The age-herald., 1900-05-03
THE DEATH LIST < NUMBERS 25O Many of the COTpses Still in
 the Mines. MANY HEARTREND|NG SCENES Families Gather Around the Entrance of the Mines and Watch for
 the Faces of Their
 Loved Ones.
MANY HEARTREND|NG SCENES

schoield, Utah, May 2.-Tonight's esti- mate sf the number of killed in the terri ble mine explosion here yesterday is 25O, but the total death list may yet reach 300. Relief work is still in progress, being con- ducted oy shifts of men. The shift now in the mine has fifty bodies ready to bring out, and the number of corpses yet to be reached is still uncertain.
 Arriving trains are constantly bringing relatives of the victims from outside points,and the coal company has designat- ed committee to carry the dead to Salt Lake, Ogden and other cities. On account of gas No mine has been abandoned as means of rescue and bodies are arriving at the mouth of No. 1 mine by the carload. Perish level has been cleared of the dead, and all are burned and unrecogniza- ble.
 The first news of the disaster received in Salt Lake gave the list of killed at 25, but 1t was not until evening that the full extent of the calamity was understood. Many people of this city have friends and relatives at the mines and the newspaper offices and the coal offices were visited by numbers of anxious people who feared
 
 mightibe among the victims
 As the list kept constantly growing the anxiety of the inquiries increased, and many of them never went to bed.
 The calamity was of such size and so un- precedented in the history of the state and even of the west that the mind does not seem able to grasp it.
 It appears to be one of those accidents that are common to the very best regulated mines and against the best endeavors of the mp competent superintendents. - Low RumpIing Noise
 w. c. Wilson, a miner who was in the lower level of No. 1, said There was a low rumbling noise in the distance fol- lowed by a sort of wave that can hardly be described, but that is known to all who have been in explosions, and I have been in several I said to my partner an explos- ion had occurred. We ran to the main tun- mel and met six other miners They had noticed the strange occurrence and like wise thought it was an explosion. We were none too soon in leaving the mine, for the after damp reached us some three or four minutes before we reached the open air. almost suffocating us.'
 Thetafter damp delayed the work of the rescuing party, but the magnitude of the disaster soon became apparent. All the men on the rise known as "Pike's Peak" were lying in clusters. John James was found with his arms clasped about his son George.
 The men had apparently realized that death was coming, and had tried to save themselves by burying their faces in the dirt, hoping thus to escape the deadly gas that was fast enveloping them.
 Bernard Dougall, young engineer from Sprngville, Utah, who had just entered the mine few minutes before with his as- sstants, was found with his instrument set while he and his men lay dead around 1t.
 As fast as the bodies were removed they were carried to the waterworks across the canon, where they were washed and iden- tifed.
 Work of Rescue
 After the foul air had cleared from No the work of rescue began and it was soon found that great many miners of No. had been suffocated. The men of the lower levels had been warned of the explosion
 
 gaseous air had reached them. Cars were taken in and the dead were loaded into them and brought to the mouth.
 The scene around the mine was beyond description, women, children and friends crowding around weeping and wailing, ex- cited beyond control, waiting to see if the next body brought out was their loved one.
 The financial loss to the company cannot at present be estimated. This is regarded as the worst disaster that has ever oc- cured in this part of the country The nearest approach to it was the Southern Pacific Amy, Wyoming, explosion five years ago, when over 100 were killed.
 Partial List of the Dead
 Following Is a partial list of the dead: John Hunter, Dan Muhr (boy), Peter Crockett, Ames Wilson, Robert Ferrio, Will .Willstead, Robert Willstead, R. T. Evans Llewellyn Evans (boy), James Wal lace, Sr., Ben Lloyd and John Lloyd (brothers), Robert Hunter, James c. Hun ter Efather and son), Dick Thomas, David Padfeldo, William Jones. William Howe {boy), Valentine Loxon, William Reese, Geo. James, John James (son and father), Samuel Leevamsy, R. Dixon, Saimo Ja- chetta, Ferari Jachetta, J. May, Sol Lappi, Matt Kroskie, Harry Miller, William Da- wis, Langstaff and son, Davis and son, William Samuels and son, Andrew Adam son. T. J. Reilly. William Parmley. John Thomas, James Webber. Anderson, Thomas Padfield, Henry Wilson. Charles Edwards, Bernard Dougall, Andrew Hun ter and son, Thomas Williams and son, James Gatherman, William Gatherman. John Burns, John Price, Alex Wilson, Sr., George Coulthard.
 The injured taken to Salt Lake arei
 Thomas Livesoy, Sandy Wilson, John Kirton, John Beddoe, William Boweler, William Livesoy, Thomas Sellers.