The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-02


for X OGDEN, June 1.-Seventeen men we're
Pead INSTANTLY killed in g premature explosion
~ tof powder in the mountain side at the
works of the Union Portland Cement COM
'sse pany at Devils Slide, in Morgan county,
the at O'Clock this morning One OF these
fotel men was Hugh Mcclure, the only. Ameri-
P'VSs rs can victim. Mcclure foreman Of
tile tthc powder crew, all the members Of
which were killed.
n.3 The powder was at work in a
IS. a,tunnel about fifty feet long. three feet
.Bshigh and two and half feet wide The
mon @ men strung along this bore pass
Ing powder to Mcclure, who opened the
! loacans and prepared the shot. About 200
foun cans OF black powder, each containing
L foftwenty-fve pounds, were exploded in the
Ttunne, and 400 near the portal.
+" The explosion OF the 600 cans OF pow
K. Her was terrific, Two men We're near the
h. Funnel opening and the body OF one OF
ie ia, nthese was blown distance OF 400 feet,
o'A For the rest, veritable Vollcy OF frag
", pments OF human bodies was sent out
/ ~ ptos, Through the tunnel opening. The noun
Z En..,sslRin side is covered with portions OF
a. sforpSes. Legs, arms. heads portions OF
=" 1oacks and sides, trunks and, in short,
VAS ttyery part of the body lie strcwn about
Eanos n the tunnel there are portions of iif-
lie essen men. Thees arc buried under thou
utt1jands of tons of rock, 1t is believed there
cudsis not ntire body LETT.
Is - The victims include MCGUIRE the only
1merican, two Japanese, six Hungarans,
re dssne Bulgarian and seven Italians.
rialIyl The list OF the dead is:
[e '' Hugh Mcclure George CatoIoni 3.
|ghtec'a tooni, brother OF George Catoloni,
Eng ta'rank Coney. S. d, Bernurado l.. NoSo-
of tch, +. Nskamuri A. Ishii, +. Gyukuk,
A. Guesscppe D. Cambaolo, r. Begovic,
= fetc Stojiyic. Pete Skenric, NJ. Solar, b.
kg o. iramovic, Chris Petreff
phone Will Remain Mystery.
= Tho cause OF the explosion will remain
tO,.t- tow 10 InfI oil
p tell the story of the awful disaster
H()Cl is remote possibility, that the
jow OF a pick or hammer which Nc
pils Iuire may hnvo used in tamping the
TO-. Hsowdcr into the shot
ver to A crew of 100 men is now at work In
|ormir4rc pairing the ground for the moving
I hrssf the steam shovel with which the cave
the VIII be attacked and the remnants OF the
|iistnSead men removed from the tunnel.
thos AS soon news of the catastrophe
hny peached Ogden physicians and nurses went
p Devils Slide TO render any assistance
bee OF hey might, but there was nothing left
rt III pr them to do when they reached the
ieir 1ace, all of the unfortunate men were
fhers hyond the power OF human aid. The
aaol5ndertakers now at work gathering
pc Iespgether the portions OF tho bodies and
r ..laking careful note OF what they find
ls'e'h effort to Identify the victims. In
- pany cases-indeed, In quite all-thls
ect iii be impossible. for there remains but
ildinG title upon which to work.
- a peculiar feature of the accident is
:, .ound have no clothing Feet arc shoe
r fnofs:ss and legs and backs arc without
EJired OF garment This is said by eXper-
i snccd powder men 10 be common in cases
h couf great explosions.
Sights Are Grewsome.
The torso of one OF the foreign labor
rs was thrown completely across Weber
aDyon. more than 400 feet from the
/ ha,o. loutb Of the tunnel. Every stitch Of
othinG was torn from the body; every
-pne was broken and spintcred So
nr ,.f .l,.s1il tl,.I
|th Ie'lc shoes were torn from the feet of tho
,Jctims, and ON one severed foot that
Ply N1lss picked up several hundred yards
/ .s poe had been driven completely through
h tns tThc spinal column Of ono of the vic
Fergs' ms. denuded of every shred of flesh fen
anu anu q the main street of DEVILS slide fully
Ms' Sn bS halt mile from the tunnel. A human
Az and fell on the porch of tile general
,et + pre-, where il was discovered by q hor
Zoo sr.strickcn woman,
! ,Iuuin5 Shreds of nesh and fragments of bones
no or ffre picked up from the mountain side
Laa,ss 80 and 800 Yards away one leg was
P, anlirown into the doorstep OF the general
| cooles dicc, more than 100 yards away from
e tunnel.
[ulgssnss Gathering the Fragments.
rsusiisAs syaaisAs quickly as possible after The cx-
L " oson these fragments were gathered
,;onan, and placed in a canvas lined box and
aineicsI Iiprovscd moreue In tho general office
T. ~ 0fhnlidng. There was nothing left by
Il eros. hich any OF the fragments could be
T. nros7fntified,
I The only manner in which the list Of
|cc ho1sad could be asccrtaincd was by calling
dang5e roll of The men employed This task
the ufs completed by the timckecpcr at 6
stock elock last night. and the names that
specu5rc not responded TO were placed on the
Ter froSp OF dead. The number OF men fail
b happ~s 10 respond to the roll call. corrc-
ug. onoed with the number OF men en-
mani Vyca on McGulre's gang.
es s,,lroS1 ,rS1 Many Windows Broken
none OF the buildings OF the company,
earibflieh ara In the Immediate vicinity was
Is III friaased further than the shatteripg OF
|of astrtss. All Of the windows In the little
ham enTn ot Devils Slide apparently were
III as 2heh py tho terrific shock but the
nulnss themselves uUinlurcd The
[rrible 'plosIon was felt for miles around and
Enpen 10 Snake the earth like an Garth
disaster eke shock Of gigantic proportions The
|uc. 2plc or the town OF Devils Slide were
EGccllen .ieo beyond expression. but after the
[d shou'tse ol lheir fright became known and
.aE pecaihe calm again they organized
Eould viIp ts9cue parties and performed such
|th h3YoorG an tncy might, which was little
Fious io' sosn, seeing that they could do nolh-
80. ~, tne dead and there was none
bite AZ eus,s as,hs demanding their help
TINS abs,,'' bs,',S worKs OF The Union Portland Cc-
iaNoi jus,S1,.. u.'uphny are owned by the company
tlohS " 49, 49, name and the Cement Securities
- " EanS OF Denver These two COM
for COP anu arc III in'ifpate