The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-25

Evanston, Wyo., March 24.-The last
Of the victims of the coal mine dis
aster at Red Canyon on the 10Th was
found last night, Walter Miller by
name. The sixry-one who met their
death the same day were laid to rest
today with most impressive ceremo-
mics. There were thirty-two buried
from the Mormon church alone, where
the services were conducted by Bishop
Bowers, OF Almy, assisted by Bishop
Brown. of Evanston, and eminent Dig
nitaries of the Mormon church firm
salt Lake, including Franklin D. Rich
ards, church historian, John Henry
Smith, one of the twelve apostles and
Seymour B. Young and Edward Steph-
enson, two of the seven presidents of
the seventies. Bishop Cuff, of Coal
Vile, president of the Summit county
stake. also assisted. The choir of the
chlArch was composed of twenty-four
members led by Professor James H.
Hood, who conducted the singing. The
chul is the largest in Uintah county,
hut was insufficient to accommodate
one+third of the people who attended.
bodies of the dead into the church, but
after thirteen had been carried in, lit
was found that all of them would oc-
cupy so much space that there would
not be enough room to seat the
mourners, and the bodies were moved
out again and arranged in rows at the
side of the church. Such a scene has
rarely been witnessed anywhere and it
required the utmost efforts of Bishop
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words of comfort and consolation the
sobs of widows, mothers and children,
so that the exercises might proceed.
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. Brooks Hutchings
of the Evanston Presbyterian church,
conducted the services at No. school
house Amy.
The Rev. Leppert conducted services
for those of the Methodist faith. the
Rev. Father Fitzgerald. of the Evan
ston Catholic church, for those of his
faith, while the Rev. =. i. Beggs, Of
the Evanston Methodist church.
preached the funeral sermon at the
Opera house over the remains Of O.
Maltby, who was buried with Masonic
hoaors by Albert Pike COmmandery
Ncs l of Evanston. Fred Morgan was
order he and Mr.. Maltby were mem
hers, carrying s., 900 insurance. the only
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The Ancient Order Of Foresters
buried under their auspices five per-
sons this afternoon at o'clock.
Memorial services were held at st.
Paurs Episcopal church by the Rev.
DR.. Duffy, the rector. The offertory was
for the benefit of the bereaved.
Contributions are coming N freely
and II is hoped that none of the more
than 300 almost destitute people now
without means Of support will be per-
mitted to suffer for the necessaries of
life.
Following is an accurate and com
plete list of the dead:
James B. Bruce.
o. Maltby.
w z. Cox.
James w. Clark.
William Sellers, jr.
Jerry Crawford.
James Limb.
Fred Morgan. b
Samuel Clay.
w H. Grieves.
Willard Brown
John G. Locke.
George Hydes.
David W. Laurie, II.
William Morris.
John T. Clark.
James T. Clark.
william Langdon, sr.
Marshall Ldngdon.
David Langdon, ST.
David Lloyd.
John G. Martin
George Critchlow.
George Hardy.
4 Matt Johnson
IL. A. Hyborn.
ISVilliam Pope.
John Wilkes.
Charles and Gus Kasola.
Aaron Weedup.
lanes. samuel and Thomas Hutch
inson.
Hugh Sloan.
William Graham, Jr.
Henry Scotren.
Albert Clark.
John Thebey.
William and Andrew Mason
John Lester.
William Wagstaff.
Charles Clark
.Joseph Hyden.
John Lehu
Matt Silta-
walter Miller
Thomas Booth
Renianlin Coles.
Samuel Bates
John Dexter
Henry Burton
samuel HolSton.
Isaac johnson.
John LOpar.
Angel Dermod7.
John ,Fearn-