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Show Women and Little Children of Mines Frantic With Grief CASTLEGATE, March 12. Rescue work in the ill-fated No. 2 mine of the Utah Fuel company in Willow Creek canyon can-yon which was blown up Saturday forenoon and entombed all of the 173 miners at work there, is now concentrated to the extreme ends of the main tunnel. Many bodies are expected to be found in the raise and the lower part of the dip, which has been filling with water, will also give up several more it is believed by mine oi'., cials. At least 14 bodies are known to be located there, but not yet removed. Pumps are now at work pumping out the water, which will aid materially in the finding of the bodies. At 7 o'clock Wednesday morning only 46 bodies remained re-mained entombed and these will no doubt be recovered within the next 24 hours, if not earlier. Women Hysterical. Mrs. James Murphy, who had been married two and a half years, was almost hysterical as the bodies were being carried in and would not be consoled at her fate. "Was that Jim that they just brought in 1" she screamed as she ran from the chapel to the street. "My God, what shall I do, what shall I do? I can't live without him. If he is dead, I want to die, too. Oh, I wanted him so bad. I loved him, oh, I loved him so much. What if he is so mangled up that I won't be able to recognize him? Yes, I know I ought to brace up. Jim always told me to be brave and not to give in Kilt- T nan'l" cfanH Viic encnonco T non'f cfatifl if " Each one had her sad and touching story to tell, and as she related it to her women friends they would cling around each other's necks and sob and sob. The scene was so gripping that even men who were nearby wept in sympathy for the bereaved mothers and the fatherless children. Ensign Edna Terry, in charge of the Salvation Army work in the Provo district, did splendid service among the sorrowing women. She was in the midst of several of them near the morgue, with her arms around them cheering and comforting them in every way possible. She also visited several sev-eral of the homes where the disaster had brought sadness and gloom and did her best to bring a gleam of sunshine into the darkened lives of the mothers and wives. The ensign came to Castlcgate Friday evening and during dur-ing that night assisted in the kitchen of the hotel where the men were fed as they came off shift. I The onlv one of all uf 1 "f iTu. : 'if j Sain i"day morning to cm-;i p.- with ; his life is John Sia-. IV. n engineer, j and a resident of thi- cnuip for tin: 1 past ;;o ,ears. Mr. Siagg calls I Provo his home, because it was I there be re. -hied for several years ! after bis arrival in this co.miry I'rom England. He is a cousin to J avid iStagg, road supervisor of Provo. liis sister is Mrs. Emma Collins of Provo. I Mr. Stagg has the dilindion of j being the only fan engineer to es-1 es-1 cape willi bis life in a mine cxplo-i cxplo-i sion. In mot mine explo-ions, so say miners, the lau ei. mincer g mi- erally is one of t lie vict i ins. I was in I be fa n hoii-"; at 1 be , I ime of the explosion," said Mr. J Slagg, in an interview, "and hap- ! pened to be on the north side of the J room as the concussion tore down j the west side of the bouse. 1 was ! t be only man who was mil side of the mine at tin; time of the explosion. explo-sion. All tiie rest of the men were inside. '"The explosion sent up large volumes vol-umes of black smoke which filled the room as well as shot t liroimh ! the hole in the wall and across the , canyon. 1 knew that I had to leave tbe room immediately or else breathe the deadly poison. ; 'T ran just as fast as I could ; to the check room from where I telephoned to the office that tho mine had blown up. At that time smoke was pouring from every open- j ing of the mine. 1 "Had 1 been on the west side of j the fan , instead of on the north . I would not have been here now to . tell von how it hmmened and cverv man who went to work at No. 2 ou Saturday morning would have been killed." 1 From 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon after-noon until 3 o'clock Wednesday af- I ternoon the following 24 bodies had been bound ; besides seven unidentl- 1 tied bodies: , Dave It. Evans, P,;lnlpy Gittena, . I Charles Qullter, George Fullmer, I Ni.pi.. Johii Davis, .:tnie.H Morrison, ; Dan Morrison. l,ei l',f-k, Joseph I Cappelletti. Thum is Pelly, Sr., i Steve Kontnnw. William Phelps, '1 bomas L. Kcese. Tony Itotonnkis, .1 i;n Da lias, (Ju ; ( 'alivas, Ben Stevens, Kenneth Avery, J. I. I lodi Iy, O. U. Sa mlers, Thomas M nnos, Walt. Kirby, Martin Kimball, Kim-ball, Joseph Kirby, William Garoch, ' Charles James. Among those formerly unident i- i fied who now have been recognized are Lren Fullmer, M ike Camper- j ides, Nick Parzaki, Mell Seeley, Done Pertoglia and George Shiga. The body of J. L Bo. lily of Vor- : II til, superintendent of the Casl le- ! ga to ward Sunday school and t he husha ml of M iss Florence Smil h formerly of Provo, was found early j Wednesday morning, j Thomas L. Jloese was a broiher-1 broiher-1 in-law of Mrs. A. 15. Morgan of ; Provo. 1 Tbe body of Gc-or:re E. L--e. who 1V0I frb-hrl- col rel;,;ics i;j Provo. 1 will .,'uhipp,'(L'',u1 on the No. 3 Derive- -. hTo 'V'iud'' w tj - I train which leaves C.is " I no-d y a rternoon n t -1 j t t'lMeral services will ' J. 1 (Continued on Last .. j t f Taylor, 0 0 0 0 McArihur, r 1 3 2 4 H. Thompson, rg. ...0 0 0 0 Stucki, If. 1 0 0 2 Totals 11 4 2 24 Score by periods : 1 ' 2 3 4 Ttl. Ogdcn 4 A 2 7 JO Dixie ( 6 11 7 24 Hi'fereo. Verne Crooks ton of Logan; Lo-gan; umpire, A. O. Peterson of Logan. ' -. I : . L. ' ' ;.3 FINAL KKSLI.TS. ' . 'ji I,. I), s. U. :.:',, I'anKuitcli 10. . . i ' .Ionian '22, Bingham 18. i.":., p I . Dixie 21. OKden l(i. ' i' l , Springville 2-1. Parownn 22. ,, 1 ;! HOW TIIICY FINISHED. ,il , 1. L. 1). X. V. '! i i t ' 2. rant?iiit,h. .';, , h 1 'A. .Ionian. !. l( 4. Dixie. i ii fi. SpriiiKville. - 0. I'.iniiliam. V'l V 7. Ocden. -. ' 'i 8. I'arowan. v'n L. D. S. U. ' " . G. T. F. P. '-, 'eterson. If 4 2 O 8 l( roote, rf 2 0 0 4 ; ChriHtensen, c 5 2 1 11 if.. Young, IK 0 3 3 3 -,; I'earse, rg 3 117 y'lt' Wood, If 0 0 0 0 )W , : r Totals 14 8 5 33 ,V.l;:. PANGUITCII. , I ' . G. T. F. P. Ji", Davis, If 1 2 1 3 t . Cooper, rf 2 2 1 5 1 r. Ifenrie, c 3 1 1 7 , Itichnrds, 1c 0 2 1 1 Worlhen. re 0 0 0 0 -t(T' Chiin-h, rfr 0 1 0 0 '( '', ileacliam, rf 0 0 0 0 l I1! Evans, If 0 0 0 0 t ' ,'. TTilals 0 8 4 10 : !. ' Score liv periods : ll- ' J " 1 2 3 4 Ttl. D. D. S. U. . .10 7 5 11 33 i ' ;' I'niiKiiiteh 1 0 1 8 10 - ,' . ItelVrce, II. Wnrner; nnpire, ' 1,1 , . ' Lambert. '; i rAROWAN. Xh, :! O. T. F. P. V,' , O. Ward, If 3 3 0 0 1; HelteriilKO rf 0 0 0 0 1 F. Ward, o 5 2 2 12 '. Adams. Ik 0 0 0 0 .. ' Thornton, rjr 1 0 0 2 ' , Jlarsden, rs 1 0 0 2 1 I " I : ,11 Totals 10 5 2 22 q 1 SPRINGVILLE. r !' o. T. F. P. - ' . Clarlc. If 4 0 0 S i .: Cra inner, rf 1 " 0 0 2 i Part, c 3 2 0 0 i, - Graham, Iff 0 1 0 0 v Thome, rg 3 3 2 8 9 r . . ' ' Totals 11 G 2 24 7! ' Score by periods: . V 1 2 3 4 Ttl. 'j Parowan 8 2 9 3 22 V i Springville 5 G 7 6 24 s j Referee, Hen. Weight; umpire. ,1 ' Marsden. ,0. , . BINGIIAJt. s G. T. F. P. 1 Geallioiise, If '. .0 2 0 0 a v Alias, rf 3 0 0 0 j Siddowny. e O 0 0 0 , Chin rn. Ig 3 1 0 G Rimhy. rg 1 1 0 2 ! i Vietlie. If 2 2 1 ,1 ti '. 1 Binielioro, rf 0 0 0 0 iTjd i'i I Toinls .0 -n i 19 ,f- G. T. F. P. 1 i' Dow. If 2 4 2 0 i- ' Aiidrrson, rf O 'O 0 0 ' ; Vincent, c 2 0 0 1 ' ' '' Smart, la 4 2 1 0 VI! ' ni.-lir.lii. rg 0 1 1 1 : ' W right. Ig 0 0 O 0 ,.r ,j J: Kinilwll. rf 1 0 0 2 ;!' iir I Totals 9 7 4 22 ' , Score hy periods : !' ' , 1 2 3 4 Ttl. ' :j, Ringham 0 4 0 8 18 ' : - Jordan 4 4 10 4 22 ', Referee, W. Romney. a"' - T ' OGDEN. 1, , 1 ! G. T. F. P. i 1 : .Cj Wade. If 3 2 1 G ' ' 1 I Weir, rf 2 5 0 4 1 ! Tavlor. c 1 1 1 1 3 I , I io I Block. Ig 0 0 0 0 J ' j ! Clark, rg 1 2 0 2 1" -! I Doxey. c 0 0 0 0 'K ! . Taylor, cv 0 0 0 0 ,! ; Doxey. rg 0 0 0 0 '' - 1 ' Mmrin, if 0 0 0 0 ?! Totals ....7 10 2 IG , ' si DIXIE. , G. T. P. P. "' !. 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