Show fourteen persons killed 1 I dalene slides Sp okae wash march 29 As a result of two great silo slides on oil canyon crock crick in tile the cheur ialene dalene mountains today to day throe three families consisting alto altogether gother of from twelve to fourteen pei per bons fons are mangled and bruised beneath thousands 07 of tons of snow and any possibility of any of them being rescued alive is out of the question snow has accumulated cumulated nc on the to a depth of fully sixty teet feet nil and the late rains caused tho the hu huo huge 0 o mass to move at several places at an early hour today to day clay a i section of snow hect ij ia length near the black bear mine became detached and al d started down cown the steep mountain side bide at at a terrible pace and before th tho inhabitants inhabitant of tho th cabins in the path ot tile tho slide could floe flee y the might n avalanche knas upon them trees were torn corn up by tho the roots and boulders carried along N ith mighty force 1 tho whole shaking tho the earth as if an earthquake earth was in progress two farlies fam lies names could not liot bo be learned at this writing together with their homes m vere oro carried carrie cl along 0 with tho slide and buried out of sight at the bottoni bottom of tho the canyon others unaccounted accounted uh for aro are also believed to have awen killed soon soo after tho first slide took place another ava avalanche lancho further up tho the canyon near burke and add horo hero further fatalities aaro atro reported A family named Chil chilson xon consisting of father mother and three children heard the avalanche s coming ming picking up tho the children the frantic parents attempted to fleo to a place of safety but before they had gone fifty yards they were overtaken by the resistless mass of snow and crush crushed eato to death rescuing parties have started for the scene from wallace burko burke and mullan bv special trains and effort will be mado to rescue alive those buried beneath the snow but the probability is that all are dead further slides are feared and the people living li viril along tile tho canyon are moving to places of safety salt lakon lake tribune |