Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-02

e,,1, Weber Canyon, June =
,,,o with fevorish haste Dorm %
=, ceiling OF companionship LOT 'no
WY Who yesterday morning VIZ o
mea eide By side with them lVo
N0'N".s ongaqed this morning disslhg
men 80 ,ors OF broken rock winch
INV the bodies Of the most OF ,hs
60 rnled in the explosion at inc
ant works here yesterday
'' nv, ..,lo.Ion took place at the end
,,,r,e bore straight into the noun
y, cement rock SO feet, with
'''" ,,terals extending 50 feet III
',',i t,-oction at the end OF the
'""e' horo More than 400 kegs
.ah containing % pounds OF black
s..sdcr had been poured into the poe
,,o work occupying the attention
- novder foreman and gang OF
a men Tor several days 1t was planned
=, have the blast ready to explode by
s.,urdav. and several hundred Kegs OF
ware stacked outside the mouth
.ho tunnel preparatory to being
ar,nped into the pockets. In some u"-
..oonntable way, which Will doubtless
,,rever remain a mystery. owing TO
,,e fact that there is not man OF
A.. ,ovder force left alive TO tell the
tale the powder became ignited' ana
the explosion followed which shook the
maintains like an earthquake causing
every building in the town Of DeVirs
slide 10 tremble. and breaking all the
windows in the cement works plant
several hundred yards away
INQUIRE A CAREFUL MAN
The snot where the tunnel was driven
mas near the top OF the side OF the vast
s,a,r,a,n Of cement rock which Is
fsln0 torn down foot by foot by the IN
stisble maWs OF the plant steam
shovels. and a little TO the west or the
center Of the hill. The bore hhu peeh
sunk into the solid rock under the peI
sonal direction OF Hugh Mcclure, pow
ds, sorenoan of the mill Mcclure was
am experienced powder man, and was
secured by the cement people upon the
recommendation OF the Dupont Powder
conpany He selected his own men,
discharged whom he pleased, IN fact'
Ncf;uire had absolute direction of the
blasting department OF the cement ma
King. He was considered TO be care
FOL man. and In more than seven years
exuerlence he had never had tatal
accident Mcclure usually pulled or
about one OF these mammoth SHOTS
every month. as high as thousand
kegs OF powder sometimes being used
IN a single blast. Mcclure always at
tended To the placing OF the powder
and tamping Il In the pockets himself
taxing no chances on the ignorance or
rsrelessness of an inexperienced hand
Ne was engaged In thus placing the
powder. which was being passed into
ttt end Of the tunnel by l6 foreigners
STOPPING In the tunnel and handing IN
ne kegs Of powder from hand TO hand
when the terrific explosion took place
MCGUIRE was probably the h1st Nicum
Of the line Of IL men who were caught
Ike rats ia a trap. and whose bodies
were either blown out Of the mouth OF
The tunnel like bullets from a gun. or
buried beneath the mountain Of rock
displaced by the blast
The town OF Devirs slide 10 In mourn
Ing today The friends OF Mcclure were
limited only 20 the number OF people
residing in the place. The foreigners,
Who, except In one instance. had no
families as FAR as known In this coun-
Try, were good workmen and were re-
spected as such, and the men at the
mill are engaged today in securing the
bottom Of the canyon, the thick UNDER
brush and the waters of the river and
slough for parts OF the bodies of the
unfortunate men who we're caught III
The blast All day yesterday the search
was continued, and some awful and
rruesome sights met the gaze of the
sarchers Portions OF human legs,
arms. hands and fingers were found
scattered over an area Of quarter OF
mile from the scene of the explosion.
Not one single whole body had been
found NJ tn a late hour last night. but
enough trunks, limbs and heads had
been gathered TO fll a large box. which
was shipped 20 Undertaken Welch at
Ncfgan. where burial win take place
HEAD on RAILROAD TRACKS.
Several hundred yards distant from
ihe cement mountain. lying on the
railroad track was found a mans head,
which had been completely severed
IRON the body The face was black
tned by powder and torn by the blast
uhul Il was not recognizable 1t is
thought that many OF the bodies are
y
Gown by the explosion. but others at
me camp hold the theory that the men
were simply caught like balls in a can
non and were shot out OF the tunnel
before the rock and debris had had
VINE To crash into the tunnel. This
lneory u given some weight by those
nho think that McGuire's body was
t@Wn out OF the tunnel. lie was un-
SSoutp'ealy the last man In the bore, and
ne the only man who was known to
rave clothing made OF khaki cloth. The
seaIcheFs found portions Of burned
saan cloth lying about the hillside
ever the explosion, and from this II IL
argued that no bodies may be found
sway he debris
among the articles found after the
osl9n were fragments OF letters ,
lsh had been carried in the rockets
~ me men working In the tunnel. Most
sns me were written In foreign Ian
-, ~ however. and could not be used
t9p,1 Gennt.ihcatlon one piece of paper.
Nv eusolutely intact, was receipt
tcnbea 0shA deposit for 5000. also in
''Dea IN a foreign language.
MEN KILLED.
Ias, 'v ma a careful checking OF the carnns
-, "kht by G. n. Battin. tho corn
osuyb, ",leh. eper Il men only were
fs1. 10 the explosion. one Of these
sY I,sii american, seven Austrisnr.
sayian rs two Japanese and one hui
ihe 49,, twenty men had gone up IA
rao,nlns 70 go 70 work Wednesday
o. these neip pass In powder. Three
McGulr, hoMsyer' were discharged nv
tuboriir., hioWeNer, for some act OF in
hsfor.a nation. and they LEFT an hon,.
teen ns sne explosion took place seven.
including the foreman, were