The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-16
HOUSE SMASHED IN SLIDE FROM MOUNT ROBERTS
Several Per sons Narrowly Escape as Buildings Are
 Crushed by Landslide
PROPERTY DAMAGE
 RUNS IN THOUSANDS
Mrs. Alex Kupoff Buried in Debris as Home Swept
 from Under Her

One woman was hurt, several oth- CT persons narrowly escaped serioua injury and property damage run ming into several thousand dollars was caused shortly after o'clock this morning when big earth and rock slide roared down over Gastin- eau Avenue, completely demolishing one house and damaging three oth- CTS.
 Mrs. Alex Kupoff was the injured woman, having been caught in the demolished house as the avalanche swept it down the hillside. Partially buried in the muck and debris, she escaped with reported minor injur- ies, mostly bruises, for which she was treated at the Juneau Medical and Surgical Clinic.
 Occupants Escape
 George Smith, Mrs. Minnie Mon- roe and two children, George Marks, Joe Giovenale and Bill Allen were occupants of other houses damag- ed, but none was hurt.
 The slide, apparently started as the result of torrential rains of the last few days, broke loose we'll up on Mt. Roberts above the Alaska Juneau trail, swept out the foot path trestle and struck first the house occupied by MT. and Mrs. Alex Kupoff, 1t was reported. The mighty avalanche hurled the Ku- poff house around with such force that it sideswiped the duplex house owned by w. L. Torell and occupied by Allen and Giovenale, throwing it from it's foundation and moving 1t down the slope, along with an- other Torrell house occupied by Smith. Mrs. Monroe and family and Marks
 Log Enters Hotel
 In the downward jam, the roof of the Kupoff home, towned by Sam Rosenberg, landed on top of the Tom Elswick house, also owned by Rosenberg. knocking that building from its foundation. Mrs. Elswick was at home at the time, MT. Els wick being in Petersburg.
 Down over Gastineau Avenue swept the landslide, rocks and debris rolling in it's midst, one log shoot ing through the back end of the Alaskan Hotel into the room occu- pied by Arthur Thane and Murray Marley, and coming to rest at the foot of the bed in which the two men were sleeping Investigation later revealed, authorities said, that had not the log been accidentally checked in it's downward plunge it would have plowed right through the hotel building and out onto Franklin Street in the center of the downtown business district, prob ably resulting in loss of life.
 Routed From Bed
 As the roaring slide swept the houses in It's path, residents of near by houses rushed out and immed- lately call was sent to the Fire Department. Helping hands of res- idents and firemen dragged Mrs. Kupoff from the debris and search started for another person at first believed buried in the avalanche, but it was later revealed shat all were accounted for.
 George Smith was in bed at tho time and as he heard the roar sprang up and raced out into the downpour of rain in his night clothing.
 T wasn't even waiting for my clothes.' said MT Smith. 1T never did like the looks of the side of that mountain when its starts to rain hard and husky stream of water starts down.
 Others in the slide said they were so startled at the time they just didn't know what was happening for a moment. Mrs. Monroe had just dispatched her two children to school, and they had barely cleared the place where the avalanche came down when the ground swept down. ward.
 He0py Damage
 w. L, Torell owns the property at 153 Gastineau Avenue and two of the damaged houses. l53-A Gastin- eau and 153-B Gastineau Avenue. and Rosenberg. the Kupoff and Els- wick residences next door which were damaged. All was lost in the
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