Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel], March 06, 1910, Page 11, Image 11

About Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911

Image provided by: University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA

                
92 ARE KILLED
14 INJURED IN
CANADIAN SLIDE
RESCUERS THREATENED BY
AVALANCHE '•
SCORES BURIED UNDER TONS OF
Z-- DEBRIS
-'.',. '-' ' " ' ■■ ■ ....
Rogers Pass at Crest of Selkirk Range
Scene of Disaster When Work \
Train Is Overwhelmed by
- Snow and Earth -„ v
V: [Associated Press]
: VANCOUVER, .B. »'., March 6.—
tlie Hill Canadian Pacific trainmen,
trackmen and', laborers buried by an
avalanche in Rogers pais On the sum
. Mit, of the Selkirk range of tho Rocky
-Mountains, 02 a are dead and 14 Injured.
• following Is a list of the identified
\letims:
Cp§n. r: J., BUCKLEY, conductor.
\W, PHILLIPS, engineer.
*'J. J. ERASER, roadmtistcr.
) T. R.\ GRIFFITH, fireman.
'I. I I: TKitilU, , engineer.
..j J. McCLELIiAND. brldgcman.
A. JOHNSON, foreman.
.'' (i. ANDERSON, foreman.
- -\ F. T. WELANDER, foreman.
(1). J. McDONAI.D, bridgeman.
$ A. MAHON, brakeman.
,1. INICHOLLS. bridge foreman.
Twelve of Bridge Foreman McDon
ald's men, na/ncs not known.
i The remainder arc Japanese and oth
er foreigners. I -.
. This afternoon the bodies of only Aye
men , had been recovered. Thoy were
* those of Roadmuster Eraser, Fireman
Griffith, Conductor Buckley, Engineer
; Phillips and a Japanese. •«
The. bodies of Mail Clerk Richard C.
Bogart and Georgo Hoefer, both of
Spokane, were Identified later. These
are the first bodies of postal employes
to be taken from the ruins.
Forty-five bodies have been recov
ered and identified. The bodies of
, seven railroad men we,', taken to Ev
' ere,, today and the bodies of seven
'passengers were taken to Seattle.
> Additional . bodies recovered were
those of' A.. Pottruff, engineer of the
work train, 1 and A.'Mahon, brakeman.
Another slide occurred on the banks
of the Kicking Horse river near Pal
llser today. it buried the truck for
900 feet to a depth of 25 feet.
-' Another slide is reported from Three
Valley, a small point west Of Revel
stoke. .It I* 300 feet long and ten feet
deep, '
"i Tho work of rescuing the dead and
repairing the track Is greatly retarded
by a blizzard that is blowing through
the paws. There was also another big
slide of snow and rock this morning a
mile east of the spot where the men
were overwhelmed. It destroyed a por
tion of a snowshed and buried the
track for 400 yards to a depth of sixty
. feet. , There wire no victims in . the
last avalanche.
.Today's eastbound express left hero
- at 3:15, as usual.
», Traffic Will Be Detoured '
Until the tracks have been cleared
passenger traffic east and west bound
will bo handled Via the.Arrow Lake,
•I Nelson and the Trows Nest Pass rail
•' way. • '
Tho men were a working crow en
gaged In clearing away a small slide
which had come down early in the
evening. They were spread out over
the slide, working a rotary engine
over It, when a large slide came down
and carried them to their death in the
canyon below. 1 It was believed that all
of 'the hundred men engaged were
' killed, but during the early morning
It was found that many had escaped.
", Last night was one of the worst that
was ever experienced on the railways
of the Canadian Rockies. There was a
• . heavy storm of rain and sleet and some
' times snow, and weather condition*
wore at their worst. A storm also oc
curred ln the Arrow Lakes. Communi
cation with the east is down. A long
l \ teflon of telegraph line was carried
| away by the slid.-. '
;-, The accident occurred near a snow
, shed one mile west of Rogers pass and
at the actual summit of the Selkirks.
{Seventy-five per cent of the dead wore
Is This Fair?
Certain Proof Will Be Made That
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
Cure Stomach Trouble
A Trial Package Sent Free
• . Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets are mado
to give, to the system, through the di
gestive tract.and the stomach, tho
necessary chemicals not only to digest
fiend, but to enrich the fluids of the
body so that it may no .longer suffer
from: .dyspepsia or other stomach
trouble.
• Wo will send you a quantity of these
. tablets -, free, so that . their power to
'cure.may be proved to you.
„ Thousands upon thousands of people
' are using these tablets for the aid and
cure of every known stomach disease.
' Know what you put ; into your stom
ach ' and - use discretion in doing so.
»:.: Stuart's, Dyspepsia Tablets contain
fruit and vegetable essences, the pure
, concentrated* tincture , of Hydrastis,
Golden Seal, which', tone up and
strengthen tho mucous , lining of the
stomach and, Increase the flow of gas
; trie; and 'other digestive juices; Lac
tose (extracted' from : milk); Nux, to
? strengthen > the . nerves controlling tho
action, of the stomach and to cure
" nervous • dyspepsia; I pure aseptic Pep
sin of the highest digestive power and
approved by the United States Pharm
acopoeia. •■-. ' ,
-v One of the ablest professors of the
University of Michigan recently stated
*,that! this Pepsin was the only aseptic
; pepsin ?he • had ' found that was abso
lutely pure—free from all animal im
' purities; Bismuth, to absorb gases and
.prevent fermentation. t They are de
i llciously i flavored with concentrated
Jamaica Ginger— itself a well known
-stomach tonic. ? . . '•.'.-.■
y Liquid ? medicines , lose . their strength
? the , longer ? they are kept, through
evaporation, fermentation and ■ chemi
| cal changes,' hence Stuart's Dyspepsia
? Tablets . are ' recognized i as the ; only
true and logical manner of preserving
1 tho | Ingredients given : above in their
{ fullest strength. < y, .'■
y If you really doubt the power of these
; tablets, take . this , advertisement to a
:,' druggist < and • ask his ■; opinion of tho
formula. • ■'*•,'-'. »-s ••'•
"It is due your stomach to give lt the
■ ingredients necessary to stop its trou
ble. sit costs nothing ' to try.* You
' know what ,' you are - taking and the
I fame of these tablets proves their value.
All druggists sell them.'? Price 50 cents.
, Send lus your name; and < address ? and
Xwe will send ~i you! a trial ; package by
i mall . free. Address )F. A. ; Stuart Co.,
< 160 Stuart Bldg., Marshall, Mich. vi : .
Program for Mission
Service Is Completed
r^-W!»!ff!JS'*"^
<-..:.>...:^V^''':-!...-^i
PfcF-I'ljJll.' ' "U'-i,.'* 1" V-l.ti'^J.
k •"•*' ♦*■ £*T 3 *?-. " ''"L---J
• "• „.> . \ ft •-■) / i ■.. " i
GEORGE TROTTER
white men, the remainder being Jap
anese. Conductor Vie Buckley and En
gineer W. P. Phillips of the work train
headed by a rotary snowplow were
killed.
As soon as tho news reached Revel
st.ike the lire boll was sounded, and
within a half an hour a relief train
conveying physicians, nurses and more
than 200 railway men and other citi
zens was speeding east to Rogers Pass.
The scene of the accident was reached
at 6 o'clock this morning, when tho
task of digging In the tangled mass
of debris In the hope of finding a few
survivors was begun with vigor.
Calgary Sends Relief Train
Calgary made an equally prompt
response. It also sent a special relief
train with 125 workmen' as well as
nurses and doctors. The spocial ar
rived at Rogers Pass at 10 o'clock
this morning. Acting Superintendent
Kllpatrlck of the Pacini:. division of
the, Canadian Pacific railway left Van
couver today for the scene iof the
accident.
The first slid" occurred at 5:40 yes
terday afternoon In the narrow valley
o/ Bear creek, flanked on either side
by precipitous mountains covered with
__ depth of snow varying from twenty
to fifty feet. Tho slide.did not come
from a very high elevation and was
composed mostly of snow. ' It had a
length of COO feet and a depth of eighty
feet.
Rain and sleet were falling when a
rotary engine,- aided by a small army
of Japanese ■■ section men, started to
clear the tracks half an hour later.
Although there were premonitions wf
danger, indicated by the crash and
boom of avalanches on adjoining
peaks, the men stuck bravely to their
task. As the hours advanced rain
continued in Increasing volume. Pre
cisely at 12:30 this morning, when half
the first slide had been removed, the
second avalancho descended. It started
on tho side of the canyon opposite the
point where tho first slide occurred.
Thousands of feet above a few rolling
masses of snow, growing in volume
and momentum, started on a pathway
of destruction. ,
Crashes Like Thunderbolts
In a few seconds, with a noise like a
thousand thunderbolts crashing in uni
son, the avalanche leaped from shelf
to shelf, uprooting and carrying with
It a tangled mass. of Ice, trees and
boulders. There was no escape for the
unfortunate workers. The avalanche
piled on top of the first slide, burying
the tracks for a distance of a quarter
of a mile and to a depth of fifty feet.
Hundreds of thousands of tons of
other debris In the wake of the ava
lanche bounded off the huge heap and
half filled the valley of Bear creek,
hundreds of feet below.
The news of the disaster was flashed
by a lone teelgraph operator at a way
side station a milo distant.
Railway officials expect that at
least forty-eight hours will elapse be
fore the line can be cleared. The
work will he attended with great dan
ger as other slides may descend at
any moment. «
No. 98, express train, bound east
from Vancouver, had just reached
Glacier when the accident occurred.
No. 97, express westbound, is now
being held twenty-five miles east of
Rogers pass.
' No official list of the victims will
ho given out until further progress
shall have been made with the work
of digging out the slide. - Little hope
Is entertained that any of the railway
men in the pathway of tho avalanche
escaped alive. The bodies of many of
the victims were probably swept into
the canyon and may not be recovered
until summer melts the snow. Six
hundred men are now digging out the
track from under tho snow and debris.
EXHUME FEW BODIES
FROM DEATH GORGE
WELLINGTON, Wash.. March 6.—
Slow progress was made today by the
men who are excavating the death
gorged and only a few , bodies ,- were
brought out. The weather '< was un
favorable, being cold, with snow.- The
rotary plows and hundreds of men aro
working toward Wellington from both
sides of the Cascades. . When the en
gines, with chains and cables and
derricks arrive, the ruins will be ex
plored rapidly. Among the few bodies
found today wero those of Engineer
B. F. .larnlgan and Fireman . Harry
Otto Partridge of Blloxl, Miss. To
morrow's trains are expected to bring
crowds of sightseers from Seattle and
Everett 'to Scenic, but these visitors
will I not bo permitted the freedom of
Wellington if they climb : tho moun
tain to look upon the scenes of horror.
The warm . weather and * the rains
havo reduced the height of snows in
tho mountains to one-half. - Snow fell
today and that which may come to
morrow is the rear guard of the long
storm, tho weather bureau having
promised normal weather- during the
coming week.,.
: In such'- weather there will not be
much likelihood of snowslldes. . Some
places; on ' the mountains are bare.
Looking down from Wellington into
the gorge where the train ruins • and
sixty dead - are burled, nothing is to
be seen on the surface of the snow ex
cept broken trees, the pilot of an en
gine, : portions .of two electric . motors
and fragments of a rotary plow.
■ The snow makes the trail dangerous
and the removal of the bodies was de
layed. Six • men had charge of' each
sledge and:the bodies will be lowered
with ropes down : the steepest * part of
the trail.
„Coroner J. C. Snyder of King county,
who i estimates the number, of. dead at
more than a hundred, says ho expects
that .all the. bodies will ; have ' been ■ re
covered in a week, , ' ' * ...-".
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 6, 1910.
xxx^xxst/-'^^^^j''''y^ "^BHH
ifljMk '^$%■■■ &, -fl
bbb\%>
I BHs^"' #*
f^ BJ Bmß -^5
EDWARD E. LEARY
TROTTER TO SPEAK OF
RESCUE MISSION WORK
Figures Show Needy Were Taken
Care of and Given New Start
by Organization
■
The annual meeting of the Union
Rescue missions will take place this
afternoon at the Temple auditorium.
Many Inquiries as to the work Itself
are being made. During the past year
the reports of the missions show that
eighty-One families were reunited and
twelve homeless children taken care of
by persons who became Interested
through the mission workers.
At Thanksgiving time and at Christ
mas more than 1000 persons were taken
care of on each occasion. They were
given a dinner and presents. Two out
ings were given last summer for the
poor; who could not afford to go on
trips ordinarily. There were nearly
12,000 articles of clothing and furniture
distributed among the needy.
One of the greatest features of the
work has always been looking after
the men who are without work or
money and are stranded. Tickets for
11,430 freo beds and meals were issued
during the year, and In the last two
months nearly 700 men have received
the same favors. Money has been ad
vanced to a number of them, giving
them the opportunity to start right
again.
All of these things will be explained
by Melvln Trotter, the chief speaker
of the afternoon. There will be no
regular service In most of churches,'
and this morning nearly every pastor
in the city will announce the meeting
from his pulpit.
The superintendents of the Union
and City Rescue missions, George
Trotter, a brother of Melvln, and E. E.
Leary, will take part In the Sunday
meetings, assisted. by their prominent
workers.
TEN DAYS REQUIRED
TO REPAIR TRACKS
ARMY OF-LABORERS BUSY ON
S. P. IN NEVADA
Bridges Are Destroyed and Roadbeds
Washed Out on Two Routes
for Many Miles in
Desert
OGDEN, Utah, March G.—Notwith- |
standing reports from the San Fran
cisco offices of . the Southern Pacific
company to the effect that through
trains will be run over the lino within
four days local officials of the com- |
pany assert that it will be ten days j
at least before the washouts in Pali
sade canyon in central Nevada can be !
temporarily repaired so as to allow
trains to pass.
, From Palisade to Beowawe, a dis- |
tance of seventeen miles, the Southern
Pacific Is a mass of .wreckage, with
bridges destroyed and weakened and
roadbed obliterated. Progress In re- i
pairing the line necessarily will be j
slow. *
The Western Paciflc, which parallels '
the Southern Paciflc through the j
Humboldt valley, is completely de- I
stroyed for miles. The westbound I
Overland Limited, which left Ogden
Monday at 4 p. m., returned this morn- j
ing with its eighty passengers, who '
have been held west of the Loray j
washout for five days.
Stub trains are now being operated
from Ogden to ■ Carlin and from the !
west side of the floods to Battle j
mountain, leaving a gap of sixty miles
where hundreds of laborers - are at- |
tempting to repalar the flood damage.
The waters of the Humboldt river are !
receding and further flood destruction
is not looked for. .
CALIFORNIA MAIL COMING
PORTLAND,' Ore., • March 6.—Seven
eastbound and six westbound passenger
trains of the Harrlman system passed
through the Portland gateway up to
noon today. All delayed eastern mall
has been received in Portland, and mail
destined for California points has been
forwarded.
SLIDE DERAILS TRAIN
EASTON, Pa., . March G.—A Lehigh
Valley passenger train from Buffalo to
New York - ran ' Into a ■ landslide at
Redington, nine miles west of this city,
today, and tho locomotive and six cars
were derailed. No one was seriously
injured.".'..'
DEAD AND MISSING IN SLIDE
• TACOMA, Wash., . March 5.—A spe
cial to. the News tells of a slide at
Mountaindale on the Milwaukee > road
this morning, in which one man was
killed, five injured and five or six
missing are believed to bo dead in the
canyon below. ' .',,'■■'
- ■
MINISTER EGAN DECORATED
SOUTH BEND, Ind., March The
Laetare medal the" highest decoration
of honor for a Roman Catholic church
member in the United States, was pre
sented ' this •■ year *to Dr. Maurice , F.
Egan, American minister to Denmark.
The medal is given to the person who
in j the . opinion ( of 1 tho' trustees |of . the
university of Notre Dame has achieved
the greatest eminence in art, literature,"
science or; philanthropy. '^aJj^SSSBUM
Gt SPRING STYLE fM
1/ i many particular men wait before they reach any de- \ \|
PATROLMEN TO HANDLE
DRUNKS MORE TENDERLY
No longer will the tired and care
worn patrolmen be ' obliged to coax,
haul and tug the unfortunates, whose
legs have become useless by excess of
intoxicating liquor, up the stone steps
leading from the patrol driveway to
the desk sergeant's offlce and along
another flight of stairs leading to the
Jail door at central police headquar
ters. Instead, those whose pedal ex
tremities are incapacitated will be
lifted gently from the patrol wagon.
c Forced to Vacate iff
I Thrilling Sacrifice of Our Entire Stock of Women's^j^ 1
8 and Men's Wearables—Sale Begins Tomorrow Morning |^S^ 1
I. * . m \ Our lease is sold. In a short time wo must vacate. Our magnificent stock must ho moved at fe |^ || *\§m I
fl [ . , <T^.e£ once. The finest line of spring and summer garments ever shown hero goes on sale tomorrow &:.MXymM **» fl
M VI C ITT at cost or less. Understand that every garment is a new spring model—bought direct from « £«§» />>• WL
m /«?> -V^a*. New York's greatest style creators. Prices are beyond comparison—profits cut no figure now. ■jmSm ■■■'4f m
■ : _, *-*_ Ar m t,. * Wo must move the goods right away. Bring your money hero tomorrow expecting the biggest A rtXmk AgT H
I ■» t\ A I^^ bargains ever offered. Come early by all means. (PIT *'^l\*ar ' fl
IS-lHifS Women's Spring and Summer Suits « M I
fl whit*. Full 64-inch length » . ** **-"• — "** "~ ST O h ft a 11
|1 form or ueml-flttlng. Reg- Tl. ' ft--, && X
I [$_'<?% t0 *"■ -J At Cost or Less— All Newest Models ■■ |
II v^WfiaeV-W^l Splendidly tailored suits of serges, diagonals, pongees, worsteds, etc. None but this season's r.i •lf f\l^ ti
m gM«fe- ! ' newest styles. Kvery standard color and the latest shades represented. Tako your choice at fJ i ??;^| jlg^i p
1 |mb WOMEN'S suits XT^.-.ir «* 1 1 CH WOMEN'S siits "\Jr»\xr -R9 5 11 MinH i
I m gSgg Regularly "•ii(, IN O JpU.eDU Regularly !?l().(.l> OVV lfP?M«®^i 1
I WOMEN'S 81ITS XT^xir 41,1 QC WOMEN'S M ITS TSJ/vixr -ft?Q S*^ liMi '^ 1
I i»^®^ Regularly $25.00 JNOWiB>I4.VD Regularly *50.00 iNOW ty Z, V. O J |J S|«K^^m W
I WOMEN'S SUITS \T-, fl;17 7C WOMEN'S SIITS Xlr»\X7- "HJ^J-QO llwi^B^^» m
H afalflaWrX Regularly 1*30.00 IN OWtyl J . / Regularly $00.00 IN O W «PJ*t'"" fjftw^M^M 1
■ A'luVV^SKfck. WOMEN'S SUITS \T-„. tft Q Qft WOMEN'S SUITS XT/-v-»nr "ft^Q 7 *"5 I Kiiw ll
I W''«lV\v^Bra Regularly $35.00 INOWJpIV.OU Regularly $73.00 INCJW tyJV.JJ I f -MSfe^ I
1 niUIMmSM^ One-Half Off All One-Third Off Silk One-Third Off Lin- Jp» '"/ " 1
1 lUs^SiWiiS Waists Costumes gerie Dresses /*— \ |
IlwJllilß&mMmA Charmine waists of silk Beautiful silk costumes in All lingerie dresses ami T>ePkfti rTidtd R
'MWWKfI 7 ! plf-frv messall.,.' and taffeta; rig- linen suits reduced one-- r^eillCUdlf* tt
Wit EmfWi& aild laCe Xe Sularl> ularly $35 to $60, now $20 third. Former $12.50 to $•.'.> X 7,1„«
P^M^llWlWl $6 to ?20, now $3 to $10 to $40. values now $8.-10 to $is.w.
iffliiJL '■■ f' skirts 1 Men's Suits Cut a Third '2??^ {
elr-MIU 71l IM^P9K"U-. WONDEBFW, rIC. S CUTS I7tcc* h** and color, W all |
PlrnSt'lll l[\\\\\2teS§T' WONDEItII I. IKK I. <I IS p ,; lrM ut co3 t or lower.
iMtjlU 111 l/llWttH^^^S Nnn'' ''"' ,ho 'ftsl"-,', 1-. <'»"'-''t Wonderful things will be doing in our men's depart- Here's valuo for you. 3
JUffMlll llluUVliyß^ delsfur awantfd materials al.°d ment tomorrow. We have just unpacked our spring j7.Sosilk 54.00 1
l*^lfflll ' BUIWIBIB <'ol')1'"' .■,. „., and summer line-and a great one it is. Come ami !'", .'"' «_'__ |
' IWII I ,II U a VII B $9.00 Skirt» now $5.95 jlelsilk «i- e-f- J
IHI I I JvlWl \l\ 111 1 1 1000 Skit* no"' *B'"s look over these masterfully built garments—there ■; petticoats.., *>0./3 ra
llfil 111 !\w iiicJl rl iM ,"3•5,, Skirts now _S7.B*. a stylo and a fabric for every taste. Suits regularly 512.50 silk «eC7 OC i
J,WSl*m i sm.oS SSta Sow:::::::::$}S:5o wo to $35 aro now $13.50 to $20. Get your Easter suit »'"-,0 t •*'■— 1
ff MR\\\TOll I 11! i^°'Uo '"kir"' n<,:;::: *178 V tomorrow. I Jittieort... $10.25
BU *\ilUw\livBft W i^?A __t^^^^^^^ 11 ._i_l__j "'~ ja^^ >• ynui' l'-'iste'i- eiuttii lots ol extra sales-
I ■ «yp**^ . 623 South Broadway *'■ ■> i ftr WE STILL sell on credit
carefully placed on a hospital stretcher
and carried to the desk sergeant's of
flce, where they will be searched with
out the Inconvenience of having to
stand.
This necessary duty performed, the
burden will again be taken up and the
prisoner placed at the Jail entrance,
where trusties will carry the stretcher
and Its occupant to the assigned cell,
or deposit him ln the "drunk tank."
Such was the order Issued by Chief
of Police Galloway yesterday and
which went into effect last night. The
order is the first step taken to pre
vent the alleged abuse and unneces
sary rough handling of "drunks."
The question as to whether a pris-
oner is able to negotiate the stone
steps to the desk sergeant's office, or
requires the use of the stretcher. is
left to tho Judgment of the wagon of
ficer.
The first person to receive the new
method of transportation was sur
prised last night. He aroused suffi
ciently, while being searched, to look
about in surprise, and then in inco
herent language murmured, "They
can never say I stepped foot inside of
a Jail, although I guess I'm here all
right." .mmmci&amßß.
Loe* a good-pay tenant, or boar/Jar? L»t
a want ad help you to take It like a phlloao
p*er. _______
ZELAYA'S SON TO LIVE IN U. S.
WASHINGTON, March Alfonso
Zelaya, son of the deposed president of
Nicaragua, arrived iii Washington yes
terday from New York to make . tie:
capital city his permanent horn*,
Young Zelaya in a musician and his
wife, who was Margaret Leo Baker, is
a grand niece of Gen, Robert E. Lee.
"I am glad to return to Washington,'
said young Zelaya. "I shall never re
turn to Nicaragua. I expect to hear
from "my father soon, and then things
will be more prosperous with us."
Don't »lmpl» allow II to die-that plan °«
■/oura. Find a l"tla capital through a4T«rtl*.
lug. ...■■• _
11