The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-08
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The dead body of Engineer o.
/ borne was brought out on a sled to
/ Berne, a distance of seven miles, and
there the railroad company furnished
an engine and a caboose and the body
was brought to Leavenworth.
Mr.. Debord says that the scene OF
the wreck was one of desolation.
Covered with snow, wreckage, trees
and earth, it must be days before all
of the bodies are recovered. The
sight was a gruesome one and will
linger in his memory as long as he
| lives.
Brother of S. f. Gilman.
D. G. Gilman, brother of S. F.
Gilman, formerly in business in this
city, was one of the victims of the
avalanche. Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Gill
man have been in California during
the winter but came north on the
Information of the death. They are
now in Seattle. 1t is likely that the
body will be shipped to California
where the parents reside. The dead
man is well known in this city, where
he often visited.
Gilman was en- route from San
Francisco when telegram reached
him at Portland that his brother,
Donald Cameron Gilman, an elec-
trician on one of the motor engines,
was a victim. He at once hurried
to the scene and took charge of his
brothers remains, which had been re-
covered by the time he arrived there.
The deceased was superintendent OF
employment for the Seattle Electric
company from June /, 1902, to Janu-
airy, 1909. He was SO years of age
and single. The word of his death
was the first intimation received by
this brother that he was in the en-
ploy of the Great Northern Railway
company.
Great Fall of Snow.
I 'The snow in the mountains is
something the oldest inhabitants has
never before SEEM" said E. Hewitt
auditor of the Great Northern.
81 was up from Everett to Scenic
Hot Springs and we started down
from the springs with one OF those
big double compound engines, and
after going a couple of miles had to
go back.
1.-THE snow was coming down, first
snow and then rain. When the wind
was UP from the Sound it would rain /;
then it would change over from the
mountains and snow. Back and forth.
making heavy, wet snow that piled
/ up in front of the engine until it was
as high as the smokestack. The en-
CINE didn't push it off one side. 1t
was too heavy and packed too tight
for that, but kept piling up in front
after we started back, backing
the engine, SO much snow had fallen
that it filled in behind us and we
barely got back without being stalled.
1t has stormed every day there for
the past two weeks, AMI that wet.
heavy snow is all the way from to
40 feet deep. They say there has
been a fall of four feet of snow in
the last week"
Looters Early on the Ground.
Deputy Sheriff Hill made the first
arrest last night for looting, when he
placed a man named R. F. Roberts
in custody. Roberts was caught TAX
ing a watch from the body of Sol
Cohen, of Everett.
Two bodies were started for Scenic
| today-those of R. H. Bethel, of Sc
attic, and Sol Cohen, of Everett The
| bodies were dashed to sled and
turned over to packers, who started
down the trail with them. If the
trip is successful, other victims will
be taken out that way.
Minister Well Known Here.
Rev. James Thomson, Presbyterian
minister at Bellingham, was one of
| the victims of the slide. He was
made pastor at large of churches and
Sunday schools of the Bellingham
district, which includes Chelan coun-
ty, and Mr.. Thomson was here some
three or four weeks ago and has a
large circle of friends in this city.
He conducted services on the Inflated
train before it's destruction.
Seeking Help to Clear Track.
Every man that is available is be-
ing pressed into service by the Great
Northern today in an effort to clear
| the track from this side of the noun
tains to the scene of the wreck at
Wellington.
The Great Northern Railway COM
| pany has the boards of all of the
Spokane employment agencies COW
cred with its call for men today, but
/ the penurious policy of the railroad
in offering only s1.75 per day, the
men to board themselves, has reacted
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