The record-union., 1898-04-11
Menlo Park, Cal; Gus zabarth, Sc

Menlo Park, Cal; Gus Zabarth, Sc
attic.
A fact that lends horror to the fearful
tragedy is that it may never be known
with any degree of accuracy just how
many lives were sacrificed, who they
were or where they came from. Many
a poor fellow lies buried where nc human
aid can reach him and where his re-
mains must rest until the summer sun
melts the tons of snow and ice under
which he lies buried. The work of ex
cavating is still in progress. The place
where the slide reached the greatest
depth has not yet been touched
Upon the crowded trail no record was
kept of the living, toiling mass, Drawing
/ hardships and facing death in the mad
rush for gold. In the procession that
daily passes were people from all parts
Of the world, unknown to one another.
The work of rescue has continued night
and day ever since last Sunday, being
gradually more systematiZed and conse-
quently meeting with better results.
/ Thus far it has been confined to the
| outskirts of the slide in the hope or
| rescuing those who are injured but not
yet dead. The main body of the ava
4 lanche, which is estimated to be fifty
/ feet deep and $50 yards long, has not
! yet been touched. If there are any
! bodies underneath they cannot be res
| cued in time to save life. Four men
were taken out alive, after they had
/ been buried for nineteen hours. In
many instances the bodies of the dead
are not bruised in the least and appear
as natural as in life, indicating that
| they We're suffocated in the snow. AS
soon as recovered the bodies are carried
| to Sheep Camp, where an lmproVlsed
morgue has been constructed. Some
have been removed for interment or for
shipment to relatives in the States. The
work of rescue has been orderly and
systematic. A public meeting was held
and committees were appointed to take
| charge of the dead and to care for the
wounded. All that can possibly be done
to relieve the horror of the situation
has been done.
The accident was one that could not
! have been foreseen and it was one that
is likely to happen at any time when
! like conditions exist, although 1t is
! stated that some warning of the i'm
pending disaster was given by the ma
tive Indian packers, who are said to
have deserted the trail when the heavy
snow of Saturday and Sunday night set
! in. They refused to work for fear of
slides. The work of searching for the
the dead is to be continued as long as
there is any hope of recovering anyone,
| though it is feared that it must be dis
continued before the whole truth is
| known.
Walter Chappy of New York and John
| c.. Murphy of Dixon, N. D., We're alive
when taken out, but died shortly after
wards.
Mrs. Moxon was in one of the small
slides which preceded the large one and
was on her way to camp when over
taken by death. Her husband was res
cued
The Federal troops at Dyea took an
active part in digging out the dead.
Many bodies that were unclaimed
have been buried near the scene of the
disaster. Thirteen bodies reached this
city to-day on the steamers City of
Seattle and Australia. They were those
of r. L. Esterbrook, S. Stevenson, j. R.
| Morgan, O. A. Uler, S. Mcneil, A. +.
King, s. NJ. Grimes, c. F. Harrison,
L. Weidelin, Harry Holt, Gus Zabarth
E. Sprague and G.. F. Smith.