The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-06
BIG SN0WSLIDE. FROM MT. JUNEAU EARLY LAST NIGHT
Five People Nearly Caught by Terrific Concussion
 Snow Covers Town.

Five people. George Oswell, Miss Helen Smith, Miss Mamie Cook 4. E. Ooghe and Ed Sutton, had ndr- row escape from being caught in lAe snow slide which came from the top of the largest and center crevice nn Mt. Juneau, to Gold Creek. at its base below, about 6 25 o'clock last evening.
 The party was returning to town from the Ebner mine and had passed the concrete Hume this side of the bridge when they were startled by the rumble of the snow as it began to slide and saw the flames shoot from the power line wires as the force tore them apart
 They all ran for a short ways bI were blinded by the snow dust aud held back by the strength of the con cussion. Mir. Oswell called to every one to lie flat on the road, which they did, just in time to avoid being struck by the full force of the con cussion according to Mir. Ooghe.
 Covered by Snow
 They were compelled to lie on the road for about 10 minutes whbile H." snow dust, filled with debris, passed over them. Mr. Oswell was nearly struck by a large timber thrown or the road it was said.
 When the air grew calm they were able to make their way to the hone of George Dull, at the top of the hill, where they cleaned themselves of the fine snow which had com .pleteIy covered them No one was injured, but the experience left them all a trifle "shaky" and nervous. MT Ooghe said
 Largest In Years
 The slide was the largest which has occurred on Mt, Juneau in 5ev- eral years and is said to cover about 400 feet at the base.
 A cloud of snow dust, filled with large tree branches and debric, was forced over Starr Hill by the con cussion, and swept over the entire town.
 One jumper of the Alaska Gas tineau Gold Mining Company power line, on the Salmon Creek division. i which runs along the base of the mountain, was torn out between i switch tower No. 1 and switch tower No g. causing the lights in Juneau to be extinguished until the Annex Creek power was switched in, about ! 15 minutes later The Annex Creek [ power line has been open only since ! Saturday it was stated. crew from | the Gastineau Company Is at work ! today clearing out the broken wires [
 Spectacular Sight
 Flames were seen to shoot from the wires when the slide tore them apart and together with the cloud of snow dust rolling toward the town. appeared to spectotors here as though Mt Juneau was in the throes of eruption and the entire town would be swept away.
 A lean-to shed on Gold Creek, in which number of construction tools ! were kept by George Dull, was torn { apart by the concussion of the slide i and scattered along the road. One i end of another tool shed, between | four pour line poles. was carried [ about 10 feet A number of large | sticks and logs were scattered along | the road by the strength of the con ! cussion. E4
 Similar Slide Before
 A similar but larger slide occurred | at the same place several years ago, | when several houses along the creek | were carried across the road and ! scattered on the hill by the concus | sion.
 Despite the cold and wind today, d number of spectators have gone to | look over the scene of the slide