The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-14

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!. he entrance to The mine was board
ri y over in an effort TO check the
If,ne. This ended all hope Of escape
h7 h the imprisoned miners.
II The three veins, one 800 feet be-
). ,In the surface. the miners were i'm
- 'zinned and their only chance for
SE. vas to retreat TO the ends Of the
J5sirl in the hope there might be
n Inpgh air TO preserve their lives un-
h|1 help came.
I fbs 6rst explosion occurred shortly
4 r|lit,s o'clock. 1t communicated TO
tt leT sections Of the mine, and in less
: iau len minutes all hope of escape
.ns1 shut of from the miners.
y Cage Brings Up Bodies.
q While smoke, and even jets OF flame,
rpi up through the mine entrance,
cage which carried the minors TO
sr ~ work made regular trips. The
b fs loads were miners who escaped
; ! ~ no worse-injurics than burns or
lzsrs received in the rush for safety.
al ne last trip of the cage was made
a in the bodies of the mine superin
pH LENT and MS assistants were brought
"a ! half hour after the explosion oc-
"a -nd lhe mouth of the shaft was
f'cuHded by hundreds of frantic
Feh children and men. Many tried
~ ilcf the mine, but gave up after
h''l effort and were carried un-
-sious from the smoke and escap-
i1nes For almost two hours the
y as OF The mine and residents of
~ lried to devise means To help
II Imprisoned miners.
ia impossible to Escape.
~ n,e superin,endcnt James Steele de-
~ We hours after the explosion it
slmoSt impossible that any of the
!, sd could escape. The niue has Il
rly ~ ,unl OF lSt men, OF these q few
'se u'lne at noon. Twruty-fyc are
cf 70 nave escaped after the fire
2, Ii 0u' The others doubtless arc
AL Ess salfsnco To tho mine was scaled
d ws hope Of checking the flames.
VIC eucris OF officinls and scores
? ,,s sSYeqr assistants, 1t seemed as
~ la .oa' only bodies of the dead
ais If,m~ lasen from the rinc.
gzRk "mpIIow when tn" covering
W ,rnoved and rcscuegs cndcavor
IA ,,J lhe smoke aud gas-chol,cd
!, !, q n n 'eius no certainty rs to The
~. inmates IAN be learned.
!, ;l:Es u,. ~, causing ;hc explosion, in
7 10 NE prove one of the grcatest
IA Il II ~ The list of mjuc horrors.
/ 81 slle,-sn,h almost trivial. \ pile of
81 isHAJ 10 shoulder too long fin
N ,so ule timbers os the mine and
We NJ NM WORKERS. -eaIizod their dan
"a ,ra ay was nilcd with smoke. gas.
ia - Nc' and all exit WAS impos.
@tst t,dsap'l0ii' was shown bv officials
"" se,e 9i Cherry. These men.
nc csl ,op.Si,de INSIDE the minu when the fire
DlIsa, ,ssro noutcd five TO the list 10
81 y hns hno"n dead by rushing into
g "ying to save the doomed
a. &slasT g %5.,;,5!,rg, S;9sscrg, a pit man. gave
Z asj, ss ithoso Of his comrades SL,s' wEo Ia
c, " n bo,a,o uVes with him. StauJjur
'' s[ sf four mon INTO tna &c cage. &s''iGS t6e
, IN l. ar,; escape a H. -
y ,gI Iic 'S wss 5slI 1s.g 1G@cpnssioas aero;
ors Es,IEo9s, when %o i6c csgs a. Ead M%TG IT,, all
'Ssas Of Hcroism.
% f@ B@lyl. @SRl ,"'o nlo. the pit witt, Rim
nD9a a9l Isaac n'I I.s%gis announcements ,nn,fIt
= t4s Hove Dominic mimic Fonenti.
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4" Of the cage y ~ Bnl.5y. mn5 &%S" ,%S"
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out. No riskms Isl ins ,9G vgar n iiIS w.
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