The record-union., 1895-03-22
Special to the RwCoaD-UNTox.

Special to the RTCO%D-U MON.
EVANSTON (Wyo.), March 21.-The to-
tai number now known to have perished
IN tho mine disaster at Red Canyon yes
terday evening is sixty, of which fifty
one are married mon and nine young men
and boys. Up TO this hour the bodies Of
the following, out of total Of ftty-three
who met their death in the mine, have
been recovered and turned over to their
relatives: Albert Clark, John Morris,
David Laurie, George Hyde John G.
Locke, W. II. Grieyes, Samuel Clay, all
single; Samuel Hutchinson, William
Morris, Thomas Booth, Benjamin Coles,
Charles Clarke, Willard Brown, James
Limb and Fred Morgan, all men of large
families. This leaves twenty-eight unre-
covered bodies III the mine.
The timbering has been largely blown
out, and the walls and roof of the whole
interior are cracked and shattered so that
the volunteer searching party OF eighteen
now seeking the bodies Of their comrades
are every moment in danger OF being
buried.
\ Coroner's jury has been impaneled,
when view the remains as soon as
brought to the surface and turned over 10
relatives.
The agonizing cries of widows and chil-
dren about the mouth Of the mine Geggars
description. The mules that were in the
mine are SO burned that they have to be
removed on account OF the OdOr before
work can proceed.
NO ONE IN THE NINE ESCAPED.
SALT LAKE, March 2l.-A special to
the IrijUue from Evanston, Wyo., SAYS:
Ever since the explosion at Red Canyon
mine work has progressed steadily.
gaining access to the mine. bringing out
! the dead and caring Tor the bereaved fam
lies. \ OF one IN the mine at the time of
the explosion escaped, all being Instantly
! killed. There may be more tnau sixty
killed, but that Is the number shown
( alter carefully checking the roll. Of
those who were injured around the mine
Dr. Gamble, the resident mine physician,
! has about twenty-five under treatment.
This morning David G. Thomas, State
Mine inspector, arrived and will remain
until all the bodies are recovered and
Will thoroughly inspect the mine He
says he considered this the best venti-
lated and safest mine in the State. being
Tree from gas and having plenty OF safety
apparatus. All agree that the cause OF
| the explosion was Il miner putting in a
/ large charge OF powder to throw down a
big amount OF coal Tor the ho Xt morning
This charge set fire TO what is known as
Il uuSL EA pIOSIFe. 4uIS DUST OF minute
particles OF coal mixed with air made tie
dangerous compound which caused the
destruction OF property and carried SO
many men to instant death.
The work OF bringing out the dead is
necessarily slow, since after getting the
! few men in the manway lying near the
exits, the others were far down the mine
The balance met death on the seventh
and eighth Levels, one-tnird OF a mile
/ down the slope, SO steep as to make it diff
! hcuIt and laDOr.ous. Some OF the bodies
were partly covered with the caves, hence
requiring searching 10 find them. Dut
most OF them were lying fully exposed.
". J. Cassiu, the Coroner of Uintah
County, impaneled a jury, which
viewed the remains brought out, identi-
TED them, and permitted relatives TO take
possession o. the bodies Tor burial. Salt
Lake and Omaha were :elegraphed to for
collins, and the burial OF the victims VIII
occur as soon as possible.
The distress of the bereaved calls loudly
for aid, as the fifty-One women who have
been beroft of protection and support OF
their husbands with their families, will
probably make a total of J.: o persons.
fully worthy Of the deepest vilpathy.
There yet remain i'll the mine about
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