The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-05

Seattle, March 5-A special To the
Post-Inteligencer from Revelstokc.
B. c., says that between 60 and 100
lives were lost in a snowSlidc that
buried TWO rotary crews in Rogers
Pass. two miles east OF Glacier. at ]
O'Clock this morning.
A small slide occurred at 6 O'Clock
last evening and the men were clear
ing the line when the second ava
lanche swept down the mountain and
engulfed both crews. Details of the
disaster are lacking.
Rescue parties have been sent out
from Revclstoke
The accident occurred near a snow
shed one mile west OF Rogers pass
and at the actual summit OF the Sci
kinks. Seventy1lvc per cent Of the
dead were white men, the remainder
japanese Conductor Buckley and
Engineer Philips OF the work train,
headed by rotary snow plow. were
killed.
Relief Train Sent Out.
As soon as the news reached Revcl-
stoke a relief train conveying phySi-
clans and nurses and over 300 rail
road men and other citizens wns
speeding east TO Rogers Pass. o.. The
scene Of the accident was reached al
Il o'clock this morning. when the task
of digging I'm tho tangled mass OF dc
bris in tho hope oil. 1pdinG a few, Sur-
vIvorS was commenced with eIgor.
Calgary made an equally prompt re-
sponSe IL also sent a special train
with $50 workmen as we'll as, ilu,scS
| and doctors. The special arrived at
Rogers pass at 10 o'clock this morn
Ing. Acting Superintendent Kil1at-
rick OF the Pacific division OF the
Canadian Pacific railway LETT Van
| couyer today for the scene of the ac-
cidont-
Second Slide Carried Death.
The first slide occurred at $50 YES
torday afternoon In the narrow valley
Of Bear Creek, hanked on either side
by precipitous mountains. covered
with a depth OF snow varying from
twenty to fifty feet. The slide did
| not come from very high elevation
and was composed mostly of snow
II had length of five hundred feet
and a depth OF eighty feet. While the
men were working TO clear the tracks
| at 1870 this morning. hall oi the
first slide had been removed, the sec
| ond avalanche descended. II started
| on the side OF the canyon opposite
| the point where the first sl'ue oc-
Cured. Thousands of feet above.
few rolling masses OF snow. growing
| In volume and momentum, started on
a pathway OF destruction.
In a few seconds. with noiSc Ike
a thousand thunderbolts crashing In
/ unison, the avalanche leapod from
! shelf to shelf, carrying With II tan
! gled mass OF ice, trees and boulderS'
| There WAS no escape for the unfor-
! tunate workers.
The avalanche piled on top of the
| first slide. buryinG the tracks for-a
! distance of quarter OF mile, and
TO a depth OF so feet. Hundreds OF
thousands OF tons of other debris in
/ the wake of the avalanche bounded
| over the huge heap and half filled the
valley OF the Bear creek, hundreds OF
J feet below.
Rcscucrs in Danger.
The news of the disaster was
flashed by lone telegraph operator
| at a wayside station mile distant D.
Railway officials expect that at
| ItdSl 'ti6nt WI NsopSN
| before the line can be cleared. The
work will be attended with great dan
| ger, as other slides are likely to dc
scend any moment.
Little hope is entertained that any
, OF the men in the pathway of the
| avalanche escaped alive. The bodies
of many of the victims were probably
swept into the canyon aud may not
| be recovered until summer melts the
snow. Six rundred men are low dig
! ging out the track from under the
snow and debris.
The latest careful estimate confirms
the previous report that SO men were
killed by the avalanche.
| Vancouver, B c.. March 5-m a
! snowslidc early this morning. between
! Boger's Pass station and Glacier. on
[ the line OF the Canadian Pacific. in
the Rocky mountains. fifty men we're
killed All the victims were work.
men for the railroad company and
moro than half of them were Jap
anese.
The men were a working crew en-
| gagged in clearing away a small slide
| which had como down carly I'm the
evening They were working "A TO
| tary engine over 1t when q larger
slide came down and carried them TO
their death I'm the canyon below.
At first 1t was believed that all OF
! the hundred men engaged were killed
/ but during the early morning II was
| found tha1 many OF them had es-
| capped and the death list is now
| placed in the vicinity Of atty.
All passenger trains on the line are
| safe, though IL will probably he a
] day OLE two before They arc able 10