The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-03-28
COAL MINE HORROR
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION OCCURS IN
WYOMING.

prob.b,y Nearly Half = Hundred HAVE
neen Killed-They Were in the Lower
. Laval. and win Not He Reached for
Some Time.
SALT LAKE Cry. q. T., March al
A special to The Tribune from Red Can
yon says: ,ro
A terrible explosion at Rocky Noun
tain mine No. 5. situated at Ked Jan a.
Won. Wyo., is believed to have killed ~
men who are imprisoned in the mlne'
IN addition to 10 who were in the power
house above ground or near the SHAFT
onen;ngs The slopes and and en-.
frances to the lower workings are an
blockaded by wreckage and it is thougnt
at least three days will be required 1or
rescuing parties to reach the oooies III
the mine. -,
The horror occurred at 5:15 Wednes-
dav afternoon at No. Central Paclnc
nine. Red Canyon. five miles north OF
evanston The explosion in the mine
shook the whole country around
wrecked the power plant, fan mousse
and several other buildings, entallns
heavy loss, but the death roll lar over
shadows other considerations.
These Already Recovered.
Edwin Cox, the outside carpenter
lanes Bruce, outside boss, James W..
clark. William Sellers, Jr., and James
Gernlly, an Austrian, were killed IN inc
mower house, while O'Maltby, foreman
Jerry Crawford and Andrew Mason
wore injured and died soon afterward.
the last three being about the power
bonse at the time of the explosion. A
few hours later the dead bodies OF James
Limb and Fred Morgan were brought
from the slope, only short distance
down. but as this is written there IS
around the mine great throng OF peo'
nile anxiously inquiring regarding
friends known to be in the mine, ana
all hope of any of them being alive Is
gone.
No one, after seeing the CHASTITY spec
tacle presented by the two bodies
brought out of the slope, could have
hopes of any in the mine being alive.
These bodies were burned and black
ened, with garments torn to shreds,
making it almost impossible to identity
them. How many were in the mine at
the time of the explosion will take time
to tell, but the best information obtain
able now places the number at over ~.
All those known to be dead leave large
families.
Immediately the work of rescue be-
gan. The blacksmith shop was turned
into a dead house, with three bodies
living disfigured, one with its head
blown off, the others less mangled.
Brave men had tried to descend some OF
the air and escape slopes without sue
cess. and it was not until three hours
after the explosion that a volunteer
party entered the main entrance to the
slope. and soon afterwards returned
with two bodies. They reported that
caves stopped the further progress down
the slope.
Then a party went down to shovel
out the caves, after which the search
ing party again entered and work IN
that line is now going on.
The explosion is supposed to have
come from blast setting fire to dust,
causing dust explosion, since the mine
was supposed to be free from gas, being
we'll ventilated
ibis is the third disastrous explosion
in this vicinity. In 1881 No. 2 mine,
Rocky Mountain, exploded, killing 80
Chinese and four white men. In the
spring Of 1886, Union Pacific Mine No.
d. killed IS men. Newell .Beemon,
manager, arrived from Salt Lake and
FASTENED to the mine and is doing all
he can for the injured and bereaved and
to reach those in the mine.