The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 23, 1936, Page 8

e R e s e T THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, NOV. 23, 1936. 8 M RESIDENTS TRAPPED AS BIG. . . MAY.BE DAYS. , DIRT SLIDE ROARS DOWN ON BEFORE WHOLE LOWER FRANKLIN STHEET: STORYISTOLD o o | 5 Cont: - b One) ) the SC! d throughout the night | Nl b Al ot g sht Mayor Believes Seven to ‘0,n-ankun Street and Gastineau Ave- —_— ———— (the work went on at the scene of | .. Franklin. Firemen and other |tragedy. | Mlssmg But Checkup Is volunteers forged their way ot F:;’f Brfl‘;fl 0:' i Still Uncertain $ S i A | rly in the morning hours, a into the debris and in the first broke out from underneath on the | couple of hours most of the|south side of the slide, believed, Mayor I. Goldstein, whose store Which was occupled by the office (= injured had been removed. |{from some portion of the Nickino-|was caught in the great slide Light company men battled up, at the same time con- fronted with the danger of were having difficulty getting in to|lin Street slide, live wires striking them at|its source which was buried under“ “It is difficult to say just how 1 7 +al.{10 or 15 feet of debris. {many are missing,” said the Mayor.' arly moment. As the aval-f™r Tyl Bl Nume went| we ‘have | chesied. viswally s anche struck great flashes out in the avalanche and telephone sources, but we are convinced there lighted the skies as transfor-|men reported at least five lines|are from seven to 10 still in the 4 o in the slide. How many avalanche. Fire has added to the mers went out, leaving the|Cut out in U avalanche. Fire has a [ g others, they did not know. handicap and it will be days be-| city in total darkness. It was During Rainfall > i fore we are able to ascertain the approximately an hour and| The slide came in the midst of exact loss of life and the properlylz BIG SLln season and during a month which| pire Chief V. W. “Penny” Mulvl“ pany was able, under the ter-|is setting a record for precipita- hill led his men into the battle | rific handicap, to make a tem-|tion. It rained steady and heavily against the slide immediately after | porary repair. In the mean_‘durlng the day and in the 24-hour|the first warning and toiled on |period from 10 p. m. Saturday to|through the night until forced by} | fresh men this forenoon to go homei a half before the light com- one of the heaviest rainfalls of the|damage.” time firemen and volunteers|jo p. m. Sunday 389 Inches of worked with only the light of [rain had fallen, the U. S. Weather (and get some sleep. i . 5. m of an inch|poots h school hoys p ¢ N especially slow. |of setting an all previous time rec- | somed with. the firemen, members Bridge Reported Still in But, _The Coast Guard Cutter Talla-|ord. At midnight last night 20.31|of the Coast Guard and soldiers to Damaged——Only Pas- poosa and the Army launch For-|inches had fallen this month com-|make up the rescue crews as the; N b F mance from Chilkoot Barracks which| pared with the previous high 2051 |pattle against death was fought on? sage Now Dy oot had arrived but a short time before!inches in November of 1890. |through the early hours of the the slide, swung into position to, The avalanche probably will de- morning and through today. throw their floodlights on the scene, velop to be the worst Juneau has! on the job and worked with the!place, going through the store of etfort to rescue those known buried |damage of around fifty thousand son, who with his family, was caught|and Henry Jaeger were killed in-|qown and handle a shovel. in the slide, i a member of the|stantly and Andrew Wallin and Pet- | Tallapoosa crew. !er Koskey died later of injuries. Torrent of Water | Lowrey Maki, who lost his life in| In the wake of the avalanche came | the slide of 1920, was a relative of | a torrent of water that hampered Gus Maki, who was injured in the| the work and flooded the street in avalanche of yesterday. | : i | | The bridge itself had mnot gone both directions, workmen having, oy | AUG“ | UFF")“ this mfi i it was reposted‘ to constantly open the drains to| | keep the water from rising further'l'eglon Memng over the curbs. Men, women and Cmcefled; Post erying and shouting for their loved | ones. Rumors grew, gathered mo- Commander William O. Johnson | House, laughed and played in their mentum and spread like wildfire|Of the Alford John Bradford Post,.bed this morning at St. Ann's Hos- about the city :s the difficulty of | American Legion, today cancelled pital. They did not realize how the highway will be passable again. accertaining the exact situation be- | onight’s regular meeting of theclose death came to calling on Post and placed the Legion at the the family. The second highest peak in the came more acute. . - it disposal of those in charge of Tes-| “Pirst, rocks fell on the roof and World is unnamed. Towering 28250 PmE APLLE Del Monte No zl/ ,s c E or Terror, tarmoll ruled for a short|Cié WOTK in the lower Franklin then we all fell down,” was the feet in Tibet, it is designated on 9 9 o &2 o at » ; | L - maps at “K2.” 2 . x time, but organization was soon ef- | hee. Sde- first remark of three-year-old Al P i} fickea anidiot ot Pl oot Many Legionnaires were working /jen. great cascade of dirt and rock had/ roared down, trucks and volunteer workmen were on the jobs hauling away the debris in the hope of reaching others who might be bur- ied. The city, Forest Service, Gov- | go; strong today, aiding in p crnor’s office, Bureau of Publlc]:ai:fi Mmygomemy werz ;1 the ;:g ley’s clothes. Roads and all others who could |as soon as the gong sounded. e muster men or equipment lent their entire forces to the rescue work. Additional shovels, picks, peeves were brought out by the Forest|passing bad checks in Juneau, wns’snurdny night and severe i Service, the Governor’s office joined | sentenced to four months in the ; the citv in rounding up workers, | Federal jail today by U. S. Commis- | contractors with equipment came to'sioner Felix Gray. bers of the Post to turn out and offer | out,” sald four-year-old Gail. HERTC e AR S LAIBLIN STRAINS WRIST GETS JAIL SENTENCE ment in the Oliff. "TOMORROW'S STYLES TODAY" g CONTINUING TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AND WEDNESDAY at JUNEAU'S OWN STORE — EY ;' d1: %5 4 GEAE BUED Ty sy A UL USAL vitch apartments, | which showed {1920 and who stayed up all last pany, Wil SpEhubos Dt b s |only the twisted, top of its mass of |night directing rescue efforts, was Pe¥ through the mire in an effort|ruin. How many, if any, diedias a [still on the job this afternoon with- | to make an emergency hook- |result of the fire is not yet known. out sleep and declared every effort | All morning the firemen fought to was being extended to get at those | get at the smouldering ruin but|believed buried in the Lower Frank- e | Shouts of “who wants a job?”| 1 the of horror and aid the workers in|ever experienced. On January 2,irose over the barricade on lawer‘:;:c;ive;:g:‘l::;’e;l&i?d Bt:;f ar- their valiant efforts. A crew from 1920, four were killed when a slide|pranklin as Chief of Police Roy the Tallapoosa was among the first|occurred not far from the “megHonnn and his men began the work of clearing away some of the yige came down on the west side of fivémen like Trojans in a supreme Mayor I. Goldstein and causing debris so that progress could be the Salmon Creek bridge Saturday y ; speeded. Workmen were roused out pight and blocked the roads, tying in rock, dirt and trees. Mr. Pe... |dollars. At tha: time Lowrey Maki/in various parts of town to come 5 by foot. A crew from the children sloshed through the water| oy e | Little Allen and Gail Persson, the sage was and dirt, grief-stricken relatives | 10 Aid in Rescue two children caught in the slide Bureau of Public Roads this morn- e {in the Nickinovich Apartment ing cuta channel through the high- |at the scene in various capacities, «we were crying and pretty soon " and the Commander urged all mem- |some men came and dug my mother L4 ll' . .l!hflkr :;’l‘"“&r g,em::: -t-arms| Then fn childish fashion she went SChl lng acl oller of e stayed at| that she was Shirley [ ns duties all last night and was stll| e, /o Sov) SRt SO0 MRS SGHY rPepper George Laiblin, Territorial Rep- Arthur Heatstrom, convicted of |resentative-elect from Nome, fell, sprained his wrist, which will lay { him up for severnl days at his apart- L+ I END OMONTH SPECIALS No Approvals———No Refunds———Strictly Cash BN 0 e AT Jho W (S G l!l!l_fllfllllllllllllli,l\lllllllll i ¥G uie iU A ol 3 { mrshiid = e . 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