Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-09

a LONG LIST or VICTIMS, DEAD
on INJURED.
Account of Yesterdays Nine Hor-
ror.

ror.
KANSAS CRY, Jan. s.-A 7mes
special from South McA lister, |. T.,
says: II Ia still impossible To estimate
the number OF victims In the Krehs
disaster. From the facts now at hand,
II In believed that the killed will NUM-
ter fully hundred, tue injured 1876,
about half Of whom will PROBABLY die.
At the hour Of the explosion there
were, rs near ~ can be learned, about
400 men In the mine. They were tho
day shift, just preparing to ascend
when the explosion took place. Six
men, who had already been hoisied In
the cage, just stepped ON TO the platform
at the side OF the shaft The cage was
blown through tbs roof tower ffty feet
Into the air. a tongue OF flame shot
up the shaft and above the ground
fully 800 feet, followed by a terrible re-
port, heard for miles around, shaking
the nslghboring country 80 violently
that people five miles distant thought II
was an earthquake.
The scenes about the mouth OF the
shaft Immediately following were fear
ful Ia the extreme. Weeping wives,
mothers and sisters locked 10 the scene,
their faces blapched with dread and
many hysterical 10 the point OF insanity.
The air shaft was the only means OF
escape. IL was the point where the
relatives congregatcd. Many, sble 10
make their way out, were welcomed AZ
the surface by waiting friends.
ONE MAN WITH A BROKEN LEG
climbed 400 fee, through the air shaft
anu fell unconscious a. he reached the
surface. Others terribly burned Ia.
bored painfully up the ladder, strips Of
flesh falling from their hands and
arms ~ they grasped the ladders,
ruugs. II Is believed that fully half
escaped by the air shaft. A hundred
miuers from the Braidwood AMI Nc.
Aliister ields hulrird 10 the scene
TO do what they could In
assisting the rescue OF the eutOmbed
men and the recovery Of the dead. The
work OF rescue was terribly hazardous.
| The explosion had entirely changed
the topography OF the mine. Many
| tunnels were closed entirely, and big
loose bouiders balanced periiously ON
shelves OF rock which a breath Of air
might hurl down upon the rescuers.
Those Identified number twenty-three,
and the dead are: George Lindsay, ST.,
George Lindsay, Jr., WIN. Russell,
VIM. $. Russell, Geo. Russell, John
Zeera, Silva Zeera, Michael Jacobo,
Edward Blsndon, Joseph Blandon,
| Joseph GlennesiO, Stephen Nerseno,
/ Eugene Campassa, Bennett Moss, jos.
Csonto, Antonio Gennessio, Thomas
Cain, Grago Rocco, Johu Quinn,
Mattlock Quinn, James Quinn, Mich.
Kel McShane, Edward KiDDle.
There are several unidentified
bodies and pieces OF bodies.
THE SEARCH ny THE REscUIsd
PARTY
still CONTINUES. One disheartening fact
connected with the search Is that 80
far not one live miner has been found.
The bodies 50 lar recovered were found
burned, chsrred aud MANNED almost
beyond recognition. No fire followed
the explosion: nj least there are no
signs OF any, and there Is known 10 be
live men entomb bed in the tunnel be-
hind the fallen boulders. The rescu-
eIs can hear faint knockings and far of
sh outings. They are digging In the
direction whence the sounds come,
and hope TO yet rescue some men alive.
The wreck about the mouth OF the
mine and the bottom OF the hosting
shaft lie 80 nearly complete that tho
work IL dreadully slow. All the
bodies In plain view have been
brought TO the surface, but there are
others partly hidden under fallen
bouldsrs aud MISSES OF debris.
THE CAUSE or THE EXPLOSION.
10 still undetermined. The probability
il that some miner fired blast with
out orders, which ignlted the accumu-
lated gas or the coal dust. The scenes
I Ia. All la,
treme. Those who did not 10 10 tho
scene OF the horror and had missiu
relatives arc nearly crazy with anxiety,
while those whose relatives returned
safe from the Jaws OF death are nearly
crazed with Joy.
Up to tonight forty.eight bodies were
recovered. Tho following are the
names OF ten more victims;
George Lowry, Oscar Falta, John
Williams, L.. Hunt, Robert Powers,
William Mitchell, Joseph CLARK, Willie
McShans, Timothy Collins, James
Turner. Among the fatally Injured
are George Hariinger, George Hnr-
dipger, Jr., Frank Hathaway, Joseph
Holland, Henrique Church, William
Williams, Charles Martin, Louis Toole,
Joseph roole, Giovanni Blessant, Fran.
els roztie, Brsmiz Bicumo and John
Rossl.
Six small boys, names unknown,
who were tending the fans were killed
outright and found dead at their posts.
It's learned that the explosion WAS
csused by George Lowry exploding
what Ia known rs n "window shot"
The latest estimate OF the number
missing Is l46.
LATEST ADvIcEs.
ALAHoA, /. T., Jan. s.-rhe latest
McA lister Advices are that sixty
corpses are recovered, twenty-five
rescued alive, OF whom eight hAvo
since died. The whole number en-.
tOmbed Is now placed at 2l0.
Crisp Improving.
wAsnISGToN, Jan. S. - Speaker
Crlsp's condition continues steadily 10
improve. His physician, DIR. Walsh,