The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-01
AVALANCHE BURTES TOWNS
NAVY BVRTED TNBFR GPE,T
BANk o. SNOU iND ICL.



BoIsE. Idaho. Fec - Tw~rty-,cn-
persona are known To have lo,' thatr
lives IN snoNslii-s IN the Crur i il,ns
Mountain mining camrs in the lns' forty
eight hours
The little town of Mao. IN narrow
canon. ~ completely buried m -nn~
Fourteen ars dead and eleven injured
there
The town 81 Burke Ia also buriel N snnw
with five dead, and the men who have h,en
digging 'unnelS slnoe sunday morning
expect TO hnd more dead
Two slides ran to-day near NaIla.s
and five persons were killed nv Their,
OuAer SLIDES are reported The snow
in the C0"ir d'Al"ncs - deeper than
@ince 1853 When sixty people wcrs buried
and killed at Burke by AN avalanche
Tn" little mining town Of Maca lies
betN ss'n pr"cipitous mountain sid~. a
struggling line nG cottages in the creek
bottoms his-Cted by the lines Of the
Northern Pacific and Oregon Rall< ay amt
Navigation companies.
The one industry h mining and ITS h,g
mine rs the STANDARD With scar, s'y a d.
viding limo perceptible the towns NJ Rlack
Bear. Gem. Mace and Burke form a long
string oi house- for siE miles. Mace has
population oT 5Oo. all with the exception
OF lev storekeepers and school teachers.
in the employ II the mine.
chinook winds and warm raine started
me burke -nowsiide. Increasing IN veloc-
ty with every foot down the mountain
~ gained such Roadway and force that
Only Dhnding mist and roaring warned
we people 81 its approach Surface
trans were crushed and visited and cabins
we're ground to pieces.
warming was given yesterday 70 TesI-
cents oi the canon towns that conditions
similar N those prevailing before the
nrst famous Burke slide were pTeeent
nut nobody seeined To take heed
=, Inc task NJ the rcScuers was extremely
difiic'ilt this afternoon. Every stroke
OF An are or sweep of a shovel threatened
10 bring down the snowy mas which
chung to tho upper walls ~ the pnecipice
or IN bring a collapse 81 the hill ~ debris
heaped upon the wrecked cabins
nut there vas no lack of workers
Every man able TO keep on his feet
whether living in the stricken town or
Drought up ON the relief trains. tackled
the job with energy
? thin short time a path - the end 81
the town that escaped absolute destruction
had been dug. NJ places the workers
were compelled TO tunnel under the snow
The terrified inhabitants Of the little
cluster OF shacks left standing were led
forth. and a great cheer went up. 50
loud was the united cry that u brought
down a pile % snow that had hung upon
the edge OF a giant rock. After that the
resc,Iers worked IN silence.
Tunnels end paths were run through
the outer layers Of the piled snow although
every yard ~ digging hsred fresh OH
stacies BouldsrS. Jagged rocks End
trees obstructed the course % each path.
in some instances compelling detouf.
Of many yards. The women Of the town
undertook IN care for the injured and IN
emergency hospital had been established
before the relief trRina brought physicians
nurses and medical supplies.
1hirty-fve Italians sleeping in an outfit
car on the Northern Pacific siding. who
were swept away with their car IN the hot
tom of the cafIon az Burke. used the tools
In their car 90 dig themselves out AZ Z
o clock this morning all hut one iaborer
had been accounted for.