The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-09
WHOLESALE DEATH.
Fully q Hundred Miners Killed
by an Explosion
OF Gas in Coal Mine-0yer a Hundred In
Jured-Wiyes and Mothers Around the
Shaft-HeartTending Scenes.

KANSAS CITY, Jan. S.--A Times special
from South McAllister l. t., says: 1t is
impossible to estimate the number of VIC
Tins of the Cregs disaster. From facts
now at hand it is believed
THE KILLED WILL NUMBER FULLY A
HUNDRED,
and the injured 1875, about half of whom
will probably die. At the hour of the ex-
plosion there were, as near as can be
learned about four hundred men in the
mine. They were the day shift Just pre-
pairing to ascend when the explosion took
place. Six men who had already been
hoisted in the car had just stepped onto the
platform at the side of the shaft. The
car was blown through the roof tswer
fifty feet into the air. A tongue of
flame shot up the shaft and above
the ground fully 500 feet, followed by
terrific report, which was heard for miles
around, shaking the neighboring country
so Violently that people five miles distant
thought 1t was an earthquake. The
SCENES ABOUT THE MOUTH OF THE SHAFT
Immediately following were fearful in the
extreme. Weeping wives, mothers and
sisters locked TO the scene, their faces
blanChed with dread, and many historical
to the point of insanity. The air shaft, the
only way of escape, was the point where
the relatives congregated. Many who
were able to work their way out were well
coined at the surface by waiting friends.
One man with a broken leg climbed 400
feet through the air shaft and fell uncon-
sclous as he reached the surface. Others,
terribly burned,
LABORED PAINFULLY UP THE LADDER,
Of F,l
arms as they grasped the ladders rungs
1t is believed fully half escaped by the air
shaft.
| A hundred miners from Braidwood
and McAllister's fields hurried to the
scene to do what they could in assist
ing in the rescue of the entombed men
and recovery dead. The work of
| explosion had entirely changed the
topography of the mine. Many tunnels
were closed entirely, and
BIG LOOSE BoULDERs BALANCED PREVIOUSLY
on the shelves of rock which a breath of
air might hurl uown upon the rescuers.
| Those identified number twenty three
and are: George Lindsay, ST., George
Lindsay, jr., William Russell, William s.
RUSSELL, George Russell, John Zera, Silva
Zera, Michael JOcOmO, Edwin BloDdon,
Joseph Blondon, Joseph Gjnnsssio, Ste
Moss, Joseph Caonlo, Antonio Gennessio,
Thomas Cain, Grago Rocco, John Quinn,
James Quinn, MattlocH Quinn, Michael
McShane and Edward KibOle. There are
seventeen unidentified bodies and pieces of
bodies.
Up to tonight forty-eight dead bodies
had been recovered. The following are the
names of ten more victims: George
Lowry, Oscar Falta, John Williams, L.
Hunt, Robert Powers, William Mitchell,
Joseph Clark, Willie McShane, Timothy
Collins, James Turner.
Among the fatally inbred are: George
, Hardinger, George Hard1nger, ir.,
Frank Hathaway, Joseph Holland,
Henrique Church, William Church,
! William Williams, Charles Martin,
Louis Toole, Joseph TooIe, Giovanni Bles-
SAINT Francis Tozzie, Braniz Bicumo and
John Rossi Six small boys who were tend
ing the fans were killed outright and found
at their posts.
i 1t is learned the explosion was caused by
/ George Lowry exploding what is known as
s'window shot" The latest estimate Of
. the number missing is 146.