The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-19
As Many as 90 Believed to Have
Been Killed.
DAMAGE 100000
snow Is $50 to 500 Feet Deep
in Imogene Basin.
Little or No Work Can Be Done
for Weeks.


dred miners employed in the various
mines within a radius of 20 miles from
Ouray have been cut off from all COM
munication with the outside and it is
known some lives have been lost
AS many as twenty-five mines are
completely isolated.
At the Camp Bird mine. which is
four miles from the Camp Bird mill.
snowside late last evening completely
isolated fifty or more miners employ
ed and as the provision house was
carried away it is certain they are in
urgent need of food.
A party of two hundred miners start
ed to their rescue this morning.
The body of William ]. Cressey, an
Englishman, who lost his life in the
slide at the Camp Bird mill, has been
recovered
It is feared as many as twenty
miners have lost their lives in the
Slides but the exact number viii not
be known for days.
The damage may reach $1,000, 600.
1t is said there is sixty feet of snow
at the high tower Of the tramway of
the Camp Bird, and the snow is very
deep all along the route of the tram
way. IN the ImOgene basin, the snow
is from $50 to 900 feet deep This VIII
prevent work on the reconstruction Of
the tramway for several weeks, as
nothing can be done in the deep snow.
Machinery for rebuilding the mill ana
materials for the buildings can not be
| taken up during the present condition
OF the road, which will also delay the
work of reconstruction. The first move
at the Camp Bird will prOba bly, be to
repair the power lines, which are all
out This will require several days
and there will be no output from the
mine until the mill is rebuilt and in
running order.
Many Snow Slides.
Telluride. Col. March ia snow
slide which came down yesterday at
| the Liberty Bell damaged the upper
/ terminal of the tramway and consid-
/ cradle trestle work It ran in the path
/ of the noted slide of February 28 1902,
which killed 9 men. The miners re-
! membering the terrible slide of four
years ago. have been leaving the mine
and coming to town today. It will be
/ only a question of a day or two until
the Liberty Bell mill will be compelled
} to close down.
Another huge slide came down yes
I terday near the Bullion tunnel of the
! Smuggler-Union mines, damaging the
I .olaeizsEaith shop afast Other outbuild-
! ings.
On account Of the severity Of the
1 storm, which still continues. no effort
was made today to recover the body of
August Helene, who was killed Sat
urday night by the slide near Bear
/ creek.
The telephone line TO Ophir station
/ is cut Off and the fate of the engine
/ and hanger crew, hemmed in by slides
4 near Ophir loop, has not been learned
Slides are down all along the road
/ to Red mountain and the storm con-
4 tinues SO that it is impossible to get
/ through A small slide came down at
the Joker tunnel last night and tore
/ out the snow shed at the mouth of the
/ tunnel and destroyed the stable and
/ bla cksmith shop.
The Revenue tunnel mine. mill and
! al the buildings are considered to be
in danger since it Is known that the
1 Potosf slide comes down near the
/ dump of the mine. and the increase of
| snow n1ight carry It over the buildings
| The Atlas. Bankers. Consolidated and
| San Pedro are all considered to be in
imminent danger
No Trains for Days.
Alamosa, Colo, March 19.-Not since
4 the terrible snowslide and blockade of
the winter of 1884 when the Denver &
Rio Grande branch road between Ala
mosa and Durango was impossible for
weeks. has there been such trouble ex-
emit
No trains have arrived from Durango
I for seven days and every available man
| is being taken to the large snowslides
on Cumbres hill. Six dead engines are
showed In between this place and Du-
range, also one Of the big rotary snow
plows A rotary snow pillow was sent
from Salida today pushed by three en-
| gines.
/ 1t has been showing continuously for
seven days in the mountains. west and
south of Alamosa. and the canons are
full of snow and in many places the
tops of tall trees are just visible
Coal and eatables have been sent from
here to the wrecbing crews and goods
are being taken to the snowed-in trains
on Cum hill. to keeT the people there
from starving.
Railroads Tied Up.
Holyoke. Colo March 19--The heav-
lest snowfall ever known in northeast
ern Colorado during March has fallen.
The range is covered with two feet Of
| snow and the roads are well nigh i'm
passable. The supply of feed is almost
exhausted. Railroad traffic is very ir-
/ regular and has been totally abandoned
during the worst Of the storm The
Burlington line from Curtis to Cheyenne
has been covered with drifts from two
to six feet deep for several days, and
no attempt will be made to open the
line until the storm ceases
Storm Has Ended.
Denver. CoIo March 1e-Fair wealth
er with rising temperature today fol-
lowed the severe snow storm which has
prevailed over Colorado for a full week
with brief intermissions. Last night
was one of the coolest Of the winter
here, the temperature falling to FIVE de-
grees below zero. At Cheyenne, Wyo.,
it was Y blow.