Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-05-03
Two Hundred Men Reported Killed
by a disaster at ScoheId.
EXTENT NOT KNOWN.
More Than i37 nadies Have Been Re.
covered aud Search Still PRO.
crossing Explosion Was Of
blasting Powder.

aster which occurred here at 1925 Mon
day morning by an explosion IN min.
No Of the Pleasant Valley Coal com.
pnny, aud hy which certainly 200 mon
aud upwards have lost thor lives. As
thus hour l31 bodies have been recover.
ed and the work Ut ruscue Is still pro.
ceedlng and will continue untl all tho
bodies are brought 10 the surface. There
are willing hands at work aud as fast ~
bodics are reached they arr brought
down 10 the boarding horscs and other
company buildings, where they are dress.
cd and prepared for the coroner's IN.
quest. These buildings are numerous
and in each are from 10 tn 30 bodies
When corpse Is brought out It Is usu.
ally carried from the mouth Of each tun.
mel at tho respective entrances 10 tina
place of deposit Here there isa corps
Of men from four 10 ten M number. with
sponges, hot and cold water IN tubs and
other rccoptaclos The clothing Is first
removed, the soot. smoke and powder
burns washed from their faces. the bod.
les prepared aud laid out IN rows, where
they are identified hy tag with name
aud addrcs, attached 10 await identified.
ton by relatives or friends
The removal Of bodies began at la
yesterday and every diligence is used
20 get the ch1rred aud nanglcd remains
out Of the mine.
Many hundreds have volunteered their
services, aud as fast as one force Is tired
OF worn out. others take their places.
While the stencil of smoke and pow.
dor Is ,ickeuing, resembling much ike
that uf adissccting room, there are brave.
hearted aud brawny men Of muscle who
have been continuously at work since
the moment NJ the explosion.
As soon as the accident was known ".
fclals Of the coal company at Salt
Lake City aud the railroad company
We're notified Of the disaster aud nl.
though the numbnr Of dead was reported
lower than II really y. It would appear
that everything that lies IN their power
has bccn done.
Scohcld Is on the line ~ the Rio
GTande Western road near Cotton. Utah.
| The coal mime Is owned by the Pleasant
Valley Coal company. The cause of tho
explosion Is attributed 10 the blowing IN
Of a number 81 kegs of blasting powder
The work is going on, and everything
possible Is being done torolieyc the suf
fering and ascertain the number Of dead
There were 30 men At work in the
mine, Nos I aud {. Tho explosion o.,
supposed 20 have occurred IN No. and
extended by connection IN No. I. The
men IN No. were chokcd. Thu,o in No
are burned and clarrcd.
Salt Lake City, May Little add.
tional facts received here frum the mine
disaster. As fnr rs known only ~ Of
the go miners have been rescued alive
and 3 of those severely injured.
All mon ON the level known ~ Bikes
Peak were lying in clusters. John james
was found with his arms clasped about
his son George The men had appr.
emily roalAed death was coming aud
had tIiod Ia save themselves hy burying
Il
their faces in the dirt hoping thus 10 -.
capa the deadly gas that was fast onyel.
oping them.
Bernard D1ugill, a young engineer,
from Springyillo, Utah. who entered tho
mine few minutes before the disaster
with las assistants, was found with his
instrument set while he aud his men Law
dead around IL.
As fast rs the bodies were removed
they were carried to the company's
barn across the canon where they were
washed aud identified After the foul
air had cleared from No. !, the work Of
rescue began and so0n il was found u
great many Of the miners Of No bad
been suiIocated Tho men In the lower
4 levels had beon warned 1T the explosion
aud made their escape before the gas.
eous air reached them
As the bodies were brought out and
recognized by their respective families
the lamentations were most hrnrtrcnd.
ing
superintendent Parmlcy stated as his
opinion the disaster was brought by ii.
ant powder which was set on and ignit.
oil the dust IN the mine thereby causing
the explosion.
This mine has been worked over &c
years and had the reputation Of being
one Of the best ventilated and protected
IN the west.
State Mine Inspector Thomas stated
he inspected the mine few weeks ago
and believed It entirely safe at that
time II never had bad air and always
had been free from gas, and as the coal
was loaded with shovNls there had been
no large accumulation o. dust.
Nine.tenths Of the men killed were
Americans and Welsh, The formei
came mostly from the south, with 9