The record-union., 1895-03-25
RED CANYON MINE EXPLOSION,
VICTIMS LAID AT REST AT
EVANSTON, WYOMING.
The Number OF Fatalities of the Ter
rible Disaster Now Placed
at Sixty-One Souls.
Snecial TO the RECoRn-uNInN.

Special to the RECoRD-UNION.
EVANSTON (Wyo.), March A.-Walter
Miller, the last of the victims of the coal
mine disaster at Red Canyon onlthe 20th,
was found last night. The sixty-one
who met their death the same day were
laid to rest to-day with most impressive
ceremonies. There were thirty-tw O
buried from the Mormon Church alone,
where the services were conducted by
Bishop Bowers Of Almy, assisted by
Bishop Brown of Evanston and eminent
dignitaries Of the Mormon Church from
Salt Lake, including Franklin d. Rich
ards, Church Historian, John Henry
Smith, one OF the twelve Apostles, and
| Seymour u. Young and Edward
. Stephenson, two Of tie seven Presidents
Bishop CluH OF Coalville also assisted
The church is the largest in Uintah
County, but was not sufficient TO accom-
modGte one-thlrd OF the people who at
tended.
1t was intended to take the coffined
bodies OF the dead into the church, but
alter thirteen had been carried in il was
found that all OF them would occupy SO
much space that there would not be
enough room TO seat the mourners. So
the bodies were moved out again and ar
ranged III rows at the side Of the church
t3uch scene has rarely been wit
messed anywhere, and it required the ut
most efforts of Bishop Cluff and Apostle
Smith to hush, by words of comfort and
consolation, the sobS of the widows
mothers and children, SO that the eXer-
cises might proceed. All these were
buried aC the Mormon Cemetery at Red
Canyon. The Firms, too, were buried
from their own chapel in their own bury
ing ground.
The Rev. Leppert conducted the serv-
ices upon those OF the Methodist faith.
the Kew. rather fitzgerald OF the Evans
/ ton Catholic Church for those of his
/ talth, while the Rev. Z. 4. Beggs of the
evanston Methodist Church preached
the luneraI sermon at the Opera-house
over Tue remains OF o. Maltby, who was
! buried with Masonic honors.
Fred Morgan was buried by the A. O.
y. W., OF which order he and Mr.. Maltby
were members, carrying s., 900 insurance.
the only TWO insured out of the whole
sixty-one.
Contributions are coming in freely.
/ and it is hoped that none of the rnore
than 300 almost destitute people now
without means OF support will be- uer-
mitted TO suffer for the necessaries of
lite.
Following is an accurate and comnleta
list Of the dead: james Is. Bruce q
Maltby, w. u. Cox, James ", CIarIJ
james ". Sellers, Jr., Harry Crawford
James Limb, Fred Morgan, Samuel Clav
/ W. II. Grieves, Willard brown, John O.
Locke, George Hydes, David w Laurie.
Jr, William Morris, John Morris, John
7. Clark, James Clark, William Landon.
ST.. Marshall Laugdon, David Lloyd
) ohm q. Martin, George Critchlew,
George Hardy, Matt Johnson, Hy Hay
/ born, William Pope, Charles Wilkes,
/ Charles ard Gus kasola, Aaron Butte,
1 William Weedup, James. samuel and
Thomas Hutchinson, William Sellers,
/ ST., Hugh Sloan, William Graham,
! Henry Scotren, Albert Clark, John
/ Thebey, William and Andrew Mason,
/ John Lester, William Wagstatf, Charles
Clark, Joseph Hyden, John Lehti, Matt
Silta, Walter Miller, Thomas Booth, Ben
/ 1auin Coles, Samuel Bales, John Dexter,
Henry Burton, Samuel Holdston, Isaac
Johnson. John Lopar, Angel Nermode,
| John fearn. Baptiste Julian.