The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03
Have Already Been Taken Out
Of the Utah Mine.
LIST OF DEAD MAY Be 800.
Every House in SCOfield Is a House
Of Mourning.

Families of the Vfctims-Thcory
of the Explosion Is That Giant
Powder Used by Firms Ignited the
Coal Dust-One HaIf-Dead Victim
Begged to he Killed-Many Bodies
Remain to BE Taken Out and the
Death List Is Expected to Be Fully
300.
Scofeld, Utah. May AT 10:3O o'clock
to-day 2O1 bodies had been recovered from
mne No. A.
1t is now known that between 800 and
400 men entered the mines, and it is also
known that great majority of them
have been killed in the powder explosion
of yesterday.
Among the dead are about twenty boys,
who acted as douplers and trap boys In
the Hunter family alone seven are miss
ing. A large number of the dead were
married men.
Just how the catastrophe occurred is not
known.
At Provo a mass meeting has been held
for the relief of the families of the VIC
TINS and $1,000 subscribed.
To-nights estimate of the number OF
the killed in the terrible mine explosion is
go, but the total death list may yet
reach 300.
Relief work is still in progress being
conducted by shifts of men. The shift
in the mine has fifty bodies ready to
bring out and the number of corpses yet
20 be reached is still uncertain.
Arriving trains are constantly bringing
relatives of the victims from outside
points and the coal company has desig-
mated committee to carry the dead TO
Salt Lake, Ogden and other cities. On
account of gas, No. mine has been aban-
dcned as a means of rescue, and bodies
are arriving at the mouth of No mine
by the carload.
Ferrish Level has been cleared of dead
and all are burned and unredognizable.
Mourning in Every House.
Salt Lake City, Utah, May 2.-Every
house in the little town of Scofield is a
house of mourning. The awful scene of
yesterday gave place to-day to the calm
OF despair.
When the removal of the bodies from
the mine began, hundreds of men volun-
teered their services for the purpose. The
rescuers came from other mines and towns
surrounding, and worked necessarily to
bring out the burned and mangled re-
mains of the dead miners.
The bodies were taken to the company
buildings as soon as they were brought
out of the mine, and were there dressed
and laid out preparatory to the coroner's
inquiry and for Identification.
Many of the rescuers came near losing
their lives from the fatal after damp,
but the work was continued in the face
OF all danger and most of the brave fel-
lows remained at their posts until they
We're almost ready to drop from physical
exhaustion and the deadly effects of the
poisonous fumes
Begged TO BE KILLED.
John Kirton was the first man brought
TO the surface. He was still alive, but
presented a terrible sight. His scalp was
burned to a clnder and his face was al
most unrecognizable.
In his horrible pain he cried out to his
companions begging them TO end his mis-
cry by taking his life.
1t was 2:30 o'clock this morning when
supt Sharp sent his valiant workers to
tneir beds and was himself the last to
leave When active work ceased at the
mines 1877 dead had been recovered. Fiji
" OF these were laid in a row in the lit
tie meeting house of the Latter Day
saints, while others were stretched out
IN the improvised morgue, just as they
We're found in the mine.
According to the closest estimate there
We're about 800 men, all told, employed at
'he TWO mines which are practically one.
Aoout fifty of these were working in what
Is known as the No. l back level, which
was so far from the explosion that 1t had
spent its force before the shock could
reach them, and they all got out. They
heard the report. but did not grasp the
situation az once, one of the men contin-
uing to load a car after 1t occurred.
All efforts are now being concentrated
70 bring out a large number of bodies
hnoWn to be in No. 4, where 1S5 men
iershed. Here the force of the explo-
SION broke down the timbers, and the
pohes can only be cot at through No. l.
Up to noon 149 bodies had been brought
out
Theory of the Explosion.
Inc theory of Bishop Parmalee IS that
some of the Firms recently imported Sc
erety took giant powder down into the
mine to assist them in their work They
were exceedingly anxious TO make q good
showing, and make as much money as
possible, and It is thought this form OF
explosive was used In order that great
O0ues OF coal could more easily be dis