The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-01-19
DAY OF MOURNING IN BUTTE.
Obsequies of the Victims of
the Great Disaster.
Nine Hearses Lined Up in the
Funeral Pageant.
story of the Calamity Not Yet Told
Many OF the Injured Win Die.
Firemeu still Missing.

BUTTE, Mont, Jan. 18.-Never in the
history OF Montana has there been Q
sadder spectacle than today, when the
bodies of 80 victims of the terrible dis
sster of Tuesday laat were consigned to
their last resting place.
All business WAS Suspended for the
day, The military with muffl ed drums.
civic societies and all the FIRE dsparts
ments OF the state marched in the pro.
csssion. All buildlnga were drapsd In
mourning, and 10000 people followed
the dead to the cemetery, while other
Thousands lined the streets.
Nine hearsss contained the bodies Of
the dead firemen. One hearas contained
the bits and shreds OF humanity over
which wept the widow and orphans Of
brave Fire Marshal Cameron. Behind
the dead fireman rode James Flannery,
the sole survivor Of the crew.
Eight unclaimed bodies were buried
by the relief committee. Five of the
wounded at the hospitals are sinking
and cannot recover. Several parts of
bodies were found today half q mile
from the scene of the explosion.
STORY NOT YET TOLD.
SALT LAKE, Utah, Jan. 18.-A special
from Butte says: Hour after hour the
disaster has been putting on more dis
tressing proportions, and il looks now
as if the real weight and extent of the
terrible calamity would never be known.
The list of known dead has swelled to
So. and there are at least four in the
hospitals who cannot recover. They
are: John Sloan. Charles Ashton, w. l..
Mills and William Bow. Others are
also believed to be fatally injured. To
the list of missing the name OF Charles
Hotfbauer was today added. A few
hours before the explosion he was up
town aud purcha sed pair Of new shoes,
and on his way home no evidently
stopped at the fi.e. One shoe, badly
torn, OF the new ones he had under his
arm has been found a quarter OF a mile
from the scene OF the catastrophe. but
not fragment OF Hoffbauer has been
found. He was about 20 years OF age
and unmarried.
MISSING FIREMEN.
Included in the list OF So dead are four
missing fremen-Dave Moses, Samuel
Ash, P. J. Norlin and Ed Slosp-but not
Haofbauer nor any other of the missing.
In the minds Of those who visited the
scene after the explosion there 10 no
doubt but that many are blown 20
atoms who will never be heard OF.
Among the debris was found q number
OF letters addressed to Woffitt, 463 Free
| mont street, Boston. The letters were
from Canada and were signed Ambrose
| Allen. II is supposed he lie among the
| victims. A number OF bills from a lum-
Der company to T. H. Mackie were also
found. Another letter found was one
from Portland. Ore, signed E. O. Smith.
Only portion OF the letter was found.
1t closed with: IF you zee P. @. W.
give him my best regards" A portion
OF q body has been found, supposed to
be that of ]. d. Cameron, the IRE mar
shsl, but the Identification is not Gers
tain, there being nothing to distinguish
it but belt which was exactly similar
to that worn by the assistant chief,
whose body was also unrecognizable.
CARRIED THROUGH SPACE.
Every hour also brings additional re-
ports OF the injured. Fully 100 have
been heard from, many of them being in
q serious condition. Evan Evans was
on the scene directly alter the first ex-
plosion, and started to remove the in
jured. When the second explosion &C
CURED he was picked up and carried
some distance in the air and far from the
~ lzNk t.
his body. but the only injury he sus.
tanned was puncture in the right cheek
and cut in mis- left side. The flashes
! severely felt at Belgrade, on the other
side OF the mountain range and So miles
from Butte.
The report seems to have gone abroad
that the entire city WAS blown up. Tel-
egrams and cablegrams to the number
OF several thousand have been received
from almost every part OF the globe max.
ing inquiry as to the safety of friends.
Although the owner of the warehouse
where the explosion occurred stated that
it contained less than 100 pounds of
giant powder, it is estimated by mining
men who are familiar with explosives
that there were at least 20 tons of pow
der in the house. The law limits the
storage of powder within q mile OF the
city limits at 100 pounds. The penalty
for Its violation, however, is only a nom.
inal fine. The citizens of Butte are,
however, determined to fix the blame
where it belongs and the inves tigation
at the inquest will be thorough.
RAILROAD MEN FLED.
Coroner Richards had impaneled
jury, but County Attorney Wines was
not satisfied with its complexion and
ordered it discharged and another made
up OF representative business men to be
impaneled. The dead bodies were
viewed and the inquest then postponed
until Monday. owing to the unsettled
state Of public feeling. The funerals OF
several of the victims took place today.
The funerals OF the dead fremen will
take place tomorrow. All business will
be suspended and public officials and
military and civic societies will partioi-
pate. The work OF relief made excel.
lent progress today. Nearly $4,000
Was subscribed. the Northern Pacific
Pacific Railroad company and several
mining concerns contributing $1,000
each, The committee visited the fami-
lies of all the victims. and found many
of them in most distressing circum.
stances. 1t is significant, in looking for
the cause Of the explosion, that nearly
all tina railroad men tho ware amplovad