The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-11
BODIES ARE
DISCOVERED
Eleven Dead Found in
Z the StarkVilIe Nine
' Rescue Is Slow

StaTkvllle, COLO. OCT ll.-Al q.
NJ. telephone message from the mine
stated that tho rescue party had
found two dead bodies in the face OF
room 30 OF entry J-7. The party Is
nov working In room n clearing the
aftcr-damp and searching for bodies.
Entry J-7 has rooms numbering up
TO IS Il was along this entry that the
pckmcn were working on the night
OF the explosion.
Starkville. Colo. Oct. 1.-THE find
Ing oil the bodies OF two OF the vic
inns OF the Saturdays explosion In
tho Starkville mine early this norm
Inr has caused reuoubled activity
among the rescue parties although
practically no hope remains of find
ing any Of the f.fty-two entOmbed
mineIS alive.
The bodies found this morning. ac-
cording 10 telephone adyices from the
mine. were In room 30 OF entry J-7.
where the pickmen wore working at
the time OF the explosion. No more
bodies were found In this room and
the rescueTs Immediately set 10 work
10 clear room 81 of the deadly after
damp.
Starkville. Colo, Oct 1.-THE bod
les Of the first two yictlm6 OF SRtur-
DAYS explosion were brought out OF
the mine at 1890 this morning
The appearance OF the bodies bore
out the conjecture that the men In
J-7 had been killed by the force OF
the explosion and had not succumbed
10 the iter-damp
The victims were taken 10 the tenn
porary morgue. mile and a half from
the mine portal. The bodies were
found lying together in Chamber 30
Government Expert to Aid
StRrkyille, Colo. Oct Fifty-four
hours after the explosion occurred iu
the Starkville mine OF the Colorado
Fued & Iron company. entombing
more than fifty men. the first OF tho
bodies Of the victims were found by
searchers. Two men were located at
$3.50 o'clock this morning In chamber
90 OF entry J-7, 1900 feet from the !
mouth OF abe mine. and at 30 o'clock 3
eight more were found In chambers
81 and 35 -----
The condition OF the bodies indicate
hy the terrific force OF the explos-
ion Several were badly burned but
none was dsfigured beyond ideutifi f.
cAtiOn.
Reports received from William Nor
gan, superintendent Of the Piedmont
mine. who was leading the rescue
party OF 35 men, stated he did not
believe any more bodies would be
found soon for the reason that the
rest Of tho imprisoned men were
company men and were scattered all
through the various workings. engag-
od in repair work and similar pur-
suits.
After the bodies reach the mouth
Of The mine II has been arranged 10
load them upon motor cars for trans
Yor'atlon to the morgue Tho track
over which the cars run is In plain
view Of the town The townspeople
either IN Ignorance or the discovery
of bodies or Indifferent 10 It. remain
away from the mine during the early
hours Perhaps 1t was due to the
Glgict enforcement OF orders 10 permit
no one at the mouth of the mine.
Guards intercepted all not connected
with the mine and turned them back
AT point a quarter OF mile from
the entrance.
Al l2.l5 p. M. word was received
~ the portal that rescuers had reach
cd The last OF eleven men. known TO
he King in the J entries al tho
ue OF the explosion. The nine still
in the mine must he carried out
over thousand feet OF badly wrecked
r9ssPccWays Before they can be put
o. funeral cars
TIC Associated Press dispatch from
Washington saying that a special car
e-rryinC government experts and min
e-1 trained In rescue work left Seattle
today for Starkyille was the first iu-
= TmatIon President Wctborn had re-
oelyed that he federal government in
tended 90 be represented In tho res
cue work et tho Starkville mine
W. Wetborn said he welcomed the
coming of tho government experts,
h0t st'll believed that the company
"7erts were as able to carry on the
work Of rccoyering bodies as any
rather imagine that government
'riei9is believed that there are men
ill a,i-c IN the mine" said Afr Wet.
n and tba. they are sending the
experts 10 assist In reaching them.
CENsoRS ARE TO PASS