Show DISASTER Cs 0 O ONE SEEMS TO KNOW EXACT NUMBER OF DEAD search Is being kept up at the scofield mines for bodies 0 the victims but none had been discovered up to a late hour last evening the idea not the assertions of thi company to the contrary that the number of dead will exceed is steadily growing just what the number will reach will be known when the mine has been thoroughly explored coal shipments will be begun as soon as sufficient miners can be secured operations at the clear creek mines some six miles distant from scofield have been resumed gov wells yesterday received rec elved the tol lowing telegram from gomer thomas the state mine inspector now at scofield total number of men killed at winter quarters mine explosion one hundred and ninety nine one hundred and ninety five bodies have been taken out and four bodies are still inthe mine injured seven total killed and injured two hundred and six one hundred and four came out alive A constant force of men is still in search of those I 1 have not made any decision as to the cause of the explosion my time has been occupied in exploring for the massing WHAT THE COMPANY SAYS dihe following communication is from the treasurer of the pleasant valley coal company mr W G sharp reports the actual casualties at winter quarters as follows total number killed total number injured 7 of the killed bodies have been recovered and four bodies are yet in the mine one hundred and fourteen were buried at scofield sixty nine were ship ped to points in utah and twelve to points out of utah of the large number of shipped to fifty will be sent bialt to the undertakers ot the graves dug and 14 partly aug only were used the discrepancies between the data given above and the reports of news paper correspondents are no doubt due f made by the lafer during the of the great calamity in addition to the above victims ot this disaster there remain widows and orphan children whose destitution and wants appeal to the charitable impulses of the great pub csc LOST ELEVEN RELATIVES eureka utah may 7 weston M nesbit returned the scene jot ane disaster friday night and bis recital of some pathetic incidents that came under his observation was listened to with eager interest eleven male relatives of john strang ot this place jost their lives and mr strands St seventeen acar old 4 brother saved the lives ot himself and men who were working in on slope in no 1 mine by promptly warning them of the explosion bythe force ot he was knocked down while in the act of hitching his horse to a train of loaded cars he ran back to tell the men and when they passed the barse less than five minutes afterward the animal had succumbed to the deadly afterdamp ter damp v 1 |