The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-23
FORJY-TW0 BODIES
BROUGHT TO THE
SURFACE YESTERDAY
Continued from Page i.


anoe. At the time of the catastrophe
little if any work was being Gone IL
this section.
Mr.. TAYLOR was impressed with the
theory that the men cut off III the sec
ond gallery might have found their way
into the gallery below, where there Is
no fire, and ordered its exploration.
In this gallery-the lowest OF tins
mine-there is an overcast" or an IT.
regular shaft, distinct from the gal
lery.
IF the men who were in this part Of
the mine thought of the overcast anC
were able to reach it, they are probably
alive now" said Mr.. Taylor. In the
gallery proper there is much water, but
we hope that it is not so high but thai
rescuers can make their way through
it."
Killed by 6Iaekdamp.
Rescuers who carried up twenty-thret
bodies today said there was evidence
that the men had walled themselves II
for several days, but had emerged tC
seek food and water and had met death
in the blackdamp.
At a point beyond where the searchers
had gone several declared they could
see the shattered blocking of a poke.
where the ulGH Aau ISICeC- L liz
bodies are scattered along the gallery
for many yards. Men who found them
believed the victims collapsed from
weakness or asphyXiation before going
fifty yards toward the entrance.
Some bodies were burned, and it is
probable that of the twenty-three not
all had been in the pocket. The exist
ence of the refuge was denied by other
members of the party.
The tenseness of the nerves of the res
cuers is shown by a remarkable incl
dent this afternoon. A man who proved
to have been dead many days was be-
lieved 10 be alive when brought to the
surface and was rushed to the hospital
car. The mistake, however, soon became
apparent.
An opening to the third vein, or lowest
level Of the st. Paul mine. was forced
just before midnight tonight. The re-
movsll of bodies or the rescue OF scores
believed to be imprisoned in the vein,
will begin before daylight.
Are in Lower Vein.
Tests made late tonight showed the ex-
istence of air in the lower vein. Candles
lowered into it on strings had the flame
sucked away from the shaft, showing the
presence of an air current.
Thousands of gallons of water have
been poured into the gallery in the effort
to extinguish fires in the level above it.
With air and water in abundance in the
mine, hope for the rescue of those within
is strong.
The opening that has been cleared is a
continuation of the main shaft. The shaft
proper ends at the second vein, but 10
the gallery, 167 feet below, a smaller
opening extends to which a small cage
runs, This cage was attached to the lar
ger cage with rope and shortly befoEe
midnight the effort to bring it to the
second level WAS bpQIln
That the cage would contain bodies OF
the dead on its first trip, or be crowded
with living, was the expectation of those
working to lift 1t.
Expected to Rush for Gage.
It was asserted that the miners, hearing
the moving of the machinery, would has
ten to the cage, and that its first trip
would add as many to the list of rescued
as the car would hold.
The recovery of forty-two bodies today
was attended by some of the saddest
scenes of the disaster. Across the fields,
was given stumbled almost 100 women and
children who had been driven from the
shaft side by the fierce wind and cold.
The Identification of the bodies was
comparatively easy. There was no smoke
stains nor burns, and physicians declared
that all except few had died of asphyx-
iation. Some had torn every vestige of
clothing from their bodies in their death
dSOHg. AIMING the I1TSI DOQleS carried
out were those of two "trapper boys
neither more than IA years old.
Fought for Life.
Gruesone tokens of the futile fight for
life made by the men taken out dead
today were found beside the bodies. On
the walls Of the shaft had been fashioned
rude wooden pin-wheels, shaped in the
fashion of ventilating fans and intended
to bring at least some current of air.
Boards torn from the timbering of the
about the handles Of the miners picks
These the men had turned by hand
standing close to them to get any oxygen
stirred by the movement of the impro-
Vised fans. Close beside the fans the
largest groups of the dead were found.
That the men had lived and retained
their faculties for many days before the
black damp crept upon them was obvf-
Gus, but physicians declared every mar
had been dead for at least As hours
Renewed Hope.
An exploring expedition led by State In
spector j. G. Taylor and miners Archie
Frew and Miles Doherty, reached the
third vein of the St. Paul mine, where 15
men are believed to be imprisoned, to.
night They report that there is little
water in the gallery and that the air Il
good. Hope of rescuing many of the i'm.
prisoned miners alive is expressed by the
searchers.
one OF the exploring party penetrated 4
Ieet INTO the lower gallery, which he
found about knee deep in water. No sigr
OF life was seen, but no miners bodie,
lay near the shaft. This is accepted b,
the rescuers as proof that the men raj
lied toward the end of the shaft and the,
will h.