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Show MINERS FLEE FOR SAFETY. Avalanche Comes Down in Path of Disastrous Slide of 1902. TELLl'RIDE. Colo.. March 19. A snowsllde which came down yesterda -at the Llbertv Bell mine dama-red the upper terminal of tho tramway ami con-flderable con-flderable trestle-work. It ran in tho path or tho noted slide or February 25, 1002. which killed nineteen men. The miners, remembering tho terrible slide of four -yea it ago. have been lenv-Ing lenv-Ing the mlno and coming to town to- J It' will be only a question of a day or two until tho Liberty Bell mill will be compelled to closo down. Another huge slide came down ywter-dav ywter-dav near the Bullion tunnel of the Smug-gle"r-Unlon mines, damaging the black-smith black-smith shop and other outbuildings. Storm Prevents Rescue "Work. On account of the sovcrlty of the storm. which still continues, no effort was made todnv to recover tho body of August Ilellene. who was killed Saturday night bv tho slide ln Bear creek Tho telephone lino to Onhlr station is Jm cut off and tho fate of tho engine and llange? crow, hemmed In bv slides near H OnhTr loop, has not been learned. Slides are down all along tho road to Rfd Mountain and the storm wnUnucs so H that It Is impossible to get through. Snowshcds and Stable Demolished. A small slide came down at the Joker ,'.: Ht nlrht and tore out the snov-K snov-K .t the mouth of the tunnel and do- H su-oye-d the stable nnd blacksmith shop H The Revenue Tunnel mine, ml I and all ,he buildings aro nsldered to be In Ji-ineer since t s known that the i oicisi Judo cbinofi . down near tho dump of t e siiuc i- ' incren Of snow might Srrv It over "the buddings. The Atla-i. H Tinlrir-i Cons'olldated nnd San Pedro are Si considered l lo be in Imminent danger H 600 Men Cut Off. mv hundrMl miners employed In the v-rlot-" mlneH within a radius of twenty mUes from Ouray have been cut off from al I co ni m u n lea lion with the ou side, and H U Is known some lives have been lost. am many ns twenty -live miners are com- iVaW- uolnted At the Camp Bird mine. Sh ch Is four inllcs from the Camp Bird H S c a snowsllde late last evening com- H H etelv Isolated llfty or more miners em- Jm oved and ns the provision-house was cArrfcd a way It is certain they are In urgent need of food. Rescuers Recover Body. A rescuo party of 20) miners started out from Ouray this morning. Tho body of I William J Crcssey. -UiongUshmnn; who icst'lils ilfo In the' slide at'Cainp Bird mill, has boon recovered. It Is feared us many as twenty miners have lost their lives In the slide, but the exact number will not be known for das. The dnmagt nmy reach $1,000,000. It Is said there Is sixty feet, of snow at the high tower of the tramway or the Camp Bird, and the sr.ow Is very deep nil alone the ro'uto of the tramwiiyr Snow 200 Feet Deep. In the IriiOgcne basin the snow Is from 1FO to 300 feet deep. .This will prevent work on the reconstruction of the train-way train-way for sev-inil weeks, as nothing can be tiom In the deep snow. Machinery for rebuilding' the mill and materials for the buildings cannot bo taken up -luring the present condition of the road, which will also delay the work of reconstruction. Tin first move at the Camp Bird will probably oo to repair the power lines, which are nil out. This will require sev-cnl sev-cnl days and there will be no output from iho mines until thy mill is rebuilt and In tunning ord |