The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-27
COLORADO'S HORROR.
The Rescuing Work Still 60
ing On.
ALI Bodies but Two Have Been
Recovered.
The Testimony Given at the
Inquest.

burned bodies were to-day recovered
from the Crested Duties mine, maxi
ing fifty.seven In all. But two re-
main. Those recovered to-day were
all found in chamber No. 2, and In
the passage way In the immediate
vicinity. Many have tLeir arms and
legs broken, skulls crushed in and
the clothing so burned in many case 8
that it drops off in rags when the
body is moved. The hair is burned
from their heads and all the skin is
burned IF tie face iand other ex-
posed pol lions Of the body, leaving
an utterly unacceptable mass Of
raw and bleeding flesh. The ap.
pearance of these bodies is horrible
beyond description, and it is not
likely that any Of them can be rec
ognized. Many of the faces have
coal dust ground into them until
they are as black as coal itself. To-
day the company began the cree,
ton of a large frame building
where the bodies will be placed
and where the funeral SER
vices will be held. Crowds
are coming on every Iain and snow
shoes from all the surrounding
camps. The G. G. Sc L. Co., besides
the erection of the building spoken
of, will bear all the funeral expenses
and make ample provision for the
needy families Of the deceased. 1t
is thought the other two bodies will
be got out Of the mine by midnight.
An inquest began as noon to-day.
The coroner's jury, summoned
by Coroner M. S. Snyder, after
viewing the thirty -four bodies
already brought out, adjourned.
Since that time the hearing of evil
1ence has been going on in the
oarlor Of the Elk Mountain House,
and will be continued tonight and
o-m0rrow. The witnesses exam
ned so far have been DIR. Cockrell,
If Gunnison; DIR. Gorham, of
Crested Buttes; DR.. Corwip, chief
urgeon of the O. G.. & 1. Co. !; Col
Cameron, the company 3 coal super
James K. Robinson,
of the mine; Fire
'Oss Luke Richardson, and En-.
,ineer Robert Gibson. Cameron
estified as to the ventilation Of the
zine, which he claimed was from
i've to six times what was required
y law. SuperintendentRo ex-
'lained the working of the mines /
nd said that he had given positive !
rders that no miner should go into
be mine without having received a
9port from the are-boss, so as to !
now positively there YVES no dam :
ar from gas, and when gas was
,und safety lamps were always in
Isted on. Richardson, fire-boss, teg-
fed that on the morning of the &C.
dent he had found two boards
roken from the brattice IN room IS,
econd entry, and considerable gas !,
l the head Of the draft and had
lyen the man who was TO work in q
mere positive orders not to enter c
ntil he returned and repaired the {
rattice. He came out to get tools I
nd before he got back the explosion |
)ok place. Witness who heard the
rders given will testify tomorrow.
When room IS was reached to-
ay, nobody was found in it,
ut in front Of it, as if 4
lo4n out by the con- o
1ssion, one body was found,
nd although unrecognizable, |,
is supposed to be the man, q r
wede, who was forbidden to enter.
he coffins ordered from Denver
ave not arrived and no date is yet
xed for the funeral.
Cameron testified that the mine q
nd a Murphy fan which forced 4
1000 cubic feet of air per minute. v
richardson said the mine wae very !!
luch troubled with gas, but was II
,nsidered safe when the brattices
ere in order. Robinson said all
ID miners considered the mine the
orst for gas they ever saw. IL
The Odd Fellows took away the =
,mains of Dan Mcdonald, and Il
.rs. Health has aleo removed her "
70 boys.
This evening, Mine-boss Gibson
me running into the hotel and
i'd he was in the mine WHEEL
liner came rushing in. gave him a o,
stol, snatched his lamp, and told q
N to run for his life, as a party Of tt
en- were coming up from town to r
nch him; but at this hour (mId- Ii
ght) no hostile demonstrations
I've been made. and it is thought
Ill not be ATTEMPTED. The excite.