Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-04-15
WERE KILLED
ALASKA aoLpsEEKeRs CAUGHT IN a
SNOW SLIDE

e. OVOSQOEAy 0t0G" Oh "100 WUW 0S110
the Cause Of the Catastrophe.
SEATTLE, WASH. April M.-Later
"details received from Alaska increase
the horrors Of the avalanche in the
Chilkoot pass instead Of lessening It.
sixty.nine dead bodies have thus far
been recovered and the names of 100
missing have been reported unaocount.
ed for. Il Is barely possible that some
Of these had succeeded in crossing the
pass before the avalanche occurred. A.
conservative estimate 10 that between
% and 100 persons were killed. The
following 70 . list Of those whose bodies
have been found:
Andrew Anderson, San Francisco; e.
D. Atwood, New York; - Atkins, Ida
no; Albert Augland, Tacoma; A. D. Bis
sell, Seattle; g. Beck, Sanford, Fla;
Walter Chappey, New York; Thomas
Clark, Idaho; Tom Collins, Portland,
Or; Thomas Cullender. kirkland, Or;
William Carroll, San Francisco; w. q.
Dohmstrom, Lincoln, Neb.; Durber;
a. Doran, Tacoma; George Eggert, Port
A0uus Vii N. ~. G~bterO1OOAS 0o6bVloS
William Fake. San Francisco; 7. G.
Glenn, Spokane; T. Glynn, Portland,
Or; ". e. Garrison, Seattle; Con Gep-
part, Seattle; w. Grimes, Atkins, Ida;
g. N. Grimes, Tacoma; F! NJ. Grimes,
Sacramento; Preston Grizzeley, Buffalo;
CIR. Homer, Seattle; E. J. Hudson, Sc
attic; s. ]. Hudson, Portland, Or; E. p.
Haines, Seattle; G. p. Harrison, Seattle;
uo~- ~orn1,a I1nS~nn~a
Baker City. Or; T.. r. johnson, Spokane,
81. Jueger; G. II. Kinney, Prescott; A. 8.
King. Tacoma; 9. Leon; George Lewis,
Spokane; G. J. Milton st. Paul; John
Morgan, Emporia, Kan. Mrs. Anna Mox-
on, Jefferson county, Pa; John Mer-
chant. Redding, Cal; 7: +: Miller, Van
I. MoNeill, Elk River, MINI; Sanford
Dixon, N. D.; Austin Preston, Redding,
Wisconsin; George Ritchie, Chicago;
Baltimore; Matt Schona, st. Paul; Joseph
son, Seattle; Frank sprague, Seattle
Wooley, Wash: JEFF Solely, Idaho; O. A.
| OAV4S w VOA0y w ia ~ v 0ANAOAAAAl AA&SA-
sas City, Mo- IN. w. Warner, San Fran
cisco; Wilthem, Menlo Park, CAL;
Gus Zaborn, Chicago; Gus Zebrath, 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 are or where they came from.
A binding snowstorm was raging all
day upon the summit and as a conse.
quence many Of those in the vicinity
were making no attempt to travel.
Thousands Of people were encamped in
the vicinity Of the accident at the time
and were soon upon the cen render
ing such assistance az possible. Upon
receipt Of the news points below Dyea
telephoned up to know
IL Assistance Wss Required
and received answer to the effect that
5000 people were at work on the debris
and were only In each others way. AL
day Saturday and Sunday a southerlJ
storm with rain, wind and snow pre-
vailed in this vicinity, and it is be
lieved the s~oftening Of the snow ON th,
mountain side by those agencies wa
the cause Of the avalanche. The guam
tity Of snow and ice that came down II
the slide is estimated at thousands Of
tons. II swept directly across tho trai
which, Notwithstanding the fact tina
the weather was unsuitable for travel
was thronged with wayfarers. Thu
Last vestige Of the trail in the vicinity
was wiped out Of existence and wher,
1t lay is now a mountain Of snow ant
ice, under which are many dead bodie
that cannot be recovered for days Il