Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-25
COAL Mine ON FIRE.
Ihlrly.seVsn Lives Lost Near SEATTLE,
Washington.
4 GRIEr.srRIcKES POPULATION.
Tho Sight Of the Bodies as They Are
Laid Out 10 Rows Chllls the
People With Horror.


Gas sxplosion occurred Ia breast 81 on
the sixth level Of tue Frnnklln mine,
Al franklin, near this city, this alter
noon. Sixty.two miners were i'm.
prisone1 aud thirty-,even were killed.
The rest escaped alive. The fire was
soon e1tinEulshed aud tue work OF
tahing out the bodies began. All were
recovered.
A speolal to tho Post IntehigeHosr
from Franklin, wash, says;
At Dneen minutes TO O'Clock this
af,eroVon Ore was noticed by soms Of
mo drivers on tue sixth north level,
aud notice was given 10 tue men in-
,.Is who were working ia different
PAGES. Many Of the men Ia the gang
ways Tusned cut and reached the main
sunii.
ADout seventy mun were al work In
tue sixth level north, and OF that mum.
tcr sbjut forty fingered Of breast D,
wurfe tue fife originated, anu male
uu attempt to put out thu fire. The
urrast was burning nefcely anu before
tue miners knew II the IRE had COM
uiunicated 10 breasts % aud 81, and
smoke began to issue from breast OIL Ia
that immediate vicinity. Several OF
thoss who fingered At tho burning
breast o. took warning aud He'd, hut all
who remained were overcome aud
ksphyxihted. u Is evident that all tho
mun hsd timo TO come out, for thosu
VI work In tue further breast rtarhed
tue shaft In safety, while those who
we're nearest the shaft aud consequent.
~ more removed from danger, per.
ishrd. They uvidontly believed they
were In perfect safety ut the ME, hut
while they fingered the smoke uUzad
cut from some outside place iuftner
south anu the bodies were all found
south VI breast ~. Thvy were all
found along within space OF 900 feet.
~ soon uA tue alarm whistle sound.
cd from the engine house, Iloplr began
10 crowd arounu tho mrutn oi the SLOPE,
snd the cry, "rhe uiinu IL on nf,l"
quickly spfesd throughout the town.
Among tho first TO reach tue scene was
Superintendent W. 4. Ramsey. lie
tiled TO appear unconcetnrL. aud ~
though hu really did not believe auy
llvrs would bs iosi, aud the crowd OF
men, women anu children Oi both
colOfs who lived near tue track round.
about, becoming Teassurei NJ the care.
lrssns-s aud g0Od.DatuIed manner Of
the supeTintsndont, began 10 treat the
hti'ur NJ u huge Joke, laughing sud
Iosning each other. In snort timr,
however, word came Tor nelp, Auu
tntu wnvn the Guperinlenuons called
iJI volunteers 10 10 INTO tue mine, there
nnsgTsHt excitement. The fifst man
TO volunteer was George w. smalley,
"a itgtO, VINO with two Othotr, was
lowered down tho l,lOU.ioot slope
To the sixth level. Ihcfe he met
Inen from the sixth level sOutn, vino
were doing Nil they could 10 tes-
cue the men on tho north side OF tho
same level. Other rctcuers went dOw a
from tho surface, anu Snialley, q. e..
Todd, John Adams anu John Morgan
found tue body OF the iifst man IA tho
gangway about 900 feet Ia from the
slope. fhe body proved ~ DO that OF
J1nn q. Anterior, aud was pulled 10
The top OF the slope. Tue arrival Of
Anuefsou's body ON the surface was
tue iirst inUma1On 10 the men, wO'
men aud children ON the surface that
any ono had mos death, Consequent.
~ when the body WIN carried away
there waHA wild scramble % discover
Us identity. When II was found, the
Iuiolefs were buHlrged with question.
from mothers, fathers aud children
concerning loved ones VINO were im-
Tflsonsd. But these questions we've
Ouly answered by an ominous shake oil
the head.
As tbs bodieb began TO arrive at the
surface Of the maln slope the excite
ncnt over them ny The wives aud
mOlherp, anu Tor tnnt matter by the
wuOIe pOpulace, became uucOntrOlla.
bic. A 3 O'Clock the last Of the thirty
seven bouirH were recovered, anu then
the people began to quiet down
Many OF them were completely pros
tralrd with their violent grief, aud de-
voted their time 10 Intellectually car
iEg tor the dund.
As room gs tho dead arrived at the
turlHcu Superintendent Ramsey had
another parry carry them TO tic old
engiue room, where they were laid oul
IN rows oh the Il Jor, tbs thirty-sevon
slalwnrt bodies covering almost every
Iuch ~ space. The sight was one lhAI
unluvd the people with horror. The
lew who escaped, upon reaching the
sur,ace, were giveted with cries VI JOY
while all evening men hTe shaking
each others hands, happy that they ar'
uus among tho deal. one man sale
lhis evening!
al thought had somo enemies th'
other Jay, but have nonv now
Livery mau meet, | ie0l, IL M
iflbnd,n
This evening all Il quiet, In the fac
OF this awful death. Tho dead hRV'
teen prepared, clothed, laid Out, and I
man Is how among the people heeinl
wnat disposition shall be- made OF tb'
hodies. Tomorrow men Will dig th'
graves AMI tue next day there Will "
Tremendous funeral.
About half thu mlneTe were negroes
having been brought from tho Eas
Tour yran ggo TO replace strikers. 'Ihl
mine Ia owned by the Oregon Improve
mrut company anu produces tho bes
col IN the state OF Washington. Tn
damage 10 tho mine Is not large.
THE ELEVATOR ROW.