New Ulm review., 1900-05-09
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Terrific Explosion, the Worst u
Western History axes Place
IN Mines il sco6eld. .
OVER TWO HUNDRED LIVES ARE LOST.


Salt Lake CITY q Utah, May The
mir 1nining camp atssScofeld, on the line Of
tie Rio Grande Western road, near Col
ton, Utah, is the scene Of great excite
ment on account of a terrific explosion
which occurred Tuesday in the winter
quarters of he coal mine owned by
the Pleasant Valley Coal company.
The cause Of the explo osioni is attributed
to the blowing up Of asnumber Of kegs
Of blasting powder The scene at the
mine beggars descript ion. The work
Of rescue is going on, and everything
possible is being done to relieve the suf-
fering and ascertain the number Of
dead. superintenden lent Sharp Sof the
coal company, and Superintendent
Welby, Of the railroad company, have
gone to the scene on special train.
bodies Recovered.
Salt Lake City, Utah, May spe-
cial to the Tri bune from Scofeld, Utah,
says: The English language cannot,
describe the appalling disaster which
occurred here at 1o:2 Tuesday fore
noon by an explosion in mine NOD Of
the Pleasant Valley Coal company and
by which certainly 200 men and up
wards have lost their lives. At this
hour 1877 bodies have been recovered,
and the work Of rescueis is still proceed,
ing and will continue until all the bod
les are brought2to the surface. There
are willing hands atwork, and as fast
as bodies are reached they are brought
down to the boarding houses and other
company buildings, where they are
dressed and prepared for the coroner's
inquest. These buildings are numer-.
Gus. and in each are from ten to thirty
five bodies. @=5 Ss ,- ~ @s
+ Il az List Grows Longer.
Salt Lake City, May 3-The reports
from Scofeld up to II o'clock Wednes-
day night say that it is now known
that 178 are dead from the explosion,
and that the estimate of loss will in
crease rather than decrease. The su
perintendent of the mine says there, is
no record of the number of men that go
in the mine from day to day, and that
the exact loss cannot be known until
all the dead bodies are taken out. One.
estimate is that there were 39s men in
the mine, and on that basis there must
have been at least $50 or 300 lives lost.
# Later Estimate. s<.>
"a Salt Lake City, May z. The latest
dispatches from Scofeld say that the.
extreme estimate of dead is now con-.
ceded to have been too large, and that
il is numerically impossible to place
the loss of life at 300, as there werenot
that many men in the mines. The prob.
abilities are that $50 will be about the
total number Of dead. There are not
enough coffins in the camp oabury the
dead, and, to add to horror to the stu
alton, the bodies sre rapidly decompos-.
ing, and it has been suggested that Gre
nation may have to be resorted to.
President sends sympathy. SIS
Washington, May 4. The president
Thursday sent the following telegram
to the governor of Utah: s#.
Executive Mansion Washington, May
8, 1900. O.--Gov. Wells, Salt Lake City, Utah:
desire to express my intense sorrow upon
learning of the terrible calamity which
has occurred at Scofe1d, and my deep
sympathy with the wives, children and
friends of the unfortunate victims of the
explosion. Sz444. a z.s
(Signed) 'sWILLIAM M'KINLEY."