The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-11

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Trenches were dug a considerable distance
apart and two gangs OF men worked to-
wards each other. In this way the trail
was soon located. Where the slide had
piled Up but slightly long poles were used
in locating the bodies. Several lives were
saved N this way. An soon as a person
or body would be located the rescaers
would sink a shaft. All Sunday night the
men worked away with bowed heads.
digging deep burrows through the snow
pile. Very little talking was done. Every
little while would come the cry. Here's
another body" They were put on sleds
as fast as found and taken to Sheep
Camp. where a morgue was established
The scene of the disaster was lighted
during the night by lanterns whose light
cast a weird glow over the scene of DEATH
On Monday the storm broke early and
the sur came out In all his glory. The
work did not slacken for a moment The
men began to work In relays ana relieved
each other frequently. Hardly an hour
passed but that one or more bodies were
found. W
The story started down the trail that
the men at work In the trenches were
robbing the bodies OF the dead. This
caused the citizens committee to appoint
number OF reputable men TO do police
duty over the men in the trenches. Al
though the story Of robbery was not
credited, 1t was considered advisable to
guard against such a rumor being sent
out. Accordingly one man was appointed
to watch over six shovelers.
Other committees were appointed. One
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Its duty the care of the wounded An
other committee looked after the work OF
transporting the bodies to the Sheep
Camp morgue. That the valuabies on
the persons OF the unfortunates might be
saved for living relatives the committee
went through every body and collected
al articles Of value.
Rumors Of Other slides.
All during Monday the men on the
trail were troubled with .rumora 81. Aides.
on the other side OF the summit. The
story that 112 men had been covered up
In slide near Crater lake on the other
side OF the summit spread like wi.dfire,
and caused much alarm until a Tagish
Indian who had been In the slide arrived
with the true story. He said that there
had been some very narrow escapes but
that no one had been killed. The heavy
secure and stopped the stories Of slides.
Fake Embalmers 1t Work.
An incident occurred at Sheep Camp on
Monday which shows that there were men
on the trail who did not hesitate to turn
the disaster to Their own gain. Several
men claiming to be embalmers appeared
on the scene and made arrangements with
friends to emba,in ssvefa! Of the bodice Z
They had no liquids. and did not seem
to know anything about the business.
They simply made an Insertion through
the outer skin to the stomach and let out
the air. Then they sewed up the body
and pronounced the body embalmed.
When the bodies reached Dyea the work
had 70 be done all over again. Charles
Sperry, OF Seattle. paid one Of the men
- to embalm the bodies OF Cal. Harri-
son and w. L. Riley. As soon as he
found out the deception he swore out q
warrant for the arrest OF the man who
had taken his money. The crowd wanted
to lynch the fellow at Sheep Camp. but
the officers got him to Dyea, where he
Is in jail.
SPRING Freshets Expected.
Within a week. the oid-timers nay that
the spring freshets win begin from the
Scales. This will cause more snowsl:des.
and will cause the packers tc take to
the summer trail from Dyea. This z,sail
IS said to be In very COCO condition, II
the freshets come as expected, very little
OF the outfits cached above the Scales
viii be saved There are thousands Of
tons Of this freight, and the loss will be
great.
Packing ON Trei1 stepped.
The citizens committee announced on
Monday that the packers had better keep
of the trail until the bodies were all taken
out Of the trail Very little freight was
moved on Monday. Tuesday morning.
however, saw a different state Of affairs.
There were some OF che packers who could
not resist the temptation to move on.
With bowed heads they shouldered their
packs and proceeded up the trail. As
they passed the scene Of the disaster they
cast down their eyes still further and
scrambled past the crowd OF body hunt
ers. The looks the latter cast at the
packers showed the contempt they felt.
Some OF the hotter heads offered 20 string
up a few and put stop to the business.
but were persuaded 70 lie; those who
would go on.
Final Disposition Of Bodies.
Col. Anderson. In command Of the United
popularity by his acton in view OF the
disaster Early Monday morning he set
the Federal troops at work digging graves
for the unclaimed dead. He laid out a
new cemetery at Dyea and cleared OF
as much ground as will be needed. The
soldiers worked well. and By the time yes
tsrday's steamers left the new cemetery
was in readiness.
Steamer City Of Seattle brought down
bodies yesterday as follows: r. L. Easter
brook, Steve Stevenson. j. A. Morgan. o.
A. Ulen. s. NJ. Mcneil. c. F. Smith, A.
r. King. l.. weid!sin. Harry Holt. Angus.
Zsebarth and Frank Sprague. Three Of
the bodies were taken on To Tacoma
On the Australia were the bodies OF Cal.
Harrison. I'm charge OF Sidney Barring
son and g. NJ. Grimes. OF Astoria. Or.
The body OF w. l.. Riley. OF Seattle.
was left at Juneau 10 be cared for A
number Of other bodies will come down