THE SPANISH FORK PRESS — MARCH 21, 1907
Colorado Child Caught in Big Slide and Dug Out Unhurt Next Morning.
Salida, Col.—Edgar Mason, four years old, is probably the only person of any age who has had the startling experience of being rushed down a mountain side in an avalanche of snow, given up for dead and dug out next morning alive and well.
The worst snowslide in the history of this region occurred at Monarch. 18 miles west of here, killing six people outright, seriously injuring one and injuring a dozen more or less severely. But the baby boy was saved.
Monarch is a small camp consisting of a few buildings and nearly all the inhabitants had gone to bed when the slide started with a noise like a cannon shot. Beyond this there was no warning and no chance to escape. The Mason cabin was directly in the path of the huge area of snow, which gathered weight and velocity as it rushed down the mountain side.
The slide seemed to be the signal for the beginning of a terrific blizzard, which much hampered the rescue party sent from this city. They dug out the bodies of five people, and then about 10:20 next morning came to the boy Edgar. He was in the top story of the cabin, which bad been carried 1,000 feet.
The cabin gave the appearance of having been overturned completely, and he was so wound up in the bed clothes that it is probable they protected him and saved him from certain death.
