The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-02
BODIES COVERED
BY MANY TONS
OF ROCK
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vas The nearest resemblance TO a
human body was found In a slough at
the foot Of the HIN. II consisted Of one
leg, torn IN three pieces and Joined b.
threads OF flesh. "A portion OF the thorax
and back of skull. the coarse black hair
mutely Identifying the Eruesome find
as the mortal remains OF one Of the two
Japanese IN the gang. boys but re-
Gently employed by the company. An
othe~ find. equally gruesome. was that
though razor had been drawn over Il.
Legs. hands and feet. blackened with
powder burns. were found as far as
hair a mile from the quarry.
Father md Son Found
OF the Italians IN the Inflated gang.
and SCI IA. were Identified by means OF
two rings found on fingers Of two
hands picked up These two had re-
Gently arrived from Italy. and only
week ago were assigned TO the powder
gang. so FAR as a. known. the majority
ot the q I'D men are without family
connections in this country. Their
friends among the foreign laborers EN-
ploycd az the plant continued stolidly
az their work. as though nothing OF i'm
portance had occurred. Work through
out the great plant went on uninter-
rUptcc throughout the day. despite the
great holes in the roof. and the shat
tered windows 90 remind the men OF the
fate OF seventeen OF their fellow work
crs. Work In the quarry was aban-
doucd until this evening. and no one
was allowed In that vicinity until all
danger OF another explosion was over.
Freaks OF the powder were not lack
ing IN the principal street OF Devils
slide piece OF backbone. a foot long,
was picked mp. In another place two
human feet incased In heavy broEans
and cut off az the ankles rs clean as
though by the surgeons knife. were
found. They were from the same body.
although no o:her traces OF flesh were
found IN that vicinity The shoes were
unchanged. the shoestrings still be-
Ing lied In a bowknot-
Another Narrow Escape.
over I'm the power house, crowded
with machinists. the force OF the ex-
piosion was most strongly felt. Every
man In the place was thrown on his
face A rock twice the size OF mans
head hurtled through the roof. tore a
piece from the hat Of Theodore Henne-
per and buried itself many feet deep In
the floor
Hugh Mcclure. foreman Of the gang.
was widely known throughout the west
as one OF the most expert men Of his
following He was born In Bingham
Canyon. where his aged mother. his
only relative. now lives. She paid Nc
CURE n visit only last Sunday.
Prior 20 taking his position as chief
powder man az the cement plant hR had
been employed az the Utah Consolidated
mine az Bingham and before that ne
was assistant general engineer at the
Daly-WCst mine IN Park City. He had
represented the Du Pont Powder com
pany for many years as a demonstrate
end was known far and wide as a mas
ter Of his business. lie was about %
years Of age and unmarried.
when word Of the tragedy reached
ogden Manager q. g. ellison OF the ce-
rneut plant and other officials hurrie ed
to the scene in automobiles. a num-
Der OF automobiles carrying newspaper
men and others also made the 81 mile
trip over rough mountain roads. The
Herale-Eepublican machine. driven by
Rex n Kelly or ogden. made the trip IN
one hour and fifty minutes. breaking al
records between ogden and Devil,
slide. and coming within 20 minutes OF
the Overland Limiteds time.
The Dead
hugh Mcclure. ian.
chief powder Frank BeEoviCh
man. Bingham. Austrian.
r. Catoloni italian Peter Stagivic
Frank Cooney. Austrian.
Hungarian. Peter Skemric Aus
l. ~. BcnuardO.| trian.
Italian. NJ. Foilar italian.
Frank Nakovich. b KeamCvic. Aus
Austrian. TRAN.
A. IshH. japanese. a. Petress. Aus
n. giuseppe. Ttal- TRAN
IAN +. Gynkuck. Aus
Coroner'- Jury ImDaneIed.
As soon as he was notified Of the ex
plosion =. A. Wild Of Croydon. justic'
OF the peace and acting coroner. en-
paucled "A Jury. consisting OF Jamei
Hopkins. W H. To0ne. ST.. and Johi
London. an Of Croydon. John Hopkins
sheriff Of Morgan county. IS also fore
man Of the cement works. He serve'
the summonscs. g. J.. Condie. county
attorney. Of Morgan. was also on Tn
scene. assisting in the inquest Abou
the only business transacted by the iurl
was an Inspection OF the tunnel and a.
surroundings and n view OF the Erue
some collection Of limbs.
Tonight when officials OF the Uuioi
Portland Cement company arrived iron
Ogden. general discussion as TO tn
actual cause OF the catastrophe divulEe
rumor OF defective wiring. This how
ever. will be investigated The cor
ouer's jury viii meet at a time whel
all Of the bodies shall have been recCv
cred. or az q time IN the near futur
when sufficient evidence is in.
samuel a. King. attorney. OF Sal
Lake was sent TO DEVILS Slide fhi
morning by the Greek colony OF Sal
Lake. IL being feared by the prorninen
Greeks that some OF their country me
had met death in the explosion. Mr.
King found that there were no Greek
killed 4 never saw such a ghastr
spectacle IN my life" said Mr. Kin
tonight. Heads and bodies and part
~ arms and legs and hands were scat
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