The evening times., 1900-05-02


believed today that 200 men we're killed
and more than score OF others will be
crippled for life as a result OF yesterdays
explosion in tunnel No. OF the Pleasant
Valley Coal Mines, located at Winter Quar-
ters. 100 miles south of Salt Lake City
The little town OF Scofield half a mile
from the scene of the accident is turned
into a morgue. The people are paralyzed
with horror, for not family in the village
escaped without the loss of near relative
OF a close friend. or 250 men who went to
work on the 6 o'clock shift less than thirty
are known to have escaped death OF injury.
Two hundred collins have been ordered
through local undertakers TO be sent to the
scene Of the disaster. A special train
bearing the seriously wounded has arrived
from Scofeld At this city and the different
hospitals are caring for the victims.
II is impossible TO get a complete list
of the dead al this time. So overcome are
the people by the calamity they seem to
be in a trance Not one is able to give sn
ineligible story as TO the cause Of the
disaster.
The first thing the workers on the out
side knew was when, at 1915, the entire
top Of the mountain over the tunnel
seemed TO lift. Great masses OF sto1e and
many trees were hurled hundreds of feet
in the air and fell in every direct on,
some Of them half a mile from the mires
There are noW many willing hands at
work, and as fast as bodies are reached
they are taken TO the boarding houses
and Other buildings. where they are
dressed and prepared for the coroner's in
quest These buildings are numerous,
and in each are from ten to twenty-five
bodies. With hot and cold water
in tubs and other reeeptacies. the
victims clothing is first removed. sOos,
smoke. ard powder burns washed from
tfeir faces. the bodies prepared and laid
cut, where they are marked by tags with
he supposed name and address attached
TO await identification by relatives or
friends.
The camp where the disaster occurred
is about 120 miles south OF Salt Lake. on
branch OF the Rio Grande Western Rail-
way. lie mines were operated by the
Pleasant Valley Coal Company. Of salt
Lake AID en- ployed about 7OO men. It
was the first Day shift that was at work
when the explosion took place.
Mine No. 4. where the explosion occur
red, is said to have been used as a powder
magazine. Practical miners. however.
scout the idea that powder could have
caused such far-reaching destruction. They
say ii must have been coal gas This
undoubtedly killed by choke damp after
the explosion.
No and No. ! mines were connected.
Men in No. l mine were suffocated. those
in No 4 were burned and mangled- Jonn
Wilson. who was working near the mouth
of tunnel No. I. was blown 200 feet and
his body badly mangled. On the other
hand, Surveyor Dougall. who was in the
tunnel. wss found dead at the side OF his
transit. which had not been turned over
over 150 bodies have been recovered.
Most &C these are unrecognizable and only
a portion of them have been identified. In
one pile al No. I mine there are ten men.
foreigners. who are as yet. unknown.
The following are those Identified at day
light this morning: John Hunter, boy:
Daniel Muir. boy; Peter Coeklett. James
Wilson, Robert Ferrish, VIII WIIIstead.
Robert Willstead. r. T. Evans. Lewellya
Evans boy; Ames Wallace, sr.. Ben Lloyd
and o. H. y. Lloyd. brothers; Robert Hun
ter and James c. Hunter, father and son:
Dick Thomas, David Padfeld. William
Jones. William Howe, boy; Valentine Lox-
on, William Reese, George James and John
James father aud son; Samuel Leyesay.
R. Dixon, Anselmo Jachetta, Perari ia
chetta, J. May. Soil Lappi, Matt Kroskie,
Harry Miller, r. V. Miller, Isaac Miller,
William Davis, A. Langstaff and son. Da-
Wis and son, William Samuels and son. An
drew Adamson, T. l. Reilly, William
Parmley, John Thomas, James Weber
Anderson, Thomas Padield, Henry Will
son, Charles Edwards. Bernard Dougal,
Andrew Hunter and son. Thomas Williams
and son. James Gatherman, William Gath
erman. John Burns. John Price. Alexander
Wilson, jr-, and George CouIthard
The scene at the mine is heartrending in
the extreme, with women and children
moaning and crying out the names Of their
loved ones as each body is brought oct
from the mine on streteher. Shrieks
awful to hear, penetrate the gloomy atmos-
phere, as some one rushes forward only to
faint at the foot Of a husbands or fathers
corpse.