Salt Lake Herald | 1900-05-04 | Page 6 | Sorrow at Mt. Pleasant

SORROW SORROW AT MT T PLEASANT Body of David Davd Wilcox Arrives Arrve Re Relief lief lef Fund Fd Special Correspondence Correspondence I Mt idL Pleasant May 3 The remains remans of David Wilcox who was wa one of the I unfortunate victims of the terrible disaster arrived arrive here hee today on the te noon train tain The body had been embalmed yesterday at Scofield and was wa brought to Thistle Tiste Junction this morning in time tobe transferred to tote the tha te regular passenger p train coming south so th The scene SEe at the depot deot when the corpse was vas met by the sisters brothers brother and other relatives was was affecting In Inthe inthe inthe the extreme The widowed mother is almost overcome by the heavy hevy blow and was unable to meet the dead body of her boy It is not yet ye known when the t e funeral will wi occur but it is under understood understood stood sto d not for several days das possibly a aI I week wee A number of relatives and friends friend of the deceased de d boy bay accompanied accompanied panie the remains here hereIt It is reported this morning from Wales Wale a small town of people across the valley valey that the the list of dead from the awful explosion includes at least let four men whose homes are in that little town They The are away from froma a daily daiy mall mail mai service and only learned learno at noon yesterday of the occurrence No have have been taken here yet yetto yetto yetto to arrange anything in regard to rais rals ris ing funds for relief but a meeting will wi probably be called caled this evening to 1 take tae steps in that direction A carload or two of flour four vegetables and nd other necessaries of life Ufe will wil probably be gathered together and shipped over besides belde all aU the money that cap can be bE raise raised The city cit council Is already for the meeting