The San Francisco call., 1898-04-11

see. They staggered against edCu otileI as they worked. Holbrook of No. 99 as- stunned the leadership and urged every body to do his utmost Dazed and ex- hausted, some one after some hours suggested that they could work better if they had some stimulant. Holbrook climbed the hill back to his tent whence they had started, to get bot tie of whisky, but found that his tent had in the meantime been buried under a snow slide and two men were under it. He had to remain and alone labor to get them out.
 Great confusion prevailed all along the trail. Men were hunting for and calling upon their partners. fearful that they were under the snow. The con- fusion and panic spread to the settle ment at Sheep Camp, and with every one who had friend who was not at hand great anxiety and alarm was felt As the hours ran into days, however, many of the missing were found. and the friends of those who were not gave them up for lost
 The character of the situation-that of struggling army without organlza- tion or roster, few being acquainted with their next neighbor, all shifting position from day to day as they moved forward along the trail-makes it prac- tically impossible to gain any idea of the number of the missing. Among those who were on the trail and who were searched for by their friends without success until the time of my leaving the scene at noon on Monday were:
 c. c. Turner of Omha. Neb. He was a civil engineer and was taking boat over to Crater Lake.
 William Poker. who had come out from Dawson last fall. and was return ing.
 Among those who were buried under the snow. but taken out alive were the following: c. L. Burge, Emporia, Kans.; Leo Brock, Buffalo, N. Y; J. A. Rimes, Lockport, Me. and Kansas: Hubbard G. Hancock. kiowa, I. T.; Frank Bearss, Emporia, Kans.; - Bowles. Seattle; Adam Muller Vancou- yer; Tom Hanna, Michigan E. w Dal- ton, Iowa; Charles Chriscaden, Seattle; J. A. Revencroft, Seattle. John Lally. Missouri: w. H. Maxson. Punxa- tawny. Pa.
 The above were all on the rope com ing from the Scales to Sheep Camp.
 Tom Callahan of San Francisco and J. Wilkinson of McKeesport left the Scales ahead of the party with the rope. but were caught in the slide. They dug themselves out. The following were buried further down near the Stone House:
 ~ IIA1y Nfar IH,o, l. Stedman, w. J. Wallace, Orleans, Neb. i; W. J. Jennings, H. S. McGowan and another of the same party whose name could not be learned. all of Ne braska; John A. Murphy. Dixon, N. D.: Arthur L. Chappy, New York.
 There were three women tied to the rope line that came down from the Scales-Mrs. w. H. Maxson Mrs. E. Estes and Mrs. Ryan. Mrs. Maxson the woman who was buried in her tent earlier in the day and who urged the men to lead the way to Sheep Camp. was lost. Her husband escaped. The other two women were on the rear end of the rope and were not submerged
 Cliff l.. Burge of Emporia, Kan. was eight feet under the snow for an hour and was taken out unconscious. His account of the catastrophe as given to me is as follows:
 Tt had been storming for several days and the snow lay five feet deep on the level at the Scales. Slides from the mountain had become frequent At 1 o'clock Sunday morning I was awakened by the stove in my tent up- setting. I got out and found that number of tents were entirely buried and with others l began shoveling. We could hear the cries of the people un- der the snow. In a few hours we had rescued twenty-five persons. At g o'clock another slide buried part of the tent, and that of MT. and Mrs. Maxson and others. We dug them out and then this plan of the rope line was agitated and carried out. Mrs. Maxson was active in this and kept urging the men: Come, get hold of the rope boys. and save your lives!" As we ran down the hill in the blinding storm we lost the trail frequently and got tangled up with the caches that were strewn along the way. l saw and heard the slide coming and I yelled a warning, There she comes.' An in stant later I felt myself lifted; then 1 all was dark and silent, and I was pinioned as in a vice and lost con- l sciousness. They say it was an hour afterward that I was taken out"
 Leo Brock of Buffalo, a newspaper man representing the Buffalo Sunday 1 Times, was buried for nearly four | hours. He was taken out unconscious, ! but is almost recovered. He was at Holbrooks tent No. 99 when the slide l came at o'clock, and he helped to dig the people out and afterward helped to organize the rope line party.
 Tt started from point about 150 feet from the base of the summit" said he From the foot of the first pitch be- low the Scales it turned to the left for about 1000 feet. to where a cable util- ized for hauling up sleds Is stretched. On reaching the cable we were about 200 feet below and 500 feet to the left of the tramway power house located at the foot of the long hill. A small tene was observed here almost completely covered with snow. As smoke was seen to issue from it halt was made to induce the occupants to join us. Two or three of us reached it with difficulty, and found