The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-01

miners are reported dead
GUS BERCLUNG.
John HOLM.
TRICK HOLM.
B The body of Gus Berelund has
fbcen recovcrcd. Ninteon arc nowi
Known TO bc dead In the avalanche I
that nearly obl!teraied the towns OF
Maze and Burke Idaho last night and
this morning ard the death lis; 7ill
probably be largely Increased as the
rescners penetrate the debris. The
fight against time and cold has been
ws2ed brayely and pcrsistently by
the little army OF men who are hop
lns TO find under the heaps of ruin
ia the rayines scmc who have es-
capped death. Although the greatest
OF difficulties have thrown discour
aeement in their paths these men
have dug and torn and strained fran
tically for moro than "a hours. paus-
ing scarcely 10 warm their numbed
bodies before again selling their
ehoyels and returning to their work
Old men. young boys and men of the
Cloth have joined thei. efforts Win
those o. the able bodied In the COM
mon cause. Mace is situated on the
creek bed and the mountains rise ON
either side OF the canyon. The
slopes have been well denuded Of
trees by the mine, The main body
~ the avalanche, which started from
the Top OF Custer mountain. passed
beyond the town and. striking the
opposite slope With terrific force.
rushed up the mountainside The
canyon Is filled up &c a depth OF froIn
80 10 30 feet
Second Slide Follows.
The damage TO the town was done
by AN offshot off from the mala
slide which carried away the con
struction train on the track aE 4
plunged into tho ravine. and shooting
up the other side. demolished the
houses in It's path, stopping a short
distance beyond the Pascoe home
The boarding house OF the Standard
mine. where about 300 miners were
sleeping. was missed by only about
120 feet
The first slido was tnat which
wiped out almost all OF the town of
Mace, five miles up the canyon from
here. This catastrophe occurred ut
10;i5 Sunday night while all the
population except the men on the
night shift In the Standard and in
the other mines in the locality wecc
sleeping, The Burke avalanche oc-
Cured at $50 this morning.
Foreman Hero.
That more lives were not lost az
Burke Is due TO the presence OF mind
Of Seaman Rowe. foreman OF the
Eecla mine. Realizing the danger
which threatened the sleeping faml.
lies mile further UP the stream. he
sent Bert Clement on 10 Burke 10
rouse the Inhabitants and urge them
10 seek safety.
BY sad caprice Of fate four p. |
those who lost their lives at Burke
were members of the rescue party
which has been al work all night
Mt Mace. They were David SheD.
perd. Dick Richot. Wm Painter and
James Rogers. These men were
among the first 10 respond 10 the
call for succor. when the news of the |
Mace disaster reached Burke. They |
procured tools and hurried to the |
scene OF the accident where they |
Joined their efforts with the others |
and siormed the mass OF Ice and |
Garth which blocked the canyon a
little after o'clock beIng impressed |
With the Same idea as Howe. that !
the town of Burke was in imminent !
danger of being visited With similar
catastrophe at any moment. they !
started back TO aid In getting the |
women and children out of Che path |
Of the danger. They arrived at Burke
just intime 10 be caught in the slide
there.
Woman Is Rescued
Among the last 10 be taken out ot
the snow alive ut Mace was Mrg.
George Hooper an old woman who
lived on the outskirts OF the town.
She was buried under the snow l6
feet. and It took four hours % the
hardest worl; 10 get her out. She haI |
suffered from the cold. but was not
badly injured
Many strange thoughts coursed
through my mind while Law buried
In the snowslide for more than two
hours at the Missoula Copper mine
said r. j. Mcleod Of Mullin. who
with his son, John A. Mcleod. was
rescued from his perilous position
after only force OF men had shoy-
eled for several hours
'Ae the time the slide occurred .
was sleeping in a small bunk room
Just off the compressor room. My |
son was on shift on the compressor.
Suddenly | was aroused from sleep
by my sen running into the bunk |
room crying 'papa-papa Tho |
slide struck the building with great
force and VIC were buried under a
Whirllng mass of snow and timbers.
My son was knocked upon the |
bed and lay upon me. With the ex-
ception OF my right hand ] was I'M.
able 10 move. I worked this free and |
managed 10 scrapc away sufficient
snow 10 give us air"
The slide Is approximately 5000 !
feet long and save for few places |
Il packed as solid as Ice Tonight |
cold wind is sweeping the canyon
end impeding those who are working |
hcrocially in the hope that few more
lives may be saved Those who have
journcyed from Wallace 10 Mace and !
Burke says that the dead probably |
never VIII be known accurately as
TIE huge slide eau never be entirety |
removed
a finger sticking above the surface !
OF the snow was responsible for saw.
ing the life Of Mrs George Gibson. |
who was buried IN the slide at Mace.
For more than an hour the woman
Inv buried with only finger protruG.
ing above the snow Rescuers stun.
bled over the rough ground by the
light II la1terns. saw the finger and
dug her ont with great dIfficult,. Clio