The San Francisco call., 1910-03-01


Gus BERGLUND.
JOHN HOLM.
ERIC HOLM
The body of Gus Berglund has been
recovered.
L st of Dead Increases
Nineteen are known to be dead in
IN e avaianches that nearly obliterated
2 ace end Burke last night and this
corning and the death list viii prob
ably be largely increased as the res
euers penetrate debris.
The fight against time and cold has
been waged bravely and persistently by
the little army of men who are hoping
to ind under the heaps of ruin in the
rzvines some who have escaped death
Although the greatest of difficulties
have thrown encouragement in their
paths these men have dug and torn and
strained franticaHy for more than "a
f1rurs, pausing scarcely TO warm their
arunbee bodies before again seizing
heir shovels and returning 10 their
ark old preA- and young aoys- have
ned their efforts with those of the
Canvon Filled With Snow
Mace is situated on the creekbed and.
the mountains rise high on either side
OF the canyon The slopes have been
.dennded of trees by the mines. The
main body Of the avalanche, which
started from the top of Custer noun
tain. passed beyond the town and
striking the opposite slope with ter
rihc force. rushed up the mountainside.
The canyon is filled TO depth of from
40 10 50 feet.
The damage TO the town was all done
by an onshoot from the main slide,
which carried a construction train from
the track as il plunged into the ravine
and. rolling up the other side, demol-
shed the houses in its path, stopping a
snort distance beyond the Pascoe home
me boarding house Of the Standard
mine. where about. 500 miners were
sleeping. was missed by only about 12O
feet
The Slide at Mace
The side which wiped out almost all
OF the town of Mace, five miles up the
canyon from here, was the first. That
catastrophe occurred at 1913 O'Clock
sunday night while all the population
Except the men on the night shift in
the mines were sleeping. The Burke
ava .snche occurred at $50 this morn
ine
TAat more lives were rot lost at
Burke is due to the presence of mind of
4,
nnins Realizing the danger which
tktsatened the sleeping and unsuspect-
ing citizens Of the other town a mile
farsher up the stream, he sent Bert
Clegaent on to Burke to rouse the in
habiaznts and urge them to seek
safety.
Re<cuers Are Killed
By a sad caprice Of fate four of those
who lost their lives at Burke were
iaembers of the rescue party which had
been at work all night al Mace.
They were David shepherd, Dick
Richot, William Painter and James
Rogers.
These men were among the first to
respond to the call for succor when the
news Of the Mace disaster reached
Burke. They procured tools and hur-
ried 20 the scene OF the accident, where
they Joined their efforts with the 9TH
ern and stormed the mass of ice and
earth which blocked the canyon A lit
etsfsA yer o'clock they started to Burke
<v sio in getting the women and chill
rfn ut Of the path of possible danger
~ arrived just in time TO be caught
tne slide there.
hSc1 Woman Saved
the last TO be taken out OF
'f ow alive at Mace was Mrs. George
eop"r. an old woman who lived on
~ oatskirts of the town. She was
under the snow Is feet and il
tppA hDur hours of the hardest work to
ne out She had suffered from the
tfpo' tut was not badly injured.
May strange thoughts coursed
.n1ooe~ my mind while ] lay buried in
fF s40wslide for more than two hours
- 1ne Nissoula copper mine." said r. ].
@t,soo Of Mullan, who with his son,
gontiul -