The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-16
CAUGHT II SECOND SLIDE.
uORIARITYx EXCITING ExPEMI-
ExCE IN THE AVALANCHE.
-CoPrieA 500 Feet Down the 0osn-
aain side Before Ne Knew what
mad Happ~ned-Aii the ASssssS
4. eh~ Accident Have Been Found

Terry Morsarity, pilot % the big rotary
.,.sxr r.gsur wnlrf vas wrecked By an
sawafarrhe that gwepz DOWN the mountain
ssae s.s,rysss fsrr miles from Wellington FIJI
Aay afternoon Is resting essiiy al ffosi-
asdenea hospital.
Aishaaga be has two had cuts on Ms
head q painful right shoulder ard parsiai
<xarstvsss 81 tee sgssr limbs. mis- chances
OF recovery are excellent Il am worth
hundred dead rren~ said Mortsrssy yrstey-
day. 'tfsst wsuid not Ike 20 again run
-~sha @arae chances Of a total eclipse. got
tie second SHOCK and when I carre 90
a way station was something IKE I'D
feet .gosvn the n1oursain. have no f1ea
what haFsreneS 10 the other rnen- except
that some ~ our crew and the extra men
@were buried In the Snow waen we were
knocked or tbs track
ssTfa .xioie thing happened 80 quickly
that dsd not get much of an idea % Snas
%was taking place. heard 70 roar as 100
approaching mountain of Stow aud Ice
The first sntlrnasGoa had Of what was taxi
-~sng place came In tine form of STOW BANK
ard then over we went crawied 10 my
fee. and the next thing ] knew. down came
second avalanche II IS no use trying
% argue against It's p0wer foa simply
20 aiofy with it. ard 1t does rot seem 10
make uspsf difference how you 20 asons
You are bewfIdered In the slide down tae
and your impressions are vague
= .rTf seems q nsigacls that none OF the
SoyY were killed outright ] thank my
lucky star thas came out OF IL az wen
rs | dad. Or course. / feel sore all over
and End IL difficult to move nay legs even
d ,gtti6 hst but. taking it all In all. am
getting along pretty we'll. got TWO cuts
or my bend. and my shoulder troubles me
considerably IL I stir around IN bed i
experience severe pains
The accident occurred one mile east Of
the bridge that was carried away recent
Is. Snow has been failing In the fnoun-
tains during the past few days. and this.
combined With 3 rain. has made the big
banks of white flakes treacherouS. Mortar
fly was piio4 OF the first rotary. At the
time % the accident ne Was boring his
way through a slide taat bad already COW
sfea the track. IN the midst OF this work
the terrible avalanche came sweeping
dowa gaining power and added weight
with every foot trasersed The heavy ro-
tary was turned over and Knocked off the
track as If IL were not heavier than a
hana-car. g; suppose" said horiarity.
that /: was iats- slide which carried
the engine or whatever IL was that went
down. the mountain. The rotary was on
the side or the track the last | remember.
but IL Ia probable that another slide dash
ed IL down also. Some Of the men were
carried farther down than |. but l do
not know how they are coming along. AS
I understood IL. no ors @Gs Killed.
This crew Of The rotary Of which Mariar-
ity vas pilot was composed of the follow
!. Ing Jerry Moriar!ty. pilot: John DAILY.
engineer, Thomas Grant, fireman: Jerry
QuinIan. conductor; George Woodruff.
brakeman. With the exception III Mortar
4ty ard Grant. nh escaped without sntIT-
he's worthy Of menrson.
George Hart Axle f.undgreen George
Adams ard Thomas Sullivan. who were
taken to a hospital at Everett. were extra
men.
There waa a second rotary. hat II was not
struck by the slide. It's regular crew was
composed OF the following. Frank pai.
= green. Billy Burke Fred sayre. Mike Daft
~ and Maurice Dalton. None OF these
names appears In the list os Injured.
Moriarisy IS an unmarried man. about
sss years ~ age. and gian. physically. He
lived foag time In Boston. where his
people ere wsr connected. Ills sister IL
Mrs. Daniel Coffee. who lives on isowden
square. Dorchester Mass Mr. Coffee Is
well knoT,n business man.
All the Missing Are Found.
Special Dispatch 10 the Post fnteiligencer.
= WELLINGTON. Wash. April f5.-John
: Burgess. Of Siiss Yesisr way. Seattle who
was supposed 10 have been buried In the
wreck yesterday. turned UP cafe this ar
t-snoen Al the missing have been found.
The following are the aadresses at those
fncst seriously Injured: George Hart axe
- single, 81 brunswick street. 81 John.
n. II !. George Mans, age q. single. isti
Kings Highway. s.. Louis, AK. I.unf.
green age e. single. so Twenty second
avenue south. Minneapolis. ssupeTtnien-
dent Bawrcn and General Roadmaster
Charles MoFiarity arrived at the scene of
the wreck early this morning with another
rotary ard "a large gang 81 mea from Ev-
srets. The track IS now clear 20 skyko~
na.sh Ihs work OF raising the dsmoStSh Ell
roiary Viii heEin tomorrow or next day
lafered Are Doing Arfi.
Special Dispatch - the Post inieilixeneer
~ EVERETT. ArsH fs.~'fhe Injured in the
Great Northern sn0ws,ide are doing we'll
IA the hospital here.