The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-21
The Known Dead.
SYNlUEL GASPERS.
JOHN II. MADISON.

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SYMCEL GASPERS.
JOHN II. MADISON.
ANDREW G. GORKILA.
After being walled up for nineteen
years, supposedly in such a manner that
1t could never break through into the
east side mine, flames forced their way
INTO what IS known as slope No > this
morning about 10 'clock and entombed
seventy men, By heroic efforts all but
nlpe Of this number were rescued. three
were brought OUT after life had become
extinct and SIX are still in the mine,
their fate being unknown The mine
Is now in flames, although streams of
water have been playing on the burn
lng coal for hours, All night and TO.
morrow and the. next day if need be the
work VIII 90 on, until the men are res
cued alive or their recovered bodies
have been brought to the surface.
The general opinion is that the men
still entombed are dead, but it is de-
termined that nothing shall be left un.
done to save them If still alive.
Rescuers Face Death
The company is eXerting every effort
10 reach the spot where they were last
seen Led by Superintendent William
Haggerty, who was one OF the first
men to reach the surface. scores of
miners and citizens from all walks of
life rushed into the gas and smoke
which filled the tunnel, not even stop
ping / o consider the death which awaits
them in case thcv arc overcome by the
deadly fumes. Here, there and every.
where men were lying unconscious, many
of them apparently dead. These were
rushed 10 the open cir, where four
physicians received them and worked
TO bring them to life.
At late hour tonight the fire is still
burning fercely and all hope of at
tempting to rescue the mep until the
flames have been extinguished has been
abandoned.
Pipes have been laid TO the tunnel
and stream of water Is being played
on the flames wherever possible:
Repetition of Disaster,
The mine has before been the scene
of similar disasters, but it was sup
posed that the old fro was safely
walled off by cement. and that
eventually it would burn itself ont
When word went forth that seventy
men were entombed alive and the
mine on fire, the scene which followed
can hardly be described. Mothers,
fathers, sisters, brothers, sons and
daughters rushed to the tunnel and
would have plunged in to try and save
their dear ones but for the presence. of
Sheriff Bachelor and several deputies,
who held them back.
As the men were carried from the
mine, most of them unconscious, their
relatives quickly rushed to their sides
with hope and fear plainly depicted on
their faces. When one of the miners
would be brought out alive there was
always some. one near TO grasp his
hand. Shouts of Joy, however, were
mingled with sobs and groans for three
of the number brought out were dead
when their relatives saw them ut the
mouth of the slope.
Sensational Reports.
The first impression was that white
damp had overcome the men, and It
was feared that few, If any, would
escape With their lives. The first re-
ports coming from the bottom OF the
mine were most sensational.
: AT a late hour tonight ut least SIX,
teen men are unconscious yet. and
some of the miners declared there are
more than this number still entombed
in the mine. Not until tho fames have
been eztinguisbed will it be possible to
examine the mine and search for the
missing men. Not until the tire has
apain been safely walled mp will the
men return TO work.