The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-03
DEATH LIST IS GROWING
SCOFIELD MINE HORROR THE
WORST In THE HISTORY OF
THE COUNTRY
THREE HUNDRED IN THR Mine
ALL MAY HAVE PERISHED, LOW
EST ESTIMATE BEING NEARLY
THAT NUMBER
TOWN A HOUSE OF MOURNING
Oppressive Silence Succeeds the
Wailings of the widowed and
Orphaned-ReIief Meas
urea Under Way.

SCOFIELD, Utah, May 2-Ton'ght's es-
innate of the number of killed III the ter
rible mine explosion here yesterday is $50
but the total death list may yet reach
&c., Relief work is still in progress, be-
ing conducted by 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 uncer-
tain.
Arriving trains are constantly bringing
relatives of the victims from outside
points, and the coal company has desig-
mated a committee to carry the dead to
Salt Lake, Ogden and other cities. On
account of gas, No. mine has been aban-
doned as a means of rescue, and bcdias
are arriving at the mouth of No. l mine
by the carload.
Ferrish level has been cleared of dead,
and all are burned and unrecognizable.
HOUSES OF MOURNING.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 2-Ev-
cry house in the little town of Scofeld is
a house of mourning The awful scene Of
yesterday had passed away whln the dly
dawned this morning, and an air Of de
spair had taken it's place. The agon,zed
shrieks Of the widows and the means OF
the fatherless were no longer heard. The
stricken city is beyond all that, and their
grief could find no utterance.
When the removal of the bodies from
the mine began yesterday hundreds Of
men volunteered their services for the
purpose. The rescuers came from other
mines and towns surrounding, and work
ed necessarily to bring out the burned
and mangled remains of the dead m n
ers. The bodies were taken to the cCm-
pany buildings as soon as they we're
brought out Of the mine, and there dress
ed and laid out preparatory to the cor
cner's inquest, 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 Rows
remained at their posts until they were
almost ready to drop from physical ex-
haustion and the deadly effects of the
poisonous fumes.
John kirton was the first man brou hit
to the surface. He was still alive, but
presented terrible sight. His scalp was
burned to cinder and his face was al
most unrecogniZable. In his horrible pain
he cried out to his companions, begging
them to end his misery by taking his
life.
1t was 2:30 this morning when Supt
Sharp sent his valiant workers to their
beds, and was himself the last to leave.
When active work ceased at the m nes.
1877 dead had been recovered. Fifty Of
these were laid In a. little house Of the
Latter Day Saints, while others werc
stretched out in an improvised morgue,
just as they were found in the mine,
awaiting the touch of rough but loving
| hands to compose their limbs, wash the
dust from their faces and close their star
ing eyes
THREE HUNDRED WORKERS.
According to the closest estimate there
were about 300 men all told EMPLOYED at
the two mines which are practically one
mine. About fifty of these We're working
in what is known as the No 1 back level
and raised so far from the explosion that
1t had spent it's force before the shock
could reach them, and they all got over
| the shock but did not orasn tho ei+,ot;o,,