Dr. Merle Edgerton and his wife, Edna, in their car and trailer, were travelling with Harmon Woods and his wife, Edna, who also brought their car and trailer. Dr. Edgerton kept in daily contact with his hospital in Coalinga, California, up to the time of the slide. He was last heard from on August 15, giving the families’ location as “on the Madison River, outside Ennis, 35 miles from Yellowstone.”
The complete list of those who on such evidence are considered buried under the monumental Madison Canyon slide totalled 19. They are:
Sidney D. Ballard, wife, and son of Nelson, B. C.
Bernie L. Boynton and wife, Inez, of Billings, Montana.
Dr. Merle Edgerton and wife, Edna, of Coalinga, California.
Roger Provost, and wife, Elizabeth, and sons, Richard 16, and David, 1½, of Soledad, California.
Mrs. Thomas Mark Stowe of Sandy, Utah.
Robert J. Williams, and wife, Coy, and children, Steven, 11; Michael, 7, and Christy, 3 of Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Harmon Woods and wife, Edna, of Coalinga, Calif.
The other quake casualties include Mr. Purley Bennett and children, Tommy, Carole and Susan of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, who, along with Thomas Stowe of Sandy, Utah, were found below the slide. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Stryker of San Mateo, California, were killed by the boulders at the Cliff Lake Campground. Mrs. Myrtle Painter of Ogden, Utah, and Mrs. Margaret Holmes of Billings, Montana, died of quake injuries in the Bozeman Hospital.