, 1900-05-05
THE FUNERAL TRAIN
NUMBER OF BODIES RECOVERED
UP TO LAST NIGHT
IS 229.
Miner Who Escapes Tells His Expert
ence, With Details of Work of
Rescue-Expect to Find More Vic
tins Buried Under Masses OF
Rock.

Salt Lake. May 4.-The greatest FL
neral train in the history Of western
America started on its sad journey
from Scofield today.
The train had upon it the remains
of GO or more victims of the cal mine
disaster. Accompanying the bodies
were many relatives, who are bowed
down with the severity of the blow.
About 10 o'clock this even .ng the
body of young Langstaff was brought
out Of No. l.. 1t was found with four
others in a part of the mine known as
Pixies Peak. This makes 800 recover
ed.
One of the miners who was In the
nine at the time of the explosion and
who was one of the first rescuers yhc
vent in to recover the bodies, tells an
interesting story.
II" AIS in No. 1, in the first Ease,
when tho explosion occurred, bu. 50
FAR away from it that the sound did not
reach him. He noticed a movement n
he mine, but thought it the result CT
= cave md worked on a quarter of an
hour, when his miners instinct told
him that something was wrong and he
came on down to the main entry He
said:
When a man was caught by .he full
force Of the explosion he was hurled
asa;rst the wall or floor with the .ara
eiIec; that would follow the throwing
of n !iece of dough against the wal.
Many people have asked if the nj,
who we're killed from the damps SUI
feed much. l can say that the; lid
II t. and know that to be the ca &c. be-
cause | have gone through the expert
ence to the stage of Inconsistencies
during the past two days Many Of us in
the rescue parties were carried back
into the pure air by our companions.
This damp contains carbon dioxide and
is very poisonous. A Whit Of it al
most paralyzes a man and a good
breath Of it renders him unconscious.
Then he falls as il in a sleep and dies
unless carried into the pure air. Wha.
struggles take place after that first
breath r the struggles that nature
forth automatically. I have seen
men feel and struggle, but they
knew nothing Of it.
I'VE found dead in every conceivable
attitude. One mar had filled his pipe
and sat down to light it. The damp
struck him and he died then and there.
with the filled pipe in his outstretched
hand.
"On a box where a dead Finlander
was picked up was his watch. 1t had
stopped when the explosion occurred,
and the hands marked 1928 O'Clock.
We found men in groups who had
evidently sat down to consult. Other
groups had been overtaken as they
rushed ahead Of the damp. In these
groups the men were mostly lying on
their backs, but where the single men
were found scattered throughout tae
workings, they were face down"
The total of the relief fund So far is
S36, sos.
Governor Wells has issued a procla-
n.ation to the people OF Utah, urging
prompt and energetic action for the
relief OF the grief-stricken families If
the dead miners Of Scofield. and ao-
pointing a central subscription commit
tee.
Up to noon today not a body has
| cen recovered since that OF Sam Pad
field was brought out last night, but
more bodies were expected from No. 4
at any time. The number of bod
les actually recovered up to noon was
224. The bodies supposed to be yet in
the mine are probably buried under
tons OF rock. One of the rescuers this
H. rning said it might be several days
before these bodies could be reached.