VOL. XII
THE DALLES, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1900.
NO. 224
DISASTER IN
UTAH MINE
Over :' Soot-Covered and Powder
lliirnt Hodies Have Ikcn Recov
ered and the bcarch Is Still in
Progress Heart Rending Scenes.
Kur Lakj:, Utah, May 2. A Bpeclnl
to tliu Deeort News from Scofield at
10:0 this morning, saye:
At tli ih lioiir 201 bodies linve boon re
covered. It Is now known ttint between
30011ml 100 limn cnturod the mines, and
itisnlflo known that the greater ma
jority of them have been killed. The
a pp I H rir imturo of the disaster hnd nut
fully dawned on tho people of this place
last niu'lit, as the company kept the
grief-stricken wives and children away
from tin; eeune of operations.
All ninlit loni; lights were kept burn
ing' in every home in Scofield, and the
moans of mothers und piteous orieB of
many orphans uro heart-rending. The
two camps have uUnya been conspicuous
for the lire number of married men
employed. This fact makes the disaster
nioro appalling d fur-reaching in Its
resnltH. Several families huve been
robbed of all their inalo representatives.
In tho Hunter family seven are missing.
Amoiitf the dead are about twenty young
boys who acted as couplers and trap
boye.
.Just how the catastrophe occurred is
not known, and probably will never be
definitely known, as various reasons are
be inn attributed. At I'rovo a muss
meeting Imh been held for the relief of
the families of the victims, and $3000
baa been subscribed.
The Pleasant Valley Coal Company
dates back sixteen years. Its mines are
at Hcolicld, where three are locited;
at Castlegate, Hannyside and Clear
Creek, the latter being but seven mllcB
from Hcolield. It appears to liavo been
olio of those accidents that uro common
to the very best regulated mines and
apiiuat the best endeavors of the muet
competent superintendents, and among
whom is numbered Superintendent
Sharp. The state mine inspector is still
without data to lay the blame on any
one. Of course nu inquest will have to
determine just where the blame rests,
ami perhaps it never can be fully de
termined. V. (J. Wilson was ono of those fortu
nate ones on the lower level of No. 1
who escaped. lie tells his story as fol
lows: "There was a low, rumbling noiee
heard in the distance, followed by a sort
of wave tlmt can hardly bo described,
but that is known to nil who have been
in explosions, and I have been In
several. I faid to my partner that if
Bus was known to exist in tho mine, I
should say that an explosion had oc
curred. 1 advised that we run to tho
mouth of thu tunnel, und with me ciuno
six uiuu working in that section.
"In the main tunnel we met the
driver, and asked him if lie hud noticed
the strange occurrence. He replied that
ho had utmost been knocked off the bar
jy the rush of air. I was then con
vinced that it was indeed an explosion,
und advised my comrades to hasten with
mo to the mouth. We met two others
further on, and they proceeded with us.
We were none too soon, for tho after
damp reached tig some three or four
minutos heforo we reached the open air,
almost suffocating us."
Tho afterdump delayed the woik of
tho retelling party, but the magnitude
of tho disaster booh became apparent.
All men on the raise known as Tike's
Teak, were lying in clusters. John
James, a county commissioner, was
found with his son, George, entwined
in loving embrace in each other's arms.
All these men had apparently realized
that death was coming, for all were
found as though in attitudes of defense.
Some had their cloukB about them,
others had tried to protect themselves
by burying their faces in tho ground
floor of the mine, hoping thus to escape
the deadly gas that was fast enveloping
them. They must have lived for some
time in prayerful expectation of reEcue
reaching them.
ISuriuml Dougall, a promising and
enterprising young engineer from
Springvllle, Utah, who had only jast
entered the mine n few minutes before
with his nsslfitautB, was found with his
instrument set, while he and his men
lay dead round it.
As fast ns the bodies were removed
they were carried to the company barn
across ttie canyon, where ttiey were
washed and identified. The scene was
ghastly yet most pathetic. Between
the blackened and Btulwart men lay
about a dozen little lads, who had been
engaged ub couplers and trnppeis. Some
lay alongside of their fathers and elder
brothers. It was a Ecene that made
many a Btrong man turn away in tears.
After the foul air cleared away from
Nu. 1, tiie work of rescue began here
and it was soon found that a great many
of the miners of No. 1 had been bu (lo
cated. The men of the lower levels had
been warned of tiie explosion and made
their escape before the deadly gas had
reached them. Cars were taken in and
tiie dead loaded into them and brought
to the mouth.
Here the scene beggared all descrip
tion, for the men, women and children,
relatives of the dead miners, had begun
to gather, and ns tiie bodies were
brought out and recognized by their re
spective families, the lamentations were
heart-rending. The dead were all car
ried into thu lodging house, directly op
posite tiie mine, and at midnight 137
stalwnrt men, nearly all heads of fami
lies, were laid out in the cold embrace
of death.
Bishop Thomas Purmlee, superintend
ent of the operators here, gives it as hie
opinion that the explosion was brought
about by giant powder, which was taken
into tho mine by some of the miners,
that exploded In some unaccountable
way. igniting the dust und thereby caus
ing an explosion.
This mine has been worked for over
twenty years, ond had the reputation,
according to State Mine Inspector
Thomas, of being ono of the best venti
lated and protected in tho West. He
states that he inspected it less than five
weeks ago, and believed it entirely soie
at that time. It lms nover had bad air.
and has alwovs been free from gas, and
as the coal 'is all loaded with shovels,
thcie has not been n largo accumulation
of dust. , , ,
Nine-tenths of tho men killed are
Americans und Welsh. The former
como moBtly from Utah, with a small
number from TonneESOoaud Colorado.
TWENTY AMERI
CANS KILLED
Of Thirty Brave Members of the Forty
third Regiment, Only Ten Lived
to Tell the Story of an Attack.
Manila, May 2, The American gar
rison of Catubig, Island of Samar, con
sisting of thirty men belonging to the
Forty-third regiment, has been attacked
by rebels. Twenty of tho Americans
were killed. The remainder were res
cued. The Americans were quartered in
In Catubig church, which the enemy,
numbering several hundred men, sur
rounded and fiercely attacked. The
Americans fought for two days, and
then the rebels managed to ignite the
roof of tiie church, and it burned away
and finally fell upon those inside the
edifice.
The walls remained intact, however,
and were used as a shelter by the be
sieged Americans for three days longer,
the enemy attacking the building on all
sides at once. The Americans continued
firing from the windows and doors of
the church and did good execution
among the Filipinos. It is estimated
that over 200 of the latter were killed,
many dead bodies having been removed
from the Bcene of the fighting. After
five days' resistance by the Americans,
a lieutenant and eight men arrived from
Laon and engaged the besiegers, who
thereupon retired The fortunate ar
rival of these reinforcements prevented
the annihilation of the American force
entrenched in the church, who had re
peatedly declined to surrender when
ordered. Ten survivors were without
food, had little ammunition and were
exhausted when relieved.
This fight has encouraged ths Filipi
nos, who are now acting in an agnressive
manner and threatening that section of
the coast, particularly the town of
Catarmn, whence the garrison will prob
ably be withdrawn to Laon.
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Notice or Kstray,
I have taken up as an estrav a dark
brown mare, aged about seven years,
about fifteen hands high and weighing
about 1000 pounds; branded quarter
circle u on leit stifle. The animal came
to my feed yard in The Dalles about two
weeks ago and could uot be kept away,
The owner can have her by proving
property and paying charges of feed and
advertising; other iae I shall proceed
with her according to law.
Chaules Pavkttb,
The Dalles, Apr 28, 1900, 28-5w
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