Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-02

SALT LAKE, Utah May Ia spec
iaI to the Tribune from S~choHeld,
Utah, says;
Language cannot describe the ap-
palIing disaster which occurred here
at 1925 this by an ex-
plosion In Min No. 4 of the Pleasant
valley Coal Company, and by which
certainly two hundred men and up
wards have lost their lives.
AT this hour one hundred and
thirty-scyen 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 ms fast as bodies are reached
they are brought down to the board
Ing houses ana other build
ings, where they are dressed and
prepared for the c~oroncr's inquest.
These buildings are not numerous
and in erch are from ten to thirty
five bodies. When a corpse is
brought out it is usually carried
from the mouth of the tunnel at
the respective entrances, to the place
of deposit. Here there is n corps of
men of from four to ten in number,
with sponges, hot and cold water In
tubs and other receptacIes. The
clothing is first removed, thc SCOT,
smoke and powder burns washed
from their faces, the bodies pre-
pared and laid ont in long robes,
where they are Identified by a tag
with name and address attached, to
await naturalization by relatives or
friends.
The removal of bodies began at noon
to-day 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 powder is sickening, resembling
much that Of a dissecting room, there
are brave hearted and brawny men of
muscle who have been busy at work
since the moment 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 disaster. and
though the number of dead was re-
ported lower than it really is, it would
appear that everything that lies in
their power has been done by them.
An earlier report says: A ter
rife explosion occurred to-day in the
winter quarters of tho Pleasant Wall
ley Company co2l mine n Schofeld,
on the Rio Grande & Western railway,
near Cotton, Utah, BY which, accord
ing to reports, over one hundred people
were killed and many injured. 1t is
reported that ninety bodies have al
ready been recovered.
The aus of the explosion is attrib-
uted to the blowing up OF a number of
kegs of blasting powder.
The work of rescue is going on and
everything possible is being lone to
relieve the sufferings and ascertain the
number of dead. Supt. Sharp. of the
coal company and Supt. Wellsy of the
railroad company. have gone to the
scene on a special train.
Among the dead already identified
are the following:
Roger Davis, Jack Wilson, R. T..
Evans, Pete Crockett, -- Anderson,
James Wilson, VIII Winsted, -
Haddock and son
Severely injured: John Kerton,
Thomas Tivsey and son. William Bew-
eter, Thomas Sellers. Thomas Brown.
A special from Schofeld states posi-
lively that there have been So dead
bodies taken out of the Pleasant Valley
Coal Company mine No. 4. There were
ESQ men at work in the two mines
Nos. 1 and 4. The balance of the
miners are dead. The explosion is
supposed to have occurred in No. 4
and extended to No. !.