| Show I DEATHS DUE TO FRANK DISASTER elt tt It Is Now N ow Known Definitely That Thoy They Number Three I J IT rf WAS WS IV AS A HUGE lUGE LANDSLIDE I There Thero Was W is No 1 halner A Mui Wi u or Nue i I Dun Vui UI for J r smoke I l N W T 1 April S OIt It Is h dort known this that 63 poo peo I IIII lu lost their lives hurl hove before day daybreak daybreak ay break on oa Wednesday by b tho ot of the rocky top of 0 Turtle mountain down dOlln upon the tha sleeping Bleeping village of ot Funk Frank It II ItaH aH undoubtedly the worst dl iler evor ever known wn In any community In 11 west western western ern erit Canada It was either n a of ot such magnitude n to 10 bo ho almost Inexplicable or 01 a n Induced by a upheaval killing GG W 6 people It destroyed the tho plant of ot th Coal Coni luke company did a vast amount of ot to tho the mint and completely completo devastated d about 10 square of at tho thu finest and moot moat pictures picturesque I flue que section of ot Crows Crow Nest pass OP OF KNOWN DEAD The Tho estimate placed the number of known kiowa dead at 11 on the supposition that 17 men nin at It work In III the tho mine shaft would not o alive Then when It was known that thesa Imprisoned men had escaped late yesterday utter after afternoon noon tho the number of at killed was WIlS estimated ed eJ U bt lit 95 Tills ThIs morning It Is believed that the total toss loss of ot lire lifo will not ex cx exceed excle cle cC CO GO Bo Ho far Car the fatalities number to tC Many of ot tho the bodies of at tho the dead will never bo hi found Some orne cabins arc aro bulled ted under ito ICO feet teet of ot rock Although or efforts were made last evening end and today toda to search for tor bodies bod IN only on Ii lI have so BO tar fur blen recovered Most Mo t tot of ot the corpses were wen mangled mangle be beyond beyond beyond yond recognition Tho disaster happened ata at a quarter lust f 4 when tho the sleeping Inhabitants of ot Frank Frnnk were suddenly awakened hy by u a tremendous crash followed by b a II shak shaking slakIng ing of ot the th It was vas still dark and and for tor a I a time the greatest confusion prevailed no ono one knowing Just what I had happened As Af soon toon as day d dawned It was wua seen leon that the whole side Bide of ot Tur Turtle tie Ill mountain had fallen away and that tho tM th valley alley for tor a distance of or two miles was entirely choked up by rocks and nud debris plied piled to o an average height of ot otO M to O feet I IN TUB TIlE EA rII I Simultaneous with vit the tho piling of ot the thet t rocks on Turtle mountain there opened an Immense fissure of ot the on the northern side of Turtle mountain TIM Tide fissure extended for to a distance of ot of ot a 11 mile And was many tea ree et t In width rhia yawning chasm till remains remaina open according to reports brought In III r who vho have havo been heen on tho other side of or the mountain In n the downward rush rah of ot th the debris Ilc and ind other material that was thrown up by b the upheaval l the tho entire operating t plant llant of ot the coal f company any won WIlli carried away Awny Th build buildIngs lid lags Ings demolished Included the tipple tippIe electric light railway rallIa scales repair shop und and unda anda a row ron of at coke ovens Seven Senn houses housu also owned by b the company were hed Into kindling six of ot them be bc being bet t ing log entirely obliterated anti and their oc occupants ka killed while JO I O other othor r which were situated In the valley east I of ot the tho town were also smashed Into matchwood The people tiring living In these houses were wore also Instantly killed as liS they were vera cre sleeping FINANCIAL LOSS The Tho direct monetary damage damalo will ex cx exceed X teed a n million Cal and a 11 half It tho the mine had hail been ruined the loss laRa from Cram the de of ot that property alone would have amounted to However tho the actual lou loss of at tho trio mine company will vIii probably not exceed excel Tho The ThoC Canadian C Pacific railway losses through blocking of ot Its lis are ore con Tho The scene of at this awful was originally one of ot the tho most pie pic valleys In iii Canada Through ho tho center of ot this beautiful valley alley ran the Old Man dan river which has Its source on the tile eastern slope S ope of ot Crows Nest KISS S The rho total width of ot this valley was vas wa a n little over n a mile and It was waa bounded on tho the southern side by Turtle mountaIn a R sheer heer wall of ot rock which rose to toe ton a n height of or feet teet above tho the level esel of ot the town IN TUl TUE VALLEY Tho The town of oC Frank lay la In the peace peaceful ful tul valloy valley now a 1 scene of ot desolation and chaos which was bounded t on the theother theother other side by a n range of or foothills of ot the tho I tock mountains Tho The Old Man Nan river I towed flowed through the tho valley fat Cot 0 4 closely to the side of Turtle mountain Close up against the foot toot of bt which the town of ot Frank was wall built The Tho mountain wall was before borore this terrible catastrophe so steep and pre precipitous that even avon the longest day In slimmer summer the sun sot set In the town of ot Frank at 3 In the afternoon and after aCter that a n twilight ensued until the thlu usual u ual hour of ot sunset t The Iha material from tho the slide or up came down In almost a n vertical wall of rock and crossed the valley valloy n a distance ot or over a n mile and vent went part partway partway partway way up the toot foot hills on the tho opposite side do ot of the valley alley to a height tar far above the tho highest building build In In tho the town Whore one existed cozy homes home fer ter 1110 14 farms and stork ranches there Is Isnow Isnow Isnow now nothing but huge chaotic piles lilies of oC debris from tron the mountain which has all the appearance of tit n a volcanic eruption eruption tion The land which won was once omo e of at great greaF v value lue and aM wai rapidly Increasing In price on account ac of at the known pros pres enca enee of at natural gas gall as well weH as coat coal de le deposits o posits Is 18 now burled buried many feet teet deep with waste matter and will wilt be bo value valueless v valueless Ue less lesa for tor alt all time to come CAUSED HY BY EXPLOSION As theft thel Is 18 no geological expert reel resi resident dent In the tho town tow 11 It Is Ic I Impossible to as ascertain ascertain ascertain certain exactly the truo true character of oC the force exerted but judging train from tho the evidence now brought In by many who have hae been scouting around the outskirts of ot the waste of ot rocks cocks und and debris many are ar now nosy Inclining to the belief bellot that It vas yas a huge mountain rock slide caused C u td by an earthquake or some lame subterranean eXPlOSiOn ot of gas which U Is I known to exist In large quantities underneath this section s ot of 0 the tho country The Tho nature of ot the till rock of ot which Turtle mountain Is Ia composed Is III largely of ot the limestone variety Another theory advanced by many man of ot the mining men of ot the town ton Is IB that the limestone cliff had hall been undermined by Iy sortie Sadie sub branch brunch Of If the Old OILI Man Ian river had hall been silently working away en ln for tor years past There are ore many who incline to the belief bellet that tho t It was a 11 huge hugl limestone upheaval the primary onuses Muses of ot which were vere the slacking of ot the tho limestone unde the Influence of ot the tue thawing of at the spring N ne neof of It then theories have so tar for been lieen born borns out but the general opinion now seems seem to prevail that the trouble was sas not rot vol volcanic 01 canic as at first supposed A A puzzling feature which Induced In the volcanic eruption theory was the fact I that some ome pieces of at rock are still being heinli thrown from tho strangely tran elY altered alt red top I of ot Turtle TUrU mountain Closer Investigation tion which was made by parties today tOOn revealed the fact that this thin supported eruptive matter mattor comprises 18 particles of ot I rock which continue to drop rol from frn i various arlous places along the top of ot the mountain Those rocks are ore In n many cases huge masses weighing hundreds of or tons and n as al they thc fall crashing down with a n noise nol e like thunder they start other particles of ot rock lying In the tho path patti of ot tho the slide which rush onward bear bearIng lag Ing destruction to everything every In their pathway For that reason It ViS ex cx extremely extremely dangerous to approach the vicinity of ot Turtle mountain In order odor to tomake tomake tomake make an nn Investigation Into the tho exact causes of ot the catastrophe NO EXPLOSION Frank Frnnk N W T April dis dIe disaster disaster aster at nt Frank yesterday was S a I huge hugel landslide l There was no explosion whatever ver The Tue avalanche was waR of 0 such large dimensions that the cloud clo ld of ot dust duet was WM taken for Cor smoke unit tho the minor slides were token taken for tor Inside explosions Tho The whole east ast end of at the tho mountain extending from the tipple eastward has haN gone out It was wu feet teet high and aM slid RUd across the tho entire valley valy blocking the tho track to the tho French mine This truck track Is III about 40 feet teet higher than the Ca Canadian nadian Pacific railway track anti and Is II distant about of ot a 11 mile from the mine entrance The rho slide extends from tram a point about feet teet east ea t of ot Frank station to 1011 n a point one and miles nilles east cast ast This track Is covered with rock roc It ranging In size from n a 1 pebble to high rocks the size of ot ofa a n railroad car carTho carThe The Tho Canadian Pacific railway Is ar or arranging arrAnging ranging to cut a II waterway through where the river Is II blocked up In order to avoid danger of ot a flood The loss 1088 of ot life lite cannot bo ho estimated yet lt Thirty miners rs were entombed Of or this number fifteen were rescued re cut cI uninjured lured Two men were suffocated It li is believed the rest will be saved About bout ten houses In the east cast end nr of town were destroyed and entire families families lies 1111 were vere wiped out A L Leitch his vii and onil four tour children were Vere killed and three escaped There Is no reason why the whole of ot the remaining side of ot the mountain m wilt will not come coma down In which case there will willbe willbe be absolutely nothing left leCt of ot the coun coon country try east of ot Many Man small mall 1 led ledges KM of at rock continue to come down own 1 from the mountain and It h is a hard matter matler to get men to work for tor fear tear of oC ofa ofa a 11 second catastrophe One of ot the thEl rescued miners milieu found his hig hi highouse house houle covered with rocks many feet teet deep and his wife and six ix children d lead d It has iia been proven that those In the I mine were safer eater than those outside of ot It The Inside workings of ot the mine are Intact and no explosion or sign of ot otIIS gas gag felt tolt by entombed men moon until late Inte la teo In tho the afternoon They Tho worked their way WO out through 20 0 feet of ot rock timbering ns nH they tho ont Plenty of ot air airIs airIs airis Is now going Into Inlo the mine nod and large lar e gangs of ot men are at nt work rushing through tho the rebuilding of at railway and telegraph lines INSPECTOR OF SURVEYS rS Vancouver B D C April fol tol I I lowing report has been n received d hero from William Inspector ot of sur surveys surveys ur veys sent ent to Frank by the department at of the tho interior und and ul constitutes con tho the thol latest l tut neww neWN from tram Frank Now SNow that the tha excitement ls is I partially over there thero Is no doubt In the th mind of ot oton ofray ray any on ono one that th the disaster ter Was caused canned by huge land si slides let on and that there thero was Willi Va Vano no eruption or explosion There are ore oreM M 53 known dead of ot whom 15 lG were women sail and 15 1 children There I 19 s no further danger from hoods floods through tho tIme dam damming minI ming of 0 the river The rock slide Is about 1000 feet Ceet long lung extending from the tho bo top of ot Turtle mountain Westerly The slide elide extends extend the valley for tor one and ter miles rallen from the tile base buse ot of Turtle moon moun mountain lain tain The debris Is spread out In a n fun fan shaped mass maSa so that at the extreme end of at the slide elide the mass ot of rock la is nearly two miles wide There Is no trace of oC the rivet river for tor ono one mile but the wilIer water i inow is isnow 5 now going through the rock as ns fast tal at as atIt n nIt asit It Is coming coining down donn Oln It Is II thought there will wilt not be Le a II repetition although rocks and dust duet continue to jell fall nil train from the mountain The fact that all a I the men working In the mine except two to escaped has been wen con confirmed confirmed confirmed firmed DANGER FROM FItOU FLOOD Frank N W V T April din dinger dinger dinger ger of oC floor again threatened Frank tonight to tonight tonight night When the rock slide first nut oc 00 occurred cUred the waters of ot Old Man Mon river viver wore dammed up Ul mind It was wae teamed d probably with good cause that unless the time water could be diverted into a new channel the remaining buildings would bo be J swept away ni as t soon oon as aB the tho waters broke over the impromptu dam The Tho herculean efforts of ot a 11 force torce ot of volunteer miners anti and railroad laborers labore s resulted recollect It woe was thought In time the creation of ot n a new channel Which would enable the dangerous waters to be carried carrle off oft offIn offIn In safety However r tIme the new channel became stopped up and ami Engineer I er Pearce with n 0 gang gung of at men mell will probably probably probably ably be lie working most of ot the night to clear off ort time the now new ne obstruction and Md pre lre prevent vent the tho river from tl lamming damming up UI Theories as ns to the tha of ot the tho rock rockslide slide elide multiply Soma Homo think that the tilde was ae the tho result ot of the tho of oC Turtle mountain by mine tunnels time the drifts of or the Coal company being directly Into the base of ot tho time mountain Another nother theory advanced by ninny many mining men of at this town Is that the limestone ell cliff ft was wa undermined by b sonic some subterranean branch of ot the time Old Man river which has 1105 been silently Working away unseen un peen tar for past pastA A MINIMIS MIN ESCAPES ESCAPE Frank Fronk N W AV T sr 1 May Muy IDaniel M Mackenzie an Intelligent miner gives a thrilling account of ot experience nce of him himself himself self nod and his hla who were vere Im In the time mines thines l for tor more moro than 12 hours bours by the great grent landslide and who eventually escaped by digging their way to freedom through 40 10 feet of ot rook and debris Three other miners and myself says saYa McKenzIe were working a n crosscut oft off from No S manway when We WI were first nut aware that some something timing thing unusual had Im happened I was OS leaning against a II chute just ot nt the time mo mno moment ment Suddenly there hero seemed eem to be lie a falling tailing In the tho wall and I 1 was waR Imprisoned between a n chute chuto beard and amid the tue coal We Wo started for tor tho time mouth of ot the tunnel hut but found our way wa blocked After a 11 time I went down doin to the tIme lower entry to eee ceo how lio the water was WIS rising I found the situation quite alarming and figured that at lit the rate It was com coin coming comIng ing lag up UI we WO might expect It to flood the mine |
