Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-03-23
SIX HUNDRED WORKERS ARE CUT
OFF FROM THE WORLD BY
AN AVALANCHE.
LOSS MAY REACH MILLION
Twenty-Five Shafts Are Isolated and
Number of Dead Will Not Be AS
certained for Days.


communications with the outside by the
snowslides. 1t is feared as many as
twenty miners have lost their lives, but
the exact number will not be known for
DAVIS. AS many rs twenty-five mines are
completely isolated. The damage may
reach 81 100000.
Miners in Starvation Danger.
A snowslidc late last evening at Camp
Bird mill completely isolated fifty or
more miners employed there and as the
provision house was carried away IL IS
certain they arc in urgent need or food.
A party of POO miners started to their
rescue this morning.
The body of William J. Cressey, the
Englishman who lost his life in the side
ut the Camp Bird mill, has been re-
covered.
Snow 900 Feet Deep.
It is said there are 60 feet of snow
at the high tower of the tramway OF
Camp Bird. and the snow is deep ali
along the route. In the lmogene basin,
the snow is from $50 to 300 feet deep.
This will prevent work OK the reconstruc-
ton Of the tramway for several weeks.
The first move at Camp BIZ prop
ably will be to repair power INES Wlllcn
are all out. This will require several
days and there will be no output from
the mine until the mill is rebuilt and LII
rur ing order.
Where Is Relief Train?
The telephone line to Ophir station is
chi off ana the location Of the engine
and Hanger crew, hemmed III by sides
near Ophir loop, is not known.
Slides are down all along the road to
Red Mountain and the storm continues
so that it is impossible to get through.
a small slide came down at the Joker
tunnel last night and tore out the snow
l. al
shed at the mouth OF the tunnel.
The Revenue tunnel. mine. mill and all
the buildings and the Atlas Bankers
Consolidated and San Pedro are all con-
sidercd to be III imminent danger
No Trains for Seven Days.
ALAMOSA, Col, March 19.-Not
since the snowslide and blockade of the
winter of 1884. when the Denver Il Rio
Grande branch road between Alamosa
and Durango was impossible for weeks,
has there been such trouble experienced
in this region as at the present.
No trains have arrived from Durango
for seven days and every available man
is being taken to the large snowslide on
Cnmbres' 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.
Snow covers Iree-4OpS.
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 working crews and goods arc
being taken to the showed in trains on
Crmbres' Hill to keep the people there
from starving
Railways Almost Impossible.
HOLYOKE, Colo. March 19.-The
snowfall SO far this month in northeast
ern Colorado is the heaviest ever known
in March. Roads are almost impassable
The supply of food is almost exhausted.
Railway traffic was 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.
Repeat Awful Slide Of 1904.
TELLURIDE, Colo. March ia
snowslidc which came down yesterday at
the Liberty Bell mine DANA ged the upper
terminal of the tramway and consider
able trestle work. It ran in the path OF
the noted slide of February IS, 1902,
which killed nineteen men. Many mia
ers, remembering the slide of four years
ago left the mine today and came TO
Telluride.
Another huge slide came down yester-
day near the bullion tunnel of the Snug
gler Union, damaging the blacksmith
and other outbuildings. On account of
the snow no effort was made to recover
the body Of August Helene who was
killed Saturday night by the slide near
Bear Greek
Missouri-Kansas Snow Abates.
weather today in the southwest was clear
and warmer. No snow is falling. Street
car traffic in Missouri and Kansas was
still interrupted and trains were de-
laycd Six inches of snow fell and drifted
badly. In Oklahoma and Indian terri
tory the snow was melting fast
Chicago Traffic Is Hampered.
CHICAGO. H.. March 19.-The heavi-
est snowstorm of the winter has been in
progress here since last night. In twelve
hours four inches of snow fell and a
high northwest wind drifted it badly,
making operation of street ears, particu-
larry in the suburbs, difficult.
Constant operation OF snow plows that
the streets in the downtown section could
be kept open was necessary. Train serv-
ice is in bad condition. Many are report
ed from two to ten hours late. Late this
morning the storm apparently abated
{ somewhat The snow was still falling
heavily, and the gale was increasing.
Eight Inches at Dayton.
DAYTON, o.. March 10. = Eight
inches of snow have fallen since mid
night and traffic throughout the Miami
valley is demoralized. Street car and
intcrurban service is badly crippled and
| railways are operating under the diff
culties never before experienced
st. Louis Temperature Down
ST. LOUIS, Mo- March ia heavy
snowstornl. which began last night has
seriously inconvenienced traffic. More
snow is coming and minimum tempera-
ture of 10 or is degrees above zero. with
brisk northwest winds is forecastcd At
8 o'clock this morning the fall of snow