The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-04
AVALANCHE KILLS RRSCUERS
THTRTY MORE LIVES REFORTED
LOST ~ CASCADE CANTON.

sarNN ere OG IblsAaGsr 60 Passenger FtIled
Trains Tel wonderIuI stSgdss 20
Their FsxPerience-At Least . Esun-
drea LSst In the FIrut sn@WSliae.
EVERETT. Wash. March a.-Thirty per-
sons in the rescue party at the scene Of
the Cascade Mountain snowslide disaster
psrlshed In "a new avalanche. according
"a reports received here to-day at the
Office OF the Great Northern road.
Floods threaten the valleys OF the
Cascades and add terror TO the situation
Eighte~n feet OF snow on the western
slope of the mountains and eight feet On
the eastern slope 10 being melted by the
warm winds from the SEA.
The rivers cannot carry away the water
and the Washington valleys already are
overlooked. Railroads are compelled 20
suspend business and many bridges have
been washed away. IL in believed the
most widespread flood in the last twenty
years threatens the valley.
According 10 official reports IL II esti-
mated to-day that at least 100 persons
were swept to death by the avalanche
of Tuesday
The survivors now arriving from the
scene tell remarkable stories 81 their eX-
reTisnces Passenger filled coaches were
carried no and ~ feet and IN some in
stances 900 feet down the mountainside
into yawning gOrges and buried under she
show and debris. Not ray of hopS re-
mains OF reso1Iing alive "A sin gle one OF the
many imprisoned ia the ears now buried
40 deep. Thirty bodies, nearly all mutt
lated beyond Identification, are lying ON
the snow covered mountainside.
As it il impossible to bring either
wounded or dead down the mountainsicie.
are being made 60 maintain
"A hospital and a mOrguc at Wellington.
Men who made the trip To Scenic last
night and who talked with the survivors
q waiting the relief trains there bring
hack reports of heroism displayed by the
survivors who weTe 80 fortunate Rs 10
escape from the avalanche without seri-
Gus injury
n. Ptircrll and Ira CIary. two cousluc-
tors who eXtrIcatsd themselves lnin-
JunsAd from the mass and snow and wreck
age worked several hours endeavorinx
10 release the less fortunate victims.
When the two Inen crawlsd out Of the
nance they found Purcell's boots and
socks. Cary put ON the socks and Pur- |
tell wore the boots aud together they
dug IN the snow searching for the in
iurpd
A fireman was held fast near one OF
from the engine had melted out big
cavern beneath the snow. While trying
to release the imprisoned fireman Purcell
fell into this cave. He nearly lost his |
life. bur Clary succeeded In pulling him |
out.
Men who came from the wreck to-day |
Say that the first Intimation the passen- |
gers had OF their danger was when the |,
snow swept down upon them and lifted |
n" car bodily in tn" air and then dropped |
Them over the preciplce. One survivor |
Described the sensation a. similar to that /
feit when on a storm tossed ship at sea.
4 storm was raging and lhe lightning |
was farng az the time OF the catastrophe |
The inun who succeeded in eX.rtcRting |
lhem-elN ~ from the wreck carried ON |
relief work by the electric flashes.
The eXact number of dead will not he /
known for weeks or until the snow " hich |
= over fortv feet deep IN the canon. has |
melted Workmen digging IN the snow |
md wrsCkAge report the finding of dis |
nembered bodies. severed arms and |
hands Frequently the first intimatiOn |
hat they ara digging near a body comes I
= hen they uncover large Tatch 81 blood /
soaked snow