The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-03
EMPLOYEES KNOWN TO BE DEAD

Hot Springs from wellington. but they
were hysterical from the horror of the
avalanche and the perils of their de-
scent of the mountain and were un-
able to describe the scene at the sum
nit and the work of recovering the
bodies of the dead.
While some of the missing may be
found alive. the fate of the majority.
railroad men believe, has been death.
Many of the missing are laborers who
were at work trying to clear the track.
All Of the injured have been cared
for at Wellington. owing to the diff
Guilty in getting them IL miles down
the sldc-swept slope TO point where
trains can reach them. The rescue
party that left here on last nights 's
special did not reach Wellington un-
til noon today. While there Is no Off
cial information on the point, 1t Is
understood at the local office that
train No. % was not kept in the tunnel
because of the pleas of the passen-
gers who feared being blockaded there
with the resulting risk of suffering
suffocation.
Still Buried.
The passenger coaches are still COM
pletely buried The day coach and
smoker have already disappeared, be-
ing literally smashed to pieces. One
woman was rescued from the Pullman
after ~ hours imprisonment Brake
man Duncan and Conductors Purcell
and clary, who were In n car that
was reduced to splinters. escaped
with slight bruises and In bare feet
did heroic rescue work. The physicians
who accompanied the relief trains re-
port that all the injured are doing
well, and 1t is believed Yhl recover.
There are rescuers enough To take
care of those needing assistance and
an abundance of provisions. Rotar,es
are working from both directions,
making good progress and doing
everything possible to clear the track.
Direct News.
The first news directly from the
scene of the disaster was received here
tonight when DR.. Cox. one of the Great
Northern physicians who went up on
the first relief train returned from
wellington. accompanied by three of
the survivors. Ray Forsyth. r. NJ
Lavelle, and Fireman S. A. Bates. DIR
Cox says that none of the injured Is
in a critical condition. Many of the
injured were only slightly hurt, When
the party left wellington 16 were in
the hospital In charge of DIR. Rockwell
Forsyth and Bates estimate that not
more than 20 of the 10 people who
were carried into the canyon by the
avalanche escaped serious injury
Eleven passenger cars, three loco
motives. four electric motors. one
rotary snowplow. the rotary shed and
the sandhouse were swept away BY
the slide.
A member OF the first relief party
who returned to Everett tonight said
that when he reached the scene al
the cars were completely buried. Mucl
of the wreckage was covered by Al
feet of snow. and all that could be
seen was one partly buried electric
motor. two locomotives and the
wreckage of the rotary
/ All that could be seen of the coaches
/ was steel pipe sticking out of the
snow, where Pullman car was
twisted around stump, and curtain
that lay on top.
Lifted From Track.
Ray Forsyth, one OF the injured pas
sengers, was In a car In which there
were five women and seven children
Three women and two children
escaped, but the others undoubtedly
have perlshed. In telling of the ex-
perience Forsyth said that 1t seemed
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