Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-01

on smuggler Mountain, three and a half
miles north of Telluride. The roads be-
tween here and the Liberty Dell are al
most impassable and details Of the acci-
ients are hard to obtain.
1t seems that no less than four distinct
slides occurred, each one claiming two or
more victims. Several bodies have been
but quite a number Of the known
dead are still buried under the tons OF
snow. rocks and timbers by which they
were carried down.
The death list of the first slide so far a.
known follows:
GUS SWANSON, crusher feeder.
II. S. SUNDERLAND, tram brakeman.
HARRY GOLDEN, waiter in boarding
house.
GUS KRAUL, miner.
]. 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 in the third slide
were:
GUS vINTEL, carpenter.
JOHN r. POWELL, surveyor.
PAUL DALPHREsE. miner
In the fourth slide the following were
kIlled:
GEORGE RoHwER
9. GREGORY.
First Slide in Morning.
The first slide occurred at 1880 this
morning and carried away the boarding
and bunkhouse and tramhouses OF the
mine.
About $50 men are regularly employed
in the mines and mills Of the Liberty Bell
mine, large number OF men from the
night shifts were in Telluride yesterday
and were prevented froAn returning TO the
mine by the terrible etorm which was
raging. The day shift had Just gone to
work. leaving but few comparatively un-
derground workmen at the bunkhouse.
The slide came without warning. The
three large buildings we're carried down
the steep mountain side distance of about
1900 feet and literally ground to splinters,
not a board being left intact. The snow
aud DEBRIS piled in the bottom OF the canon
twenty-five feet deep. Those who escaped
the slide at once began the work OF res
cue. dozen or more were taken out alive.
some Of them badly injured, however.
Among the Survivors.
The most seriously hurt are:
Jacob Golden, dishwasher, arm cut Of
and serious internal injuries.
James Gonlon. waiter, ribs broken and
arm badly cut,
John Isaacson, miner, skull fractured.
Henry Pauer, miner, leg broken and seri-
Gus internal injuries.
Word was sent to Telluride and a num-
ber of citizens left for the scene OF the
disaster to aid in the rescue.
Shortly after noon, while the work Of
digging out bodies was In progress. the
second slide came down almost In the track
OF the first. The mountainside is very
steep and the descent OF the snow mass
was so swift that twenty-four Of the res
cuers were caught, two being killed. They
were Harry A. Chase and l.. d. Stanley.
and their bodies have not been recovered.
The others were more or less injured, but
none fatally.
suspends work OF Rescue.
At $3.50 o'clock Superintendent Chase of
the Liberty Bell mine ordered the work Of
rescue suspended, declaring that It was s-A-
less to endanger life further while slides
were running. Several parties started at
once for Telluride. Two of these parties
were overtaken by slides. In one Gus Fon-
telie, J. r. Powell and Paul Dalbhrese were
killed and in the other George Rohwer
and w. s. Gregory lost their lives.
None Of these bodies had been recovered
| at last accounts.
large number OF men are missing and
1t is thought that the death list viii be
swelled to twenty, and possibly thirty,
when all the bodies are taken from the
enow mass.
among those killed. Bishop and Chase
were last years graduates from the state
School OF Mines at Golden. Colo They had
taken positions with the Liberty Bell to
aequaint themselves with practical mining.
They belonged to good families in Denver
and Pueblo.
Several other slides are reported IN thia
Vicinity. One at the Camp Bird mine, in
the sneffels district, reported death Of one
man and the probable fatal injury OF three
others. From the condition Of the snow
more slides are expected.
Disaster at Osray.
oURAY. Colo. Feb. 2s.-rhe largest
snowslide In this region In years came
down from the mOuntainslds opposite the
Governor mine In the snenePs district to-
day and filled the guIch for 1000 feet. The
avalanche crossed the gulch and piled
twenty-five feet OF snow on the mine
dump. swept away a large water tank and
swung the new boiler around about ter
feet. The snow shed was swept away
The damage to the company amounts tc
81. 900.
4 Fifteen inches Of snow fell here on the
level last night. The Red Mountain stage
was abandoned and the mail was carried
up on horseback.
A snowslide carried away the ore binl
OF the Camp Bird mine on Mount sneffels
burying three men. When taken out Of tn,
snow Curtis Shelton was dead and YoHnl
White and two others, whose names hnv'
\ not been. learned. we're 80 badly injured
that they are likely to die. The Camp Blrt