Semi-weekly herald., 1910-02-03


ed the track from a broken rail. Tbe
bridge is one of the new ones put in
last fall, the old one having been wash.
ed out by the flood last September.
The passenger train arriving last even
ing passed over the bridge about an
hour before. 1t is thought owing TO
the curve the broken rail did not in
terfere with the incoming train but did
with the ones going in the other direc-
ton.
Tle passenger train was late in
leaving this morning. Transfer was
made at the ruined bridge.
TRINIDAD. Colo. Feb. 1.-ln the
first disaster in the history of Colo
rado coal mining nearly four score
men were killed by an explosion of
gas in the Primero mines of the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron company late yes
terday afternoon. although hundreds CT
men are working desperately in the
vain nope that they may yet rescue
some of the Inflated seyenty-ninu alive.
The accident was caused by he ex
rlosion of a miners lamp. One man,
Dionardo Vergin, was dragged out and
is still living at an early hour this
morning, and anxious women and chill
dren are lowering about the mouth OF
the mine watching the rescuers at
work. still buoyed up with the hope
that they may escape being widows
and orphans.
AT o'clock this morning a total
of seventyeight had been checked off
by the company as missing. Thirty
bodies had been recovered at that
time. As the mine officials check
over their books the names of the dead
who have been identified arc given
out. So far the identified dead are:
Albert Tote, an Austrian; Erne st
Strangseld. a German; John Iskra, a
son-in-law of Suangseld: Dave VIII.
liams, the pit boss, an American; Jack
Elias, driver boss, an American; James
cummings, driver, an American.
VIII Alexander. an American, was
about to enter the mine when the ex.
plosion occurred. He was badly burn.
ed and may die. Dionargo virgen. sLo
was taken from the mine alive, will
die lie is unconscious. The bodiis
o. two negroes also have been taken
ou. of the mine.
All night long desperate men work.
ed at the shafts leading into the mine
hopeful of finding some of their com.
rades still breathing, although each
moment the hope grew less, as the
bodies of the victims were removed
one by one from the gas reeking cham.
hers.
In shaft No. there is no hope Of
rescue, the working were found TO be
ON fire when the rescuing party reach.
ed. Here most of the victims were
discovered.
This morning men headed by Sju,
perintendent Thompson at work in No.
8 shaft and there some hope the men
imprisoned here may still be alive.
although this is extremely doubtful.
Nos. 8, 10 and II are still to be
opened up but it is feared that the
|entombed miners have succumbed from
poisonous gases.
The victims are mostly foreigners.
TRINIDAD, Feb. 1.-Up to O'Clock
today forty-two bodies were recover
ed from the coal mine disaster.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1-Senator 81.
mon Guggenheim declared that unless
Governor Shafroth called the legisla.
ture into special session and included
in the call an order for consideration
of the project of the state taking over
the Indian schools at Fort Lewis and
Grand Junction, Colorado would lose
its opportunity to obtain from the gov.
ernment property worth nearly a quar-.
ter million.
There Will be in existence until June
30 the offer of the government where.
by the Indian school buildings and
l6O acres of land at Grand Junction
also the school buildings and land
aggreGating 1000 acres at Fort Lewis
shall be given the state of Colorado for
The purpose of founding a normal
school. Bills for this purpose were
introduced and passed by former Sen.
ator Teller and Senator Guggenheim
The government desires to cease
the maintenance of the two Indian
schools in Colorado inasmuch as they
are attended by but few Indians. Their
cost to the government is in the neigh.
borhood of 100000 per annum.
PUEBLO, Feb. What Is regard.
ed as the largest railroad merger ever
attempted in this city took place this
morning when engineers representing
the Missouri Pacific. the Denver &
Rio Grande and the Santa Fe railroads
began to survey territory near the
Pueblo smelter with a view of estab.
hshing joint railroad yard II this is
done a ten-mile road running north
along the Fountain river Will be built
10 connect with the main line. This
VIII obyiate the necessity Of cross.
ing the business thoroughfare with the
tracks Of the various railroads now