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Show BURIED BY AVALANCHE. Snowsllde Destroya Boarding House, Four Being Killed. Denver. Four were killed and one injured by a snowsllde that destroyed the boarding house at Gold King mine, near GladHtone, In southwest-ern southwest-ern Colorado, on 8undajr. Three of the dead are women. Information received from Tellu-ride, Tellu-ride, eight miles west of GladHtone, atatea that hundreds of tons of rock swept the boarding house Into a deep canyon. Tbe Ave occupants bad no chance to escape. Bonrdlng House Manager F. O. Drue was beld fast by the heavy timbers. tim-bers. Though not seriously Injured, he was unable to extricate himself to go to the aid of his less fortunate companions, whose crloa were heard for some time after the avalanche. Residents of Gladstone saw the slide. A recruiting party was formed and hurried through the deep snow to the Gold King. When they arrived all were dead except Drue. Ills position posi-tion was auch that he was not released re-leased until right hours later. His feet and hands were badly frozen, but otherwise he was not seriously burt. |