The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-02
HUNDREDS
ENTOMBED
in A Mine.
Already the Bodies of Many Have
Been Recovered and Identified
by Friends and Relatives.
TONGUE CAN NOT RELATE
The Horrible Features Of the Acct
dsnt-Brawny Men Volunteer to
Hunt for the Dead Miners.

SALT LAKE, Utah, May LA sps-
clsI to the Tribune from seoAeId, Utah,
says:
The English language cannot describe
the appalling disaster which occurred
here at to:25 this forenoon. by an ex-
rr-sIon in mine No. OF the Pleasant
valley coal Company and by which
cn-talnIy two hundred men and up
wards have lost their lives. At this
hour one hundred and thlrty-saven
bo5ios have been recovered and the
work of rescue is still proceeding, and
Will continue until all the bodies arr
brought to the surface.
There are willing hands at work and
os fast as bodies are reached they are
trough, down to the boarding houses
and other company buildings, where
they are dressed and prepared for the
coypner's inquest. These buildings are
numerous and in each are from ten TO
tbIrty-ave bodies. When a corpse is
brought out it is usually carried from
the mouth OF each tunnel at the re-
spac,iye entrances to the place Of de.
poslt.
Here there is a corps Of men of from
four to ten in number with sponges, hot
and cold water in tubs and other re-,
cap,acles. The clothing is first remov-
ed the SCOT, smoke and powder burns
washed from their faces, the bodies
prepared and laid out in long robes,
where they are identified by a tag VITA
the name and address attached to await
Identification by relatives or friends,
The removal Of bodies began at noon
today and every diligence Is used to
get the charred and mangled remains
from out of the mines. Hundreds of
men have freely volunteered their SER
vices, and as fast as one set or force is
tired or worn out. others take their
places.
While the stencil OF smoke and pow
der is sickenlng. resembling much that
OF a dissectiug room. there are brave
hearted and brawny men of muscle who
have hsiiIii ',,il1o iIsoflss since the mo-
ment OF the explosion.
As soon as the accident was known,
the officials Of the coal company at Salt
Lake City and also the railroad COM
pany were notified Of the dtsas-
ter. and though the number Of dead
was reported lower than tt really is. Il
would appear that everything was done
by them that lies in their power to do.
SALT LAKE, Utah, May la terri
Hc explosion occurred to-day in the win
ter quarters Of the Pleasant Valley
company's coal mine at schofetd, on
the Rio Grande & Western railway neP
Cotton, Utah, by which, according to
reports, over one hundred people were
killed and many injured. It is reported
that ninety bodies have already been
recovered.
The cause of the explosion is attribu-
ted to the blowing up of number Of
kegs OF blasting powder.
The work OF rescue Is going on and
everything possible is being done to
relieve the sufferlngs and ascertain the
number OF dead. Superintendent Sharp.
OF the coal company, and superintend-
ens weiisy. Of the railroad company
have gone to the scene on q special
train.
A special from schofeld states posi-
lively that there have been eighty-five
dead bodies taken from the Pleasant
Valley coal company's mine No. 4.
There were 25O men At work in the two
mines Nos and 4. The balance Of the
miners are dead. The explosion is sup
posed to have occurred In No. 4 and ex-
tended by action to No. l.