Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-06
EXPLOSION DEscRIREp.

Charles Rector Of the Shurtloff mine,
describes the explosion as follows.
There were about so or go Of us watt
ing for the train which was coming
up the track a few hundred feet dis
tant. number Of miners who had
not yet reached the depot We're rum
ming toward Il and with their dinner
buckets IN hand. The train approached
the depot az a moderate rate and the
crowd on the platform began 60 move
around so as 40 secure points OF vantage
In getting aboard az soon as the train
stopped. At this moment a great eN-
ploslOn occurred right under our feet
The impact shook the buildings In the
town and everything became absolute
ly dark A few moments later groans
OF men were heard, people came rum
ming from residences and stores to the
scene. found myself injured. The
depot. the platform and the surround
ing objects were rent into spinters
The work Of rescue was begun at once
six badly wounded miners We're picked
up at different points near the scene
The dead We're found after much diff
Guilty. There was almost total dark
ness in the vicinity"
DISTRICT UP IN ARMS.
The whole district Ia up in arms over
the catastrophe and danger of further
trouble is feared.
OF the miners murdered several are
from this city, while some reside IN VIC
tor. Most OF them have families and
the crime IL enhanced for that reason
into the most stupendous disaster IN
the history OF the district. not even ex-
cepting that Of the Independence mine
last January, whereby 10 men lost their
lives.
CAREFULLY MATCHED CRIME.
That the diabolioal crime was care
fully Matched and deliberately perpe-
tIated, there Is now not the shadow
OF a doubt Two or three hundred
pounds of powder was exploded, prob
ably by revolver attached TO the wire
which still remains leading out from
the scene Of the explosion. There IL 10
yards of wire which Is used 20 pull the
trigger of the revolver which fired the
immediate charge Of powder The rear
end of the wire was uncovered az IL
O'clock this morning by construc-
ton gang Of the f. & c. G. railroad
which was sent TO the scene Of the
wrecked depot by 1Tainmaster Mid
daugh of the southwestern system
REMAINS OF HUMAN BEINGS.
remains Of human being was also UNI
covered az the same time. Sheriffs
Burton and Wilson and Underwood
stood guard over the pile of debris
from early morning, I'm the hope that
upon the arrival OF the railroad work.
ers some definite clue TO the nature
of the machine might be discovered
Nothing was found however except
| the rear end Of the wire which was
used TO explode the gun
The wire was discovered az daylight
running out alongside the switch which
| goes 10 the Domonico mine, Attached
| TO the end Of The wire as handle was
a chair leg, This was used to pull the
| fatal trigger IS yards away, Blood
! hounds have been requisitiuned from
| Trinidad, Palmer Lake and Canon city.
| The wire IS being carefully guarded and
! no ono ~ being permitted 10 walk along
! the spur Of track along which II runs
HARD TO FIND ASSASSIN.
| Ii would seem like n futile attempt
| to apprehcnd the assassins who pulled
| the string The trail would be lost after
| the end OF the spur is reached Ii Is so
| near the town of independence that IN
Vulnerable persons have trayorsed the
| ground in that vicinity II would seem
| the only nope Is iof tue ulIcsl ~ eNciN
suspic ious person IN the district and a
forcing of such persons to prove alibis,
The crime Is such a terrible one that
nearly all the authorities are at sea TO
account for the Identity OF the murderer
or murdercrs Excitement prevails to
such an extent that the most conserya .
tive citizens would not interfere II they
felt sure the right persons would be
| approhended
Many citizens express the opinion
that burning would be the punishment
meted out to the criminals If caught
1.-THE county VIII be at no expense for
n hanging this time" said q prominent
citizen. Groups OF determined men car
rylng clubs are TO be seen In all por-
tions Of Independence.
The usual rowdy element IS not IN
evidence. Several desperate characters
who arrived IN town lately have been
disappearing FOR the past two days
Miners have noticed for the past three
months suspicious gang which loi-
tered around the Hull city Placer as
though having designs on the manager
Watchnen were immediately placed on
the curbing
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