The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-21

mat tne llSL OF tue dedd In yesterday
tragedy at the intermediate crib ma,
reach siyty-siX, was expressed toda.
by Coroner Hoffman. There are forty
seven bodies at the morgue which col
responds with the number reporte,
missing by the Jackson company Bu
lhe company's payroll was incomplet,
and inquiries have been received 10
many whose names were not on th'
payroll, but who were said by rela
tives to have been working at the Grill
by the day
OF The thirty-nine injured, who were
rescued yesterday. fifteen remained a
the hospitals today OF these, the
condition of FIVE was said to be ser
ius.
President Jos. D'Andrae. president
Of the Sewer & Tunnel Miners asso
citation, expressed the fear today tha,
the death list may reach one hun
dred.
Il am told" he said, that there
we're about 175 men working at the
crib when the fire started. If this
proves true the number OF dead will
easily reach a hundred. Many of the
nen who are missing are undoubted-
" al the bottom of the lake and their
Lcdies will probably never be recoy'
cred. Our organization will make an
Investigation
A thick. gray mist hanging over TIE
city today lent the last touch neces~
sary TO present the gloom OF the
scene in the vicinity of Murphy's
morgue, where rest the bodies of the
victims OF yesterdays crib fire. In.
tide the undertaking rooms, like the
granary OF some terrible Bluebeard
rested forty-seyen sacks, each con-
tanning the unacceptable body-in
many cases only the torso-of those
Who met death IN the charnel house
in'the lake. In the street quiet.
gT,ef.stricken crowd stood talking soft
" in groups, or plodding up and down
the slippery walks
Unless very persistent. inquirers
were not allowed within the morgue.
The bodies have no human semblance.
all look alike and where possible 1t
was desired to spare friends and rel
atives the shock of gazing at the hor-
ribe spectacle
"There is no hope OF knowing faith
or. son or brother" said Coroner Hoff-
man, as he began the work Of secur-
ing Jury to visit the scene of the
dIsaster
In the lake, the tug Morford con-
timed its search among the Ice floes
for bodies OF any who may have been
drowned.
Efforts were resumed at daybreak
to-day In accnrf II, rpb al hop or NOT anV
4urkmen were still living In the shaft
beneath the crib. mile and half out
in the lake. where fifty or more men
were killed yesterday. Shortly after
the fire. which burned the temporary
cE,b structure and compelled the
workmen, who were not entrapped in
the flames, either to jump into the
lalre or try to float on blocks of ice,
u was discovered that the smoke had
descended into the shaft and had ac-
'rally suffocated several men. but
some hope was still sustained today
that the smoke perhaps did not pene-
trate far through the shaft All the
air pumps were kept working and II
was believed that some men would be
found still living.
bCoi6t w JdChoOllt vi LIte COupil
lion company which built the crib, to-
day informed the coroner It would be
IMPOSSIBLE for several days to give
complete list Of the dead. Many OF
The workmen had the choice of re-
naming at the crib and having their
food furnished by the company instead
OF going home every night Whether
or not many Of the men were taking
advantage OF this arrangement at the
time of the flre. can only be learned
Dy application to their homes
meeting of South Chicago under
takers was held today, and 1t was
agreed 10 hold a single funeral for all
The victims nd to bury them in one
big lot with a single monument re-
counting the nature of their
death. Friends and relatives
Of the victims held meet
Ing this morning. Next Friday morn
ine special mass will be read In all
South Chicago Catholic churches by
order OF Archbishop Quigley.
Nathan Daltz, the last workman to
be rescued, from the ruins. told a
thrilling story OF his experiences to-
day Daltz was entombed for eight
l,ours and was unconscious when taxi
en- from the wreckage.
II went to the crib and started 10
work at o'clock yesterday morning.
he said:
My partner and I were about to ga
Gown in the shaft when | noticed
black smoke coming from the floor 1
lhink 1t was little after s o'clock
wasn't surprised at the smoke be-
cause knew there was blast down
IN the tunnel every morning about
that time. There were ten or twelve
ether men standing around and I re.
marked. Look at the smoke coming
dp there One of the fellows said.
Wen. I'm going TO smoke my pipe and
mako some more smoke in a Joking
way, and VIC all laughed and thought
TO more about 1t. My partner AMI |
'nen got into the bucket and were low
cred into the pit. We had been IN the
Tunnel only short time when ! felt
an awful heat on my face and hands
INC bucket In which we had been low.