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Show Tho Bingham Snowslide. Bingham, Feb. 3, 1877. Editors Herald: The particulars about the slide in Bingham on the morning of the 1st are as follows, as near as I could glean them: About 9 o'clock on Friday morning, Thomas Sweenoy left his boarding houae, the Griffin home, and started off to work aa usual on the Knickerbocker mine, Bituated in Cot- j tonwood, a tributary gulch of Carr's fork, about a mile and a quarter from 1 his home. At 6 o'clock, as Mr. Sweeney failed to make his appearance, appear-ance, Mr. Nolan of the Griffin house became uneasy and at once dispatched four men to look after hie miaaing guest, and after sufficient time had elapsed to hear from Mr. Sweeney, Mr. Nolan sent two more men. The news soon came back thu a anow-slide anow-slide had daacended in Cottonwood, and nearly 100 men were immediately on the ground, making Bearch with iron bars, shovels, olc, and at half-1 past 8 in the evening Sweeney was j found. It waa auppoacd he had been ' uader the enow from 10 o'clock of that day. When found, one of his! hands was within a foot of the top of tho enow. Mr. Sweeney was n stranger to most of the miners here. Hia habits were those of a quiet, sober and industrious in-dustrious man. He was fair and honest in hia dealinga. He had lived in Utah about two years. Ho was between 45 and 48 yeara of age; 5 feet 7 inches high. The body lett here for Salt Lake city last evening by a conveyance of Mr. Si Lee & Co. - Liberi. |