Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-03-22

rupted over at least half OF the state.
All of the employees OF the Camp
Bird mine and mill who took refuge
in the tunnel to escape the snowsIides
have reached Ouray. having made the
trip over the mountains ON snowshoes
oURAY. March 19.--Ons thousand
mill employees In Ouray county are
threatened with starvation because of
the complete obliteration OF all trails
and roads under blanket Of snow
that Is from six to thirty Feet deep.
Information from Mount Sneff,es.
the home Of the Camp Bird and other
big mines, today Is very meager Two
slides came down at the Camp Bird.
one on Saturday night at the mill. To-
Gated two miles from the workings
proper. and the other on Sunday even
Ing at the mine itself The slide At
the mill IL known as the u. s. slide.
and runs annually. sometimes oftener,
according to the amount OF snowfall,
This year the avalanche was greater
than ever before. and after filling the
gulch, generally Its terminus. the over
now. a mountain of snow In itself.
continued down the guich until II
struck the mill boarding house. library
and commissary buildings, all Of which
were wrecked. One man was Instant
ly killed In the mill and several were
injured as follows: The dead man Is
William Cressey. foreman. The In
jnred are John Anderson, Jerome An
drcws. william Weibright. None Of
the injured in In serious condition,
number OF others were hurt. but
only slightly.
OURAY, Colo. March 2O-Ths
ruins OF the mammoth Camp Bird ore
mill in the Mount Snefnes district,
six miles from Ouray. which was
wrecked by snowsllde Saturday ev-
ening. caught fire last night at mid
night, and every stick OF timber not
covered with snow was destroyed.
The fire practically ruined that por-
tion OF the machinery which was not
made worthless by the slide.
DENVER. March 20.-Sixteen min
ers and mill men have been swept to
their death by snowslides In the San
Juan and ouray mining districts with
In the past ~ hours. and many others
have been Injured.
Scores nave had remarkable es-
capes while hundreds Of others are
held prisoners In the mountains, uu-
able to reach the towns because Of
the deep snow and the danger OF
slides. Some OF these may have been
killed ere this. The damage to mine
and mill property will. II is estimated,
reach fully 31.O00.OOO.
All telephone communication to the
mines In Onray, San Juan, San Miguel
and Gunnison counties has been cut
on by reason of snow and slides, and
details of accidents are almost impos-
sible 10 obtain.
AFTERMATH OF THE
WRECK NEAR FLORENCE
FLORENCE. Colo, March 1S.-It "
known here that Frank Lively, who
was the cause OF the wreck nsar
Adobe, has disappeared and can not
be found for the coroner's inquest to-
day.
Since the accident his remorse has
been so keen he could neither eat nor
sleep and ne may have become de-
ranged. although 1t Is said he skipped
out with his brother. who 10 also an
operator.
There is good deal OF sympathy
expressed for Lively. who IN reported
to have been overworked. having been
36 hours on duty at the time Of the
accident and therefore unable to with
stand the drowsiness that came over
him and resulted In the disaster.
DENVER, March 19.-General Man
ager Ridsway Of the d. 4 r. @. sent
this telegram to President e. T. JEFF
frey In New York:
''Dr. O'Connor. chief surgeon, re-
ports eighteen bodies recovered from
the wreck. The fatalities will reach
twenty: six are injured seriously but
will get well. No. leaving Pueblo
had orders to meet No. 10 at Adobe.
The order was sent to Lively at Swal-
lows station. Lively was asleep. He
Is the sole author OF the collision.
Lively was the day operator and WAS
doing duty for the night man. who had
gone to Pueblo to cash his pay check,
without asking permission from the
Pueblo office. Our standing rule 10
that day operators are not to relieve
night operators and work overtime.
unless permission Ia asked and grant
ed by the chief dispatcher