Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-16
ELEVEN MINERS KILLED.
Death Caused by Two Explosions in The
Caledonia Nine.
Most Appalling Disaster In History Of
cape tircton coal Eiining-W Weep
lug women aud children

uf Cape Trenton coal mining occurred
at the Caledonia mine nc Gluce Bay
the principal colllcry OF the Dominion
Coal company, today. whom two exc
ploslons occurred causing the death OF
eleven men. Including Thomas johnson.
the underground manager of the works
and brother Of the assistant manager
OF the Dominion Coal company Up
to noon eleven bodies had been re-
covered. The names Of the Victims
found up TO that hour follow'
Thomas johnson. underground man-
agor.
Non Mcdonald OF Pictou.
John Doyle Sr
John Doyle Jr
stephen Mccormick Of sydney mine.
Alck Mcdonald, cape North.
Donald Martin, missing.
william Simpson,
Malcolm McCaulcy.
Roy NJ. McDuugaL
Arthur Grant.
The explosions occurred In the west
pit ut "a depth Of about three-punrtcra
or "a mile ana were caused hy gas
which had accumulated In the old
wafklurH The fun force of working
about 100. but the night shift had Just
stopped work ana an but about 90 had
lvft tho milne.
There was scarcely on intcrmlsslon
between tho conclusions. The first was
"a dull boom. Then came a rumbllng
noise, like nm earthquake. succeeded
by n dpuftniuV. prolonged aud awful
roar, which rcvcrbgmtpd among the
hills for mllos and the shock uf which
shattered glass in yyury direction ln
the immediate vicinity of the disaster
Tile meaning uf tue sound was Wpll
understood throughout tho district ana
anxious people nuckyd 20 the mine en-
trance. Hefor" they arrived sunocat-
INK volumes uf cool smoke began 20
pour out, showing that tire had fol-
lowed the explosion.
Tho officials Ui the mine were among
the first Go roach The shaft. A tAlly uf
the men showed that some three score
were mlFrIns but moment later
number NJ tho minors appeared. having
escaped hy O. slope. Thern were about
twenty I'VE IN the company who were
able to report their presence 10 tho
anxious friends 90 the SHAFT. but Hry-
oral others who had managed 20 gpt
out NJ the slope had fallen. overcome
by exhaustion or tho fumes which thoy
had in' ul,d when these had been
reached 20 war evident 90 lpuHt twCuty
of by the explosion and persisted.
OF tho Incidents attending tho OK
ploslun tho survivors were Tor long
time too confused 10 give an Intelligent
account, There was NO apparent dam
ger at midnight nor NJ 10 o'clock.
when the underground manager.
Thomas Johnson, now missing. last re-
ported
shortly after ( o'clock the Waterman
snpllcd gas ana burning wood ana
Manager Thomas Brown was notified.
lla opened tho SHAFT Just us the oN-
uluaiun occurred. The work NJ rescue
was promptly undertaken by Assistant
General Manager johnson ana Daniel
Merlin underground manager Of the
Hub collicry, with "a large number OF
miners.
The party were confronted with many
difficulties Men, women and children
hung about the opening of the slope
weeping and distracted. Down below
pltChy darkness prevailed lighted by
occasional brilliant bursts Of tho con-
Migration raging through tho pit The
lamps ut the rcsculuE party shed feeble
rays ana the volunteers CROPPED their
way down into the mine, the gas fumes
almost checking them, After brief
tImo q body was brought up, then m-
other and another until eleven had
come tn the surface, Mono Of them
wore munglod but an We're hlnckonCd.
The bodies were laid side by aide Ia the
large room ln the office building Sion
ana women crowded into the place uud
the iuuuuuCntluuH Wurr accompanied
by most pitifui gCcuOB. In the midst
~ the excitement about tho mouth NJ
the ehuft the unconscious form OF
Manager brown was brought Co the
surface, In spite of tho efforts OF the
rCsuulug panty the IRE ln the plt soon
forced them 20 give an attention 90
that.
Worl, had TO be stopped at frequent
Intervals owing ca danger from urc
damp aud with each tpirrat o., hg mon
the lire travelled with double fury Tho
wreck of the mine seemed huyuul Iuus-
ton, but later tho atmosphere ulnlrnl
somewhat ANA the work OF Ilghtlue the
hrC was effective. At noon nows WAS
sent tu the surface that % wns believed
the fire was under control ana further
search for bodies soon would be- taken
up although ut that time tho r0acucm
were 800 feet from the scene OF the uN-
pluHOu. The names OF tho mon Mise
ms cannot now De obtained, it viii he
nearly night before the nro viii bo SUBJ
duod sufficiently 10 permit a sufficient
advance iu the mine.
II has been ugcertnlncd that tho mine
has not taken IRE generally, but that
tho timhcging took nrp.
The mlnc-produced 1000 tons per day.
a. $3.50 o'clock this afternoon nh the
miners had been accounted FOR cNcopt
eleven. The body OF Donald Martin
was the only one missing,