The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-09
Tremendous Snowslide on the
Perilous Chilcoot Trail.
MANY MORE ARE INJURED
Thousands OF Willing Hands Lend
Assistance in the Slow Work of
Rescue-Hundreds of wayfarers
on the Road at the Time.

were injured, more or less seriously. in
a snowslide. The dead were crushed
under an avalanche of snow and ice
which came down from the mountains
upon the left hand side of the trail.
about midway between the scales and
the stone house. At this writing the
known dead are:
Gus Zeberth, Seattle.
Frank Sprague, Seattle,
Steve Stevenson. Seattle,
Tom Collins. Portland. Ore,
G. Harrison, Seattle.
w. l.. Riley, Seattle,
One woman. name unknown,
Ed Atwood. New York.
G. Beck. Sanford. Fla.
l.. Weidelein. Kansas City,
Mrs. Ryan. Baltimore,
John Morgan. Emporia. Kas.
Grimes of Sacramento. Cal. who
has brother in business at Dyea.
Two of the seriously injured are Wal
ter Chappey of New York and John C.
Murphy of Dixon. Dakota.
Fully so people were overtaken by the
slide and are either buried i'm the snow
or scattered along the borders of the
avalanche In a more or less injured
condition.
lHe punt at WHICH tne aCCluent OC-
CURED Is some five miles above Sheep
Camp. The nearest telephone station
is four miles distant The scales are
some five miles above Sheep Camp.
The telephone wires at this 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 a consequence many of
those in the vicinity were making no
attempt to travel Zeberth. 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 Of the accident at the
time and were soon upon the scene rem
dering such assistance as was possible.
Upon receipt OF the news, points below
Dyea telephoned up to know IL assist
ance was required. and received an
answer TO the effect that 5000 people
were at work upon the debris and were
only in each others way.
All day Saturday and Sunday n
southerly storm with a chinook wind
rain and snow prevailed in this vicin-
ity, and IL is believed the softening of
the snow on the mountain side by those
agencies was the cause of the ava
lanche. The quantity of snow and ice
that came down in the slide is esti-
directly across the trail which. not
withstanding the fact that the weather
was unsuitable for travel, was.
thronged with wayfarers.
The last vestige. of the trail in the
vicinity was wiped out of existence.
and where II led is now a mountain of
snow and Ice under which are many
dead bodies that cannot be recovered
for days TO come.
Later reports bring the information
that the bodies of three more unfortun-
ates have been taken from the snow.
One is that of Garrison. initials and
residence unknown. Ritchie, initials
and residence unknown; Durber. init
ials unknown: residence Seattle.
There was a preliminary slide at .
o'clock in the morning. People were
digging out their goods when the sec
ond slide occurred. about noon. Latest
reports are that 81 bodies have been
recovered.
The Death List Enlarged.
The horror on the Dyea trail is grow
ing I'm magnitude hourly. AS the work
of rescue proceeds II becomes more ap-
parent that many more lives were lost
than at first thought possible. IL II
now believed that between 80 and 100
men and women were killed by the
avalanche. Many bodies will never be
recovered until the summer sun melts
the tons of snow and ice that now
bury them from sight.
Two or three thousand men are work.
ing in relays Of as many as can stand
side by side shoveling away the debris
in search of the dead and dying. Twen-
ty-two bodies have been recovered and
identified and 25 have been taken out
alive.
A corrected list of killed and wound
ed. as complete as possible at the hour
S~rl-
barth. Seattle: Frank Sprague. Seattle:
Steve Stevenson, Seattle: c. II. Harri-
son. Seattle: w. l.. Riley. Seattle: T..
d. Atwood. New York: c. Breck. SAN
ford, Fla; l.. Weidelein. Kansas City:
Mrs. Ryan. Baltimore; John Morgan.
Emporia. Kas. +. NJ Grimes, Sacra-
mento: Mrs. Anna Moxon. Jefferson
county. Pennsylvania: Ras Hepgard.
Baker City. ore: Atkins. Idaho:
Tom Geffert. Seattle; +. r. Miller. Van
couver. Wash. Tom Collins. Portland.
Ore; T. Lamer.
The seriously injured so far recovered
are: Walter Chappey. New York:
John c. Murphy. Dixon. n. d.: Il. u.
Holbrooke. Portland. Ore; Dahl
strom. residence unknown.
Seventeen employees Of the Chilcoot
Railway & Tram company. who went
up to the summit on the morning of
the slide 10 work. are missing and Il
isl feared that they are among the
lost.
1t is estimated that 10000 tons OF out
fits are buried under the snow and ice.
There were several smaller slides before
the death-dealing avalanche was start
ed. About a. m small slide oc-
CURED which buried several cabins.
The alarm was spread and many peo-
pie were endeavoring to work back to
Sheep Camp when the big disaster oc-
CURED. The snow storm was binding
and the crowds were coming down by
the aid of a rope when overtaken. The
exact location Of the slide is given at
two miles and half above Sheep Camp
and 100 yards above the Oregon Inn
provement company's power house