The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-20

1erent parts of the crib with their
clothing ablaze. One OF these, we
were compelled to throw into the lake
IL order TO eXtinguish the fire in his
clothing. We tied a rope around him
and dipped him In the water and then
pulled him back aboard the tug. 1t
was while we were doing this that the
second explosion occurred and / back.
more injured and departed for the
shore We had forty-five men aboard.
twenty-six of whom we're injured"
BY the time the Morford had start
cd on the return trip three other tugs
had pointed their noses toward the
scene of the tragedy A scene of des-
olation and sorrow occurred on the
shore. The families OF many OF the
men working at the crib lived In the
vicinity. Men, women and children
cried and sobbed Historically in fran
tic anxiety for those ont in the lake.
Several women tainted. Mrs Frank
Nolan. wife of the foreman in charge
OF the underground work at the crib,
accompanied by her young daughter
made a pathetic figure. as she stood
With the crowd on the pier at Seven
tyhrst street
"Oh. my God; tell me II he has died
OF il he is safe; cannot live" she
cried again and again. Like many 9TH
er women, Mrs. Nolan was clad in the
thinnest of house garments but they
we're covered by the heavy coats of
men who pitied their condition. Mrs.
lr
man, tainted on the pier and fell to
the ice below. She soon recovered
consciousness, however, but refused
10 leave the place.
in the throng on the pier were for
mer employees who had worked at the
crib. They stated that the crew work
ing in the tunnel had in all probable
tiles been killed The exit from the
tunnel into the crib was partly block
ed by wreckage, even under normal
conditions After the fire tug had
qUenched the flames. fremen began
pulling away the debris 10 ascertain
conditions In the tunnel.
Firemen returning from the ruined
structure this afternoon, brought a
ray of hope In their expressed belief
that, if any of the men had succeeded
in reaching the depth Of the tunnel
they may have escaped. The air pump
ing apparatus was declared to be I'M
impaired and frantic work was begun
forcing air into the tunnel
George w. Jackson, president OF the
company which is constructing the
tunnel said:
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fire gained such headway When the
men took up winter quarters out
there / saw that system of twenty
FIVE fire eXtinguishers was in place
and the men were shown how II work
cd There were also picks and axes
for use in case of fire. Every new EN-
ploye was warned against smoking in
certain places and the rules were rig
i'd. The fire seems to have started
from an explosion in the powder maga
zine but / am at loss to conjecture
the manner in which it was ignited
The bulk of the explosives was kept
at separate crib. one hundred yards
from where the men were"
Scarcely any of those who were res
cued were fully clothed when they
landed on shore.
Charles McDermott. one of the
scantily-clad. declared that he came
from New York only week ago tc
work on the tunnel.
'T had taken of all my clothing
with the exception of my undeIshirt
and trousers when / saw flash he
said. "The whole place seemed one
blaze. / jumped into the lake and
reached an ice foe. ] perched on ii
till taken OF by the tug"
McDermott was furnished, like 9th
ers landed from the tug. with new dry
clothing taken from neighborins
wholesale houses,