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Show JIOBE OF THE COTTOXWOOD CATASTROPHE. From Mr. Shorn, exulting engineer engi-neer of the Wasatch and Jordan Valley Val-ley R. R., who came down from Alia yesterday, having gone up the canyon to make inspection of the soene of the late terrible snow-elide and other points, in the interest of the railroad, we obtain the following particulars in addition to those already published. The body found on Friday was that of Peter Kahn, or "Dutch Pete," which was taken to Alti where an j inquest will be held to day. Yesterday afternoon the body of Leroy Dibble, formerly of Angola, Krie county, New York, was found, and was forwarded immediately to Sandy tod brought to tms city Dy me evening train, mere are now missing Peter Elliott, I from near St Joe, Missouri, who was driving for W. H. Langford ; Francis Brown, from Sooth Cottonwood ; Arthur Rogers, from Pike Town, Ohio ; and T. Triplett, from Indiana These are the men now known to be under the enow. In addition to them there are tour or five travelers also buried, as two are known to have left Alta coming down, and two or three ' left Granite going up. On Friday a largo force of men were at work, but their labor was not very ' systematically directed. On Friday night, a numerously attended meeting was held in Alta, at which resolutions were adopted requiring every house to furniiih a man ior work on the avalanche avalan-che with a view to recover the bodies, and calling upon tho various mining companies for men to assist in the like labor. About 150 men were at work yesterday, under tho superintendency of Mr. N. Drainer, and their efforts were well and systematically directed. They cut a channel down the bed of the creek, which was completely covered, and by this means much looso snow was carried down the canyon, while the work of prosecuting pro-secuting tho search was proportionally proportion-ally expedited. A party of men also commenced at the lower end of the slido with long iron probes, and gradually gradu-ally worked their way up, not leaving a foot of superficial space, as they passed onwards, unsearched; so that it seems Bcarcely possible anybody could bo undernea! h tho scene of their operations without their discovering it. At noon yesterday some of tho Alta merchants sent down liquid refreshments, and word that all that was required would be furnished promptly and freely. A force of men held in reservo will commenco work today, to-day, who have not yet been engaged on tho elide, and will continue the search for the bodies. Of those carried away by the slide, or over whom it passed, four men escaped. es-caped. Robert Mitchell, E. P. King, D. Smyth, nod another whose name we failed to obtain Tho last was the one who escaped by taking shelter under an overhanging rock. Mitchell was carried a short distance, and was not much hurt. Yesterday ho was working as energetically as any other to try and recover tho dead botiief. King was badly bruised, and was too much injured to work; he is in Granite Smyth was carried a distance of 450 feet, and told of tha affair with as much nonchalance as if ho had bcon accustomed to it. He retained re-tained oonsciousnoss for about half the distance, and when ho regained it he was inverted in thc'snow,heola up and head down. He kickod vigorously, and tho mora ho kicked tho more light he saw, until finally ho was got out. Another gontlcman describing the scene says it reminded him moro of a wrecked steamer than of anything else. Pieces of wagons, harness, and all the evidences of a terriblo smash were about; while across tho creek the tongue of a wagon stuck up out of the snow like tho broken spar of a vessel swamped in an ooean of congealed foam, So far the mournful details leavo no doubt that ton and perhaps eleven men have perished by this the most terrific avalanche witnessed in these mountains for years. |
