The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-01

a heavy snow ssarm prevailed through
out the Pacific Northwest yesterday and
last night. IL came suddenly. Amos.
without warning and Its raysges were
widespread.
Two lanaslldes are reported. one Of them
with fatal results. The mare serious Il
reported as occurring on the line % the
Canadian Psc,ile In the neighborhocd ef
Rogers Pass.
A ereelai daspatea 10 the po@t-fnte!Eger-
Ger frpm Vancouver says.
News was received here az 6 o'ciock this
eyesang frnfn Superintendent Marpole. at
the scefae of The disaster Of fatal snow
sl.de on ire main line Of TIE Canadian Pa
aific az Rogers Pazs. on the summit; 81
tlss Se.ktrkS. TIE catastrophe Occurred al
4 o'eI6-k In ths afternoon The roan5hosse
and station vnre saepi away aai s.ssn
Aee~ were lost and two PERSONS injured.
TIE dead are
AGENT CATION. wife and two children
OPERATOR CARSON
ENGINE WIPER BFsiDt.EY.
One person unknown
The injured are two persons. names not
given, lady.
A large force Il engaged 1T the recovery
of lhA bodies ard mo have been found Hp
10 the present iifus. Several large siidss
had taken place during the morning AMI
early Afternoon. causing considerable dam
age 10 tas sheds gast Of tfaeser. Trains
aTe held az Glacier and Donald until fur
ther aasices. The company expects 20 gsi
ti.s line cleared during Wednesday.
Seperintendents Aarpaie. Duehesnay and
Wilson are on the spot AMI using every #.
fest- This Is the mast serious slide thai
has OCCURRED since tlte first year ~ con-
ssruesiDn 1T the road. when twelve .ixeg
were lost tn a slide eight niles east OF this
point
The other was on the Great Northern
ala
II amounted 20 nothing mere Than de-
lay OF the Coast train. which was report.
81 due 20 arrive In Seattle shortly before
1 o'clock this morning, The Great North
ern Flyer WAS also delayed. and al mid
night last night was reported SIX hours
late.
Rtass Over Land and Sea.
The vigorous ssiaw-iaden wind which set
in yesterday was frons no direction ia par
ticuiar. II yeerea from one point OF the
compass 10 another with all the fiokleness
of flirting maiasn's within. II ran riot
through tho mountain passes and swauIed
down on the long reaches of Puget sound
with n violence that demolished telephone
and telegraph lines ssssSed sailing vessels
like puppets on the yeasted waves. and
made all shipping seek a port of safety
The Sound boats hattied bravsly with
the elsueats. Fortunately thuse from
down SQUAD hal both wind aud tide In
their favor anTiHa she early evening The
beats from Tt rgw# s.ert Ees so fortunate
The Flyer. fnS wOndsr was late The
Glide gos in st 81 Tlaa Aberdeen, leay-
Ing Tacoma ~ u'giaek contrlsed 10 beat
her WHY "a Seattle by ls-a Perhaps the
toughest expesieaes ~ all WAS that Of the
skagt Chief, which left Tacoma al
O'Clock y. and did net reach Seattle
tili ie.se n'einek last n.rh,
The Greyhound attempted 20 pat In a.,
Edmonss, her usual station for fael hat
the captain. finding the water breaking
clear over the top of The woodplie nd
over the dock, gave np all idea OF landing
and Was glad 20 he able 10 pat In at
Richmond beach where THE steamer was
tied up safe and soUei 70 MATT for the
kate 80 sshside This news was hrs..yyt,s
II by the conductor an Great Northern
freight train, later report t,v a train
crew reported thr Greyhound's Wheel OUT
Of the wafer
Not Seattle Weather.
Puget sound roopie are somewhat ,,rs,.,a
60 boast - The del ghffal climate ana ana
weather prevalent g. this section. Ths,ze
~llc arr wtsv sga experienced usually ne-
e"mp8nN THIS e@as. wlth concession that
three m@ntha during the winter ara Az,
ta ha extremely wet. a8d yaat shia MA
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