The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-30
TWENTY-FIVE
BODIES TAKEN
FROM THE MINE
Arms. Legs or Heads Missing
From Unfortunate Victims
Of Mariana Disaster.
MANY MORE REMAIN BELOW
eYAcT NUMBER OF KILLED MAY
NEVER BE KNOWN-ANoTHER
EXPLOSION MAY OCCUR.

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! PittsbGrg, Nov. 29.-Up TO l o'clock y
d. . this Monday morning, fifty-two y
bodies had been recovered from the =
Rachel mine Of the Pittsburg-Buf- y
falo Coal company at Mariana, y
| where a terrific explosion occurred y
saturday. OF these. twenty-five =
nave been fully identified.
A number Of other bodies have +
! bepn located in the workings and y
are being brought out as rapidly as =
| nossible. At the present rate of work =
| nearly 100 bodies will have been tax y
. en- out by daylight and 1t IS now :
/ hoped that most of those remaining 4
| Win have been found by evening. y
4 Chief state Mine Inspector James F. y
Il PoOaricz will be here today to start y
an ilvestigation.
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Pittsburg, Nov. 29.-Twenty-five bod
rs all but two horribly mutilated, and
7umber dismembered, were today
-,tsn iron. the mine of the Pittsburg-
/ prFal0 Coal company at Mariana.
s,rtv miles south Of here, where an eX-
i nlosio,, occurred yesterday, killing
i nanv men and casting into gloom what
ras until then considered the model
mining town Of the world.
There is little doubt that the death
81 will reach at least 13S men. Of
<scials Of the company. who last night
|uated that not over 125 had been killed.
fouirht admit that 13S men went down
the shaft TO work yesterday morning.
According to miners and others famil-
lar with the number of men generally
employed IN the mine, the death list
viii exceed the ccmpany's estimate by
A. least fifty.
May Never Be Known.
Il is possible that the exact number
Of men killed viii never be known. Up
to tonight twenty-five bodies have been
brought 10 the surface.
Arms legs or heads we're 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 Ivill,
cousin of John II. Jones, president of
the Rtlsburg- Buffalo Coal company,
oWIsS Of the mine. who was head
tuekeeDer, His body was found be-
Isath coal digging machine. and il
vas apparent that the man had crawled
there IN an effort 10 escape the deadly
fumes
Tn body of the other man was found
lsU IvilI. The unfortunate had placed
bis ACE in a pool of water. which all
mnsls are advised 10 do when an ex-
r6E0n occurs, in a desperate attempt
. tight off suffocation until rescued.
Inquest to Be Held.
This afternoon the coroner of Wash
iston county held a meeting TO organ
IL jury and then adjourned until all
Of The bodies have been taken from
he mine
Early today j small fire broke out in
NE mine. The blaze was extinguished
bsiore serious damage was done.
Reports have been in circulation all
cay that second and more terrific ex-
posion Is likely to occur at any mo-
ment. The company officials assert this
IS not true. There is considerable gas
n the mine. however. 1t is estimated
mat one-fourth of the victims are
Americans
The work of rescue is being carried
on as rapidly as possible. At short in
ierYa!s new men are sent into the mine
70 relieve others. Owing to the dan
serous gases and wreckage, the work
SLOW and is betty carried on with
great precaution. Experts from Penn
syiFania and West Virginia are in
cHdrge and are being materially as
sisted by J. W Paul and Clarence Hall
VI me United States experimental and
Usuhg station of Pittsburg. NOtwith-
standing the isolation of Mariana,
thousands of persons found their way
u'e'e today. Tonight the undertakers
ele arranging for many funerals to-