The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-17
A NEW MINE HORROR
DELIVERS FOR SILVER ORE MEET
THEIR DEATH.
DUE TO POWDER EXPLOSION.
THIRTY-THREE DEAD TAKEN
FROM DALY-WEST MINE,t

Two Magazines, 1900 Feet Under
ground, Exploded at EARLY Morn
ing Hour With Fearful Concussioa
and Filling Mine with Deadly
FuDies-Of $50 Miners at Work the
Majority Escaped-Fumes Penetrat-
ed From the DaIy-west Mine to the
Ontario Mine and Killed Men
There-The Total Loss Not Yet
known.
Park City, Utah. July 16.-Two pow
der magazines at the 1,200-foot level of
the DAILY West mine exploded about 1
o'clock this morning, causing a fearful
loss of life. The latest report says
that thirty three bodies have been re-
moved from the two mines. officers
of the DAILY West state that only three
more bodies are In the mine. Miners.
however, assert that there are twelve
or fifteen still unaccounted for
Twenty-Five bodies are at a local
undertakers. The majority of the men
met their death from inhaling gas and
not by shock. BY o'clock this morn
ing twenty-seven men had been taken
out of the mine dead, and several 9TH
ers had been recovered in
half-dazed condition These were
all brought through the On
tario mine shaft which is
mile distant from the DAILY West.
The 1000 level of the DAILY West cor
responds to and is connected by tun-
mel with the 500 level of the Ontario.
In the DalyWest mine between 100
and $50 men were at work. In the On
tario were nearly 100. it is believed.
1t is not known how many of these
are dead, but the disaster extends to
the Ontario. There are two powder
magazines at the l,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 supply with
in the past few days.
Three dead men taken out of the
Ontario shaft are George Garvin, and
-Sweibel, employees of Edward
Copp, who has the ore hauling con-
| tract for the Daly-West and-Soder-
up, employed in the Ontario. who was
working at least mile from the maya
zine that exploded. II is believed that
all three were suffocated.
The explosion awakened everyone
within a radius of many miles. 1t Is
| said that two horses in the ore tunnel
one and half miles away were killed
| by its force.
Women ThronEed 10 Mine.
Women and children thronged to the
Ontario shaft house, which is midway
between Park City and the Daly-West.
Nearly all of them had husbands or
fathers in the mines and their grief
was pitiable. All of the doctors in
town are at the mines. They have
been doing what they could to resus-
citate the unconscious men as they are
taken out relief party went into
the Ontario mine shortly after the ex-
plosion occurred.
James Smith, a member of the res
clfing party. died soon after noon. Jack
Balton, a silver king miner. who also
went down with the rescuers, is uncon-
scious, and is expected to die. The con-
dition of the gas in the mine is such
that rescue work has been abandoned
until tomorrow.
The following is list of the dead:
At the Ontario-George Garvin, Will
liam Swevell. Chris Baderup, Steve Ba-
rata. Charles Neim, w f. Thomas.
At the DAILY West-Thomas Kelly. r.
jackson, J. B. Kindall. John Feather
stone, John GILL William Lane, G. E.
Nelson, John Cabin, Harry Cabin,
William Sims, John Maloney. Ike Crow
ley. John McAuliffe, John Lively, John
McGurvin. Chris COLLEEN, John Burgy,
w A. Wigland, James Murnin, T.
Richard Dillon, Pat O'Neili. Peter Ha-
ran, Charles McLinden, Thomas Nc
Keen, Mike Conlon, John Extrum, John
McKeaglin.