Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-01
VILLAGE BURIED FIFTY
FEET BENEATH DEBRIS
Fearful slides Down the Mountains
Sides Catch Many Persons Who
Meet Horrible Death-Wonderui
Rescues Are Made From Great
Depth in Canon.
Cry Associated Press,

SPOKANE, WASH, FcJ- 2S.-
Twenty-four persons are known to-
night to be dead as the result OF
cnow slides yesterday and today in
the mining region of Northern Idaho.
To the nineteen who persisted In
the avalanches at Mace and Burke.
IDAHO, last night and early today are
added three more who died in SINH
lar disaster yesterday when the camp
of the Caronette Mining Company at
Mullen Idaho, was destroyed and two
killed at Dorsey. idaho. today.
The fight against time and cold Mt
Mace and at Burke has been waged
bravely and persistently by the little
army of men who hope TO find. under
the heaps of ruins, some who have
escaped death.
Great Crash.
The rescuers have dug frantically
for many hours. Evary available
man and boy has been pressed into
service.
Mace is situated on creek and the
mountains rise high on either side OF
the town. The main body OF the
avalanche, which started from the top
of Custer mountain, passed beyond
the town and, shrinking the opposite
slope with terrific force. rushed up
the opposite mountain side. The canon
is filled to a depth of As feet The
damage at Mace was done by a frag-
ment of the main slide, which carried
construction train from the track as
L plunged into the ravine. AS it roll
ed I'D the other side it demolished the
houses in it's path and stopped a short
distance beyond the Pascoe home, The
BOARDING house of the Standard mine,
where 500 miners were sleeping. was
missed by 120 feet
Gives Warning.
The first slide which almost wiped
out Mace, occurred Saturday, while
slf except the night men in the
mines, were sleeping.
The Burke avalanche occurred early
today. That more lives were not lost
at Burke is due to Seaman Row. for
iran of the HeIca mine. Realizing
the danger that threatened the Sleep
ing citizens, he sent Bart Clement to
arouse the inhabitants and urge them
to seek safety.
Four of those who lost their lives
at Burke were members from the
rescue party that had been at work
all night a Mace
They were David Sheppard, Dick
R!choI, William Painter and James
Rogers.
These men we're among the first to
respond to the call for succor when
the news of the Mace disaster reach
ed Burke. After working several hours
at the mass of ice and earth that
blocked the canon. they returned 70
Burke Just in time to be caught in
the slide there.
Wonderful Rcscues-
Among the last to be taken out Of
the snow alive at Mace was Mrs.
George Hooper, an old woman who
lives on the outskirts OF the town.
She was buried 10 feet under the
snow and it took four hours TO extri-
cate her. She suffered from the cold.
but was not severely injured.
Burke Is buried fifty feet under
sncw and earth. The Side is 1000
feet long and fills the caon-
James Rodgers. who was supposed
to have persisted. was rescued at
Burke tonight lie had been buried in
the now eight hours
Asks for Husband
My husband. where is he7 cried
Mrs. Pascoc. wife Of the superinten-
dent q the STANDARD nine. when res
cuers pulled her out OF u1angicd
naSs Of twisted iron bed rails under
20 feet OF snow AZ Mace. Only cast
iron bed pest saved her from death.
Her husband was manglcd almost he
yond recognition.
SNOW slides are reported at widely
separated points IN the C0ur d'Alcne
district Al Murray. p miles north 81
Wallace. one slide smashed the sur
face plants ~ the Paragon mine. in
dieting damage 10 The amount Of $50.
|0oo. Prom the same locality comes
news Of the injury 70 the Bear top
mine.
At Mullen. eight miles cast 81 Wal
lacc. the. T1of Of the op~ra house col.
ispscd Wfth the scieht o. the sno~
uhflc the buiiding was nIled With
vcoiVc All escaVcd Injury.