The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-04-13
DEADLY AVALANCHE
XIII. Peri apps Ore Hundred Men
VINO Were Seeking Gold in
the Alaskan Fl Dorado.
LANDSLIDE DOES AWFUL WORK.

Twenty-Five Bodies Recovered and Ijenti-
fed Names of some of the Lost-victims
Recovered from Under Thousands OF
Tons OF SNOW and Ics-Five Thousand
Rush tn the Rescue of the Unfor.unaies
-Meagre Details at the Horror.
Seattle, Wash. April s.-Later adv ces
from Skaguay say that il is now be-
lieved that fifty or 100 people were
killed in the slide. Twenty bodies have
been recovered and Unidentified and
twenty-five were brought out alive.
Skaguay, Alaska, April 3, via Seattle,
Wash, April Sat about noon today
on the Chilkoot trail between the Scales
and Stonehcuse. at least thirty-one men
met death and large number of others
were injured more or less seriously in a
snowslide. The dead were crushed un-
der an avalanche of snow and ice which
came down from the mountainside upon
the lefthand side of the trail al m dway
between the Scales and Stonehouse. At
this writing the known dead are: Gus
Sebarth. Frank Sprague and Steve
Stevenson, Seattle: Tom Collins, Port
land. Ore; G. p. Harrison and w. l..
Riley. Seattle; one woman, name UNI
known; Ed Atwood, New York: c.
Beck. Sanford. Fla: L. Widel in, Kan
sas City, Mo; Mrs. Ryan, Baltimore;
John Morgan. Emporia. Kan, and -
Grimes. Sacramento. Cal.
Fihy Persons In the Disaster
Two Of the seriously injured are Wal
ter Chappey. of New York, and John
G. Murphy, Of Dixon, Dakota. Fully
fifty people were overtaken by the slide
and are either buried in the snow or
scattered along the borders Of the ava
lanche in a more or less injured condi-
ton. The point at which the accident
occurred is some five miles above Sheep
Camp. The nearest telephone station
is four miles distant. The telephone
wires at this point were carried away
by the slide This fact makes it diff
cult to obtain further particulars at
this time A blind snow storm was
raging all day upon the summit, and as a
consequence many Of those in the vicin-
ity were making no attempt to travel
Thousands of People Near at Hand.
Thousands Of people were encamped
in the vicinity of the accident at the
time and were soon upon the scene
rendering such assistance as possible.
Upon receipt of the news points below
Dyea telephoned up TO know If assist
ance was required. and received answer
to the effect that 5000 people were at
work on the debris and were only in
each others way. The quantity of
snow and ice that came down in the
slide is estimated at thousands of tons.
1t swept directly across the trail. which
was thronged with wayfarers. The last
vestige of the trail in the vicinity was
wiped out of existence and where ii led
is now mountain Of snow and ice.
Three More Bodies Identi fled.
Later reports bring the information
that the bodies of three more unfortu-
mates have been taken from the snow.
They are those Of Garrison initials and
residence unknown; Durber, initialsun-
known, residence Seattle. There was a
preliminary slide at 2 o'clock in the
morning. People are digging up their
goods when the second slide occurred
about noon. Latest reports are that
thirty-one bodies have been recovered.