The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-21
special to The ITeral5)

- GDEN, Feb. 21.-Rescued by torch
light from the coyotes. nineteen
bodies OF men, women and chill
dren killed at the explosion at Jack
son siding were brought into ogden at
1885 o'clock this morning. According
60 present Information, there are
twenty-four dead as a result of the ca
JasTOphe. or these nineteen were in
stantly killed. the bodies being brought
in on the death train this morning,
two died on the way 10 Ogden, two in
this city and one at HOgup.
The Dead.
The list Of the dead as corrected from
the stenographic notes of Griffin, the
official stenographer of the coroner-s
jury, is as follows:
Thomas Burke, general foreman.
IS. j. Burke. sub-fOremau
Mrs. w. j. Burke, two daughters and
Sne son.
William Halter. mail messenger.
owen DeTmody, conductor.
Thomas Kareles.
Paddles PandalakOs.
George Columbian.
George PesOmss.
james Orcames.
Peter OTSamCS.
Dick CRANES.
Louis Maltz0s.
Gust Psomas.
I[ergekOs Kergeakes.
Auastaszeos Nyupeas.
Lewis ContOs
Two unidentified Greeks, one being
a young boy.
The Injured.
George Kochinais. the victim Of the
accident who died this afternoon. has
been added to the list of the dead The
other injured include S. J. Courtney
conductor, three ribs broken and in
JuTed al bout the back and hipss En-
Eineer Luna. injured about the head:
James Stanton, engineer. three ribs
broken; William Taylor, operator, face
head and body badly bruised and in
cured; Mrs. William Taylor face badly
c7f9tnd burned, severely injured; Cur
y Williams, brkemau- ssody injured;
- WestcOtt, slight injuries. Gus Ca
mike injured about the head, Tbimeus
Caralis, injured about the head and
body. George Catsamis, head and back
injured
Three other Greeks were also brought
in on the special train, but their con-
dition was so serious that they could
not be approached or their names as
Certaiued. Two of them were at once
taken 10 the operating room for imme-
date attention.
sickening Scene.
The bodies were nearly all in fright
fui shape. Even the uudertakers
shrank back in horror. The remains
Of one man, supposed TO be j. w.
Burke. the section foreman, we're put
into small box not over two feet
long Ii was merely a collection Of
fragments. When they arrived in Og-
den in q bOXCaT. the bodies had been
packed in rough improvised wooden
boxes. They were promptly loaded
into undertakers' wagons and q big
furniture van and carted over 10 the
temporary mOTEue arranged in the
store room formerly occupied by Ne
Cready's dry goods store, on Washing
ton street. between TwCuty-thiTd and
Tweuty-fOUrth streets. There the dis
figured bodies and the fragments were
laid out on boards TO be identified and
10 be embalmed by Cuaertakers Hickey,
1arkin and IindqUiSt while an aux-
ious crowd, Including friends OF the
victims. waited at the door i'm the
outer darkness, held back by two stern
policemen.
Story Of Deputy Marshal.
ON the death train was Deputy Unit
Ell states Marshal LuCjeu y. Smith He
had been ont on the cutoff TO serve
subpoena and was at Nidlake when
the explosion took place Going imme-
diatejy 90 the scene. he worked stead
iiE for thiTty-siN hours Tescuiug in
iured and picking up bodies. Mr.. Smyth
save a graphic account of the grew
sumo scene.
"Tr was after dark when 7 arrived
there" he said. Men were already
WORKING with torches and lanterns.