The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-11

hundred coal miners were en-
tombed today by an explosion in
..s Cambria Steel cOmpany's coal
4 nine whose main shaft opens within
+ ,se limits Of this city, and 125 are
,-obably dead The mine is one of the
,-rsst in the country, and today 600
men were at work there.
When the news of the disaster
cached here 1t spread like wildfire, and
q, less than a quarter of an hour. the
paint an open space at the junction
NJ the Conemaugh and the Stoney
rock was crowded with weeping wo-
men and children. Brave attempts at
gasrue were made. Mining Engineer
Moore and his assistant, A. 6. Prosser.
trisd 10 make some Roadway toward
he imprisoned miners, but were driven
hack BY the deadly gases. Richard
Bennett and John Meyers, miners, who
were in the mine at the time of the
sypIosion. but who escaped unhurt.
rent back two miles TO see what as
stance could be rendered, but they,
100. we're driven back by the damp,
and reached the threshold just in time,
,nlv To fail unconscious.
Then the attempt TO do any rescue
york from the main opening was given
20. and il was shifted to Mill Creek,
I've miles south from this city. The
rsscuers We're followed by hundreds of
rslatiyes and friends. IL was stiIl be-
Eeyed that all of the miners at work
we're affected. Business in the city
vas practically at a standstill, and all
rent out 20 be of assistance. to watch
the scene or To wait with set face and
staring eyes for the first stiff form
% be carried from the opening in the
bin.
During the afternoon it became
known that many men had escaped,
and that drift No. 6, known as the
K0ndike. was practically the only one
affected. But here, 200 men were at
work. and still the women watched
and waited for the end. From 2:3O
o'clock this afternoon till s o'clock this
evening the work of the searching par
lies was in vain, but the first faint
ray Of hope came when the bodies Of
a man and a boy were brought out
into the daylight, unconscious but
alive.
Then at ll:9Q tonight, four more men.
unconscious, were brought to the sur
face but a doctor who came with the
men. reported passing twenty-five dead
bodies on the way
President Powell stackhouse. in a.
statement issued at midnight. said the
number OF dead would reach 125 men.
Second Appalling Disaster.
Johnstown has again been visited by
an appalling disaster only less
irIghtful than the awful calamity of
Nay g. 1884. in cost of life. A terrible
explosion took place i'm the Cambria
steel company rolling mill mine. un-
der Westmont hill, early this after
noon and how many are dead viii
axe several days to fully determine
mat 1t Is a long and shocking list
ana may reach 200 or more men. is
i'ly believed. It was an hour after
ne explosion before any general
mo"ledge Of what had happened got
abroad. Men who came from the
ZINES, escaping with their lives. told
ne terrible news. and soon it spread
Ie wild fire all over the city. In
sores Of homes there were the most
atnetic scenes. Mothers. wives.
alghters. sons and relatives were
uanic with grief. and hundreds
iShed TO the scene.
Al the opening across the river from.
M point the Cambria Iron company
olte, with several assistants, stood
sldrd' permitting no one to enter the
-Ae from which noxious gases were
Wning- It was nearly 4 O'Clock when
nope Of sending rescue parties from
e "estmont opening was abandoned
rrto men who had escaped, named
Atnard Bennett and John Myers,
l-t back two miles TO see what as
S11enee could be rendered, but the
gtAuul damp drove them back and
Wy Tell PROSTATE when they finally.
e-t-N "a deSOPrate StrI1pvlo Yaocbed the
outside. 80
Two doctors gave them assistance
S-l after working with them half an
80, restored them. Their story of
=, situation i'm the mine made IL clear
l', me rescue work could not proceed
I'm the WestmOnt opening. and then
10y preparations were made to be-
mat sad mission at the Mill creek
Entrance
soon after the news of the explosion
wl'1ed the Cambria officials, Engineer
SIC and one of his assistants. A r.
user made an attempt to enter the
~ mine. They were followed by
&c Superintendent Robinson. but the
az gases stopped their progress,
~ 'ney were compelled to return to
r. surface Mine Foreman Rodgers. I
- asSlSiHnt William Blanche. and
~ bosses John Whitney, John Retail
h. ana John Thomas. we're overcome
l.s me gases and it is feared they per-
miners. eiloi' ~ e'0"e 'iie
Boys Effort to Save His Father.
- son Of Harry Rodgers then tried
n zach his father. but he was quick
Va JEROME by the deadly gases and
NM rred out unconscious.
2, .t--laIu Subich spent several hours
Ira, A'l creek opening. He said
us~. ne believed as many as $50 men
n. sui 10 the mine. In his opinion
Tb.'Ie IMAM $50 men had come out.
60 Alua officials of the Cambria
o. seN. stated the explosion was one
hs,. atmD. The few survivors who !
min, escaped from the depths of the |
ti,5.. .rloe the conditions to be
0@ll IN their nature.
AZ '' az the KlOndike. the miners
hfst ana uninjured. Within the
Nm, 0. the uire the havoc
ton s11 Is such as beggars descrip-
Uro.,-, quo walls OF masonry three feet |
b4--ssu We're torn down as though |
MIN or paper. The roofs of the
renrs;NT.e demolished and not a door
bess ~, standing, In the face of
roic 80 tlHeuities. even the most he
seen, Stlofis towards rescue may well
NJ hopeless.
ere ,f.oF'eS of the men who escaped |
aSsis+,-' az uiouS. Thomas Foster, an
nine foreman in the Klondike |
Dom 'S among the first to emerge |
sitsr,.nt Mil creek shaft. Shortly |
Cane rs Powell Griffith. a fire boss.
roster was in his Office