Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-28
..,.... Hurled into Eternity Through
The Explosion Of Fire
Damp In a SHAFT.
,,,.rr,so SIGHT. IMPOSSIBLE TO
PICTURE.
r,r,i,rlph to the srwsi
NINE EXPLOSION.
x,mber OF People Killed anu
Others Injured.

Others Injured.
eo,rrnALr. Pa, Jan. 21.-By an
.,nloslon Of lire dninpin the Mammoth
IA n The IA, G.. FTickc Coke Com.
any today, eighty sturdy minots were
n.b,red Into eternity anu a pumucr
.,nously injured. The explosion oc,
ratfed this morning shortly atcr U
o,rlocL, and II IL supposed was the TO,
.ult Oh the ignition OF miners OIL
AMIN The after damp which followed
,he ire damp explosion suiiocatcd
,s,rly every workman. The few men
sbo realized the awful situation fell to
he ground, thereby preventing the
s,s striking them. The persons not
tIlled are IN such u critical condition
nat their deaths are niomentnrily ex-
liz 10 this writing fifty bodies are
,rrpyrfed, all without a Sign OF life.
A Are which broke out after the cxplo-
Non was soon cxtingulshcd. by an
lmmen.e fan which was put In opera.
,ilon the gas has about all been driven
from lhp Dit, aud the work OF reacuing
The entonihcd miners has commcn need.
The Mammoth plant embraces 800
overs, one Of the largest plants In the
coke region, hut IL IA hard OF access. II
1. situated near the United works,
where au explosion recently destroyed
an entire shaft.
The affair has east n gloom over the
entire coke region, and tonight hun.
drtds of miners are Hooking 10
THE SCENE oP DISASTER
oferlug assistance. The appalling loss
Of lile In the Dunbar disaster In moro
thai oveshadowed by the destruction
oil lie In tho Mammoth calamity. The
news spread throughout the entire coke
rrgton with great rapidity, aud every.
already been ordered for eighty persons
nom Mount Pleasant undortakers.
No one escaped from the mine In n
condition 10 toll the story OF tho awful
Disaster. II Is estimated that there are
my wives and families lcft wholly de.
pendent on the charity Of the world for
sasienancc by this disaster. Ia fact,
they are almost pcnnilers. As the
1iant has not been running full for
b5Ine time, and work has boon cxceed.
iprIy srnres, aysrything ppes'Js WIN
" nsUfted to u supply the widows,
mothers and children with the neccs.
ahes OF life. The Frickc Company
will act literally In this direction, and
Master Workman Porter has sent nm
appeal fof aid W the miners and cookers
Of this region.
A. MIDNIGHT
u Il stated 10 men were killed In the
explosion. Sixty bodies have been
taken out ~ far. The milne IL again
Oh fire and II Ia feared all the other
bodies VIII be cremstcd.
A partial story Of the disaster Ia oh.
hinti. An unexpected How Of gas
was struck and thc miners working In
The headings connected with the flats
= aud I, were all killed. The Hire
boss, A. Il his duty, had been In the
mine anu examined the working
places Ills mangled body lies at the
moieue. Tho only evidence that lac
attended TO his duties, are tho regular
certificates Of inspection received from
nun thls morning, which guaranteed
he mlues safe. Tho miners knew
hee certificates had been filed out
ana went to work. They never re.
Superintendent Ecighly, who was
niue Inspector In the Dunbar district
when that horror occurred, was Mt the
niihr when the explosion took place,
nv immediately called for volunteers,
SUI salhering n few about him, dc.
sSnded The shaft. Before doing so he
houned General Superintendent Lynch
tnu mat gentleman ordered ali the
s mine snperintendcnts In tbs region TO
When. tho volunteers entered the
mlne sight impossible TO picture met
MEM a bank OF cans, mules aud,
more terrible than NIL. men, were
PAcEEDIS A COMPACT MASS
ssalnst the ribs or walls Of coal. and
not a living thing was In thu wreck.
age. IL was almost IA solid Ms the
.oai Itself, No terrific was the force OF
,ac explosion. This obstruction was
removed with difficulty and they on.
sIei mo chamber OF horrors. The
ms, OBJECT they discovered after leay.
w inc main entry was "a gum boot. In
wa lho leg OF n man. Further on
NY l9uhu n human head, but no.
Snelu IN sight was the trunk that had
Ihe u, but In u few minutes, afler
Easing distance surrounded by
JTIns.n unseen, they found the trunk.
he Jagged neck, with blood oozing
". v.i y, 'old tho story OF an appalling
working their way in, they found
SSoll,s strewn along the gsngway,
pho unfortunate met death while on
~ Knees In prayer, with hands clnsped
.nu eyes uplif,ed. His body was found
tuTu. We" P"'"o''o pio-
While NIL this was occurring IN,
yoIie OF the region were concentrated
~ ,ne scene OF the great disaster.
a"omleh, children, relatives and friends
une unfortunate victims rushed To
XIV mouth OF the pit shrieklng and sob
''ns' md the scene was one
NEVER no M roRaorrry.
rollowing them came the physIciaus
nv Nv uhueftakers from Scottdale, Mount
"uhant ana Greensburgh, and after
Shn Father Landing OF Scottdale,
o went among the bercaved with
so,1s OF sympathy ami coincidence,
s',lues urging the men 10 greater work
'v;cue any who might he alive and
,lls9hci. The services OF the
ruyhiGlans were little needed, for every
al IN the headings whore the ex-
.sion occurred was killed. None
49, iolurcd, and dead bodies Were
'''kn' Wy every few minutes. Every