Show JC Fackrell of Felt Ida Formerly of caught Slide J C Fackrell of Felt Idaho but miraculously mir mir- miraculously miraculously formerly of Woods Cross was saved wed from nth death in in a foot foot 30 Sunday morning morning by heroic efforts of a companion and a hastily summoned rescue party He lay for 12 hours com com- completely completely completely buried in the slide which crushed him under the eaves of the dwelling house at the Teton Valley Power company's Teton river plant deep in the canyon an on about d eight ht miles from Felt a small community north of Tet Tetonia nia He was in the L D S Memorial hospital arter rescuers and an O 0 S L train crew had battled the blocked storm blocked roads since Sunday ni night ht to brin bring him to a doctor He suffered frozen fin fingers ers and toes and a severely lacerated leg cut by the corrugated roof edge when he was thrown n against it by the crushing wei weight ht of the tons of snow which sl slid nearly d nearly feet down the steep side walls of the canyon R M Reiley of Felt who was as with Fackrell at the plant Sun Sun- Sunday Sunday Sunday day morning heard the thunder of the descending slide shortly after Fackrell had cone one r-one out of the cabin to shovel a drift drift from the door Alarmed by the force of the impact as the slide hit the cabin ho start start- started started started ed search for his friend After nearly two hours fruitless labor to find Fackrell Reiley pet sett out through a blinding blizzard to make t the five mile climb from tho tha canyon floor to the nearest aid It took him five hours to coy coy- cover cov cover er r the trail Telephone service was disrupted by the storm I A hastily summoned rescue party of 20 men made the descent into the canyon in about two hours by snowshoes and worked for near nearly nearly nearly ly four hours more before the semi semiconscious semiconscious conscious body of Fackrell was discovered Members of the rescue party detailed de- de detailed de detailed tailed the effort necessary to carry the injured man to the nearest sleigh h roads and from there by toboggan and sleds to Tetonia where the train was being held to carry arry the injured man to Idaho Falls The Tho storm caused a delay of nearly 30 hours in the train journey jour jour- journey journey ney normally made in about lour four lourI I hours hours The train was held at Te- Te TeI Teonia Te Tetonia I t tonia onia nia most of the time I who was accompanied to o the hospital by his wife was Wag re reI resorted reported ported sorted resting as well as could be I i late Tuesday night Re- Re Recovery Re Recovery covery overy was expected unless serious ser ser- serious serious ious complications set in Fackrell has been a resident of the he Teton basin about 20 years |