Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-22

JAIN III an HouT. MeanWnilo the
blizzard blew up, and as he was o.
friend OF the proprietor. with whom he
was we'll acquainted he accepted an
invitation to sleep there over night. TO
avoid the return trip IN the storm.
Inc Rescue OF the entombed men I'm
the clearinghouse was MT effected
nearly so easily as those IN the saloon.
lhe boarding house was near the sa-
loon, but as no one escaped from Il.
and those who escaped from the saloon
were not aware OF the extent Of the
damage, no alarm was carried to the
Columbus mine untll after daylight
saturday, and II was after 5 O'clock
when the miners turned out with shov-
els to dig down to the house. One
or them stated today that II they had
known of the catastrophe at the time
IL happened they could probably have
saved the entombed men alive
RESCUE PARTY INTERVIEWED
George Dell J. l., Mitchell. w. Wal.
lace and {. ), Jones, four of the so
men who worked on the rescue party.
and who accompanied the bodies of the
dead men to Sandy Sunday afternoon.
We're interviewed by the News" today.
Inc version Of the affairs as given by
Mr.. Jones IL as follows:
THE slide must have happened abou.
2:20 o'clock. although Baker. who was
dug out alive from the saloon, says II
was Z O'Clock, But IN the Bedroom OF
the boardinghouse, where I'VE found the
-FOUR bodies. we also found a smashed
alarm clock. and the hands were
stopped at 20 minutes past two.
EIGHT A. NJ. SATURDAY.
THE flrst we knew Of IL at the Column
bus Consolidated was at o'clock Sat
urday morning, when Billy White, the
shift boss. came into the boarding
house, where we were eating breakfast,
aud told US the South Columbus board
Ing house was under a slide. and maybe
they might need some help. We started
out AT once. each man with n shovel.
and the shift from the mine, too. Joined
with us. When We got there, | guess
there We're 60 men in all to work. but
We didn't have anyone to tell us where
to begin, and didn't know for certain
anyone was buried there. We sank one
shaft through the snow, however work.
ing in tiers OF three. the lowest men
tossing the snow to those above. ana
these tossing it in turn to those above
Ihem. till 1t went up over the top.
Twenty feet down we struck tne front
bedroom. and found Il unoccupied, and
the bedclothes undisturbed.
FOUND FOUR BODIES.
I'VE knew no one had slept there, so
we sunk another shaft for the west bed
room, and when we struck this room 1t
was about II o'clock. We uncovered
the four bodies, and found they had
turned black. with blood running from
the nose and mouth. 80 we knew II was
all up with them. Shift Boss George
Shater OF the Columbus mine was the
first man to reach the bodies. and HI
had w work their arms and legs to see
il we could getAny signs OF life. The
bedstead had }nen crowded over on
top of the bed on>tha floor where two OF
the men were sleeping and none OF the
men had moved before the slide buried
them. They had tried after that though.
to free themselves, as they had dug
e,Say SPACE around their heads With
their hands and by moving their heads.
WIND BLEW A GALE.
1T was a pretty tough thing to work
on the slide, as the wind was blowing
n gale all sunday morning, and the
snow was flying till you could hardly
see. This was not big slide il just
broke away little at the bottom, and
bigger slide is due In the same place
any time. We KEEP. a lookout for II
while we were working. and didn't
know what time II would reach us"
JACOBSON NOTIFIED.
While the miners were working away
on the slide, General Manager Tony
Jacobson of the Columbus Consolidated
mine had been notified In Salt Lake and
had ordered two sleighs In charge OF
Jack" Thompson Edgar Despaine and
I NJayAAlA m no N, he 10
Sandy. They started up Sunday morn
ing. and met Andrew Thompson above
Wasatch, with the mail sleigh. he hav-
ing been unable to get up the canyon
Saturday.
BRINGING DOWN THE DEAD.
The three sleighs continued on break
ing path. until at noon Sunday they
met the party bringing the dead men
down from Alta, two were wrapped in
rawhide, and four In corrugated iron
coverings, which the men were sliding
along.
Following their discovery Saturday
the miners had packed them up to the
Columbus mine wrapped In blankets,
and there had prepared the crates in
which they slid them on down to Tan
ner's fats Sunday. where they met the
sleighs.
WENT TO SANDY.
The entire party returned to Sandy
with the bodies, Deputy Sheriff Davis
from Alta having arrived and assumed
charge, At Sandy Sheriff Emery was
notified. and with County Atty Chris
Jensen he went 10 that town this morn
Ing to investigate matters and TO de-
termine whether or not an inquest is
necessary.
General Manager Jacobson OF the Co.
lumbus mine left Salt Lake this morn
ing for the scene OF the slide. At the
office OF the company In the Commercial
block Secy. Arthur f.. Snow said that
Mr.. Jacobson would superintend the
repairs to the power line. and start
the works up again. The company
bunk house and boarding house he said
were up on an old dump. out OF the
path of possible snowslides, and for
that reason he felt that there was no
danger to the mine or to the miners.
Powell and Bennett, Mr. Snow says,
have worked for the company ewes since
the mine opened four years ago, while
Powell was raised at Alta and knew
the canyon as thoroughly as does any
one In It.