New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-03
EIGHTY-FOUR DEAD
PROBABLE TOLL or
.SNOWSLIDE.
Rescue Parties Worh Desper-
ately to SAFE Those Buried
in Cascade Canyon.

Everett. Wash, March 2.-'rhs dead IN
the wellington avalanche based on a list OF
dead and missing given out tonight by Off
GERS of the Great Northern Railroad may
| reach a total of eighty-four before the res
cuers reach the bottom of the mass Of snow
and wreckage that crushed two trains into
deep gulch.
While only eight passengers and nine
raj lroat, employees are known . lie dead
! tl1irty-eight passengers and tWenty- nine en-
ployes of the road are missing. Railroad
men think few Of the missing will be re
covered alive if they are buried under The
| snow.
Although forty-eight hours have passed
since the snowside wrought its havoc at
the mouth of the Cascade tunnel. far re
moved from outside aid. no detailed account
has been received of what happened. The
only stories have come from those who
crawled over the mountain trails. Several
men. on arriving at Scenic. the nearest
railroad station, were unable to describe
what they had seen. The peril5 of their
descent OF the mountain had made them
historical To add to the difficulties, the
only telegraph wires into Scenic failed to-
night.
Rescue parties are working desperately to
recover the passengers from the buried
coaches. The DAY coach and the smoking
car have not been found. They were
smashed fat. it is said.
One woman was rescued from Pullman
after twelve hours imprisonment under the
snow.
Duncan. brakeman. and Purcell and
Clary, conductors, who were in one Of
the cars that was smashed to spinters
escaped with slight bruises. In bare feet
they worked for hours helping the In
jured and saving those caught under the
wreckage
Mrs. II a Covington, of Seattle. who
is missing, was on her way to celebrate
her golden wedding tomorrow Mrs. star
rett. of Chenainus, 5. C., and one child
were saved, but two of her children were
killed
All the injured are being cared for at
wellington and Scenic. It is thought all
will recover.
1t is now said that the reason the train
not kept in the tunnel, where it would
have escaped the slide, was that passen-
gers feared they would be blocked in and
suffocated there
The passengers known to be dead are;
BARNHART. r. NJ. Spokane
LEHMAN, Mr.. and Mrs. f, Hunters. Wash.
M'NENY, james Seattle.
SHARP. Miss Nellie. Spokane
sTARRETT, Frances and Lillian, children Che
EIainus, 3. c. }
VAIL. a r. Trinidad Wash. ..
Nine dead trainmen have been identified,
including A. z. Longcoy, secretary to Su-
perintendent ONeil: two engineers. four
brakemen and O'Neills cook.
Among the passengers missing are G. L.
Beck, his wife and three children. of Pleas
anton, Cal. and z. II. Rebert. a civil en-
gineer of Seattle. New York and Cuba.
Others missing include. I
BELEs. A. Moberly. Ont.
CHANTRELL. H. D. Vancouver. B. G.
CONVICTION. Mrs. Anna. Olympia. Wash.
HERON: George Seattle. '-- =
LATSCH Mrs. L. NJ. Seattle.
MACkIE, John. Seattle.
MAILER. A. G., Seattle.
MATHEWS, Bert. Cincinnati. T.
MONROE, James, Seattle
O'REILLY Miss katherine. Spokane
THOMPSON. r. g.. Vancouver. h. c..
THOMPSON, Rev J. H. Bengham, Wash.
TOPPING. E ". Ashland o.
In all twenty-eight railroad employees are !
reported missing
The railroad clubhouse at Wellington has /
Leen transformed into a hospital and ten
injured are being cared for there. Superin-
tendent O'Neill, of the Great Northern |
made his way 10 the wreck late to-day at
the head of a party of physicians and /
nurses. The treacherous trip down the /
precipice was made on snowshoes
The Wellington telegraph operatcr ar /
rived at Scenic Hot Springs to-day almost I
insane from the scenes he had messed. I
NO information as to the eXac; number of
the dead could be obtained from ni,A
The railroad company is making strenu- |
sides of the mountain range. Relief trains /
have been dispatched from Everett with I
supplies and wreclling crew. The road is /
blocked III several places by smaller slides, !
and the high temperature leads to the fear
that more may occur to impede the relief .
work.
The ijrst news of the disaster was brought /
~ John Wentze, of Wellington. He stag
yered into Skyhomish, eighteen miles from
yesterday.
''AlI wiped OUT he cried Nothing but