Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-01
BIC SNOWSLIDE.
Fourteen Dead and a Score or
 More Missing.
THE LIBERTY BELL MINE.

 Was the Scene of the Accident Roads Are Impossible and Full Par ticulars Not Yet Receiyed-Work of Rescue Had to be Suspended for Fear More Lives Would be Lost.
 Telluride, Col, March 1.-Fourteen dead, as many injured and a score or more missing are the result, so far as known, of the series of snowslides which occurred in the vicinity of the Liberty Bell mine, on Smuggler noun tain, three and one-half miles north of Telluride The roads between here and the Liberty Bell are almost im- passable, and details of the accidents are hard to obtain.
 1t seems that no less than four dis tinct slides occurred, each one claim ing two or more victims. Several bodies have been recovered, but qulte a number of the known dead are stlll buried under the tons of snow, rocks and timbers by which they were car ried down. The death list of the first slide, as far as known, follows;
 Gus Swanson, crusher feeder.
 H. s. Summerland. tram brakeman. Harry Golden, waiter in boarding house.
 Gus Kraul, miner.
 J. F. Clemmer, steward.
 Wade Grove. miner.
 R. Bishop, miner.
 The victims of the second slide were:
 Harry A. Chase, assayer.
 L. D. Stanley, carpenter
 Those who met death i'll the thlru slide:
 Gus Von Fintel, carpenter.
 John R. Powell, surveyor.
 Paul Dalphrese, miner.
 In the fourth slide the following were killed:
 George Rowher.
 w. $. Gregory.
 The first slide carried away the boarding and bunk houses and the tram house of the mine. About Zoo men are regularly employed Ill the mines and mills of the Liberty beh' but large number of men from the night shift were i'll Telluride ana were prevented from returning to the mlne bv inc terrible storm which was rag ing. The day shift had just gone to work leaving but comparatively few underground workmen at the punk house.
 The slide came without warming. The three large buildings were carrleu down the steep mountain Slde, Gls- tance of about 2000 feet, ana ntefaliy erround to pieces not board being leIt intact The snow and debris plled III the bottom of the canon 70 Feet ueep- Those who escaped the sllde at once began the work of resculng lhelr less fortunate companions. dozen or
 o1i them badly injured, however. The most seriously hurt were:
 Jacob Golden, dishwasher, arm cut off and serious internal injuries.
 James Gonlon, waiter, ribs broken and arm badly cut.
 John Isaacson, miner, legs frac- tured.
 Henry Bauer, miner, leg broken ana serious internal injuries.
 Word was sent to Telluride and a number of citizens left for the scene of the disaster to aid i'll the rescue of the victims.
 Shortly after noon. while the work of digging out bodies was going on, the second slide came down almost in the track of the first The noun tain side is very steep and the de scent of the snow mass was so swift that 24 of the rescuers were caught, two being killed. They were Harry A. Chase and l.. G. Stanley, and their bodies have not been recovered.
 The others were more or less in jured. but none was fatally hurt.
 Superintendent Chase of the Liberty Bell mine later ordered the work of rescue suspended, declaring that it was useless to endanger life further while slides were running Several parties at once started for Telluride. Two of these parties were overtaken by slides. Tn one Gus Won Fintel, John R. Powell and Paul Dalphrez were killed. and i'll the other George Rowher and W. s. Gregory lost their lives. None of these bodies had been recovered at last accounts.
 A large number of men is missing and it is thought probable that the death list will be swelled to twenty and possibly thirty. when the bodies shall be taken from the snow mass.
 Among those killed, Raymond Bish- op, Wade Grove and Harry A. Chase were last years graduates from inc state school of mines tt Golden. Col They had taken positions with inc Liberty Bell to acquaint themselves Wltn practical mining. They belong 10 good families in Denver and Pue. bIo ue Several other slides are reported in this vicinity. One at the CamD Bird mine in the Sneffels district resulted ln the death of one man and the prob- aDie fatal injury of three others s, from the condition of the snow more slides are expected. ---ol