The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-08

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o,o1ool- +o5.,, fira broke ont in the
+l,i,
! Shall Vi Ilie Oooeoiee liii1te ''-ie '''
time it is more than possible that rofty
men and boys have been burned to
de.+b or snffocated The names of
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the men Known 10 ne III ehe AniiS al
as follows:
Tremath, mine boss.
Richard Ricket.
,r.o,o1 ro1u
-NiiOiif'el
Rlchard GrehIeH.
Michael Shuttle.
John Matsen.
William Brvant
1,,.aroos anao,.
Alexander Danfel.
John Cudlip.
Thomas Curtis.
Robert Johns.
Peter Martin.
Joseph Sahte.
James Harrington.
William Donald.
Barney Eleore
Anton Sca7uaaI, oil o,iners
Peter STANDARD
Na1tar DoI1e driu bo,,s
me start.
The fire started in shaft No. 8.
which is used to carry the miners to
the surface from the mine. and when
the fire broke out all of the men and
boys employed in the mine about zoo
in number made rush for the shaft
in the hone of being brought 10 +ba
surface.
me hre was too rapid for them
a. 'lle III i,1t % Ttlei ely GU Oh ny
n,,rso,,ed ,i,,a,c -.7 b,.o1, of .ie
cross c,,r and in +bie Jsya1T roaIoao,ad to
reach another shaft from which thew
were taken to. the top. Forty were
missing when the roll was called.
No Hone For Them.
717i+1,ir ,t,o,+ +;o ,eto,, ~.
roo oj,rd +ba e1,,fo 90 ,ol,, 49,, 60
80 So I'll H. .t.et esan 10
=, al ChS olldLlo anu tne
escape vi lne men peIoW was entlrely
cut OIL. Inc men IN charge say now
| that there IS not the slightest chance
! for anv of the men noW in the mine
Ia aeoona with -+bair li,,oc IF +boIr o,.o
,o+ 11,,,,,,ed +l,o,- ,,,,,r+ I,o1-o ,oo,, I,,ir1
Ia
Wy 'lie ueiisG S4lioAe vTlI+illl d SHIT TINE
after the nfe started.
! Fortunately the mine is not as heav-
| lily timbered as some. of the mines in
| this IOc9 IjfU and If will nor tal Ike
oroa+ while IN brrn ont As tbe +binr
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now otdiIu0 oil0i 10 ilo1 elie allS llleSt
ohlng thdc can Iie zone Tor the men
/ ana no effort IS belng made to extln-
| guish the flames.
There is nothing known of how the
/ fire originated.
o. a..
On the Twenty-Seventh Level.
The fire broke emf in the 9th IeOar
| IT. o.ooa,, :; ,,,,..,. =. -,
Inc Osceoid 10 1t copper mine located
- - ce'p.s'iii
- NJ shaft ha sr,a,,ed 80, "s's
~ '0'e ''.i iiiii -
but some Oh the miners WORKING IN the
! levels did not believe there was fire in
! the mine as they Could NOT enar anv
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- 0it,o' - rNiiiis' Oii leal ms
NO shdlt, Capt1lA cdWarus met Cap
! tain Trenbert ana a party of men who
were looking for the fire ard on reaching
the shaft they found large quantity
of logging on fire. Captain T'renbert and
p party Of men were left to fight the fire
| below, while Captain EsE-ards went to
! the surface to get a hose. but when he
+ returned he found that the smoke had
made an updraft instead of a down and in
! consequence he had TO come back TO the
surface as fast as possible. Word was
/ Immediately sent TO the men in The mine
for all to come to the surface. which
IN, =, te rr boee ti,1 sun
clothes and it is supposed that that num-
Der were unable 70 get oTt in time and
are entomoed zeU Ieet oelq q me surface f5
lU tbere TerW 1jt+Ie fi,9,e,, u,
/ This mart of the mine, so the fire must
! soon burn out, and il the miners have
not already been smothered to death
they Will surely be X me ilre mas to be
IeJt 10 DUH ouI 300 canr pe
Lea a nif Of ~, nina -, h,e,e
voinmes from No. 2 SHAFT 49,
,.
] scenes ne'E'feii"is
The scene at 0ppeche shaft, where
many OF me 1 men came up was Qeeply
ra,pd tbn ,no,tb IF tbe ehaf nv
women Tn.sn and children standing around
/ looking for their husbands and fathers.
| Besides the men mentioned above many
| more are known TO be entombed, but in