Amador ledger., 1900-05-04
FR|GHTFUL MINING ACCIDENT
Terrible Explosion In a Utah
Mine.
A Loss OF more Than TWO HUNDRED LIVES
One Hundred and Thirty-seven Bodies
Have Been Recovered Many
Bodies Unidentified.
A LOSS OF MORE Than TWO HUNDRED LIVES

SALT LAKE, May IA special to
the "Tribune from Scofield, Utah,
says:
The English language cannot de-
scribed the appalling disaster which oc-
Cured here at 1925 this forenoon by
an explosion in Mine No. 4 of the
Pleasant Valley Coal Company, and by
which certainly 200 men and upwards
have lost their lives.
At this hour 1877 bodies have been re-
covered, and the work of rescue is still
proceeding, and will continue until all
the bodies are brought to the surface.
There are willing hands at work, 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
numerous and in each are from ten to
thirty-five bodies. When a corpse is
brought out it is usually carried from
the mouth of each tunnel at the re-
spective entrances to the place of de-
posit. Here there is a corps of men
from four to ten in number with
spOnges, hot and cold water in tubs
and other receptacles. The clothing
is first removed, the SCOT, smoke and
powder burns washed from their faces,
the bodies prepared and laid out in
long rows where they are identified by
tag with name and address attached
to await Identification by relatives or
friends.
The removal of bodies began at u
O'Clock to-day, and every diligence is
used to get the charred and mangled
remains from out of the mines. Many
hundreds of men have freely volun-
teered their services and as fast as
one set or force is tired or worn out
others take their places. While the
stencil of smoke and powder is sicken-
ing, resem bling much that of dissect-
ing room, there are brave hearted and
brawney men of muscle who have been
continuously at work since the moment
of the explosion.
AS soon as the accident was known
officials of the coal company at Salt
Lake City and also the railroad COM
pany were notified of the disaster, and
though the number of dead was re-
ported lower than it really is, it would
appear that every thing by them that
lies in their power has been done.
The list of dead recovered up to mid
night is as follows: John Hunter, Sr.,
Dan Muir, Peter Cocklett, Jams Will
son, Robert Ferriah, Will Willstead,
Robert Willstead, r. T. Evans, Lew
ellyn Evans, James Wallace, Sr., B. F.
Lloyd, John Lloyd, brothers; Robert
Hunter, James G. Hunter, father and
son; Dick Thomas, David Padfield
William Jones, William Howe, boy;
Valentine LoxOn, George James, John
James, son and father; James Reese,
Samuel Livesay, r. Dixon, Anselmo
Jacheta, Ferari Jacheta, ]. May, Sol
Lappi, Matt KrOski, Harry Miller, r.
v. Miller, Isaac Miller, William Davis,
A. Langstaff and son, Davis and
son, William Samuels and son, Andrew
Adamson, T. J. Reilly, William Parm-
lee, John, Thomas and James Webber,
anderson, Thomas Pad6eld, Hen
ry Wilson, Charles Edwards, Bernard
Dougal, Andrew. Hunter and son,
Thomas Williams and son, James Gath
erman, William Californian, John
Burns, James Price, Alexander Wilson,
Jr., George Coulthard.
The difference between this list and
the 1877 given above is accounted for
by the unidentified. In one pile at No.
mine there are ten men, foreigners,
as yet unknown.
LATER: 1t is now estimated that the
death list will reach between 800 and 400.