New-York tribune., 1903-04-13
HAS CANADA a LIVE VOLCANO? 3?
Cause of Recent Slide into Arrowhead Lake
Mountain Smokes.

A correspondent at Revelstoke, b C. writes the
| following to THE Kootenay Mall regarding the
recent mountain slide into Arrowhead Lake: Many
! theories are rife as to the Of the big slide
at Arrowhead Perhaps the most acceptable is that
| Of ice expansion. According to this the recent
thaws had filled every crevice with water and, Fri
day being very cold night. and freezing more and
more all night and until late Saturday morning,
the many bodies of water freezing expanded and
forced the face of the mountain toward the water
until at last overbaanced and fell into the lake
If this be true the bodies Of ice must have been
many and the expansion very great
Another phase that has exercised the minds of
| the Arrowhead people is: Why was it that imme-
diatey after the mountain fell into the lake the
should it not rather have risen? One seemingly
satisfactory explanation is this his Tne face d OF Ine
from Arrowhead, consequently the water would
fine being leave the vicinity Of Arrowhead This
may have caused the recedins wave
THE freight shed at the deep water ianoing nesr near
Beaton was almost overwhelmed. and a quantity
of freight was washed away. -. - 49,, ero,o,,+
shed at Beaton. declares do other credible wit
around the mountain. from which deep rumb-
ling or roaring was plainly audible The distance
would be about four miles
John Copper of Rossand. says: Just below the
Lake View Hotel where was staying. the steam
ar Revelstoke was lying in her winter dock. with
the ice around her perfectly s3o, Inc wa wAaTs ad
the ice and hurled them upon the CottonWood
Island shore The returning "age ,n ufa@sgeu @ 'li n
to be sucked into deep water as the wave receded-
Every one watching the peak We noticed
what we considered smoke steam rising 1t then
became apparent that portion of the mountain
had fallen into the lake. As the Archer had not
arrived | grew anxious. fearing that she might
have been involved in the CONFUSION, and deter
mined to investigate facts for myself $50
-. Accompanfed by the Rev. Mr.. Mccall ana his
son | set out along the north shore or the arm
toward the peak. On every hand we could see
the effects of the waves. At point about sixty
feet in shore and fun twenty-five feet above the
of ice tons weight, dashed Up high and dry
among the scrub and timber AS we advanced:
the smoke or steam rising from the mountain kept
increasin in volume. We could near loud
rlmbling as of falling rocks. -
We reached a point where We could see lhe
nlace the slide or avalanche had come down ana
plunged into the lake Vast quantities or rocks
earth and timber lay piled on the narrow rore-
shore - . o.-,,-
narslvzed with horror at outbreak or fearful
sroaning or believing which appeared to come
from a point bout two thousand feet up the side
OF the precpice. / could not hear my companions
voices.
II noticed sign of eruption except the smoke.
which may have concealed many Things from US
The smoke to immense height above the
mountain and foated away to the southeast J.
know how dust. pGlVerized earth ano snow VIII
hang suspended In the air for a little tlhe a1ter a
rockfau Of heavy blasting. The smoke, or steam
kind. 1t was elected blown upward in immense
billows accompanied by the roaring.
II cannot be persuaded TO believe the CONFUSION
was caused by the falling OF part of the mountain
owing the freezing and expansion or large
n water"