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

rent by the blast
NAMES OF THE DEAD.
Following is the list Of the men kill
ed, with the nationality OF each:
Hugh Mcclure, American, powder
foreman
George CatollnL Italian.
h. Catolini, Italian
Frank Coney. Bulgarian
$. ID. Bernardo. Italian.
L. Nokovich, Austrian.
\. lshii, Japanese.
+. Naukaumri, japanese.
M Giuseppe, italian.
n Combalolo. Italian.
f. Begoyich, Austrian.
r. Stogovic, Austrian.
r. Skenrc Austrian
NJ. Solar. Italian.
- Nedmovic, Austrian.
A. Petress Austrian.
F. Gynkuck. Austrian.
MOTHER HEARS NEWS.
None Of the men. except Mcclure,
the foreman. and the Bulgarian had
any relatives in this country SO far as
known. Mcclure has mother iu
Bingham, whose only support he was.
He was unmarried, and only the night
before the explosion had made arrange
ments for cottage at Croydon. two
n lies up the canyon from the cement
plant. so that his mother could come
up the canyon and live with him. When
Mrs. Mcclure heard the news OF her
sons death at Salt Lake City yester-
day, she cried out Ia grief. She had
heard OF the explosion at Devils Slide,
but until she arrived In Salt Lake did
not know that her son was among the
dead. Arriving at the Denver & Rio
Grande depot she purchased a paper.
and the first thing that caught her eye
laf h.aR affN
had been among the number Killed in
the explosion. She wrung her hands
ana moaned with grief. calling out I'm
heart-rendng tones. my boy My
boy" She was taken to the home OF
a relative in a carriage
FATHER AND SON PART.
A pathetic scene of parental and flial
affection was enacted at the mouth OF
the tunnel yesterday morning, when
tho powder shift went to work. between
the Bulgarian and his 1s-year- son.
The man had apparently alternating
shifts In the powder tunnel, and the
father going on one day and the son
the next. on Wednesday morning they
went up to the tunnel together, each
one insisting on going into the tun-
mel to work The father told the boy
to return 10 their shack" that he
would go 20 work that day. The son
begged hard TO 60, saying that he
would relieve his father of the days
work. Tho elder man insisted, how
ever. on his sons returning to camp
and allowing him to take his place In
the powder line. This morning the son
is fatherless. and Is mourning as sim
cerely the death of his parent as IL he
had gone into the tunnel himself
CoRoNER's JURY.
Jury was impaneled by T. A. Wild,
Justice of the peace at Croydon. consist
ing Of James Hopkins, w. H Toone
and John Londaon. all of Croydon. The
justice acted in the capacity Of coro-
ner, and the jury was accompanied
over the scene OF the explosion by John
Hopkins sheriff Of Morgan county,
and g. r. County. the county attorney.
Hopkins is also an employe Of the &C.
ment works, and WAS able to guide
the jury about the place with intelli
gencc. After going over the scene and
examining the parts Of bodies found,
the jury awaited the arrival at DeVlfs
Slide of the officials of the company
from Ogden. and after comforting to-
gether until after midnight the OH
Gals returned to Ogden and the cor
oner's Jury retired preparatory to fur
Their Investigation today.
A soon as possible after learning
of the explosion of the plant, secre-
tary and business representatives of
the Cement Securities company of
Denver, left ogden for the scene I'm an
automobile. He was accompanied by
two or three directors of the local
company and an attorney. At the plant
the party was met by o. B. ellison,
manager Of the cement works at
4 nd mo- f,o or al
went over step by step the ground
where the explosion occurred Manager
ellison said that no one about tho
plant had any definite idea OF what
caused the explosion. and could only
conjecture as 90 the probable cause,
The tunnel which was about four feet
wide by four feet high and SO feet
deep, was wired for electric lighting
and three incandcscent globes were
strung along the length OF the tunnel.
II Is surmised by some that through
some accident one OF these globes
was shattered and In falling upon the
hard rock a spark may have hcen
struck from the contact Of tho stone
and glass which ignited the powder.
Another theory is that the loose
powder may In some way have come In
contact with tho electric current. thus
starting the blaze which set the
powder of still another that a spark
fom nail in laborers shoe strik-
ing a rock was the cause. Many ideas
are advanced as TO tho possible origin
81 tho explosion. but the real cause
win probably never be known.
sECRETARY's STATEMENT.
James T.. Ping &c, secretary of the
company, talked freely of the terrible
occurrence. 1T Is a terrible shock to
all concerned" said Mr.. PinRree. land
the officials Of the company feel Il
Just as keenly as can anyone else. II II
one of those terrible things which can
not be foreseen. and therefore could
not be prevented we had taken pains
TO secure the best powder man in the
country to handle that work. and
were satisfied with the work Of Hugh
Mcclure. who was recommended TO us
by the Dupont powder people. He was
careful able man, and knew every
inch Of the ground and stage OF the
blasting business. He had had wears
OF experience In mining operation and
since last fall. when he started TO work
for our company. had pulled OF the
blasts without serious accident.
His work had been successful. and we
had every confidence in him. We took
every precaution possible TO prevent
danger, and the explosion IL as much
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