Arizona republican., 1902-03-01
AvALANCHES IN COLORADO At Least Fourteen Victims of
 the Deadly Rush
Two Occurred on Smuggler Mountain, the Second 0vertaking and Bury ing Rescurers Victims of Third. Other Slides Reported.

Telluride. Colo, Feb. 2s.-Fourteen score or more missing. is d result, so far as known, of series of snowslides which occurred today in the immediate vicinity of the Liberty Bell mine on Smuggler mountain. three and half miles north Telluride. The roads be- tween here and Liberty Bell are almost impossible and details of the accidents are hard to obtain. It seems that no less than four distinct slides occurred each one claiming two or more vic tims. Several bodies have been recov- cred. but quite number known to be dead. are buried under tons of snow rocks and timber by which they were carried down.
 The death list of the first slide, so far as known. is as follows:
 GUS SWANSON, crusher feeder
 Ii. s. SUMMERFIELD, train brake man.
 HARRY GOLDEN. waiter in board ing house.
 GUS KRAUL, miner.
 J. F. CLEMMER, steward.
 WADE GROVE, miner.
 R. BISHOP. miner.
 The victims of the seconc slide were:
 HARRY A. CHASE, assayer.
 l.. D. STANLEY. carpenter.
 Those who met death in the third slide were:
 GUS HONEYWELL. carpenter.
 JOHN k. POWELL. surveyor.
 PAUL DALPRESE. miner.
 In the fourth slide the following were killed:
 GEORGE BONNER.
 w s. GREGORY.
 The first slide occurred al 1:3O o'clock this morning. and carried away the boarding and bunk ho@ses anc tram house of the mine. About 250 men arc regularly employed in the mines and mills of the Liberty Bell mine. but q large number of men from the night shift were in Telluride yesterday, and were prevented from returning to the mine by the terrible storm which was raging The day shift had just gone to work leaving comparatively few un- derground workers at the bunk houses
 The slide came without warning. Three large buildings were carried down the steep mountain-side a dis tance of about 1000 feet and were liter ally ground to splinters. The snow and debris were piled in the bottom of a canyon twenty-five feet deep Those who escaped the slide at once began the work of rescuinS their less for tunata companions. A dozen or more were taken out alive. sofne badly in- jured. however. Word was sent to Tel Iuride and a number of citizens left for the scene of the disaster to aid in the rescue of the slide victims.
 shortly after noon. while the work oi digging out the bodies was going on. the second slide came down, almost in the track of the first. The mountain side is very steep and the descent of the snow mass was so swift that twanty-four of the rescuers were caught. two being killed. The others were more CT less injured. but none fatally. At 3:30 o'clock Superintendent Chase of the Liberty Bell mine ordered the work of rescue suspended, declaring that it was useless to endager life fur ther while the slides were running. Sev- eral parties started at once for Tel luride.
 Two Of these parties were oVertaken by slides and several were killed. A large number of men is missing and it is thought that the death list will be swelled to twenty. and probably thirty. Three of those known to be killed were last years graduates of the state school of mining a Golden, Colo. They had taken positions with the Liberty Bell to acquaint themselves with practical mining. They belong to good families in Denver and Pueblo. Several other slides were reported in this vicinity one at the Camp Bird mine. in the SnehIes district, resulting in the death of one man and the probably fatal in- jury of three others. From the condi- tions Of the snow, more slides are ex- pected.