Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-11

Carbonate, Wash, Dec. 10.-Stunned
by the suddenness Of the mine horror,
the people here seem too dazed for any
expression Of grief Of a demonstratiye
nature
Thirty-two Is the number Of dead.
As by miracle, two men were rescued
at o'clock this morning, after suffer
Ing an awful night entOmbed In the
dark cavernous chamber Of horrors,
Almost knocking the doleful situation
one Of these men, Peter Merpx, proud
ly slapped himself on the breast as he
was emerging from the mouth OF the
main tunnel, calculating. Peters all
right; how's my dogs?'
In painful contrast to him was the
other fortunate, named Michael Kn'sh,
a Pole So sickened had he been with
the bad air, laden with It's black damp,
that he could hardly find his voice, and
what utterances he did give vent to
We're born Of delirlum.
Later In the day Knish said: Il was
working on the fourth crosscut when Il
came. After that ] went TO sleep, and
somebody came and woke me up and
took me OUT Of there"
That was the tell-tale measure Of his
period Of consciousness. All he knew
was that an explosion had happened
and then he fell asleep until rescued.
He had lain In the coal depths oyer
eighteen hours. and not the least con-
ceptlon Of this length OF time. On the
other hand. Peter, the Frenchman, had
been blndly cropping around in the
darkness for the most Of the night on
his hands and knees, seeking for some
avenue Of escape. Save these two men,
the death list remains the same.
The injured, In addition to Knish,
numtar five. They are Andrew Kichin-
ko. Michael j. Kichinko, Hungarians;
Abraham kalunki, Finn, and James
Conway the first man TO leave the
mine Of Foreman DayIs's shift all OK
whom are severely burned, and Candi-
do Parollni, an Italian, who has sew
era ribs fractured by falling timbers.
Gov Rogers VIII conduct a searching
examination as 10 the cause Of the ex-
plosion. He has telegraphed State
Mine Inspector owens, now at Sp0-
kane, 10 attend the inquest tomorrow
aud examine witnesses himself The
question OF insufficient ventilation Of the
mine In accordance with the State law
will be thoroughly gone into.
1t has been found impossible TO Sc
cure an impartial coroner's jury IN the
mining district. and Coroner HOska
has gone 10 Tacoma and will select his
jurors there.
The theory Of Superintendent Davies
Is that a small pocket Of gas was
opened and became ignited. The con-
cussion Of gas explosion caused the
terrific explosion Of dust which caused
all Of the damage and loss Of life,
The total number Of men In the un-
fortunate shift was seyenJy-slx. Of
whom forty-four are alive. all Of them
having escaped or been rescued.
a revised death list follows. Leonard
Johnson. Henry Soini. Matt Rehlea
and Victor RuhinaH formerly given
as John HID. all Firms: Michael Kl-
chino. John Mellon and Andrew Gecey,
Poles; John II. Jones. David y.
Thomas, Howell Meredith Sr., Watkin
Jones, Evan NJ Lewis Daniel T.. Da-
Wis and Lees Jones, all Welsh William
Wilson, Joseph Lee and Richard Dare,
Americans. and Ben Zeinler Jr., Ger
man.
Contract miners: August Hainayt
and Emil Hainayt Beglans. Paul Cur
tiss. Adam Pavoll. John Folta and
Steven Kraunoga. Poles; Ben Zelder.
ST.. Germany; Matt Nuland and Jacob
LnnGe, Finns.
Seattle. Wash, Dec. 0.-Washington
miners, through the local union. have
taken ste.s 10 render families Of the
victims, and those injured In the Car
bonodo explosion. financial aid All la
Dor unions In western Washington Will
contribute 20 the fund.