Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-01
Estimates Of
Dead Co11ect
OF Two Hundsed and Eighty cNen Imprisoned IN Hanna
cAGne only Fony-eigM cAccounfed no Bodies
Remoued Since Yesterday SNinets Fought Their Hes-
cuesS Like FendS, Having Gone Insane.

an explosion and fire In the mines at
Dlamondyille. Wyo., and during the
past 20 years there have been numer-
Gus explosions and fires In the mines
near Almy In which total Of so fatal
tiles resulted. OF the 2si killed by the
explosion full 2l5 We're men and the
balance boys of from IS to 20 years OF
age. one hundred and sixty-hye were
married and leave large families,
About 60 were colored and 100 FIN
landers and the balance were Amerl-
cans.
MEN WENT INSANE.
Hanna, Wyo.. July LOT 2S2 men
who went into the Union Pacific coal
companys No. mine yesterday MORN
ing. 2S5 were killed by the explosion OF
black damp that occurred at lO;SO q. M
yesterday, Most of the dead are FIN
landers and negroes. 80
Members Of the rescuing partlei zen
OF pitiful scenes about the seVent' ehth
level. as deep as II has been possible 10
penetrate Some of the Survivors were
driven insane and fought ike nenus
against the rescuers. Dazed, listless
survivors were found sitting on cars OF
lying on the floor, careless OF whether
they lived or died. Near the seventeenth
level 20 bodies were found streWn over
a pile of debris which the men had
striyen to surmount before overcome by
the deadly fumes. Some were scared
and blackened by flame but all had
died crawling toward fresh air. The II
rescuers. who penetrated this far, were
too weak TO bring out a body
For hours the scene at the mouth OF
the level was heart moving With
clothes and hair awry, mothers. wives,
sweethearts and children huddled to-
gether weeping, wrlnglng their hands
Many sat on shattered tlmbers blown
from the mines mouth insensible to
their surroundings. The most frantic
pushed to the edge ofthe gap and tried
TO force a way into the slope
An expert who went almost to the
seventeenth level says the mine cannot
possibly be cleared for a month, II Is
feared that men In the lower Levels
were torn 10 pieces by the explosion
which hurled great timbers high over
| the town and 100 feet beyond the
mouth OF the slope. Among the dead
in the mine Is Alfred Hapgood, who
turned the first shovel OF dirt In start.
ing the stope. The fire bosses who had
reported all safe before working time
yesterday, met death while making u
second inspection.
NO BODIES RECOVERED.
Omaha. Neb,, July l.--Reports are re-
celved at Union Pacific headquarters
this morning from Hanna, Wyo, OF the
progress OF the rescue party In the
Hanna coal mine. The rescuers had
penetrated quite a distance into the
mine but had recovered no more bod
| les. The difficulty Of securing entrance
| to the mine was increased by smoke
and gas. and II is now thought tina
| the matter OF getting air into the min'
/ is the only hope of rescuing any of thu
/ entombed men alive.
An order was received In Omaha FOL
$50 collins, which are being shipped t
Hanna. II was stated. however tha
this large number Of caskets was beinl
shipped tC be used in case Of necessity
and that no demand has yet arisen To-
! so large an order.