Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-04-09
KILLED IN The Mine.
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SEATTLE Wnshi AlHI'.-A "hA'
..r. wash, sreci,I ssyH
T'. g8f Ii,iIgcnosr Correspondent
...tstga.m. from the scene Of D.
.,IrIs ii.as,sra o., Blue Canyon mime
srs.B miles from IhiH city on L'Ae
,y.gssm. auiIs iu possession u' HlI
..,,litu.au now obtaluaUlc.
On trs tacaamith shop nrar The en-
,.,rs.t5 ihs msiu tunnel Iie the black
...I bodies Of twgnly-lhfUe dead
.is,p. while only two Of all VINO were
..t.mins whom the explosion UH.
1,,,,i. u,sI &, tell tho story of tuu
r,bral catastrophe uud their own
H.nsl.0us escape.
rbsrrIlslon occurred shortly after
.Jsssn, when the shit would nave
be-, tB.ur,I. and the miusfa were
.ywtlv climbing the steep hill ifuin
-.Trug house 90 take the places Of
,5.msU tiIiuI. rhu uiHastut WIS uu.
s..IflfIy caused by an accumulation
7tffrUHm., which was exploded rs 70
NuHl IU inc NlNA.N 100 HhN NN'h wy a"N
rftsui lHr mon vino we're Wotkiug
Htsr breast ate badly burned but
majority % those who wtlu
v5fIirg boz Tho rooms % the Gaugway
v,fs 6rIy slightly dishEufcd 10y the
ffs and many Ui them not ni oil.
FHu.a.aus auI miners soy that the
nd working 100 the bfcatt must have
Hgss KILLED Ig the tuuuk of tho gEllg-
ssn. vhI'e luU others uuCcumutd 60
fHt ffr damp DE they Hlid down from
usf.lus 90 Ihr rauyWuy, then nligl
4u deadly guF. This IuuEwuy De-
r.ssHrl uy d tunnel ESQ feet lJug ami
Die Is.areH from tine Intersection VI
ut yuessy Go tho breast ~ here tuU
gEr.0..gu lHuE place BE- about ,IlI irui.
IBs maIu aIfsNHii reached thu Tulae
aayau.uI IWIuut from ,hr tuuUui and
ANS uIYuuI by water power and
tblgb vasugtuiiou,u1 by the uEuI.-
F.H.
knfus, tIo only miner who chpUI
ifmuuy luu r1.uf,t tys that Doc Wac
u.IsuuHs4r rrv.u thrown down ~
tastHgs, though Morgan, who was
afauE will him, Wy8 billed.
huW' NsHt vas not uatiugushui
ulIUrala 900 fl,p. uaEIlu down iuy
chute i1ias gh8Esny, losing hia light
IaHmf way, auu managed 90 make
bio way 90 tho uAfEuusE iu EUmu
magu.gs manner along tue poisonous
Itssa.t, 1yeI dvau boiler EuI UIiUF Ui
g1i' ..Hauui by the yNi l1s.ul, 10 ,hu
UHtu aL lut before uu reached tLu
entrance, tue wUIk 90 IsHcur ind
t.uly commenced. Ou, iu she tunnel
bgu.ia party 1f brave miners VrgI-
90. ugIf way Inward uH latt ~ tuv
ugl.rU. the IIlHItuIB gas permitted,
lut wly uul uthufH following pushed
laft way illI the mine AuI ustrIuI
g4i one uy one the bOIItH ~ tue dead
miugfs a- they Clmu upon tuum lu sine
EausWay, Tue hIHi BODY ouud wac
ub,H' tue mule HTIvrf, lyiug beside
ur4ghI aUimal $50 tyrthum tho mIut
enhance. From there iu tue iaU u
Goo EaHHwayt o. distance ui stout 7H
'trl UHIIrH were scattered along "a,
Nry iuIl tom the uhuttH leading "a
hHUH E Nest % the bodies showed
HgyUIuurr of struggle nud in m0sI
lHhggrb death apparently uamt
gI'csIN MuAuIIrWs's body wal
lluH IuI'rl uuIuf a sliuu of coal AuI
hrNuiy was upon hlH hA 10 aud
bagu aiuIl twuuly yards from wurT,
De bod u.uu working auu hAu hIl
HaHlFrTgulef tied DyuI bis nose AM
ruth,
When the correspondent lpit th'
NINE shortly before midnight, tu,
HHt. %. washing tue faces and maud
uitr dead men had commenced, Al
llair now IuFaiulr n lcIns done {,
al|nNalu tho distress Of the families %
lau deceased. The president VI M
company NJ. T.. Down, now IN New
tofli H.H been nUuftd by wire. Cot
ms have been ur-cftd uuu alter Tn
ll4ug.t tomorrow the bUiirs viii bu
liuuEuL 10 tulHrity