The herald., 1895-03-25
Last Chapter in the Evanston
Mine Disaster
SIXTY-ONE COFFINS IN ALL
Not Enough Room in the Little Church
for Mourners
Leading lien Of the Mormon Church Officiate
at the Services s-fiusiing the Walls
of the Widows

EVANSTON, Wyo., March 24.-Walter
Miller the last OF the victims of the Goa
mine disaster at Red Canyon on the 2Oth
was found last night. The sixty-one wht
met death in the same day were laid to
rest today with most impressive cere
monies. There were thirty-two buried
from the Mormon church alone, wher,
the services were conducted by Bishop
Bowers of Almy, assisted by Bishop
Brown of Evanston. and eminent digna-
taries of the Mormon church from Salt
Lake. including Franklin d. Richards,
church historian; John Henry Smith, one
of the twelve apostles. and Seymour b
Young and Edward Stephenson, two o.
seven presidents, Bishop Cluff of Coal
vile, also assisted. The church is the
largest in Utah county, but was INSULT
cient to accommodate one-third of the
people who attended
1t was attempted to take the coffined
bodies of the dead into the church. but
after thirteen had been carried in it was
found that all of them would occupy so
much space that there would not be
enough room to seat the mourners and
the bodies were removed out again and
arranged III rows at the side OF the
church. Such a scene has rarely been wit
messed anywhere and it required the ut
most efforts of Bishop Cluff and Apostle
Smith to hush. by words of comfort, the
walls of the widows. All these were
buried at the Mormon cemetery at Red
Canyon.
The Fins, too. were buried from their
own chapel in their own burying ground.
The Rev. Leppert conducted the SER
vices for those Of the Methodist faith, the
Rev. Father Fitzgerald of the Evanston
Catholic church for those OF his faith.
while the Rev. f. e. Beggs of the Evans
ton Methodist church preached the funeral
sermon at the opera house over the re-
mains OF 0. Maltby, who was buried with
Masonic honors.
Fred Morgan was buried by the A. o.
L. W., OF which order he and Maltby
were members. carrying $4,000 insurance,
the only two insured out of the whole
sixty-one. Contri buttons are coming in
freely and it is hoped that none of the
more than three hundred destitute peo-
pie now without means of support will
be permitted to suffer for the necessaries
of life.
Following is an accurate rand complete
list of the dead: James B. Bruce, O..
liam Sellers. jr., Jerry Crawford, James
Limb, Fred Morgan. Samuel Clay, W. II.
Greves, Willard Brown, John G: Locke
George Hydes David w. Laurie, jr., Will
liam Morris, John r. Clark, James Clark,
William Langdon, jr., Marshal Langdon,
David Lloyd, John Martin, George Critch-
low, George Hardy, Matt Johnson, H. A.
Hyborn, William Pope, John Wilkes,
Charles and Gus Kasola, Aaron Weedup,
James, Samuel and Thomas Hutchinson,
William Sellers, jr., Hugh Sloan, William
Graham, jr., Henry Scotren, Albert Clark,
John Thebey William and Andrew Ma
son, John Lester, William Wagstaff,
Charles Clark, John Hyden, Joseph Lehti
Matt Slit, Walter Miller, Thomas Booth
Benjamin Coles, Samuel Bates, John
DEXTER, Henry Burton. Samuel Holston.
Isaac Johnson, John Lopar, Angel Ner-
mode, John Fearn, Baptiste Julian.