point at which the accident oc-
CURED is some five miles above Sheep
Camp. The nearest telephone station
is four miles distant. The Scales is
some five miles above Sheep Camp.
The telephone wires at that point were
carried away by the slide. This fact
makes it difficult to obtain further par
ticulars at this time.
A binding snow storm was raging
all day upon the summit, and as con-
sequence many of those in the vicinity
were making no attempt to travel.
Zebarth, Sprague and Stevenson Of
Seattle, were travelling together as
partners, and were found side by side
In bed.
Thousands of people were encamped
in the vicinity at the time, and were
soon on the scene rendering such assist
ance as 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
5000 people were at work on the
debris, and were only in each others
way.
All day Saturday and Sunday a
southerly storm, with chinook wind,
rain and snow, prevailed in this vicin-
ity, and it 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. 1t swept directly
across the trail, which, notwithstand-
ing the fact that the weather was un-
suitable for travel, was thronged with
wayfarers Tho last vestige of the
trail in the vicinity was wiped out of ex-
istence, and where it led is now
mountain of snow and ice.
Later reports bring the information
that 81 bodies have been recovered.
There was preliminary slide at Q
o'clock in the morning. People were
digging out their goods when the Sec
ond slide occurred about noon.
List of Injured Ipcreased