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Show MINE DISASTER REPORT. Mine Inspector's Hndlugs In the Daly West Matter. Of the (hlrtj.fnur unfnitumle Ihi mnn beings who perished In the recent disaster In Die Dal West mine at Park ( lt It I. the opinion of Oomer Thomas, Thom-as, Htato t'oal Mine Inrtector, that but two were kill,, I bv the force of the exiloslnn, while the other thlrtv . two died from asphxlitlon 'lhe State Inspector Is nlo of the opinion that If someone had been pros e.it at the tcine of the trouble Imme-dlitel, Imme-dlitel, lifter the explnrlon occurred, who underKood how to ventilate a mini, "the lives of the rescuing party and of many of the entombed mlrcrs might havo been saved vi:nyii.aiion m:oi,ectud Knowledge of mine ventilation, the Inspector deel ires. Is very Important, but he snn the majorltj or metal miners mi-ners pay vr little attention to It. The foregoing and much other Important Information on the fame subject. In-iludlng In-iludlng a recommendation that a btate law be enacted abolishing the underground under-ground magazine In all tnlnes are contained con-tained In n report or Inspector Thomas to Onvcrnor Wells regal ding the I'alk City accident, which wns made public yesterday It Is not, strlctl speaking, speak-ing, an official document, n the law Uves the Htate Coal Mine Inspector no Jurisdiction over metal mines nut when the pxploslon nt the Daly West mine was reported, Inspector Thomas went to the Governor nnd expressed a desire to Investigate the matter thor oughly and make such recommendations recommenda-tions pi might appear to him Justilled by te facts TIlOliOURH INVESTIGATION. Oovcrnor Wells welcomed tho voluntary volun-tary offer thus made nnd assured the Inspector If his willingness to co-operate as far as possible In the proposed Invcrtlgatlon. The Oovernor also gave .Ml. Thomas a letter to the managers of the Daly West mine, stating what the In.pectnr desired to do nnd telling them that in making the Investigation he would he acting practically as the representative of the Chief Executive of the btnte Armed with this letter, Mr Thomas appeared at the scene of the dlsnst.r, where he was afforded every ev-ery possible assistance in prosecuting nn lnn,ulr as to thexause or the explosion ex-plosion Ills Inveitlgatlon was very thorough and wns completed only a Ivv das nso The Inspector's report, which won In writing after reciting his visit to and conference with the Governor and explaining ex-plaining how his t.lp to l'ark City was delayed until the 17th Inst, continues as follows MAJOR 1'AItT HUHNED I niado an Inspection of the magazine, nnd found It a compute wreck I rom the amount of roik thnt had been removed. re-moved. I would sn thnt a largo amount ol powdr exploded As nenr as 1 can Und out. thero w.ro bttwren four nnd flvo tons of powder In the mnguzlne The np-penrance np-penrance of the mat. ulne nn 1 the condition condi-tion of It. ns shown b n careful examination examina-tion of the Inside, the buck port uf which was n solid mass of clinker, convinced me Hint st '.east 101 pounls of ponder exploded, ex-ploded, and these rllnkers ma le up of lllcv nnd Iron meltid nut of tho solid furnintlon, ulso convlncid mo there must huve been over four tons nf powder wlih.li dll not exploit., hut which burned causing caus-ing u trermndoiis h.at .There were hanging hang-ing from the roof nn I sides deposits In the luine of Iclcl.s. live Inches In length, melted out of Ihu solid uunrtz which goes to show that a aerj strong nnd continuous heat ..rivalled further proof of this Intenso heut is tho great nmount of gas generated In tho mine, which made It Impossible Im-possible for human life to exist This gns mini all the lower levels of tin Dalv Wul and mnt out through the tunnel huo tlm Ontnrlo mine, over a inllc nivnj, nnd kllle 1 four men by lis dendlj poison We nlso found another man. more than a inlle nwav fimn tho explosion, killed by tho effects of the gns We also, found two miles nway from the pi ico of the ixnloslon a man and two fiorses lillle I from fie envus of the gas Theie were lweni.lx bodies taken from the ll) nnd 1M0 foot levels who died from nsphjxlatlon cnuscd b this gus. Two men were kllkd nn tho S)-fooi I. vol one of whom was found close to the shaft with his neck broken lhe other was found about II feit from tho magazine, and nbiilt o.i feet from tho shnft his remains re-mains lviug thirty or forty reet off. hi nn oil drift In Iho tunnel, his legs iirms nnd htad torn from the bodi This mans .lutv was to deliver powder to the miners In their working plac.s nnd he also had ihargo of the ponder-house My Mlidon Is thot this mnn saw lire lu the miigailne and Immediately run some distance before tho explosion took place ns It was linrosslhle for him to have been blown out this far along 'he lunni I. which had one big Mnd mid I' ;o ves In I I .e-twe.n .e-twe.n the mngailno and whero tho bo.lj was found cAitsn a M8rnitY. lhe cause ot tho explosion will nlwnjs KSWffl mBA'h'RiTnleTT fflST nrga"ln.,",vasha '?m"ker. 'SfrTC."'. Hie Ho mlsht hnvc dropped lire from a iliraritte. or hi" cunnie In the sawilusi or n box of powder, rhcre was iiilir ,n thn nineazlne. and tho main tunnel wns i triivelvvSs from Ihc Inlj West shaft to the upper rort of tho town, two miles .Is. taut The explosion took place n little after thanelnc time. 11 Ji P m . and It 1. h,m I . Bomo nth i iiiim might have passid thnt wn nnd nccldentullv dropped Ire which caused tho explo ion Two men wre killed Id lhe for. o of the ex. loslon, mil thlrtv two by iisphjxlail n illant pow.lci makes n large amount of afterdamp or ua. which Is commonly en "d wl Ito dainp. chen Icnllj known us cailonlo rxlde. the most dangerous nnd arX llftirixTnence I. r.oulrel to de-tect de-tect flroloma Ihls can bo done with a safety lamp Hlack damp vers oulckl) tniikrs Us p eseuic known bj uuinchlng a IlKht W Ith the while damp n p. rson can walk where It Is without n candle giving n Indention of Its pros. mo until ho "dls Insenive and death I. the result T ren nor cent mixed In tho ntniosphere of b mine will cause death MlfJUT "AVE SAVED LIVES I am sorry to saj that thn rescuing party par-ty rnaoc u. biff mistake when it attempted s? nO0u?r?e!MOTlh' mln' """ 'he exp'o." liopSHS p h tic 2 liniiSl" i"Vi ot me'nl n'ln, vintllatSn wiV.Vh". to. Ih" .matter of mine damaJo il Vhh,cD ' ,f.r lml'rtant The SsUJi" 'P.the mine Is very small, the "dTnl V!'1,7!'V,',rJ great, and the n "fni "f18 i terrible onp 1 hnf midn ?renre"r,5f,,Miof ,h? name nfter It w oiil. .,or ' hl" found a majority I wnJSS.,,.tll,w "nil timbered Y ,.- "eomrnend Hint the underrrojnl enaelml Kn,'n.', """ tt Sta"' ' ho sVtte?, J0. IrT " lJh " "t'rei (lOMKtt THOMAS. Loui Mine Inspector. ir;n!!Lf.x,'.0.ctl;i ,,m "' Oovernor will .... 7" '.,1C '"fosolng report to the next Lesfslature along with such rec-nnimendntlons rec-nnimendntlons ns he may me proper to make, If nnj. In this ionneitlon. |