The morning call., 1895-01-17
DEAD in THE ASHES.
Bodies Taken From the
Ruins at Butte.
MANY NOT RECOGNIZABLE.
Charred Beyond Semblance Of HUI
manity.
INJURED TAKEN FROM THE DEBRIS.
Willing Hands Ready to Do Everything
Possible for Those Not Beyond
the Need Of Help.

BUTTE, Mont, Jan. 16.-It is now esti-
mated that the number of persons killed
by last nights terrible explosion of giant
powder is sixty. Nearly fifty are already
known to have been killed. To-day the
city is in mourning and all flags are at
half-mast. The relief meeting called by
the Mayor was largely attended, and COM
mittees were appointed for the collection
of money for the relief of the affected
families. The people are responding hber-
ally, and sufficient amount to relieve
distress is already guaranteed. A number
of the bodies are mangled beyond all
recognition and never will be identified.
The following is the list of the dead identi-
fed:
Charles Aston, George Mcdonald,
Charles Gutenberg, Con Zague Barns,
George GaIbraith, J. ]. McHale, Professor
Robbins, John J. Enright, G. E. Tracey,
Matt Grosser, Officer Fred Kranbeck,
James O'Leary, Albert Goddard, William
Pierce, - Foster, Mike Mead, George
Wilton, William Smith (colored), J. B.
Miller, Fred Bowman, Mike beagle, George
iams, w. H. Nolan, Charles Hansen, FL
mer Greene, Ed Sloan, Alexander Caddy,
John Morgan, S. de Longery, S. D. Cam
eron John Sloan, Samuel Ash, Dave Moses,
George Fifer, Peter Norling, William Nc
Gee, John Fudge, Ole 0lstern.
Professor Robbins, or Robinson, who is
also known as "Two Bear" was a
famous hunter and friend of Theodore
Roosevelt OF New York. He had spent all
his life in the country and was making
preparations to guide party through a
practically unknown portion of the Vel
lowstone Park. Several visitors in the city
were among the dead, among them being
J. 3. Miller, an Idaho lawyer. The ruins
are still smoldering and it is believed that
more bodies will be found under the acres
of debris. Inquiries are coming from all
parts of the United States, inquiring about
relatives and friends who reside in the
city, or who were supposed to have been
here at the time of the explosion. 1t is
admitted by all that this is by far the most
disastrous surface explosion that has oc-
Cured anywhere in the country during re-
cent years.
The following is the best available list of
the seriously injured: At Murray &
Freud's hospital:
Mike O'Neill, cut in the head and arms,
badly mangled; w. r. Orr, jaw broken,
tongue cut and teeth knocked out; John
Cole, four ribs broken; Henry Earle, back
hurt and leg bruised; James McElroy,
knee cap smashed; Melbourne Tracy, seri-
ously injured in the bowels and arm broken;
George Dewey, back and hips injured; w.
NJ. Singleton, right arm broken; C. A. st.
Clair left hip badly bruised and arm in
jured; Tom Mcdonald will probably lose
his right arm; Henry Tiggerman, right
leg broken and breast badly injured; w.
L. Miles, stomach mangled and head badly
bruised John Cohn, body badly SCARED;
w. Grossen, back injured; R. A Veal,
back injured; Mike Connors, confusion of
leg; Frank Hart, confusion of face and
body; Nicholas Rogers, sprained ankle and
wrist; w. M. Singleton, fracture of arm;
Andrew Swift, fractured arm; Henry Stein
born, fractured leg and arm.
AT the st. James Hospital the Sisters of
Mercy and the volunteer assistants were
tired and weary this morning, no one in
the institution having slept up to noon.
Five of the fifteen victims brought there
last night have died, two of the deaths oc-
curing while the patients were being
dressed. The sisters were unable to get
the names of some of those who were given
into their care, and the following is a list
as far as it can be secured:
Tom Burns, fatally injured; Mr.. Bow,
unconscious, injuries SO serious that there
is little hope of recovery; Andrew Mich
aels, unconscious but not seriously in
jured; - Frazie, boy, broken arm;
Dave Coleman, head injured, but not
serious; Tom Coleman, injuries not dan
gerous; I. J. Haid, broken arm and leg;
T. J. Riley, leg badly bruised; James
Burns, broken leg and arm; William Nc
Andrews, back injured; John Sloan, com
pound fracture of arm and both legs.