Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-03-26
STORM SITUATION.

came down at the Bonnor propers,
near the Burro bridge on Mincrn
creek, killing George Abbott ant
Lucky Bill" Thompson. The bod,
OF Abbott has been found but that o
Thompson Will probably not be founc
for some time.
SlLNERTON, March 22.-There
We're several snowslidcs at Animas
Forks Saturday night, and all the
buildings of the Sound Democrat and
Sunlight mines were carried away
Joseph Walker. the night watchman
at the Sound Democrat, was killed
William Mslonc. who was employed
with Walker. escaped
ID. n. Hickey. foreman of the
Green Mountain mill. who was killed
in that slide leaves wife In sill
verton
slLVERToN, March 22.-There is
plenty of coal in Silverton aud plenty
of everything else but fresh meat,
which has dwndled without the ordin.
airy weekly shipments, and this too is
IN a mountain camp that tries every
iall to put in all needed supplies for
winter
The health OF sllverton is very
good, better than 1t has been all win
ter but the people are becoming
weary of the blockade.
SlLNERTON. March 22-The Her.
aids correspondent here this morning
confirms dispatches already printed
The list OF killed In the slide ut the
Shenandoah mine Is as follows; joan
rheboldt, f. Shaw, Gus iieise, Peter
Kohlherg, Bert Albert, Ed l<ile. Flake
| Clanton, Emil Boos, Tom OBerta,
| Canto Zegellio, Jim Zegclo and Gus.
| tafson.
Those who escaped were Edward
Shutdown, w N. Han. George Hfn
Joseph Bradshaw. Frank vorfella.
George Wilson, John Deagor and
Frank Beraut
The Shenandoah mine Is in Arastra
| gnlch below the Silver Lake mines
group,
SlLVERTON, March 23.-The slide
covering the tunnel in which 1t was
hoped Lucky Bill" Thompson had
taken refuge has been opened and he
was not found there. so 1t is now Ger.
tain that he was carried ON down the
guleh and buried in the snow.
Flake blantons body has been re.
| covered from the Shenandoah slide.
and brought 10 town and II is learned
that another body is being sledded
down: so this leaves ten or the vic
tins to find. A searching party is
doing all that can be done, but prog
ress is slow.
Nearly all of Sllvertons casualties
occurred In one day. About all the
| mines and mills are closed temporar.
lly until traffic can be restored. The
'iiadstone d Northern railroad Is In
about as bad fix as the Rio Grande Ia
the canon below. A small force is
trying TO shovel the road out. but has
only gotten cut about three miles
from Silyerton There Is atiI tele-
phone communication between Silver.
ton and Eureka but Anmiag Forks has
been cut on for several days.
Silyerton has plenty of coal and
food enough TO last till the 18th of
April or longer. II Is not expected
10 get a train under two weeks. IL
Is probable that a pack train will he
taken down the canon To try to con.
| meet with the work train and hripg
III part oil the long delayed mail from
| Durango.
SlLVERTON. March "a (2:30 d. M
"A heavy snow storm is on here a.
this hout, snow beginning this morn
| ing No news can he obtained from
me work trains In the canon below
About twenty persons went down the
canon this morning on snowshoes to
reach one of the work train with the
purpose OF reaching Durango and the
outside world. Many OF them were
miners. two or three being travelling
men.
Thirty men are working at the
scene of the Shenandoah slide Gye
miles out from Silverton, but contin-
ued storms make the work hazardous
ana difficult to recover the bodies.
ohly lhree bodies have been brought
in; those of Flake BIanton. Nels Gus
tafson and Emil Brod aud another
I body, that OF A. j. Kirk, who was
shiit boss on the mine. has been found
Effort continues to open the stage
route to Ouray. and yesterday few
letters about two weeks old were
brought in. 1t IL expected to get "A
mail of letters only from Ouray to.
day or tomorrow, and to have the Rio
Grande send the mail around that way
nntil the Anlmas canon Is open.
Conductor ,a.nes H. McHolland
pulled up the canon today at noon
with third working train crew. sew,
eral cars and twenty or thirty more
Japs, which viii make force alto
gethof OF about 100 In the canon
When raining In Durango this morn
ing heavy snow was reported at tae
scene OF slide breaking.
=. The Jap laborers had Just been
brought In from Cumbres and were moi
eager TO hurry ont to the canon
While at Cumbres the food supply rar
snort and they subsisted on bread and
water for three days. They wanted
to know this time II there would b.
plenty to eat, and being assured tha