The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-07-19
POWDER TANES EXPLODE
IN MINE AT PARK CITY, UTAH.
Loss Of Life VIII BE Efeavy-Exple-
sion Occurred In DaIy-west MIme
nj 1900 Foot LeveI--AecIdenf Hap
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Two Resesers Die Press Gas.

Park City. Utah, July II Two pow
der magazines at the 1900 foot Ievel Of
the DAILY West mine exploded. causing
loss Of life that At present can NOT be essl-
mated. or even guessed at
At o'clock p men had been taken out
dead and several others had been ree0v-
erred in i half dead condition. These were
all brought oat through Ontario mine
shaft, which is mile distant from the
Daily West, in which the explosion o.
CURED. The 1900 foot Level Of the Daily
West corresponds 10 and is connected BY
tunnel with the 600 foot Level Of the On
tario.
In the DAILY West mine between 100 and
$50 men were at work In the Ontario
acre nearly 100 ii Is believed.
1t Is not known how many Of these are
dead, but the disaster extends to the On
iario, As the noxious gases that have been
let loose are known 70 Be the cause OF
several Of the deaths. The presence Of
these gases leads many miners TO believe
that the explosion, II one occurred, which,
in the excited condition Of the town 1t Is
impossible to ascertain with absolute Ger
tainty, was not the chief cause Of the
disaster.
There are two powder magazines at ths
1900 foot Level 81 the Daily West, one at
each side Of the shaft, with a capacity Of
one to two cars Of powder each. A car Of
powder was added to the supply within
the past few days
The explosion occurred at about O'Clock
in the morning, At an hour when every
person in town was either asleep or at
work The shock was 20 tremendous thas
it awakened every one within radious Of
miles As an example Of its awful force,
it is told that two horses in the ore tun-
mel, one and half miles away, were killed
BY it.
The excitement is tremendous Not
person in the town but has relatives Or
friends working in the mine The women
and children aocked around the entrance
10 the Ontario. Nearly all Of them have
husbands Or fathers in the mines, and their
grief i pitiable. s.
All the doctors in town are at the mines
and they are doing what they can to re-
snscitate the poor. unconscious fsiioWs as
they are taken out, hut It Is dificnit to %
tain information down town. AZ the tele-
phone to the mine has stopped working.
Members Of a relief party who went into
the Ontario mine shortly after the expso-
sion occurred have not yet returned, and
fears are entertained for their safety.
Ii is reported thtt 50 bodies have been
removed from the two mines
John Mclaughlin, one Of the rescners,
who went down the second time TO help,
died On being brought TO the surface. He
WAS asphyxiated.
Eight miners escaped through the An
Choir tunnel nnhurt- The fumes from the
explosion we're orerpowering. and caused
most Of the deaths
Officials Of the Daly-west state that
only three more bodies are in the mine.
Miners. however, claim that there arc
still IL or Is unaccounted for.
james Smith, member Of the rescuiug
party, who vent down. died shortly after
ward.
Jack BaIlon, Silver King miner. who
also went down with the reseuers, is un-
conscious and expected to die.
Experienced miners say that John
Burgy, the powder monkey was greer
man, and had not business handling ex.
psosives.
Twenty-Five dead bodies are laid out n
the undertaking establishment Of Carl
ner 4 Barton. OF the number only two
are in any u'ise mntilated, showing that
the majority Of the men met their deatA
from inhalation Of gas, and not from The
shock.
The bodies are laid out on rough board,
in the clothes worn by the men as thsy
went into the mine.