The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-18
A FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE
Thirty Three Bodies Already Brought
to the Surface.
THE DISASTER NEAR PACK CITY, UTAH
Greatest Loss of Life in the Daly-West Mine
But the Ontario Does Not Escape.
Some of The Dead
Suffacated.
SuHscated.
(By the Associated Press.)

Park City. Utah. July 1.-two powder
magazines at the 1900 feet level of the
DalyWest mine exploded about l o'clock
this morning, causing a fearful loss of
life. The latest report says that thirty
three bodies have been removed from the
two mines. Officers of the Daly-W t
state that only three more bodies are in
hte mine. Miners. however. assert that
there are twelve or fifteen unaccounted
for.
Twenty-Five bodies are at local un-
dertaker's. The majority of the men met
their death from inhaling gases, not
shock. BY o'clock this morning TWEEN
ty-seven men had been taken out of the
mine dead, and several others had been
recovered in a half dazed condition.
These were all brought through the On
tario mine shaft. which is mile dis
tant from the DAILY West The ], 200 level
of the Daly-West corresponds to and is
connected by tunnel with the 600 level of
the Ontario.
In the Daily West mine between 100 and
$50 men were at work In the Ontario
were nearly 100 it is believed
1t is not known how many of these are
dead but the disaster extends to the On
tario.
There are two powder magazines at
the 1,200 level of the Daily West, one at
each side of the shaft with a capacity
of from one to two cars of powder each.
a car of powder was added to the sup
ply within the past few days.
Three dead men taken out of the On
tarlo shaft are; George Garvin, SwevelI
employees of Edward Copp, who has the
ore hauling contract for the Daly-West;
and Chris Saderrup, employed in the
Ontario, who was working at least mile
from the magazine that exploded. 1t is
believed all three were suffocated.
The explosion awakened every one
within a radius of many miles. 1t is
said that two horses in the ore tunnel
one and half miles away were killed
by it's force.
Women and children thronged to the
Ontario shaft house, which is midway
between Park City and the DAILY West.
Nearly all of them have husbands or
fathers in the mines and their grief was
pitable. All of the doctors in town are
at the mines. They have been doing
what they could to resuscitate the un-
conscious men as they are taken out. A
relief party went into the Ontario mine
shortly after the explosion occurred
James Smith, member of the rescuing
party, died soon after noon.
Jack Balton, a silver king miner, who
also went down with the rescuers, is un-
conscious, and is expected to die. The
condition of the gas in the mine is such
that the rescue work has been abandon
ed until tomorrow
The following is the list of the dead:
At the Ontario: George Garvin, Will
liam Swevell, Chris Saderrup, Steve
Baratti, Charles Neim, W. F. Thomas
AT the Daly-West Thomas A. KEEL
ly, r. Jackman, j. E. kindall John
Featherstone, John Gill, William Lane,
c. Il. Nelson, John Cabin, Harry Cab
lin, William Sims, John Maloney, Ike
Crowley, John McAuliffe, John Lively
John McGurvin, Chris Collen, John Bur-
gy, w. A. Wigland, James Murrin
Richard Dillon, Pat. ONeill. Peter
Haran Charles McLinden, Thomas Nc
Keen, Mike Conlon, John Extrum, John
McKeaghlin.