North Park union., 1902-03-07
THREE SNOW SLIDES
KILL TELLURIDE MINERS

could be secured as to the extent Of thu
awful dIsaster.
First reports placed the dead at al
the way from fifty to seventy-fve, but
It Ia now thought the death list Will
not exceed twenty. AT noon five dead
bOdis had been recovered. Five OF the
injured had also been brought to town
and placed In the hospital. Most Ol
those who escaped serious injury came
to town with the injured and the dead
Just before noon bulletins over the
signature OF the Tom Boy company
were posted, calling for all the men
available to work on the slide. Snow
had been drixzling down for day OF
two, probably Il foot Of fresh SHOW nc
cumulating up to last night. just be-
fore midnight the snow began falling
In earnest and from midnight to noon
today nearly two feet had fallen.
About IL o'clock the clouds lightened
up slightly and showed n disposition 10
break away. The snow came down
less heavily for few moments. but
the respite was brief and by noon II
was showing harder than ever.
+. c. Clemmer. 1t Is said, WIS sitting
at his desk and making out the time OF
the employees OF the company when the
crash came and all the books Of the
company recording the names of those
OIL the payroll at the mine We're de-
stroyed.
While Mt this hour 1t is positively
known that fourteen men are killed,
whose names are given below, it 10 be-
lieved by many that with the advent
of spring, when the SNOW melts. there
will be some startling disclosures In
Cornet Greek gulch. The company can
not tell from Its books how many men
nre lost, for the reason that the miners
who survived have not reported.
Among those who Mt once rushed to
the scene of the disaster We're John
Heron. manager of the Tom Boy Gold
Mines Company, and ]. w. Lyons. for
merly foreman of the Tom Boy mill.
The latter was caught in the edges
of the second slide. which broke some
what higher up the mountain and came
down in the path of the first. He says
some of the miners acted like madmen
and did not appear to know what they
were doing.
At 80 word came from the Liberty
Bell office asking that bulletins be
posted asking for all the help possible
as II second slide had come down, cover
Ing the rescuing party.
The second slide, which came down
In the track of the first and caught the
rescuing party, killed Harry Chase. L.
S. Stanley. George Rohwer and w. 8.
Gregory. Only the body of Chase wak
recovered.
The following received Injuries more
or less serious in this slide:
Lee Carroll. Stockton Smith, knute
Talson. John Isakson and Charles Hall.
A third slide came down and killed
four. After the rescuers quit work
and started for town party was
caught in a slide near the curve stu
tion on the tram. and four men were
killed. They were: Gus Won Flinter,
John II. Powell and Paul Palprn.
DIR. Allen was In this party and re
ceived injuries, but got out safe.
None of these bodies We're recovered
Several men from the mine came tc
town last night and after the first
slide others started down. AS fast as
the injured were taken out crews start
ed to town with them. hence it IL diff
cult to determine who and how many
We're missing. And It is not known
who nor how many We're In the crowd
of rescuers caught by the second slide
Men from the mine who came down
since the second slide seemed to think
the dead there will number Il dozen or
fifteen. or perhaps more.
a large party of men We're Mt work
In the slide of the morning
and when the second slide came they
had recovered seven bodies. AT PIG
p. III. word came to town to send no
more men: that the storm was 80 Sc
we're that the work OF rescue could only
be carried on under the most extreme
danger to the living and that the men
buried in the snow were all dead be-
yOnd question.
1t Is not known certainly how many
of the rescuing party We're caught In
the second slide. All the men have
now come Off the hill and 10 attempt
will he made TO recover the bodies un.
til the storm subsidies and the snow
settles.
The list of known dead follows: L.
ID. Stanley Harry l.. Chase. w. q.
Gregory. Gus Swanson, George Roh.
mer. II. $. Summerland. Harry Golden
Gus Kraul. +. c. Clemmer Wade
Grow. Il. Bishop. Gus Won Finter, John
Il. Powell. Paul Dalpra.
The injured men are: Lee Carroll
Stockton Smith. Knute Talson. John
lsakson. Charles Hall, Charles Gootlo
Ferlinando ZanZuki Henry Paner
Talk Halo. Jack Marshall. Jacob Gold.
en-. Jim COnIon. w. A. I.atshaw.