The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-10
That Number Is Known to Have
Perished and There May Be
Many More.
ENGINEER GIVES UP
HELMET AND LOSES LIFE
Rescuer Who Lent His Oxygen
Is One Of the Victims of
Deadly Gases.

DELAGUA. Colo. Now. 9.-Through
two openings. scarcely 200 yards apart
the dead and living we're taken from the
DelaSua mines OF the Victor-American
Fuel company at the same time today
bul the dead far outnumbcred the living.
Tonight ffty-one are known to be dead
while eighteen have escaped alive. One
oil the imprisoned miners. staggering OFT
OF NO. ? mine upaided, brought the: news
that others were alive in the No. 2 work
inSs,
II. Akayi. Il Japanese. after lying in
sensible from the effects of the aftor-
damp all night, recovered his senses this
morning and found his way to the sur
race. lie was dazed and unable TO tell
through what passages he had come, bur
! was certain that others still lived in Tic
part of the mine lie had crossed.
The rescue crow followed back from
entry No. and soon brought thirteen
others to the surface. Akayi was greeted
by salvo of ''banbais" by his country
men as he staggered down the hlll.
Scarcely had the line OF rescued men
carpenters were called to No. 3 entry TO
| make rough stretchers, and 1t became
known that thirty five bodies had been
found piled in Nc. entry north
More Bodies Found.
| Later. other bodies were found in the
same section of the mine. which brought
| the total to nfty-one. At 10 o clock to-
night thirty-flvc bodies had been brought
| out TO the morgue established at the ma
chine shop. Both living and dead found
| today were foreigners.
| Twenty MeXicans were found in
| one heap. Seven oi the department
heads OF the mine are known to be
buried In cave-ln 400 feet long. which
| blocks the main slope.
| Three shifts arc working with might
and main tearing away the debris, but
| 1T may be many days before the bodies
are recovered.
| The rescue work today brought con-
stant series of narrow escapes TO res
| cuerS. Many were overcome and were
| carried out on the backs of their COM
| parlons. j. G. Roberts I'm charge Of the
! government mine rescue car. and some
OF his mon. lost their way In the unfa-
miliar workings just in time 10 stumble
almost overcome.
The government experts Immediately
applied restoratives and brought the cX-
| haustcd men to the surface.
Volunteers to Rescue.
Tho coal mines for miles around
! Delagua sent their men to aid In the
work and fresh men caught up the tools
| of those exhausted.
The death of Willis Evans, the young
| engineer who lost his life in rescuing
| four miners taken out last night. cast
a gloom over the whole camp.
When he gave up his oxygen helmet
| TO one OF the rescued men he told his
companions he felt strong that he was
| confident he could wait their return
without danger.
| Undoubtedly he wandered away from
| the rooms in which they had left him
| In search OF the other missing men and
was found unconscious and dying in all
| aba andoned chamber State Mine In
spector John f. Jones reached here to-
day and made preliminary examina-
ton of the mine to determine the cause
Of the explosion.
The partial canvass Of the company's
| clerk shows that twelve men are un-
accounted for. although il is not known
definitely that they are In the mine,
The Japanese made a canvass of their
| countrymcn and declare four arc miss
Ing
The identified dead are as follows;
TILL WOODWARD, assistant cleo
tTician.
WILLIAM LEWIS. mine supcrinten-
dent.
w j. EVANS. assistant superlntcn-
dent.
WILLIAM FITZPATRICK, outside
foreman
LEWELLYN EVANS. pit boss.
DAVID BELL. notorman
JAMES j. YOUNG. master mechanic
WILLIS EVANS. engineer Of Colorado
Fuel and Iron company at Primero.
JAMES BENNETT, motorman.
l.. MARTIN, bartender.
BERT JENNINGS. weight boss,