Show avow two LIVES losz LOST seldom a more painful task has fallen to our lot than that of penning this item involving as it does docs the death of two citizens the wind blew heavily and the snow e on the and piling up ut immense drifts until along precipitous p places ces their own weight caused them to give giro way and in home instances with such finch power as to demolish everything I 1 less m firm than IN mountains about a quarter of a mile n up lon long gulch from washington ington street on tho south soi side a slide occurred about 11 oti on tuesday morning which resulted in thu abu instant death of two brothers lewis B and 11 al H H hodgem Eod gers they occupied a cabin on the opposite side of the creel creek but the ale gulch being narrow and the slide a largo large on one it mostly lanced over the channel and completely covered and crushed in the cabin in which the unfortunate brothers were living they were both found together with every tion ahat they ivero sitting upon a bench in front of the fire firc cooking their morning meal the chimney was of stone and throw throN Nii n upon them which weight alone A would have proved fatal letters placed laced sion sion and written to tho the deceased beual something of their family one of date nov ad I 1 1866 and yr written ritten at he california is from their father J P hodgem Bod gers who left owahee owyhee in july last |