The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-03-10
SCORES BURIED
UNDER SNOW ON
CANADIAN LINE
FIFTY WORKMEN EMPLOYED ON
CANADIAN PACIFIC KILLED IN
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
ROTARY PLOW CREWS PERISH.
Men Were Clearing One Avalanche from
Road When Second Swept Down
the Mountain.
WELLINGTON STILL IN DANGER,

VANCOUVER, b. c., March I'm
Il snowslide early this morning between
Rogers Pass station and Glacier. on the
line Of the Canadian Pacific, in the
Rocky mountains, sixty men were Killed
All the victims were workmeu for the
railway company and more IMAM halI OF
them were japanese.
The victims composed the crews Of
two rotary snOwplOughs. \ small slide
occurred at o'clock Friday evening, and
the men were clearing the railway line
when the second avalanche swept down
the mountain and engufed both crews.
Rescue parties have been sent out from
kevelstOke.
At first it was believed that all Of the
hundred men engaged IN the work had
been killed but during the morning 1t
was found that many had escaped.
All passenger trains on the line are
safe, though it will probably be day
or two before they are able to pass the
place where the slide occurred.
Friday night was one of the worst
ever experienced in the railway see
ton Of the Canadian Rockies There
was heavy storm of rain and sicet and
sometimes snow.
y SUI Ia NiNp b''VIlf' III tltf Al Wv
lakes. Communication with the east IS
down, \ long section of the telegraph
iinc was carried away by the slide.
Mountains on Either Side.
The first slide occurred ut $40 Fri
day afternoon in the Arrow valley of
Bear creek, huukcd on either side by
PERCEPTIONS mountains covered with a
depth of snow varying from twenty TO
fifty feet. The slide did not como from
very high elevation and was composed
mostly Of snow. IT had a length of 800
feet and depth Of 50 feet
While men were working TO clear the
tracks at l2:3O this morning, half of the
first slide having been removed, the sec
ond avalanche descended The fresh
dpwnruSh started On the side of the
canyon opposite the point where the first
lopscnlng occurred. Thousands Of feet
growing IN volume and momentum
started on pathway of destruction.
In lew seconds, with n noise like
thousand thdnderhOts in unison the
avalanche leaped from shelf to shelf,
carrying downward Il giant mass of leo
trees and boulders. There was no cs
capo for the unfortunate workers. The
avalanche piled on top of the first slide.
burying the tracks afdepth Of 30 feet for
~ 10
Hundreds of thousands Of tons Of 9th
er debris in the wake of the avalanche
bounded of the huge heap and half
filled the valley of Bear creek, hundreds
of feet below.
Railway officials expect that ut least
forty-ciglt hours will clapse before the
line can be- cleared The work is at
tended with great danger, as another
slide may descend at any moment.
lttlp ham. - ant 81
III" men in ia" pathway of the ava
lanchc escaped alive. The bodies of many
of the victims were probably swept into
the canyon and may not be recovered
until summer mclt4 the snow. Six hun
drod men are now digging ont the track
from under the debris
Wellington in Danger.
WELLINGTON. Wash. March d
A Il the bodies Of the victims Of the Wei
lngtOn disaster VIII not be recovered for
II month, according 10 "A statement made
by Supt O'NeilI today.
The danger ut second slide is immi-
ncnt. The snow back of the hotel Is ms
high as the roof Entrance Is gained
through 81 tunnel Of snow from the front
At ALVIN, the station agent was forced
10 leave ON account of having no food
In Bcrne, five miles east of the tunnel
the employees of the road were starved
out, and were forced to send mrsscn.
gen over almost insurmuuulahie obstacles
10 get help.
There il no confirmation Of report
that six luhOr"rs were Killed in am AVA
laurhc ut Cascade, on the east slope OF
the mountains Thursday, Two men lost
their lives in Slide there February II
Two hundred luborors with picks and
shoycls went 10 work today in the
snowy graveyard Of the gorge below the
RAILWAY station Less than half of the
bodies buried by the avalanche had been
recovered when work stopped last night
The corpsoS were in sleeping garments,
and Identification is difficult 50 far a4
known there ls no list of the foreign Ia
Lorcrs who were IN the day coaches. The
total number of these men is not known.
The bodies Of the Identified dead VIII
hc taken from the mountansidc On
s.odg"s today, and probably those &c the
wounded who are able to hc moved WIN