The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-25


Three more bodies have been re-
covered from the wreckage on Low
er Front Street left in the wake of
he Sunday avalanche, bringing the
total dead to eight and leaving
the known missing at seven AS hope
for finding others alive diminished
today officials estimated the death
Total as at least is persons.
Lorraine Vanali, 3-year-old daugh-
er of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Vanali.
both believed victims of the disas-
.er, Mrs. Vanali's body having
already been removed, was recov-
red from the debris at approx
nately 730 last night still alive.
She died in st. AIMS Hospital two
lours later, the victim of exposure
which brought on pneumonia.
The body Of Pete Bottello. man
gled beyond recognition. was taken
from near the same spot shortly
before noon today. He was lying ON
The buried sidewalk leading up the
hill from Franklin Street in the
Nickinovich Apartment wreckage.
The little girl was in a small hole
formed by broken timbers, one OF
her hands imprisoned under one of
the timbers.
This afternoon the body of Mrs.
(sooroo 7 ao xuoc fo,,v,I ~ the eo,~,o
mass of ruins. She bore only minor
injuries but apparently had been
lead since the first crash.
Suffered Terribly
The child must have suffered be-
yond comprehension. The huge tim
Der held her arm fast, and the small
place she was in gave her no place
to move her tiny body. Examina-
ton later revealed blisters on the
back of her little legs, showing that
flames had licked viciously and
persistently at her tender flesh.
Ugly black bruises gave evidence
that she had suffered in other ways.
probably being buffeted around as
the mighty cascade of dirt and
rock roared down the mountainside
on its mission of death, sweeping all
before it and leaving suffering,
death and destruction in its wake.
1t was only miracle, narrowing
sickening one. that kept Lorraine
Vanali alive through those terrify-
ing 48 hours of living death.
The Shout Of Life
The most dramatic moment of
the catastrophe thus far came a
few minutes before o'clock yes
terday afternoon when shouts came
from the frantically digging rescu-
RS that child's voice could be
heard. Muckers coming off shift
1t the mine heard the challenge and
Immediately threw down their
amps and coats and grabbed
handy tools. Drilled to emergency
and the i'm minence of death
through work and training under
ground, they joined the others IN
tearing into the stubborn debris
Ike mad. Faster. faster flew the
s'ovels. Hardened. calloused men,
who oft-n have flirted with death.
we're whipped to frenzied heights
# energy as they heard that plain
tive little voice call for mother"
Hana was rekindled. There was
still life in that horrible mass Of
arth. rock and trees.
Around the town went the report
that child was being found alive.
From all directions came men, wo-
men and children; the urge of hui
mainly barring its soul in time of
disaster; buoyed up by hope of re-
covery of little child
Men Worked Like Mad
Experts at such work declared 1t
was job of from two and half
to three hours to reach the child.
The crowd grew larger, and quiet
er. Men shoveled and dug like
giants. Nothing could deter them
now. Even men loading dirt at the
far outskirts of the slide quickened
their pace and constantly glanced
upward toward the spot where that
little voice had been heard. Wo-
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