Show I LIFE GOULD BEEN SAVED John McLaughlins Death Unnecessary Forfeit CORONERS JURY SO DECLARE Had Foreman of Dnly West Mino Permitted Rescue Parties to Go to Bravo Mans Belief McLaughlin Would Have Lived Mangled Bo mains oT John Burgle tho Unfortunate Unfor-tunate Powder Monkey Found Gathered Together in a Sheet nnd Removed From the Mine TRIBUNE SPECIAL Park City July 19Thc body of the first man killed In the Daly West explosion ex-plosion was tho last to be recovered The scattered remains of John Burgle the unfortunate powder monkey were gathered together In a sheet at n oclock this morning by Supt KIrby and brought to town BLOWN TO PIECES Tho bruised and mangled trunk lay In a small chamber opening from the tunnel at a point 300 feet from the magazine Head hands and feet had been torn off and were found various places In the chamber The head was recovered In small pieces It Is Improbable 1C not impossible that Burgle was thrown Into the chamber cham-ber by the explosion as the opening Is at right angles to the tunnel and such an explanation Implies that he was blown around a corner THEORY OF MINERS The theory of the miners Is that on discovering the powder In the magazine to be on fire he took refuge in tho chamber hoping to escape the force of I the explosion A Jury has been Impaneled Im-paneled to hold an Inquest on his remains re-mains tomorrow Afterward the body will be sent to Hcber for Interment MLAUGHLIN INQUEST Forty witnesses were examined at the Inquest of John McLaughlin testimony being Introdued to present fully to the jury the exact surroundings of the brave young mans death By the terms of the Jurys verdict McLaugh llns life was an unnecessary forfeit COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED Wo find from tho testimony submitted submit-ted that the life of John McLaughlln could have been saved had the Core 1ri CEi lcr mine permitted rescuing parties to proceed to his relief the verdict reads STORING POWDER IN MINE In their verdict the Jurors also state their conviction of the danger attached to the practice of storing quantities oC powder In mines and suggest that such practice be prohibited by law OBJECT TO TWO JURORS When tho Inquest was called before Justice Wilson objections were made by relatives of the dead man to George Smith and Frank Lake two of the jurors on Iho grounds that they might i be Inclined to favor the mining company I com-pany In giving their verdict Accord lligly James P Burns and Oliver C Lockhart were sworn in as jurors In their place The verdict rendered by the jury follows VERDICT OF THE JURY Stale ot Ulah Park City precinct county coun-ty of Summit os An inquest having bean held at Park City In Punic City precinct county of Summit State of Utah on the 10th day of July A D 1002 before Gcorgo F Wit son Justice of the peace In and for PanIc City precinct In said county upon the body of John McLaushlln them lying dead by the Juror whoso names arc hereto here-to subscribed tho said Jurors on their oaths do sa that the said John Mu LuUKhlln came to his death on the 16th day of July 1D02 by being overcome by gases Generated by the accidental explosion explo-sion ot sexoral tons of powder commonly known as giant powder which was then stored within tho Dnly West mine said John McLaughlin having descended Into the said Daly West mlno for the purpose of aiialstlnrr In the recovery of those persona per-sona who were supposed to have been killed or Injured In aiild explosion And xc further llnd from testimony Gitbmlttrd to us that thn llu ot the same John McLnuuhlln could have been saved i > had the foreman of the said mine permitted permit-ted rescuing parlies to proceed to his rc llofWo Wo believe that the storlnsr of large quantities of giant poxvdor or other dangerous dan-gerous explosives In mince where men are employed Is I an extremely dnngcroiiH prac tlco which should bo prohibited by laIn la-In testimony whereof the said Jurors Imxc hereunto oct their bund the day and rear aforesaid BAIINET RILEY v JAMES BURNS OLIVKR C LOCKHART Subscribed and sworn to before mc this 19th clay of July A D 1M2 GEORGE F WILSON J P |