Evening journal., 1890-09-08
ONE GENT.
FORTY-FOUR ARE DEAD.
Frightful Loss of Life at Spo-
kane Falls.
SEVENTEEN BODIES RECOVERED.

oEf EN ZEN bODlES RECONERED.
The Premature Explosion Of an Immense
Charge Of Dynamite in the Northern
Pacific Freight Yards Caused Terrible
Havoc Digging Out BTutiIated Bodies.
SPOKANE FALLS, Sept. s.-The work at
the scene of the fatal rock cut explosion
proceeded until nearly midnight, when it
was ordered stopped lest some careless
blow with the pick should set off one of
the three other heavy blasts that had been
prepared. Early in the morning the work
began again, but no more bodies were re-
covered The huge pile Of broken rock was
almost entirely removed, and il is not
thought that there are any more bodies
buried there, although il is possible that
one or two more will be found today in
sort OF pocket, from which the rock was
not removed
The Dead and Injured.
The dead so far as they have been recov-
cred are: Henry Aptell, John Cartlinio,
+. A. Hahn, II. U. Hughes, Henry Jacob
ini, Isaac johnson, Dan Macarthur, James
Mcpherson, Homer Olsen Roy pinkney,
Andrew Puelonelio, Joseph Ray, j. Talbo,
Charles Veyeller, Henry j. Veyeller, b.
Nitter and A. W. Warren.
The Seriously Injured.
Among the more seriously injured now
In the hospital are:
Joe Baronie, injured internally, right ear
split and scalp wounds
John Q. Blaine, injured internally.
AInff1 IL
both bones Of the right leg and severe
scalp wounds
Jacob Mackie, injured internally severe
bruises and scalp wounds.
Uno Reeth, shoulder blade and arm dis
located and leg broken.
John Rhine, head badly cut, three fingers
OF left hand amputated.
Seventeen arc Dead.
Great crowds of people swarmed about
the scene Of the catastrophe all day, aud in
the excitement many rumors were afloat
which have no foundation except in the
Imagination.
OF the injured at the hospitals one, Hugh
Hayes, died. Two others who were badly
injured are reported to have died at their
homes These, with the fourteen dead at
the morgue, make the total number dead
thus far definitely known seventeen, with
seven or eight more dangerously injured,
some Of whom will die
More to BE Accounted For
There were forty men working In the
fatal cut at the time of the explosion, and
Of the seventeen TO be accounted for only
few are known to have escaped The fore
man says he will not know how many Of
them escaped until the roll Is called. Half
dozen Of those at work in the cut at the
time the explosion occurred were preseut
20 testify az the coroner's inquest ia the
afternoon.
Il was stated that there were 15O pounds
Of dynamite in each Of the charges which
were exploded, aud the witnesses all con
CURED in the view that the second charge
was exploded by the Jar from the first.
Mangled beyond Recognition.
The cause Of the accident is of course
conjectured, the only evidence giving anv
light on IL being the statements Of two
witnesses that the man who was doing
the tamping became impatient as the hour
Of 9 drew near and drove the tamping rod
with careless strokes. However this may
be he paid the penalty with his life A
piece Of rock may have been dislodged in
the drill hole and the driving OF the tamp-
ing rod would then have acted on the ex-
plosiye. The bodies at the morgue were
mangled almost beyond recognition, but
most Of them have been identified. Tie
victims were mainly Swedes and Italians.
Forty-four Reported Killed.
A later report than the above states that
there are yet twenty-seven men unaccount-
ed for, all Of whom are probably buried be-
meath the mighty mass Of rock. and that it
is believed forty-four men were killed by
the explosion. The men were working in
a cut leyeling Off the ground for the new
Northern Pacific freight yards. The cliff
Of rock on the side Of the cut which was
being removed was twenty feet high The
blasts are so arranged that the rock is
thrown toward the cut. Not anticipating
the blast, about thirty men were under the
cliff when the blast exploded
shrielSs and Groans Arose.
A great mass OF rock and earth raised in
the air and pitched over into the cut, bury
Ing the men beneath its awful weight
None Of them had time to run, but few
escaped in a miraculous manner Over
100 men were at work IN the adjoining
cuts, and at once were on the scene Of the
terrible accident and began with picks and
shovels to hunt for the buried bodies.
From all over the huge mass Of rock groans
and shrieks issued and the air was filed
with the appeals of the wounded and dying.
A short half hour and all was still.
The Harrisons at Cresson Springs.
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