Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-06

tiict appeared men, women and chill.
uren scanlily clad and piteously ap-
heHllng Tor aid. Clinglng to driltwo6d
thcy were borne onward, and terror.
stricken faces, desperate struggles aud
plaintivc cries for aid combining great
impressions never 70 be fofgOtten or
enaced from the memory OF the be-.
holders. Tho story Of the destruction
ny names has been already told. To.
night the Undertaking firms Of the city
aIe turned Into temporary morgues.
win the exception Of seven Hebrewe
ana two children, all tho bodies re-.
covered were taken there. Many bodios
pear evidence OF having met death
liom burning oil, some Of them burned
beyond recognition aud several In
such terrible manner Us 10 leave
Them without the least aenblance Of
human form.
At2a. IN. fofty.slx bodies have been
recovered In OIL City, but &c is impOssi.
ne 70 give All accurate estimate OF the
total loss Of life. rhetn has been no
communication between this city aud
iltusylhe since . y. m. ThU loss of
nc there Ia said to exceed 100. Tho
TANK owned by the Pennsylvania Re.
ming company IN In danger OF OK
pIouing NJ the time Of writing. IL con.
tains 1900 barrels Of oil, anu n It
catohes fire II will wipe out the entire
upper section OF the town.
The citizens tonight Issued an ap.
peal 10 the public roulting the terrible
restitution anu great loss Of life and
fire.
AT OIL CITY.
on Cry, Pa. June b.-Noyer be.
fore In the history Of on City and the
oil country has such disaster, excite.
mont nud turmoil been seen Nv tn. city
Il now witnessing. Mt Has this
morning the city aud county Tor miles
around were startled by two ex plosions
occurring almost simultaneously. OH
creek became raging torrent and fully
thousand people were watching tho
waiets. A cloud had burst up the
creek.
About ll;3O green fluid was noticed
on tho water. This increased ia quau.
tity aud finally colorcd almost the en-.
Tire water " tho creek. Tho smell Of
gas aud oil was percopliblc and the
danger Of fire was commented upon.
The word had hardly been uttered
when 200 yards up the stream mara
OF flames shot heEveaaard.
People gtampeded like cattle and
started for the hills. Hardly had they
started whom moro explosions rent Tie
aiE aud the cntru creek for hundreds
VI feet seemed one seething mass Of
flame and smoke. Thp uanlc.strlclsen
crowd shrleked mndly In their efforts
10 escape. Women and children were
trampled under foot aud some were
severely bruised.
An engine ON the Western New
York n Pennsylvania railroad pa.sed
a tank OF gasoline standing on siding.
This tank was leaking and Nh tue engine
passed u mass OF flamu shot into the air
and the earth seemed 10 shake with tho
awful tromor. IL In supposed that the
engineer and fireman were killed by
tho force OF the explosion. In nn In.
slant the flames swept mndly over the
entire upper part OF the city which WINS
flooded by the oily waters OF the creek,
and men, and children who were NOV.
ing from their homes were caught by
the deadly flames, and II not burnei
to death outright, were drowned In the
raging flood.
At this writing forty.six ghaatly
bodies have been taken from the flood
and are lying on the railroad track.
THE DEAD,
,,,,,,
NIll'i, 9A'e 'uun NsIhponu,
Daniel sullivan, JRmes Holmes, Mrs.
William Briggs aud three daughters,
Mr.. ana Alrs. Hawkes. and daughter,
Matthew Lyons, wife anu two children,
John oLeaTy ana mother, frank
frank, James hogerr, James Hhskins,
WiillRinWhite, John olock, John Tam.
ooi humphrey SteWhtt william stew
arr, Harry Holmes. william Malone,
Frank watson, w. Il. DaugheFly, Ed
ward Mllls ana Iour chlldfeni MIS-
Copelhnu anu bhoy, MIS- Levi Filters.
There are hIleeh bodies NJ lhc UNDER
tAklng rooms OF BFltunB, MoCfnoken
q Co., twonty-hve ~ thS CITY mil, and
.. a,,1'
william Morgan, on Slty; EDWARD
heatng, MI ieiWIngep hr' Baker,
sheridan WICK, John i'ough anu son,
DIT. Eakih anu Two sons, d. hasen'
lrilz'H Two sons, iolpy iiasenirtz, bad.
~ burned anu cannon hVci nVe chill
lron, badly burned, TWO WIZ Ole; MIS-.
T@ney ana SIX chlluren bauly burned,
Nine tanks OF mo imperial hennery
company on vi Creek arc now burn
Ing.
IL is iepoftei That sam feader OF
Housewife saved ahont twenty-five
people located down the creek, lilo
used boat during the nigh HOOD, anu
great praise Is due nun.
Nothing can DO heard from ritusyiile