Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-21
a BODIES At THE MoReUE
President of Tunnel Miners Union
Fears Victims Win Num-
Der a Hundred.
responsibility for Accident i BEING
shifted from One Department
OF Public Service To Another.

Isl Of dead IN yesterdays tragedy al
ths intermediate crib may reach o.
was expressed today by Coroner Hon-
man. There are A. bodies at the morgae
which corresponds with the number re-
ported missing by the Jackson COM
p,ny. But the company's payroll was
Incomplete and inquiries have been re-
,sIved for many whose names were not
on the payrolls but who were said by
relatives TO have been working at the
crib by the day.
on the 80 injured who were rescued
Yesterday. IS remained at the hospitals
today. OF these the condition OF hve
vas said TO be serious.
President Joe d'Andrea. president Of
me Sewer a. Tunnel Miners associa-
ion. expressed the fear today that ,no
death list may reach 100.
a am told" he said, that there were
about iT5 men working at the crib
when the fire started II this proves
true the number OF dead win easily
each 100. Many OF the men who are
missing. are undoubtedly az the bot
tom Of the lake and their bodies VIII
probably never be recovered. our orr
sanBatiOn VIII make an Investigation
ARE ANY ALIVE2
Efforts were resumed at daybreak to-
day 20 ascertain whether or not any
vorkmen were still living In the shaft
beneath the crib. a mile and a half out
ia the lake where so or more men were
Killed yesterday. Shortly after the IRE
which burned the temporary crib struc-
sure and compelled the workmen. who
were not cntrapped in the flames either
10 jump into the lake or try 10 float on
blocks Of ice. Il was discovered that
The smoke had descended into the shaft
and had actually suffOcated several
men. but some hope WAS still sustained
today that the smoke perhaps did not
penetrate far through the shaft. All
be air pumps we've kept working and
Ht was believed that some men would
be found still living.
George W. Jackson OF the cOnstruc-
lion company which built the crib, to-
day informed the coroner il would be
impossible for several days 20 give a
complete list Of the dead. Many of the
porkmen had the choice of remaining
al the crib and having their food fur
nished by the company instead OF going
home every night. Whether or not
many OF the men were taking adVan-
% the fire Gun only be learned by appli-
cation 90 their homes
meeting of South Chicago under
takers was held today and IL was
agreed TO hold a single funeral for all
tha victims and TO bury them In one
biz lot with a single monument re-
counting the nature OF their death.
friends and relatives OF the victims
held a meeting this morning Next
Friday a special mass will be read
IN all South Chicago Catholic churches
by order Of Archbishop Ouigley.
SHIFTING RESPONSIBILITY.
Responsibility for the accident at the
seyeuty-third street intermediate crib
ln which 10 or more workmen lost their
lives is being shifted rapidly from one
oepartmeut Of the public service 10 an
other
The United states engineers office
Issued a permit for the erection Of the
e1b but We merely see 70 Il that build
ings OF this kind do not obstruct navi-
siiion' said the chief clerk OF the
lmled states engineers office.
Ay department. supervised the work
Cone at the CRIB TO see that II was car
Ied out In compliance with the terms
or he city's contract That was the
extent OF our Inspection" was the
statement Of the city engineer.
The building department sent no
inspectors 20 the intermediate crib be-
cause % has no jurisdiction over build
hss erected in the lake. or. N 81 has
such jurisdiction. I never heard OF It,"
said the building commissioner.
TO is not the duty OF the fire depart
ment t0 inspect such structures as the
Intermediate crib declared the fire
'tled on by the building department TO
do so."
The public works department OF
me city Is responsible for such
Nflcture." said the deputy building
commissioner. II was specified On the
contract with the George W Jackson
Nnpany that precautions should be
.Aen against fire. There was no speci-
''alon that the structure DE OF steal
II would be absolutely impossible
mo 10 erect steel crib Tor
Wmp1raly purposes unless II were
,alQ Tor by the city" said George w
sehs'n ~ the construction company
" ihe city had been willing to pay
pl "a steel Intermediary crib ! ccr-
.'NN would have had no objections
erecting a."
criminal prosecution OF those re-
r9h.'nIe for the condition at the
." threatened.
SOME CHARGES.
~ among the charges being made hy
"" survivors, are the following
h'i DUE little fire apparatus was
"pI ol hand
ilHi the fire oNunguishors about
place We're useless
Inii the dynamite was careleasly
'DN ana that ON several occasions
were narrowly uNertcd.
NHl Rae building was poorly cone
'td ind was "a vcritahlo froirap.
Nti in' blasts boz the tunnel rock
.Nn .Nnyed the structure almost
''Htn h were q piece of paper.
Nai me only method ~ escape in
'f nae Was me aerial tramNay
carried but few persons at
ann Was SLOW boa operation
N.oucs az to the cauge of the
are being formed.
l.fe n 0ht.
n.Nougs had infested the structure
laNrn up their hnblfailons 900 the
'a nntWcct the pine boards.