The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-13
LIST OF DEAD
REACHES lI2
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ms Will Be a Day of Mourning
in Youngstown.
BODIES IN STATE OF DECAY
THOUSANDS OF CURIOUS CON-
TINUL TO coNGREGATE.
BODIES IN STATE OF DECAY


ICING gfasped. Early tonight. in spite
81 connecting reports as 70 the number
oSao' careful and complete COM
t,nallon py the Associated Press shows
80 'al IL IS the exact number of bodies
saneh from the mine. Up to o'clock
sills evening, los had been recovered,
ana at o'clock four more were
DrDugnt TO the surface
10 this list future explorations of
ne mine corridors may add a few, but
:, cannot De many, almost all the en-
ployes who could have been in the
mine at the time OF the life wrecking
explosion of Thursday being accounted
1or. Very few inquiries for missing
nave been made TO the authorities or
10 the mine officials, and this better
than anything else demonstrates the
1mpossibility Of many bodies still re-
manning in the death trap.
Mine officials say there is no use at
tempting to estimaes. the number of
oead. They say simply they do not
SNOW, and urge the futility of placing
the matter on the basis OF guess work
Iney express the belief however, that
al. or almost all are out OF the mine.
Neneral superintendent Robinson came
out about O'Clock this afternoon after
an arduous days exploration. He ex-
pressed his conviction that not more
than fve dead bodies would be added
10 the lOS already known. Sunday win
dawn upon the populoUs city of Johns
1oWn prepared to devote its attention TO
mourning and obsequies. The inaugu-
raj or this grim programme was given
today, when more than a score of in
terments took place. As late as
o'clock this evening, funeral process
sions, with bands playing dirges and
uniformed escorts at their heads,
passed through the streets of the city.
Trying 20 Hide Truth.
"A
les to the morgue at an early hour to-
day. il was commonly rumored that the
mine officials were endeavoring to hide
the truth as to the extent of the dis
aster The developments of the day
showed that these suspicious were un-
= warranted. At 3 O'Clock in the morn
Ing there was consultation in the
Offices the foot of the runway at
the Westmont entrance, participated in
a by Nine Superintendent Robinson,
4 Chief Mine Inspector Roderick, State
s Mine Inspector Evans, Mine Engineer
Moore and Assistant Mine Engineer
Prosser. A large map of the mine was
explained to Nj. Roderick. Many of
the employees of the mine were called
jn and quizzed. The inquiry was de-
signed 70 give Chie< Inspector Roder-
lex preliminary Impression of the
Inspector Evans said later as to fu-
ture Investigations:
Those of the company officials who
were In the mine at the time of the |
explosion and have survived, win be
called on to testify Until these men
are able to be present at the inquiry
y will be useless to try to do any
thing"
Asked as to whose duty it was to
take cart of the accumulation of gas
IN the mine. Mr.. Evans said:
The fire boss, of course but two or
he. - - a.
The explQsion. and in the presence of !
4de1rfk We must be charitable and sus-
pend Judgment
After the consultation at the Office |
Evans went into the mine with Rob- |
Sjnson and Moore. They did not emerge /
: until late in the afternoon. The work |
they did while in the mine was to di- |
&rect their attention to the damage |
wrought and more critically examine !
&into the possible hiding places for |
/bnore bodies. Prying about in the |
Bfourth right threading in the KIondike, |
state Inspector Evans came across |
&rooms 10 and 20 distributed between |
(which were the three bodies which /
were brought out at 2:30 D. IN. Evans |
WAS alone at the time The bodies he \
hound were in bad state of decay The /
Esearch went on after the three We're |
brought out, and still continues.
All day thousands of men, women /
&hnd children drawn thither out of NOR
Ibid curiosity. fingered about the low .
1rame structure Their appetite APP !
&Darently could not be satisfied by the I
& READY vast horror Hundreds stood /
n baking sun nearly opposite on the
*bther side of the Conemaugh river. /
EVhere the cars came down from the /
mime entry. Most of these were inter- /
Asted for friends who were possible /
&ictims Down below a quarter of
mile the streets of Conemaugh City
a - fnnaraI
4 II is stated positively tonight by John
&2etallick. who was the fire boss of |
s. he Seventh district, and who was i'm
q he KIondike mine at the time OF the
accident. that the disaster was caused
~ blasting setting off the fire damp.
M. Retallick, who is at Conemaugh in
n hospital. is improving rapidly, and |
hopes by the first of rext week to be
n BILE TO go back into the mine and prove /
hat his statement is correct. The four
&aken from the mine tonight are:
Martin Webjar. SO. labOrer-
Paul Cvena, 81, laborer; wife and
hree children.
George Babula. 40; family in old coun-
*rv.
4 Andrew Rabula, 40: married.
The last named was identified by his !
8kife by shoe. The men were all bad
n burned. William Malcolm. one of
he rescuing party. said one man was
&ntry. and three in No room. They
might easily have been passed unno-
for days. as all were so blackened
8 to resemble bodies of broken coal
Friends of The dead miners and en-
bloyes who lost their lives on Thursday |
4naornlng have been going over the list OF
Head with view of learning the number !
&f widows and fatherless children here !
nd who viii &c made helpless by the
catastrophe. According to the most re-
Eiable data there are sixty-six widows |
4 nd 1sS children OF this number there !
re- five widows and eighteen children
living in the old country. Five of the
Widows are brides of a few months. and
Hight widows and sixty-four children are !
Survivors of American employees OF the
mines who are numbered among the dead
There are q number of dead vino are
&e1nparatfveIy newcomers to the country
nd to Johnstown. who are believed to
ave wives and children In the old coun-
~ and whom they were expecting to
fave come over here when they had
armed sufficient money 70 pay for their
assage. Some OF the young men who
zero married were also known to be the
<nle support of mothers and sisters who
|ould well be numbered among the help
- ones to be looked after.
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