Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-03-24
A FATAL SNOWSLIDE|
One men KILLED and PROPERTY
DESTROYED NEAR 0URAY, COL.
Camp Bird Mining Company iiiii De-
srroyed and Loss VIII Be over $780,
o0o-TAo Men Injured and Second
Slide Occurred in Evening". Making
Clean Sweep.

Pueblo, Col. March ia special
to the Chieftain from Ouray says:
A snowslide at l o'clock Sunday
morning killed one man, injured two
and damaged property belonging to
the Camp Bird Mining company to the
extent Of 100000. William Cressey
was caught in the slide and Instantly
killed, and William Albright and man
by the name OF Stickney were injured,
but not seriously. The Camp Bird mill,
which had recently been installed at
cost of over 100000; the reading
room of the mill and IA strands of
tramway were carried down with the
slide.
In the evening a second snowslide
occurred, which carried away the an
gle station, the shed building Of the
Camp Bird dump, the blacksmith shop,
storeroom where all the provisions
we're kept and two miles Of the camp
Bird tram.
The destruction of the provision
house cuts off the food supply. The
$50 men employed in the mine, fearing
other slides might come, have taken
refuge in the tunnel. Preparations are
being made to rescue the men or get
provisions to them before the snow
makes it impossible to reach them.
In addition to those mentioned
above, slides have run among the
mountains around Ouray. The lines
of communication have been interrupt
ed to the following mines:
The Bankers National, employing so
men; the Revenue, employing 200
men; the Atlas, employing 16 men;
the Camp Bird, employing ESQ men.
and the San Pedro. employing 100
men.
During the afternoon a slide took
out the power line Of the Animas Min
ing company Later a second slide
took three quarters of mile Of the
Telluride power plant. which furnishes
E power to the Revenue, San Pedro and
Atlas mines
The Camp Bird clubhouse was one
of the finest ever built for a similar
purpose Camp Bird is the mine sold
: by Thomas Walsh, the millionaire mine
owner, several years ago, to an Eng
lish company.
Later Report.
Six hundred miners employed in the
various mines within a radius of II
miles from Ouray have been cut of
from all communication with the out
S side, and it is known that some live
' have been lost. AS many as 25 mine
D are completely isolated.
: The body Of William J. Cressey, tn
s Englishman who lost his life in tn
s slide at the Camp Bird mill. has beei
e recovered.
e 1t is feared that as many as 30 mel
}. have lost their lives in the slide. bu
l. the exact number will not be know
h for days. The damage may reach 81 ,
e 100000. 1t is said there is go feet o
Il snow at the high tower of the trsmws
l. of the Camp Bird and the snow is dee
e all along the route of the tramway.
}. In the Imogene basin the snow is 10
d to 800 feet deep. This will proven
l. work on the reconstruction of tn
s tramway for several weeks. Maohiner
Il for rebuilding the mill and material
J. for the buildings can not be taken u
3 during the present condition OF tn
r road.
Latest Report.
Denver, Col, March 20.-By the los
of 10 lives in a snow slide near Silver
ton, the death list resulting from tn
!; great storm Of last week in the Sa
C Juan mining district has been increai
s, ed to at loast 10.
r At Silverton, at the camp Bird min,