Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-02
snrY PEOPLE WERE KILLED.
,.,oossibIe to Reach Scene OF
The disaster Except by
Travel AfOot.
~. . Mile in Lcngth--Came
vorntain side at i:2O a. m
,s,.n A., Roar Heard for Miles

March 2.-supt. o'Nel
- cr.,t Northern. who is d.
.,,ng relief work IN the noun
telegraphs that go lives were
4. yostariay's avalanche. Nv
~,-i is being made 10 restore
..,.,-aprie communication
wash. March at Is
- that 90 lives were lost In the
.isncbe that carried two Great
o,'.tb,rp trains into a canyon near
Zv.uns,on yesterday The cars re-"
:. s.ef and were buried by debris. the
ann Of wellington and the Great
No,thcrn powcrhouse were not de-
str5ycd -
n viii be- impossible TO reach the
.,s Of the wreck today except by
a., travel From the east side Of the
cs.adss approach is cut on by
.,ovslide NJ Dury. six miles east OK
e,vnvorth which destroyed the sta
tIos and killed Waterman Johnson.
The wounded are being cared for AT
wellington. but viii be taken TO the
Itotsl al Scenic Hot Springs as soon as
possible i s. expected that the bodies
n the dead win bee embalmed. it be-
Inc hnpracticable TO bring them out
on siedges.
The weather in the mountains CON
,nues warm and rescue parties viii
be- in constant peril from snowslides.
THE HORROR GROWS.
Everett wash. March 6.--As further
details Of the disaster that overwhelmed
tR8 Great Northern passenger trains
when en- avalanche swept the trains
and a portion Of the town Of yelling
ton az the west portal Of the Cascade
tunnel down the mountain side, are
received the horror grows Twenty
three lives are known to have been
lost when the mass Of snow, loose
stones and uur0Oted trees hurled the
cars containing 10 sleeping persons
ovpr The narrow ledge OF the high line
down 20 the bottom Of the canyon 200
feet below, and when the last reports
were received from the scene of the
catastrophe. Is more were missing.
Besides these a score are more or less
seriously injured
Complete lists Of the injured cannot
De- obtained until the resCuers have dug
am the bodies out OF the mass OF wreck
age at the feet Of the mountain. The
lists available az present contain only
The names of the men who were killed
or injured Partial lists of dead and
Injured follow
THE DEAD.
Ta.nmaster A. l.. Blackburn. Everett.
A. b Longcoy, secretary to Supt.
ONeil
Louis walker Everett. cook on Supt.
ONeilrs car
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
J. d Kuriec. fireman
SLIGHTLY INJURED.
Engineers, Osborne. r. s. Martin.
aroll Jorgeuscn. d. r. Tegtmeier.
everett, FIremeu Gilman. Remington.
l.nks. Meuk. r. a Bates. Fred Nelson.
Everett; Conductor NJ. A. White. EV-
Lelt' Brakeman Ross. Mail Clerk a.
I, hurzelL Portery A. Smith. l.. Ander-
.on' Everett; Tranmaster W. Herring
ou Everett
The two trains that were carried
way oy the great wave OF ice ana
NOV were the we-tbouud Spokane linn
yea ana The westhound transcontincn-
Oh fast mail
me after carries no passengers. Most
p lhe dead ana injured are believed to
ave been passengers on the Suokano
Ap.t's 40 of whom were on the train
y 'N' time OF disaster. Besides these
"eihmen who had been engaged Ia
N. u'tue against the elements that
.1l Deem holding the Inflated trains
.lHsohed 90 the mountains since FEB.
g. were sleeping IN tho day coaches.
ROAR OF THE AVALANCHE
The avalanche rolled down the noun.
avn az $50 a. M The two trains. three
'''AouNes, four electric motors. tine
wy ana water tank were swept OF
'e Iedge Ike 20 much straw and de-
'a-t,l in "a twisted mass OF wreckage
lNe loot 1f the mountain The noise
"" 'He snowslide which was a mile
'g,tk could be heard throughout the
,,ley ana Supt. j. n, O'Nein. who was
,ins the work Of the night shift
KING thc noWdrirts. marshaucd
n men aud hurried 10 the rescue
Nl'ahs and cries for help coming
~ lle llwhled heap OF debris at the
,,.uIh OF the canyon indicated that
my Imprisoned On the wreckage
! ,, .'ill alive and the rescuers work.
p Wi'n Ie'er.sh haste TO release them.
'"- ms the Injured were removed
were taken TO the hospital al
'' 'hree miles away by mountain
l. nu. 10 when the long winding
-la' of tho railroad as II creeps
'"h The mountain side Is followed.
~ Iue-s enFer was dispatched at once
y nell' The iir7t ucws of the disaster
ought ont hv john Vented Of
yUInslon. Tie staggered into Sky
'u'''lb rs miles from wellington
n,efaar aud gasped out his story.
VT wiped QUIT" he cried Nothing
p smooth snow where the tracks
ana tho trains were dumped
~ me CANYON" be said
re was so exhausted from his fight
a'nst The snow TINT Il was several
Dry WV
CAME WITHOUT wARNING.
3it by bit wcutzcrs disiointed ut
.l'l'es were pieccd together into a
injected narrative. The avalanche
me without warning. Vented who
Is ~ W - Bailets' hotel ran out to
the pillows OF snow settling over