Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-09
THIRTY MIN KILLED.
MANY ARE MISSING AND PROBABLY LOST
-, Tons of outfits Buried by
" an Avalanche fro" tho Noun
tain side.

Alaska. April 3.-Via Seattle.
she Az about noon today on the
Apii' ., trou between the Scales ana
e ei"o house, at least thirty-ohe me-"
s'V asath. the number OF pooies nav
me- on recovered, and II large mum
ms others were injured more OF less
ssr,ously in a snowsiide' ID. =,
serloD soad were crushed under an
INV ~ snow and Ice. which came
AVA" IN, the mountain-side upon the
down Ia aide of the trail about MD
lei''",' .,ween the Scales and stone
house. GO. 1abortb Seattle;
r..ank sprague, seattle' steve stephen
seattle; Tom Collins rortlahu'
s0" p Harrison. Seattle; w. L.
IT, on' seattle; Ed Atwood, New YORK:
- psck. sanford, Fla; l.. Weiuleih'
aas civ. Mo-. Mrs. Ryan, Bait
Mans. 1nhn Morgan, Empora, Rams
ln''r rrimes Sacramento, Cal, VIM
brother in business AT iaila'
mas y,,ssn employees of the Chilkoot
v','a,, and Tram company, VINO Went
~, to The summit on the Horhinb y.
ne slide to work, are missins, anu NJ
is feared that thcS
lost. , that 10 900 tons of
Ia ara bufied under the snow anu
ta There were several smaller shues
before the death dealing ava,aiiS NY, We" ,p
started About pm. a snaii siiuS w
CURED The snowstorm Was un,,,,, he, 10,
and the crowds We're coiiiins uom" ~
Tho aid Of u rope when oVeitah1i,ml 10
The exact lucS''o" I, ,,iias above
Shoen Camp and 100 yards ABOVE tne
OREGON Improvement company poMe,
horse. Here an immense goIse M
Mt very steep ih.,ii - ,yaionch,.
and II was down this the aV"i"H'"e
came, So, too,
The telephone ofice mere 10 s,i,nds
arranged all day and night with llicl'u i''
arvin,,s to get some word OF iflehus
,.niisvad TO have been in the disaster
Thn wires are working well, ana m
tarn,otion is gotten here direct from the
~ as rapidly as 1t is gathered. Many
neonle have gone from TINS Guy anu
'roIin TO Sheep Camp to aid IN the Worh
ana W. 80
Inc work of rescue proceeds, IL
,,ano,,ea more apparent that many
,,'orn lives were lost than at hrst
,no,,,bt nossible. 1t is now believed
,haf between fifty and hundreu men
ma women were killed by the ava
l,,cbp MANY bodies VIII HeN'i -
ra"overed until the summer sun melts
,Se IONS Of snow and ice that now bury
Men from sight. Two or three thou
sarS men are working In relays OF ~
many as can stand side by siue' snoNei-
Inc owav the debris in search OF the
Hnsa and dying. Twenty-Five dead
Hoaiss have been recovered, and iden-
,tNsd and twenty-five have been taken
om, alive,
Eniiy fifty people We're overtaken by
,he slide and either buried IN Tn.
sro sr ar scattered along the borders OF
lie avalanche in a more or less injured
nn6i,ion
binding snowstorm was raging al
dsv upon the summit. and as conse-
Gllence many of those in the Vieinits
were making no attempt to travel. Ie-
borth sprague and Stevenson of seat
lie we're travelling together as partners
and we're found side by side In bed
Thousands of people were encampet
in the vicinity of the accident at th'
lime and were soon upon the scene rem
daring such assistance as was possible
HAN recent OF the news. points below
Taila telenhoned up to know II assist
ance was required, and received answer