The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-04-11
AVALANCHE VICTIMS
Now Knswn That Seventy : five
Klondikers Were Lost.
THE LIST MAY REACH HUNDRED
Ten Thousand Tons OF n iners' Outfits
Are Buried Meath the Snow ana Toe.
One ofThose who Was Rescued Alive
Relates His Experience.

One ofThose who Was Rescued Alive
Relates His Experience.
Seattle, Wash, April 11.--Later de-
tails received here from Alaska increase
the horrors of the avalanche in the
Chilkoot Pass instead Of lessening it..
Stxty-nine dead bodies have thus far
been recovered and The names of 100
missing have been reported as unac-
counted for. 1t is barely possible that
Some Of these had succeeded In crossing
the pass before the avalanche occurred.
A conservative estimate Is that be-
tween Is and 100 persons were killed.
The following is a list Of those whose
bodies have been found:
Andrew Anderson, San Francisco;
Ed Atwood. New York: - Atkins,
Idaho: Albert Auglund. Tacoma: A. D..
Bissell. Seattle: c. Brock, Sanford.
Fla: Walter Chappsy. New York:
Thomas Clark, Idaho; Thomas Collins.
Portland. Ore: Thomas CuIlender,
Kirkland, Ore: William Carroll, San
Francisco: W. H. Dohmstorm. Lincoln.
Neb.: Durber, --; A. Doran, Ia
coma: George Eggert, Portland. Ore:
" -. tSoht cOalNlc, w lllldIu
Fake. San Francisco: T. G. Glenn.
Spokane: 7. Glynn. Portland. Ore; w.
II. Garrison, Seattle: Con Geppart, Sc
attic: w. Grimes, Atkins, Idaho: s. M.
Grimes, Tacoma: F. NJ Grimes, Sacra-
mento, Cal: Preston Grizzeley, Buff
falo, N. Y: G.. r. Homer Seattle: e.
J. Hudson. Portland. Ore; Z. p.
Haines, Seattle; c. P. Harrison, Seat
tie: Harry Holt, Tacoma Rosmus He'd
yeard. Baker City. Ore; T. r. Johnson.
Spokane; H. Jueger, -: c. H. Kim
ney. Prescott. A. T.: A. s. King, Ia
coma; G. Leon, -: George Lewis,
Spokane: G. ]. Milton, st. Paul: J. X.
Morgan, Emporia. Kan; Mrs. Annie
Moxer. Jefferson county, Pa: John
Merchant. Redding, CAL; E. F. Miller.
Vancouver, Wash. Frank Miller, Butte.
Mont; c. l.. Mcneil, Elk River. Mimi;
Sanford Mcneil, Portland, Ore; J. M.
Murphy. Dixon, N. D.; Austin Preston.
Redding, Cal: ]. B. Pearce. Tacoma;
j. Reese. Wisconsin,; George Richie.
Chicago; Mrs. w. l.. Riley. Seattle;
Mrs. Ryan, Baltimore: Matt Schona, st.
Paul; Joseph Smallwood. Portland.
Ore; Gus Seaborn, Chicago: Steven
Stevenson, Seattle; Frank Sprague.
Seattle; G. F. Smith. Tacoma: ]. w.
Smith, Wooley, Wash; Jeff Solely,
Idaho; o. A. Uler, Wooley. Wash: l..
Weidlin, Kansas City; N. M. Warner.
San Francisco: - Wilthem, Menlo
Park, Cal: Gus Sebarth. Seattle.
A fact that lends horror to the fear
full tragedy Is that 1t 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 his remains must rest until the
summer rain melts the tons of snow
and ice under which he lies. Upon the
crowded trail no record was kept of the
living mass of humanity Drawing hard
ships and facing death itself in the mad
rush for gold. In the procession 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 Saturday,
being gradually more systematized and
consequently meeting with better re-
suits. Thus far work has been confined
to the outskirts of the slide, In the hope
of rescuing those who are injured, but
not yet dead. The main body of the
avalanche, which is estimated to be 20
feet deep and $50 yards long. has not
vet been touched. If there are any
bodies underneath they can, not be res
cued in time to save life. Four men
were taken out alive after they had
In in
stances the bodies of the dead are not
bruised in the slightest. and appear as
natural as life, indicating that they
were suffocated in the snow. Many
unclaimed bodies were buried near the
scene OF the disaster.
Seventeen employees of the Chilkoot
Railway and Tram company, who went
up to the summit on the morning of the
slide to work. are missing, and it is
feared they are among the lost.
1t is estimated that 1000 tons of out
fits are buried under the snow and ice.
There were several smaller slides be-
fore the death dealing avalanche start
Cd.
About 2 o'clock in the morning q
small slide occurred which buried sew
efil CdblIlS. ne Hldl III Was SplNab,
and many people We're endeavoring to
WORK. back to Sheep Camp when the
biggest slide occurred The snow
storm was binding, and crowds were
coming down by the aid of a rope when
overt aiken.
The slide covered the trail for sew
eral hundred yards, at depth of 80
feet in many places. It has effectually
discontinued travel for the present, and
it will be some tome before it can be
resumed.
J. A. Raines. of Maine, who was for
tuuate enough to be dug out alive, says:
"All Of sudden l heard a loud re-
port and instantly felt myself going
swiftly down the Hill. Looking around,
| saw many others buried, some with
their feet out and heads buried out of
sight, and others with only their heads
showing. When | struck the bottom
] tried to run, but the snow caught me
and | was instantly buried beneath 80
feet of snow and rock, and was on the
very verge Of death by sufrocatiOn
when was reached by the reScuerS."