The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-29
COLORADO'S CALAMITY.
is Attributed to the Careless
ness of the Miners.
Who Failed to Obey the Rules
and Regulations.
More Anti-Chinese Legislation
Probable.
The Inquest Over the Dead Miners.

The Inquest Over the Dead Miners
Denver, Col, 27.-Ot the bodie
discovered yesterday in chamber
No. 2 of the Crested Buttes mines
twenty-one were brought out at ter
o'clock last night and placed in 6
blacksmith shop with the others
and an hour later the mine was
closed for tue night. Two bodies
were brought out to-day, and two
still remain in chamber No. /, but
are covered up and it may be days
before they are found. A number
of the bodies will be buried to-
morrow, and those remaining on
Tuesday. All saloons were closed
to-day and will remain so until
after the funeral. TwO'undertakers
arrived to-day and are preparing the
bodies for burial.
At the inquest to-day Gavin Dickson
testified that he went into the mine with
Anderson, who was assigned TO room Is,
entry 2; had q naked lamp, heard the
fre-boss tell him before entering that his
room was unsafe and not to GO in without
q safety lamp, or wait until the fire. boss
returned and mended the broken brsttice.
Anderson went in after this conversation
with q naked lamp. The ventilation
where witness was working has been
uniformly go9d, witness thought mine
boss Gibson was sometimes over cautious.
Gibson had caught witness using an open
light when ordered to use a safety lamp
1a4 Eel
Collin wood heard the fire. boss tell An
derson he must not enter his room withr
out safety lamp. Anderson promised
not to go until the fire. boss returned again.
Anderson and witness entered the mine
together, and at the entrance of entry No.
2 Anderson got light from witness, and
Anderson's light was sn omen one. Wit
ness hoped 10 recover the bodies from the
found q body with the feet lying across
The mine was properly ventilated when |
fireman, noticed the fan about five min.
right: David o. Hughes heard the fire
ing in entry No. 2, that there was gas in
Harris, one Of the two rock men who
we're working in the entry right before
he explosion, saw the fire boss making
bis rounds; it was about in the morning.
The inquest adjourned till to-morIoW.
and will pot conclude for several days.
The Masonic and Odd Fellow lodges of
Gunnison arrive tomorrow at noon, and
Joining lodges here, will bury their dead
-
Mason aud three Odd FelloWs-to. NOR
row afternoon.
Denver, 2S.-Since early this
morning Inspector McNeall, with
IN assistant, continued the search
for the two missing bodies that
were buried under the mass of
she debris somewhere in the black
depths Of the Crested Buttes mine,
but without success. The mine Is
now rapidly filing with fatal gas,
and searchers are obliged to proceed
with extreme caution; even then it
Is at the imminent peril of their
1wn lives.
The coroner's inquest was resumed
at 10 O'Clock this morning. The
evidence of three witnesses was
heard and all agreed that had the
Jules OF the mine been properly OBJ.
served by the miners the terrible ,
accident would never have occurred. Il
All spoke in the highest terms of
praise of the management, their ex-
zeme caution and care for the
afety of the miners. The inquest
gill be resumed this evening. The
unerals of John Rutherford, Jacob
aux, Dan Mcdonald and l.. W.
NTH occurred this afternoon. They
7ere conducted by the Masonic and
i'd Fellows societies. A huge
lorgue Is nearly completed and :
odies are being taken three at a !
me in sleighs from the black .
nith's chop and placed In rows on &
he floor Of the morgue. The fol- {
wing have been claimed by rela. d
ves. to whom they will be shipped C
'-morrow at the expense OF the
,mpany: Richard James, WaIsen-
lrg, Colorado; James Driscoll,
lymouth, Pa; John Creelman,
ittsburg; Thomas Chanbey, Scran- t
n, Pa. G. B. Nicholson, Rapid |
ity, Illinois; William Maroney, f
chuylkill county, Pa; David and c
ohn Thomas, Canon city, Colorado; b
lillian Aubrey, Akron, o.: Benja- b
in Jeffries, Youngstown, O.; Miles
oaeh, Schuylkill County, Pail
enrY and Thomas Stewart, father
Id con, Irwin, COL; Patrick Bar
TT, Plymouth, Pa. Sixteen bodies il
e claimed by relatives in Crested o,
uttes, and the remaining twenty c.
re- remain unclaimed. The funeral n
rvices Of those who will be buried
Crested Buttes will be held to-
orrow, Protestants in the fore
on, Catholics in the afternoon. i,
minors of trouble have entirely n
I'd out, and to night the town is Is Is
rfectly quiet. A special will be ~
n from Gunnison to morrow, con- "
ying q band, church choirs and
.ge number of people.