The record-union., 1895-01-17

| Ing aI hah-MaSC-People ReSpond-
ing Literally to the Call for Relief
for the Afflicted Families.
! SreciaI to the RECORD UNION.
SALT LAKE, Jan. l6.-The T1ibalpe,S
special from Butte says: Investigation
adds to the horrors of last nights terri
BILE accident. Never did a landscape bear
more impressively an unmistakable rec
ora OF the great destroying force of pow
der than the gloomy, blood-stained wreck
which appeared in the first faint light of
the morning. Nearly all the dead bodies
| OF the men have been recovered, but the
mammoth heaps of debris, the charred
| remains of buildings, warped and shat
tered fire engines and mangIed bodies of
dead horses are most eloquent reminders
OF the terrible work of the fateful night.
| Where vast sums of money were repre-
sented in well-tilled warehouses, nothing
remains but black, CHASTITY piles, and the
streets OF the city sparkle and glisten
with broken glass. Butte has more the
appearance OF besieged city in the days
of war than that of busy center of COM
| merce in the times Of peace.
! a woman who saw the first explosion
last night says four or five men went up
! IN the air when it took place.
| lhe ire was under control at o'clock
| ana several more bodies were sighted and
taken out OF the ruins. John Sloan, Sr.,
who was taken to the hospital, had both
legs crushed to pulp and will die.
The damage to plate-gIass windows in
the city amounts TO several thousand
| dollars.
| 4 DuDo T,ar Of ,,oreo,,r -o,,or+.l l.,, =,
| nave turned up, among them being Julius
! jacobs, George King, w esley Warren
and Mrs. George Fifer.
Forty-four bodies had been delivered
to the various undertaking rooms at
| O'Clock. Many more were being taken
up to the hospital dying. Many bodies
| are supposed to have been entirely con-
! sumed by the flames.
The fire is supposed to have been the
! WORK OF an lncendIary, as there was no
! hre, as iar as known, about the place.
| one body taken from the ruins this
morning had head, arms and legs burned
| away. FROM the peculiar hook found
| lmbedded In the Charred flesh, the BODY
| was identified as that of Chief Cameron
| OF the Fire Department. The Coroner
| mas force OF men engaged at the scene
searching for the remnants OF the lifeless
! and mangled humanity.
| The peculiarity of the accident consists
| IN the fact that a majority Of the killed
were injured about the head. In many
cases the entire tops OF the heads are
| missing.
LIVES LOST ESTIMATED AT SIXTY.
| BUTTE (Mont), Jan. I6.-It is now esti-
mated that the number of persons killed
| by last nights terrible ex plOsion of giant
| powder is sixty. Nearly fifty are already
known to have been killed.
| To-day the city is in mourning, and all
ut hale
| ing called by the Mayor was largely at
| tended, ana committees were appointed
| for the collection of money for the relief
of the afflicted families. The people are
responding literally, and a sufficient
amount to relieve distress is already
guaranteed.
A number of the bodies are mangled
beyond all recognition, and never viii be
| identified.
Following is the list of the dead identi-
1ed: Charles Aston, George McDon-
AID, Charles Guttenburg, Con Zague
BANS, George Galbraith, J. j. McHale,
Professor Robbins, John J. Enright. c..
Z. Tracey, Matt Grosser Officer Fred
hran beck, James O'Leary, Albert God
| dard, William Pierce - Foster, Mike
Mead, George Wilton, William Smith
lcoloredl, J. B. Miller, Fred Bowman,
Mike MIX Deagle, George Holloway, =
| Nolan, Charles Hansen, Elmer Greene.
| Ed Sloan, Alexander Caddy, John Nor
| gan, 5. De Longery, S. ID. Cameron, John
| Sloan, Samuel Ash, Dave Moses, George
| Eiter, Peter Norling, William MCGEE,
John Fudge, Ole OIestern. Professor
| Robbins, or Robinson, who is also
known as the 1.-TWO Bear" was famous
hunter and friend of Theodore Roose-
velt of New ork. He had spent all his
| life in the mountains, aud was making
| preparations 10 guide party through u
! practically unknown portion of the ell
| loWstOne Park, Several visitors in the
city were among the dead, among them
being }. Is. Miller, an Idaho lawyer.
| The following is the best available list
| of seriously injured:
| At Murray dC Freud's Hospital-Mike
| O'Neil, cut in the head and arm, badly
injured; w. r. Orr, jaw broken, tongue
! cut ana teeth knocked out; John Cole,
| four ribs broken; Henry Earle, back
hurt and leg bruised James McElroy,
knee cap smashed; Melbourne Tracy,
! seriously injured in the bowels and arm
broken; George Dewey, back and hips in
jured; W. NJ. Singleton, right arm
broken; G. A. St. Clair left hip badly
bruised and arm Injured; Tom McDon-
aid, will probably lose his right arm;
! Henry Tiggerman, right leg broken and
! breast badly injured; w. l.. Mills.
| stomach mangled and head badly
| bruised; John Cohn, body badly SCARED;
! w. 1GOSSeu, DdCFA III JuIeu; II. a. w cal,
| back injured; Mike Connors, confusion
| of legs; Frank Heart, confusion of face
and body; Nicholas Rogers, sprained
ankle and wrist, w. NJ. Singleton,
| fracture of arm; George Dewey, badly
! bruised; Andrew Swift, fractured arm:
| Henry Steinbern, 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 brought there last night
| are dead, two of the deaths occurring
| while the patients were being dressed
| The Sisters were unable to get the names
] of some of those who were giveu into
! their care, and the following is a list, so
| far as it can be secured: Tom Burns, ia
| tally injured; Mr.. Bow, unconscous-in-
| juries SO serious that there is little hope
of recovery; Andrew Michaels, uncon-
scious, but not seriously injured; -
| Frazier, boy, broken arm: Dave Cole
| man, head injured, but not serious; Tom
| Coleman, injuries not dangerous; r. j.
Haid, broken arm and leg; L. j. Riley,
| leg badly bruised; James Burns, broken
! leg and arm; William McAndrews back
| injured; John Sloan. compound fracture
of arm and both legs.
| The ruins are still smoldering and it
| is believed that more bodies will be found
| IN the acres of debris.
Inquiries are coming from all parts of
| the United States inquiring about rela-
| tlves and friends who reside in the city,
or who were supposed to have been here
at the time OF the explosion. II is ad-
| mjtted bV all that this is ~ far fba most