Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-03

are mlN0IHh 49, |
nm besides a number OF labor
probably more than 100 PER
IN. we're killed. All in the runs
are dead.
--.,t wash March 3.-Railroad
-. vino have been at the scene Oh
.es Wellington avalanche say the res
~. If any OF the persons reported
Using would be a miracle and tha'
Id IL. almost certainly dead making
-. ,,,,l "a The report that another
.Yas had descended upon the workers
!. s,.c,sdited here. where word would
- h.ep received II such an acct
dent had occurred
Tho dihculties Of getting news are
MT decreased today. The snow Is
melting and the mountains are In tu-
...i, with snow. rocks, trees and earth
,orins and plunging down the steep
rlaees Il Is hoped TO have the tele-
e,pb line to Scenic Hot Springs re
.,orsa today The bodies Of the dead
q, wellington are wrapped in blankets
and laid upon the snow. No attempt
will BE- made to bring them down the
mountain side. II is not unlikely tho
track will be opened from the eastern
side first. in which case the dead and
wounded will be taken to Spokane.
Many Of the bodies are terribly mu-
uated
Few believe that any Of the 81 listed
as missing will be- found alive, for i is
nov more than As hours since they
were buried beneath the tons Of snow
and Ice and twisted wreckage that
swept over the ledge of the highline
and dropped in a twisted heap to the
bottom Of the canyon 200 feet below.
REscUERs IN DANGER
The rescuers themselves are in a
rsrlous position, for the danger from
is not over.
Warm winds. accompanied by FIRE
ouent showers are working havoc
with the loose snow. which is IS feet
deep on the level and frequently
avalanches are seen shooting down the
steep slopes Rumors current last
night that one ~ these avaianches has
buried the relief party cannot be con-
irmed No news Of such a disaster
has been received at Skykomish. the
nearest telegraph Office to Scenic and
DE Great Northern division Offices
here have received no word Of H.
Men who made the trip to Scenic
last night and who talked with sur
,v0rs awaiting the relief trains there,
bring back remarkable tales Of the
lerOism displayed By survivors who
we're 60 fortunate as 20 escape from the
.yalanche without serious injury.
II Purcell and Ira Clary. two con
uctOrs who CNtricated themselves un-
INJURED from the mass Of snow and
reckage, worked several hours en-
eavoring 10 release the less fortunate
lctims. When the two men crawled
ut OF the snow, they were barefoot
a. but by some chance they found
'urcelfs boots and socks. Ciary put on
ne socks and Purcell wore the boots
ma together they aug in the snow
earching for the Injured.
A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
A fireman was held fast near one OF
ne locomotives. The steam from the
nslne has melted out "A big cavern
eheath the snow While trying 90
elease the imprisoned fremen. Pur-
ell tel into this cauldron. He near
lost his life but Clary succeeded i'm
ulling him out
Mfs. shelton. wife Of the night tele-
apl operator at Wellington. and Mrs
90 Miles, wife Of an engineer. were
oused by the noise OF the avalanche
la worked diligently caring for the
puhaed until the doctors and nurses
,lne on the first relief train.
W X Bailey who keeps the hotol
. wellington, was besieged by "a score
nai-naked bleeding men, who ask
ior clothes 20 wear so that they
lsnt go back In the cold and joln in
y rescue work
Ut Cox Great Northern physician.
30 returned from Wellington last
Pun 'gnl with three survivors. RAW
~ w X. VI Laveile and Fireman :
hSl'a brought the news direct OF
~, 'lsa SER According TO Or Cox.
~. vi lhe injured were only slightly
~. sixteen OF them are now I'M a
'"p'r'fy hospital az Wellington
TINE OF AVALANCHE.
!, now appears that the avalanche
!, 1ired at las a. M. instead OF an
I, n M as hrst reported
''n VINO come from the wreck eov
al tne first intimation the passau-
u had of their danger was when tho
'W swept town upon them and lf;-
'he cars bodily into the air ana
/" dropped them over the precipice.
y urvlNor described the sensation a.
'lilsI 20 that felt when on a storm
,sed ship az sea.
s"s Forsyth says there were five
lleh ana seven children in his car
: g. women and two children escaped.
!, tne others are believed 20 have
s,3.In was raging and the light
Il "~i tnG necessarily at the time
w catastrophe. The men who sue
ued M eNtricatlne themselves from
wreck carried on relief work nv
'ieetrical flashes.
10 inc severed hand Of woman
lu yesterday was a finger ring
ring initials which indicate th.t