The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-30
MUT|LATEO BODIES
TAKEN FROM MINE
Death Roll of Disaster at Mari
anna, Pa, Probably viii
Be Increased.
MANY VICTIMS MANGLED
BEYOND ALL RECOGNITION
Another Explosion May Destroy
Those Who Are Removing
the COrpses.

PITTSBURG, Nov. 29.-Twenty- five
bodies, all but two horribly mutilated,
and a number of them dismembered,
were today taken from the mine OF
the Pittsburg Buffalo Coal company at
Mariana, forty miles south OF here,
where an explosion occurred yesterday,
killing many men and casting into
gloom what was until then considered
the model mining town of the world.
There is little doubt that the death
list Will reach at least 13S men. Of
ticials of the company, who last night
stated that not over 125 had been
killed, tonight admit that l35 men
went down the shaft to work yester-
day morning According to miners and
others familiar with the number of men
generally employed in the mine, the
death list Will exceed the company s
estimate by at least fifty.
Death Roll Uncertain.
It is possible that the exact number
of men killed will never be known.
Arms, legs or beads were missing
from some, and the trunks Of Others
were burned, bruised and cut.
Two of The men had been suffocated
and their bodies were not even
scratched. One of these was John
will, q cousin OF John II. Jones, presl"
dent of the Pittsburg Buffalo Coal COM
pany, owners of the mine, who was
head timekeeper. His body was found
beneath coal digging machine and
1t was apparent that the man had
crawled there in al effort TO escape
the deadly fumes.
The body of the other man was found
near will The unfortunate had placed
his face in pool of water, which all
miners are advised to do when an eH-
plosion occurs, in desperate attempt
Investigation Begun.
This afternoon the coroner of Wash
ington county held meeting 30 or
ganize a jury and then adjourned m
til all of the bodies have been taken
Early today a small fire broke out
in the mine. The blaze was cX-
tinguished before serious damage was
done.
Reports have been in circulation all
day that second moro terrific ex-
plosion is likely to occur at any mo-
ment. The company officials assert this
Is mere 10
In the mine, however. 1t Is estimated
that onc-fourth of the victims arc
Americans,
Work of Rescue Slow.
Tho work of rescue is being carried
on as rapidly as possible. At short
intervals new men are sent into the
mine TO relieve others. Ow' to the
dangerous gases and wreckage, the
work is slow and is being carried on
with great precaution. Experts from
PENNSYLVANIA and West Virginia are
in charge and are being materially as
sisted BY !. w. Paul and Clarence Hall
of the United States experimental and
testing station of Pittsburg. Notwith-
standing the isolation of Marianne,
thousands OF persons found their way
there today Tonight the undcrtakers
are arranging for many funerals to-
morrow,
David G.. Jones' president Of the com.
panv, came TO the city tonight. When
he left the nine, he said thirty-four
bodies had been recovered, of which
thirteen had been fully identified, The
company, he said, could only account
for 1873 men in the mine at the time
of tho explosion. Searches already made
convince those in the scene that all are
dead. The only man who escaped from
the mine after the explosion, Fred Er-
linger. it is said tonight. sustained in
iuries from which it is believed he can
not recover.