The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-13

feet. IL took Olsen two hours 10 otS
himself cut. Up q the time he made
his appearance Il was supposed JlaL
his dead body would be found some
where in the slide further down the
hill, where it STOPPED.
In Stocking Feet, Gave Alarm.
The first intimation the people of Alta
had that the slide had run, was when
Perkins ran into town in his stockings
feet and gave the alarm. Searching
parties Immediately went up the guicn
tn the mill. and with picks and shOvels
began looking for the men who were
buried in the SNOW
The body of Mr.. Johnson, who resides
c sos South Seventh East street, this
city. was found first 1t was only par
tally buried by the snow The search
ers were attracted TO hjm by one Of his
feet protruding through the crest Of
the slide. He was quickly dug out and
laid on the snow.
Death was evidently due to suffoca-
ton, there being no outward marks OF
serious injuries or bruises
In to late hour last night no trace
of Mr. Burnswood had been found, al
though more than lee men and BOYS
from Alta and the larger mines in that
vicinity had been looking for him for
many hours.
Struck by the Avalanche.
At the time of the slide Mr. Burns
wood and Mr.. Johnson were seated IN
the formers house. which stands over
the entrance to the Granite tunnel on
the dump, It was twO-story frame
affair. of about FIVE rooms The two
men were seated at q table talking
Near them was fire in stove, which
heated the apartment. in one Of the
upper rooms was Perkins, who was In
/ bed asleep.
Without any warning the slide struck
the house with sufficient force 10 rae
it. The impact was sufficient TO throw
the debris. i'm which wer three men,
over the dump. and saTTy it on down
the hillside. The revolving and onward
motion OF the slide completely demol-
ished the building. leaving a wake Of
/ broken beams and splintered boards.
! Perkins said he was not even stunned
/ by the ride he had down the hin for a
/ few hundred feet ON the crest Of the
slide. He said ne was sound asleep
when the snow struck the cabin The
/ first thing he knew he was thrown out
I of bed and envelOped In mass OF
whirling snow. creakiDg tlmDers ana
I brea king boards. In almost less time
/ than it takes to tell it. he ceased TO be
/ tumbled about and an was STILL
Perkins Has Narrow Escape.
! lie picked himself up. aud found that
I be was on top OF q pile " snow. out
! of which pTotTuded boards and pieces of
q timbers. lie looked around. and Instant
/ " realized that lhe cabin had been car
/ ried away by a slide.
As quick IS he could he ran, tumbleJ
: and climbed over the top of the slide
Z aud rushed down TO Alta and gave the
[ alarm. j was then that parties went
uD the canyon to rescue whoever might
have been caught in the avalanche Be
Z ing asleep at the time of the slide Per
kius had no idea who had been caught
In the meantime Olsen was busily EN-
/ gagged in digging his way out of the
tunnel When the slide struck the
house and carried it away it INSTANTLY
filed the entrance with snow. which
was packed in many feet deep. The
noise of the destruction OF the house
closed and the extinguishing Of his can
die told him that something had hap
pened. When he made Tor the mouth
of the tunnel he found his way blocked
by an embankment Of snow.
There was nothing fer bin 10 do bal
to dig his way out and he proceeded
TO do 50 a. quickly as posi- Die Olser
said he had no idea how far he would
have 10 dig, but he kept at il until h'
bored 2 hole through TIE barrier, u
took him just two hours % dis his wag
out.
ii was about an hour after that,
O'Clock that the searching party found
Mr. Johns0n's body. The remains Wer
taken 10 Alta and will be shipped q
this city today for inleriAenf
| The news of the slide spread yer,
rapidly through the camp, and wilkins