The San Francisco call., 1904-06-07
DEATH LIST WILL INCREASE.

OE-Alh lAIcl WILL lNO66<tSE.
The seriously injured are: Philip
Chandler, John Collete, Ed Holland,
Daniel Carney, A II. Allen, ]. A.
BROKER, Edward Holland, John Pol
lice, Dan Gainey and Clarence Allen.
Amputations have been performed
upon most of the wounded and it is
almost certain that several of them will
die.
majority Of the dead and injured
were single men, but several had
families living in the district
Charles Rector, of the Shurtleff mine,
escaped by a miracle. He was chat
ting with several men, unconscious of
danger, when the explosion occurred.
He saw a number of men rushing
toward the depot and at this moment
he was lifted from his feet and deaf
ened by a terrific crash. When he re-
allied what had occurred he was sur
prised to find himself uninjured.
II. w. Van Alta, one of the Findley
miners, who had a remarkable escape
from death. in describing the explo-
sion, said:
The earth seemed TO heave under
the platform and depot and the noise
made was deafening. We had been at
the station about two minutes when
the explosion occurred. / was thrown
through the air about seventy five feet.
There were about twenty-five men on
the platform and most of them were
non-union miners who worked on the
Findley. The Shurtleff shift had not
yet reached the depot, but was hurry
ing down the hill. Had these men
reached the platform the casualties
would have been doubled. There must
have been 300 pounds of powder used
and it must have been set off by an
electric spark or revolver, as the min
ers would have smelled the fuse if one
had been used"
George Remick was hurled many
feet from the platform. but escaped
with only few bruises, although heavy
timbers and rocks fell all about him.
DEVICE OF A FIEND.
The Internal machine with which the
diabolical work was done consisted of a
quantity of dynamite estimated at $50
TO 300 pounds, a loaded revolver and a
long, slender steel wire attached to the
trigger. The revolver was fastened so
that the pulling of the trigger would
not draw it away. The wire ran from
under the depot to the cribbing of the
Delmonico property, about 400 feet
away, where its end was fastened to
the rung Of a chair. The dynamite
was placed close TO the muzZle OF the
revolver, which was discharged by
pulling the wire when the engineer
blew his whistle. The ball from the
revolver exploded the dynamite.
A man was seen running down the
hill from the Delmonico after the ex-
plosion. The Victor troops, who were
ordered out by Mayor French, were so
stationed as to keep persons from pass
ing over the path taken by this man
and bloodhounds were sent from Canon
City and Trinidad for the purpose of
trailing the assassin.
The internal machine used to-day
was similar TO the one exploded in the
Vindicator mine on November 21, 1903,
killing two men.
By order of Major II. A. Naylor of
the National Guard the bodies were re-
moved from the Coroner's establish
ment to another undertaker's. This
action was taken on request of !. S.
Murphy. suDerintendent of the Ffndley
mine, because, ii is alleged the Cor
oner had remarked before the dfscov-
cry Of the internal machine that the
death of the men was due to an acci
dent. Later Coroner Doran explained
that although he had-spoken of the dis
Ester as ''an awful accident" he was