"It is difficult to say just how
many are missing," said the Mayor.1
“We have checked virtually all
sources, but we are convinced there
are from seven to 10 still in the
avalanche. Fire has added to the,
handicap and it will be days be- I
fore we are able to ascertain the
exact loss of life and the property
damage."
Fire Chief V. W. "Penny” Mulvi
hill led his men into the battle
against the slide immediately after ;
the first warning and toiled on |
through the night until forced by i
fresh men this forenoon to go home j
and get some sleep.
Staid business men in rubber j
boots and hatless high school boys
joined with the firemen, members,
! of the Coast Guard and soldiers to
make up the rescue crews as the
battle against death was fought on
through the early hours of the
morning and through today.
Shouts of "who wants a job?” j
rose over the barricade on Lower
Franklin as Chief of Police Roy
Hoffman and his men began the
work of clearing away some of the
debris so that progress could be
speeded. Workmen were roused out
in various parts of town to come
down and handle a shovel.
TWOCHILDREN
LAUGH IT OFF
—
Little Allen and Gall Persson, the
two children caught in the slide
iin the Nickinovich Apartment
! House, laughed and played in their
bed this morning at St. Ann's Hos
pital. They did not realize how
; close death came to calling on
ithe family.
| "First, rocks fell on the roof and
then we all fell down,” was the
1 first remark of three-year-old Al
'len.
I “We were crying and pretty soon
some men came and dug my mother
out,” said four-year-old Gail.
