Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-03-18 | Page 2 | Escape Slide but Cabin is Buried

ESCAPE SLIDE BUT CABIN IS BURIED Two vo Men Thought Killed by byA A Avalanche Discovered Miles From Scene I I Emil rg an and John f F. F Johnson John I son soil both of Sandy the two prospectors believed to have ha l been buried under fifty CUty feet of snow in the slide which occurred yesterday on tho the Stairs In InDig Big Dig Cottonwood canyon canon was discovered discovered ered cred yesterday afternoon near But- But I I I i The cabin belonging to the tite men near the mine they were were- Op operating tin won DS I carried down into the bed of or the canyon canyon can can- yon on with the avalanche The men were miles mites away at the I time of the lie accident although frantic efforts were ma made mado o to clear a aa away a the j wreckage and the snow drifts before It j I Iwas was discovered disco the men were alive i iThe The sheriffs sheriff's office In tn Salt Lake Jake was I notified by br Patrolman Drown Brown of Cottonwood Cottonwood Cot Cot- canyon when it was discovered tiRCO ered the snow slide had hind curried carried the cabin with it il rho The officers drove o as asfar asfar asfar far as Murray Murrar where the they were notified noti noU fled fied the men had 1151 been found Nether of the men knew of or the lie slide un until tit the they were found In The slide is the tue heaviest in the his history history his his- tory of the canyon measuring more mor I IThe than GO 50 feet in depth