Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-11

Con Gephart, Seattle.
w. Grimes, Atkins Idaho.
$. NJ. Grimes. Tacoma
II. NJ. Grimes. Sacramento. Cal.
Preston Grl2zeley, Buffalo, N. Y.
G. r. Homer. Seattle.
Il. ]. Hudson, Seattle.
S. T. Hudson, Portland, Or.
Il. u. Hines, Seattle.
Harry Holt, Tacoma.
C. =. Harrison. Seattle.
Rosmus Hedcyard. Baker City. Or.
II. X, johnson, Spokane. Wash.
II. Jueger.
c. II. Kinney Prescott, Ariz.
a. +. King, Tacoma.
G. Leon.
George Lewis. Spokane.
G. j. Milton. st. Paul.
j. II. Morgan, Emporia, Kan.
Mrs. Annie Moxon. jefferson county
Pennsylvania.
John Merchant. Redding. Cal.
II. f. Miller Vancouver Wash.
Frank Miller, Butte. Mont
c. l.. Mcneil, Elk River. MINI.
Sanford Mcneil. Portland, or.
j. c. Murphy. Dixon. N. ID.
Austin Preston. Redding, Cal.
]. u. pierse, Tacoma.
]. Reese Wisconsin.
George Richie, Chicago.
Mrs. w, l.. Riley. Seattle.
@. Rasmus Colorado.
JpiH ittuuy, hHnSas city, MO.
George Riser. Seattle.
Mrs. Ryan, Baltimore, Md.
Matt Schona, st. Paul.
Joseph Smallwood, Portland. Or.
Gus Seaborn. Chicago.
Steve Stevenson, Seattle.
Frank Sprague, Seattle.
g. r. Smith, Tacoma.
G. w. Smith. Wooley, Wash.
Jeff Solely, Idaho.
O. "A. Uler, Wooley Wash,
L. Weidelin, Kansas City, Mo.
%. NJ, warner San Francisco.
Wilhelr- Menlo Park, Cal
Gus Sebarth. Seattle.
a fact that lends horror to the fear
full tragedy is that II may never be
known with any degree of accuracy
just how many lives were sacrificed.
who they were or where they came
from. Many poor fellow lies buried
where no human aid can reach him and
where his remains must rest until the
summer sun melts the tons of snow
and ice under which he lies buried.
Upon the crowded trail no record was
kept of the living, toiling mass brav-
ing hardships and facing death itself
In the mad rush for gold In the pro-
cession that daily passed We're 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
consequently meeting with better re-
suits. Thus far work has been con-
fined to the outskirts of the slide In the
hope OF resculng those who are In
jured but not yet dead
The main body Of the avalanche.
which is estimated to he fifty feet dieet
ana LOO yards long, has not yet beer
touched. III there are any bodies under
meath they can not be rescued 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 tn.
dead are not bruised in the least and
appear as natural as in life. indicating
tnat they were suffocated in the snow
As soon as recovered the bodies are
| carried to Sheep Camp, where an i'm
proVised morgue has been constructed
! Some have been removed for interment
or Tor shipment TO relatives in the
| states.
The work OF rescue has been orderly
and systematic. A public meeting was
held and committees were appointed tc
| take charge of the dead and to care
for the wounded All that can posi-
| bly, be done to relieve the horror of this
situation has been done.
The accident was one that could moi
| have been foreseen and similar one is
ilkeiy 10 nuppen at any time when like
| conditions exist. although 1t is stated
| that some warning of the impending
disaster was given by the native In.
| dian packers who are said to have de.
| serted 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 dead
is to he continued az long as there is
| any hope of recovering any one. though
| IT Is feared that 1t must be discon-
| tlnued before the whole truth Is known
Walter Chappey of New York and
| John c. Murphy of Dixon, N. D., were
| alive when taken out but died shortly
| afterward.
| 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 wa.
rescued.
The Federal troops at Taiia took an
! active part in digging out the dad.
Many bodies that were unclaimed
| have been buried near the scene of the
| disaster. Thirteen bodies reached thi.
! city today on the steamers City OF
| Seattle and Australia. They were
those of Il. l.. Esterbrook, $. Steven.
! son, j. r. Morgan, o. A. Uler, S, Nc.
| Nell, A. f. King, S. NJ. Grimes, G. f.
| Harrison, l.. Weidelin, Harry Holt Gus
! Zebarth, Il. Sprague and G. n. Smith
| Advices from Skaguay state that
| there are many wild rumors there
| about additional slides and loss OF If,
but none of them can be confirmed anc
| they are not credited