Victims of the Palm Sunday Avalanche Chilkoot Pass, Alaska - April 3, 1898   This information is shown in the newspaper articles on the Chilkoot Avalanche page.  Victim Residence T. Alderson residence unknown Andrew Anderson San Francisco Oscar Anderson residence unknown F. Atkins Baker City, Or. E. D. Atwood New York C. Beck Sanford, Fla. A. D. Bissell Seattle Albridge B. Bissell Palatine, Ill. W. Carle San Francisco William Carroll San Francisco A. Chappell Seattle Walter Chappie New York J. P. Clark Idaho Thomas Clark "Tom"; Idaho Edward Cook Seattle Tom Culledan or Cullerdan or Culleder or Collins Portland, Or. W. A. or W. H. Dahlstrom Lincoln, Neb. Ed Doran Tacoma; wife and two children _____ Durber residence unknown George Eggert Portland, and Menlo Park, Cal. A. Eglund (see Englund) Tacoma D. A. Elstrom residence unknown Alfred Englund (see Eglund) Tacoma; unmarried E. L. Esterbrook (or Easterbrook) Seattle R. L. Esterbrook (or Easterbrook) Seattle Walmer Falke San Francisco William Falke "Dutchy," Sheep Camp freighter T. Finn Portland Weed Garrison Seattle Con Geppert Seattle Timothy Glynn or Glenn Portland, foreman at Sheep Camp, married Allan Gray Seattle S. M. Grimes Dyea, Tacoma and Sacramento, Cal. W. Grimes Atkins, Colorado or Idaho E. P. Haines Seattle C. M. Hall Tacoma; rodman C. P. Harrison Seattle Rasmus Hedegard Baker City, Or. C. H. Henry Arizona C. M. Holt Tacoma; rodman Harry Holt Tacoma C. R. Homer Seattle E. J. Hudson Seattle or Portland S. T. Hudson Portland, Or. Henry Jaeger Los Angeles, Cal., married Chris Johnson Seattle E. R. Johnson Spokane Oscar Johnson Seattle Albert F. King Tacoma; married C. W. or C. H. Kinney Prescott, Ariz. G. Leon or Lee residence unknown George Lewis Washington state; foreman Stone House Mrs. N. H. Maxon (see Moxon) Punxatawney, Pa. C. L. McNeill San Francisco or Elk River, Minn.; civil engineer; married Sanford McNeill Portland John Merchant Grizzly Bluff, Cal.; married Frank Millett Butte, Mont. John A. Morgan Emporia, Kan. S. A. Morgan Emporia, Kan. Mrs. Anna Moxen (see Maxon) Jefferson county, Penn. J. C. Murphy New York O. A. Nelson Washington P. A. Olsen Washington William Osnall San Francisco George Overton Seattle J. B. Pierce or Pearce Tacoma; timekeeper Austin Preston Grizzly Bluff, Cal.; stepson of Merchant William Preston residence unknown Con Rasmus Colorado John Reddy Washington state J. Riesse Wisconsin W. L. Riley Seattle Con Riser Seattle George Riser residence unknown George Ritchey or Ritchie Chicago, Ill. Mrs. Ryan* Baltimore, Md. Jeff Salling or Saley Weiser, Idaho McNeill Sanford Portland Matt Schomo St. Paul, Minn. G. Seaborn Chicago, Ill. Gus Sebarth (see Ziebarth) Seattle Stratton Sheldon Iowa James Smallwood Portland Joseph Smallwood 780 Kebley street, Portland C. G. Smith Sedro F. Smith Sedro, Wash.; teamster G. W. Smith Wooley, Wash. Frank Sprague Ballard or Seattle I. or J. Sprague Ballard S. Stephenson (see Stevenson) Seattle _____ Stevens New York Steve Stevenson (see Stephenson) Seattle Curtis E. Turner Omaha, Neb. J. M. Uhlin Tacoma O. A. Ulen Wooley, Wash. Thomas Wall or Woll residence unknown W. F. Warner San Francisco W. H. Warner Seattle L. Weidelein Kansas City, Kan. Mark Welch Butte, Mont. _____ Wilhelm Menlo Park, Cal. H. Yager residence unknown Gus S. Ziebarth or Zebarth Seattle   *Nearly every list of the dead from the avalanches shows the name of Mrs. Ryan, of Baltimore. So far as is known, there were only two women in the slide - Mrs. Annie Moxen, who was killed, and Mrs. H. C. Eston, who was resuscitated. The name of Ryan was first applied to Mrs. Moxen.  (Chilkoot Tragedy, The Oregonian, April 17, 1898.)

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