Salt Lake Tribune | 1902-07-17 | Page 1 | 39 Men Die in Park City Mine

139 MEN DIE IN PARK CITY MINE l i I J 5HSK5SS i The Powder Magazine in the Daly West Explodes and an Awful Harvest of Death Fol1ows J y 1 Poisonous Gas Generated by the Explosion Fills the Workings of the Mine as Also the Ontario al1 the Men Are Asphyxiated I The Great Mining Camp Plunged Into a City of Mourning Best Nature in Man Shown in Brave i 1 Attempts to Rescue Victims h TRIBUNE SPECIAL Park City Utah July 1GThls community com-munity is bowed down under the weight of a great calamity In the middle of the night when least expected ex-pected a blow fell that shocked the nation and carried grief and consternation conster-nation Into every home in Park City l By the explosion of a muss of gnnl powder In a magazine near the shaft on the I 1200foot level of the Daly West mine at IIUS Tuesday night thirtynine I brave men were hurled Into eternity or smothered In the poisonous gas that filled the tunncln In the Daly West I and Ontario where the miners were at work BEST IN MANS NATURE As lJiV all such calamities the heat there is In mans nature was brought to the surface and all day ions men fought about the mouth of the Daly West shaft for opportunities to go Into the mine and rescue their brother workmen Deeds of heroism and wonderful won-derful escapes were recounted on all Bides tonight while everything within the power of man Is being clone to relieve re-lieve the suffering and comfort the griefstricken BRAVE BOYS DEATH y No sadder Incident of the whole sad day was there than the death of John McLaughlln He was but a boy but with so brave a spirit that he made five trips down into the deadly poison of the mine to rescue his fellowmen On the last trip he fell near the foot of the shaft overcome with the gas and there died ALL BUT SEVEN RECOVERED From the best information obtainable obtain-able thirtythree men died in the Daly Invest and six in the Ontario and of these all but seven have been taken out At the time of the explosion thir tythree men were at work on the 1100 foot level of the Daly West and of these eight escaped through the Anchor An-chor shaft It Is nol known how many were at work on the other levels and for that reason it IH not certain how many have perished But two menthe men-the powder man and a carman are known to have been at work on the 2200foot level where the explosion occurred oc-curred The rescue work that was pushed all through the day will be resumed re-sumed tomorrow the poisonous air will be pumped from the mines and then a systematic search will be made for the bodies PEOPLE ARE PARALYZED Park City people seem paralyacd by this awful catastrophe The news was slow in reaching the city but as the extent of the accident began to be understood scorned us though t the Jlghl wan shut out from the commu pity Men and women stood about In group all day speaking in whispers all business was suspended and as the wagons began arriving bringing in the blackened bodies of the men the full force of thc blow was felt The community com-munity has been shocked by accidents before but never hoc batch a blow as this fallen Not a home In the city escaped the force of it STRONG MEN WEEP At the mine the scene through the day war of the kind to make men weep As body after body was brought up and recognized by relatives or Intimate Inti-mate friends there was a wall of grief and even the shift bosses broke Into sobs Many remained silent but their while faces and clenched teeth told the story ol their suffering Men begged and fought for permission togo to-go down to search for dear ones and when the edict went forth that the work must cease till the foul air was drawn from the mine there was almost imo i-mo t open mutiny AID FROM SALT LAKE A special train was run from Salt Lake bringing otllccrs and directors of the company together with physicians physi-cians They came prepared to make any sacrifice to alleviate the suffering to care for the Injured or comfort those whose homes were stricken No delay will be tolerated in fixing the blame and the responsibility for the calamity calam-ity DISASTER DETAILED Explosion Which Caused Harvest of Death Due to Powder TRIBUNE SPECIAL Park City Utah July lGAt 1120 oclock last I night Park City was vIe Ijed by the greatest disaster l In the history of the camp The exact cause of the accident is not known and in all probability will never be ascertained ascer-tained A few minutes after 11 oclock John Burgle a powder man In the Daly West mine left the 000foot level to go to the 1100fool level for a supply of powder A few minutes thereafter a I terrific explosion occurred the effects 1 of which reached throughout the lower levels of both the Daly West and the Ontario mines AP a result thirtynine I of the miners I then working in these mines lost their lives and many others arc more or less seriously Injured PARK CITY AROUSED It was about 2 oclcck before the alarm was glvon In town and In a few minutes the canyons loading to the above named mines were tilled I with citizens hastening to the scone of the dlfyister Every available vehicle and saddle horse in the town was pressed Into service and hundreds of people on foot were pushing their way toward the frightful scene AT ONTARIO SHAFT At the Ontario shaft brave men were heroically engaged In the work cf rescuing res-cuing their fellow laborers The fumes of the poisonous gas generated by the explosion were pouring upward out of the shaft in such dense volumes tIt t-it was Impossible for the engineer to remain at lie throttle longer than I twenty mlnutos at a time William Hnrlman the engineer on duty al the I time was relieved early by Joseph Perry Per-ry and Thoinus Pound and these three continued to relieve each other until I the work of rescue was completed DARING DESCENT IN MINE I Matthew Connelly time foreman did all that could be done to assist In getting get-ting the men out Ills words of encouragement en-couragement were seconded 1 by his own daring descents Into the poisonous mine while his frequent calls for volunteers were responded to In a manner that proved the confidence that his men had in his ability to succeed The coolness of Mr Connelly and his management of the affair deserve greatest praise William Wil-liam Campbell the shift boss ably I assisted In IIIK efforts until overcome bv exhaustion and much credit iu due him also for rapid and successful work done here FOUGHT TO GET IN CAGE Each tine t that the cage came to the lop men struggled to gain room upon It for the uext descent so eager were they to Join In the I scaich for their missing fellows On many occasions who it wis necessary to restrain men had been down two or three times to keep them from going again DEAD NEAR THE SHAFT The first man found was George Gar dead near the shaft to vln who was killed Instantaneously all appearances haVing been stantaneously by the concussion of the explosion After bringing him to the began In described above top tlys work earnest and continued until G0 this was the last man morning when brought safely out AT THE DALT WEiT Meanwhile at the Daly West the work was going on with all pos of rescue the sible speed and progress Here after man was sickening as man sight dead from tjic 1100 brought up was lllullf L d 1 Inv in the I level l until nineteen iiuuj cs J cold rear of the engine room still and In the Daly I West the deadly l gas was much worse than at the Ontario and as missing the search for the remaining continued the rescuers were one by one condition i brought up In nn unconscious < with them and It was necessary to work for hours before they were fully rccov I I erect I creRESCUERS LOSf LIVE McLaughlin Three rescuers John lost Dillon and Richard John EkStrom their lives in the attempt to rescue others Dillon Is the young man who worked so manfully only 1 last week to assist In disentombing his father who is now in the hospital as a result of injuries recclvwl l MCLAUGHLINS CASE A SAD ONE or McLaughlin Is Indeed The case young deed a sad one Although not a miner he was one of the first to volunteer his services and after assisting In bringing bring-ing up on of a former rescuing party he against the protest of friends and unnoticed by those In charge descended again on the next cage Ills compiin ions on this trip succeeded in reaching the top safely but were unable to bring McLauRhlin with them MIGHT HAVE BEEN SAVED When the cage reached the top Foreman Fore-man Nlmmo gave orders to Engineer Barker that no more men be sent down Notwithstanding all manner of pleadings plead-ings and threats Nlmmo remained firm In his decision and for forty minutes the cage remained on top At Inat It was lowered McLaughlin was found and brought to the top still alive but he soon breathed his last BITTER AGAINST FOREMAN Much ill feeling was caused by this action of NimmoB and threats of lynching 1 began to be heard Sheriff Mall was telephoned for and he and four deputies immediately proceeded to the mine and the excitement died away It Is said that Nlmmo was partly overcome over-come by the gas and was unwilling to risk more lives in what he considered a useless effort SHERMAN DIRECTS FORCES Superintendent Klrby wnn out of the Slate and In his absence F W Sherman Sher-man foreman of the mill directed affairs af-fairs in a very creditable manner He was assisted by Clerk McFadden and Shift Boss HfMincssy was busy all morning perfecting arrangements for the proper care of the dead PHYSICIANS ON SCE EAt I E-At 7 oclock n special train from Snit Lake arrived bringing the directors of the company and three competent physicians phy-sicians and all In human power was done to allle11 the suffering and to care for the TcViu BODIES REMOVED TO MORGUE At 70 the bodies were coneed to town to the undertaking rooms of J F Richardson and Barton it Phillips whore they were arranged for Coroners Inquest County Attorney Callis was In Kansas and was telephoned for arriving ar-riving about nnon and Coroner Wilson at once appointed a Coroners jury consisting con-sisting of Jackson IairluTrst Thrmntr Jones and James Qulnn The jury vowed the remains after they had l been Identified and an Inquest will be held at 2 oclock tomorrow This afternoon the bodies were prepared for burial I and funeral service will be held tomorrow and Friday The list of dead to date Is as follows AT ONTARIO George Garvin married leaves wife and one child Chris Snderup married leaves wife and seven children William Swclfcl single Steven 13arratlo single Wade Maduskia single I Charles Nolmo married leaves wife I and three weeks old babe had recently come from Michigan AT THE DALY WEST John Burgle Midway single W A Wcggclnnd Suit Lake married no children James Murvln Park City single Richard Dillon Park City single Pat ONeill Park City single body still In mine Peter Hnram Park City single Chris McLlndcn Park City Mingle John McLaughlin Park City single Thomas A Kelly Pork City married l Ray Jackman Park City married J B Tlndall Victor Colo married John Foatherstone California married mar-ried John Gill Park City single William Lance Park City single John Davlln Park City single Henry Dnvlln Park City single Wlllinm Simons lleber single John Maloney Park City single Mike Crowley Midway single John McAulilV Park City single John Lively Park City single rhris Cullen Park City single Mike Conlon Park City single John Exirom Peterson single body still In mine Tern McKoon Wisconsin single George Richardson IS years single CONNECTED BY TUNNELS The three mines Ontario Daly West and old Anchor arc more or less closely connected by tunnels The ore from the former two Is I sent out by mule trains through a main tunnel which strikes the Ontario on the UOO level the Sac ln V 1100 DALY SHAFT cvSL ro ONrAltiO OIAlN I c 0 E v 100 1 1 thAOdHl f 1 Of 1 I A INE tr < tJ l 1 f 0 1 EI usti WEST i s1l1Fr f J A i 4 t tu u i I r JI L i44l It I UNDERGROUND WORHIN8S I + t I DALY VEST MNE tt PARK crTr < tTAH I J 1M1 I 43 43C < F J 1 0 Plan of Daly West Underground Workings From tije Official Maps of the Company Daly West on the 1200 and the Anchor on the 000 Along this tunnel m near the Daly Wcvst shaft was the powder magazine maga-zine which contained at the time of the explosion about six or seven tons of powder EXPLOSION WAS TERRIFIC When the explosion occurred the full force seemed lo GO toward the 1 mouth of the tunnel directly through the Ontario On-tario mine The drivcry of the mule train Garcia and Swchel were in the tunnel at the time and were killed probably prob-ably by the concussion Three horses that were In the tunnel at the time were killed One of them was at the mouth of this tunnel which Is two miles and a J quarter from where the explosion occurred OVERCOME BY GAS All of the other men that worn In the mine were working on the lower levels and were overcome by the gas Sheriff Kstrom of Morgan county came up today to-day and demanded the body ot hlr > brother but it was impossible to get tho body at thai time George Richardson a boy IS years old and one of the rescuers was found fills evening with an arm over the air pipe seventyfive feet down the winxc in the Daly West A MORE BODIES IN MINE r It Is thought that there are at least seven bodies yet In the Daly West The work of rescuing them will begin again at 7 oclock tomorrow morning It is thought that by that time the has will have sufllclently cleared away to render ren-der such work possible without danger to the rescuers RESCUER OVERCOME Robert Delly one of the rescuers at hours Finally he became cxhoustod and hours finally he became exhausted ana fell on the 00foot 1 level 2000 feet from the shaft His brothel with some companions com-panions formed a rescuing parly ann brought him to the surface where hu teas finally revived BRAVE BOY RESCUER Smithy the boy carman at the Daly West descended live limes In search of I DALY WE5r I DALY R NCH 0 lit le II tlO I ONTARIO en 900 I I I QHTARIQDALY TUNNEL > 000 6 200 I r > 1 xxx 1 JJfKiNS j U I d IGO 0 1 1 l I CXX 150 How Eight Men Escaped The above drawing Ir intended to show the route pursued by the eight min who escaped from the Daly West workings and dooo not pretend to ho accurate as to dlsttince olJrcllIllc ollIol1io It JI missing men He was at last overcome while trying to save his companion Johnnie McLaughlln When brought to the Ion once and revived his first thought was of the companion left behind be-hind in the mine FOUND WRITING LETTER M M I Rcgjin a miner of the 1000 level of the Ontario was found writing a hotter to his wife on a chip He was out of his head and refused to come out when the rescuers found him and had to be taken out by main force One or two others were found In the same condition Garth was found dying dy-ing on the station at the GOO level That was the first intimation that men in the Ontario had of the accident though It was known at the mouth of the tun I neb from the fact that a horse waa I killed at that place Garvin was one of the drivers of cars out of the tunnel tun-nel and his partner Seweifel was lVyind I a short distance further in Chris Saderup was found on the 1500 level and the other three victims In one arch on the 1200 level All were dead but Saderup who died shortly after being hrought on top From twenty to lwenly flve men were overcome over-come in the Ontario but all have recovered re-covered CITY IN MOURNING All business In Park City has been suspended flags arc floating at half mast all over the city and many houses are draped In mourning Hundreds of men congregate around In groups anxiously anx-iously and almost breathlessly wallIng wall-Ing and walchlng for Ihe last scrap of news from the scene of the disaster SEARCH ABANDONED FOR NIGHTShift NIGHT-Shift Boss Henncstty has Just gone up with four picked men to take out the remaining dead They say they will not make any further search until un-til morning though prohably it may her he-r Iled on tonight Lances body will be shipped to Wayne county Jill homo Sadcrups body will be shipped to Snit Lake Friday Fri-day Nelmes body to Michigan his wife and baby of 3 weeks to accompany accom-pany the remains wllh an escort Slimnss body lo Midway Sewclfels body to Midway Wegyolands remains to Salt Luke tomorrow Tlndclls body to Lcadvillo where his wife and son reside All bodies will be tvnt by the Daly West company who are answerIng answer-Ing all telegrams and inquiries pouring II In bore from all parts of the country BURGLE BLOWN TO ATOMS The remains of Burgle will probably never be found as he was blown to atoms The gas 1 Is still bad In the mine an the powder is still burning and constantly making gas and the amount yet uncxplodcd and to h urn Is still unknown The magazine where the explosion took place Is located about COOO feet from the shaft on tho 1200 level I of the Daly West This level it Identical with the COO level of the Ontario and In a direct line This Is the lovcl and tunnel through which ores I of the Duly Went are run out to the mouth and It io about two and a quarter quar-ter miles from the magazine to the mouth It runs directly through the old Daly and Ontario mines No men were working on the upper levels of tho Daly and for this reason none were killed here LOOKING AFTER DEAD I McLaughlln was a member of the Elks lodge hero A Sadorup was a member of the A O U W Crawlcy of the Maccabees Tindall of the Knights of 1ylhlns lodge All orders hold special spe-cial meetings to look after the dead The first Intimation the Ontario received re-ceived of the dlmster was through 13d Kopp the ore contractor who telephoned tele-phoned them al 1 oclock this morning I and a rescue parly was at once made up RESCUER IN CRITICAL I CONDITION Robert I > lloy one of the rescuers brought om early this morning IB nol lying no-l Ina critical condition at his home One of the cages was io badly in jured by tho explosion that It could not he used Hence but one compartment compart-ment of the shaft was In operation At the scene of the explosion a great quanliiy of dirt was piled up by the explosion Mayor Evans has Issued a proclamation procla-mation closing all business houses until un-til after the funerals Five bodies are to be burled tomorrow DEATH COMES PAINLESSLY John Kelly Jr Veteran of Four Explosions Ex-plosions Tells of Effects John Kelly Jr whose young brother Robert was knocked down yesterday by the concussion in the Ontario and I luatralcjj the manner of their escape as it niicht have been viewed from tho nnuilile presuming tho mountains to be transparent t The men were working In slopes between tho 1100 T and l JOt < ylt levels about the point marked 1 They ascended by lidcluri tbruuuh the winzo u overcome by the gas so that his life Is in danger has had many experiences In mine explosions and shows the I marks of many accidents on his body I I have been knocked out by four explosions ex-plosions in my time and overcome with powder gas at least a dozen limes more I J vas In three explosions In Montana one In the Original mine one In the Slcwnrl and one In the Anaconda The worst explosion I was ever In was In the Bogan In Park City April 26 1101 when the bucket was shot from under HoeiTcr and me Noels was killed outright and I I was left dangling at the end of a rope 317i feet long and 125 1 feet above the bottom of the shaft The only thing that saved me that lime was that I kept my head and held on to the rope till help come My hands were shot to pieces and I have bad marks on niy legs but I came through and now I am through with mining Mr Kelly states one fact that will I bring consolation to the friends of the unfortunate victims of thc Daly West explosion That Is Hint death cither from powder explosion or asphyxiation is painless In explosions Mr Kelly said men never know what happen to them if they are kllltd The concussion deadens dead-ens them knocks thorn senseless before anything strikes HHMII Then if they are killed by the flying rock they never know It if they are not killed but die from the effects of the gas they never know It When a mnn Is overcome with I gas ihctcta no sensation of pain a man Just becomes weak and Sleepy andI I passes J Into Imxnslblltty without any zemmtlon except one of drmvHlnofrS I wills overcome with gas in the Alliance tunnel In Park City and this Is the experience ex-perience T bad then aud on the other occasions when I have been knocked l out in thin way Mr Kelly referred to the well knor n remedy for asphyxiation that originated at the mines In Cornwall England many years ago This Is I to bury t1Le head of the victim in the dirt The ground seems to absorb the gas and brings relief quicker than anything else Unit can be done This remedy was used on Mr Kellyo brother Robert when he was rescued from the Ontario yesterday John Kelly has been mining all hlsr life and although still a young man has had a wonderful experience Besides Be-sides his brother Robert who was one of the Ontario victims yesterday he has iwo brothers George and Hugh In the Anchor and William who just arrived home from Colorado There were sixteen children In the family and eight of them are still living The father John Kelly Sr with John Sloan who was killed In the big explosion ex-plosion In Butte City Mont In 1S95 built the first steam boiler ever con = fn to the slopes on the 500 level I enter Ins ahnnt the point marked 3 They proceeded pro-ceeded thence through the sloping 1 to the upper Icveln of the Anchor passim I to th outer air through the Anchor aim It vol The point whore the explosion occurred oc-curred Is indicated approximately by n h strucicd in Utah This was built on the spot now occupied by the Hotel I Herald in this city The family still live at Park City and no member has ever been injured in ryi explosion except ex-cept John Jr until young Robert went down In the Ontario yesterday I DR ROOTS ACCOUNT Graphic Story of Scenes and Incidents Inci-dents at the Mino Yesterday Dr Root one of the emergency physicians phy-sicians taken to Park City on the special spe-cial train returned at noon When ho left the situation was such that the local physicians could easily cope with it In describing what he saw and heard Dr Root sal1 When we arrived just after dawn Tn P r41 + allS A YJ A J Y iTCAL SECTlOAh i rfffjv ON i rrr or tfoo e fvfe CRass as r7p jvarni I l OALYPVE5TMlVE t PR 9irrr UrA A u VI t ke h I VIu Iu f I t I C J j I t r II 1 1 ti t I ° t 1t S 7 1 t yea cevEL i II I Jscur rq vcTrvt tip e r e f t I I 1 r 4Z i 1 c JCCC Lrvdc cIWSC ortl + t 5 5t oawoUMo = J8 t tt 4 Zl e c 1 4 1 P1LL CoC 7CYf FNORI N I S I I i Sectional View of Daly West Shaft From the Official Mops of the Company there vain not a sleeping person In the city Men women and children thronged tho streets and crowded every doorvard No one knew the extent of the calamity anti there was an Insatiable Insati-able thirst for information Men looked at each other In silent Interrogation Women wrung their hands and wept Those who had friends and relative t working In the mine were undergoing the most terrible suspense t Wo found carriages and saddle horeuH in waiting We started up the narrow canyon toward tho mine It is a preclpllous almost perpendicular fllmb 1 wondered how the minors got to their work without being overcome bv exhaustion Half way to the mine we met a grim procession Half a dozen light wagons wore coming slowly slow-ly down the road bearing the first Installment of the dead i Nineteen bodies bod-ies Jay in the vehicles They were covered over with blankets and sheets There was but one victim of the explosion ex-plosion on the surface when we arrived at the mine DIs Ie Compt Wilson and Donaher ot Park City were there i I to attend the injured having been summoned Immediately I aftor I the ox plosion They reached the scene about i i oclock In the morning There was hut little thnt the physklans could do as most of the mon wore past all human hu-man aid when they wore brought up Tliu scent In the hohuliur orlta was one of the most rcninrlcablo war wlt neesod As soon as the explosion was heard men begun to gather from the surrounding mines and In It abort time ccveiul hundred minors wore crowded Into the shaft house One of the two mxes had boon disabled by the explosion ex-plosion leaving 1 but one fit for service For the first lime in my life I saw mon struggling and fighting for the privilege of going down that dark hole to certain death rtnd weeping with disappointment dis-appointment because they were not allowed al-lowed to go Thtlr murage would have been sublime had It not been so reckless reck-less and foolhardy It was plain that there could bo no living person left I In the mine nnd the mot that could be dyne bv the rescuers wan to bring forth the bodies of the dead A foreman sjoeniwl to be In charge of the work When the cage rnme to the I surface he would call for four mon all the cage would carry Tho four men would he selected and the cage would shoot down Into the fatal depths Careful Care-ful count WHS kept and when one or two of the volunteers were drawn up gasping ind faint t I with the lifeless I I forms ni f the asphyxiated another quttrtcllo would bu lowered Into the depths to save the missing rescuers When man after man had gone to tho bottom to come up no more the foreman stopped 1 tie useless slaughter by forbidding the I engineer to operate the hoist This wise nnd humane precaution pre-caution drove the t misguided but heroic men frantic They denounced tin foreman fore-man and urged the engineer to disobey his orders and let them t down When he refused they threatened him and but was one man wanted to shoot him restrained by more sober I counsel The odor of the fatal gas was hardly hard-ly perceptible al tho mouth of the shaft Its great volume had been driven by the explosion out through the Ontario tunnel At the mouth of the tunnel two and a hnlf miles away a horse WJIM killed by the gas J wan told by a man employed In the mlno that he had Just gone In the bunk house and taken off his clothes when the explosion occurred Its force was so great that lie was knocked down by It The bunk house Is 150 feet from the shrift house Tho men who came from the shaft alive frequently fell over unconscious the moment they reached the surface and Inhaled I a breath of pure air On regaining consciousness they became sl 11 k at their stomachs and vomited violently vio-lently They wore treated by administering admin-istering alrophlno and strychnine The effect of the yaa was similar to the effect of nltroglycerino when used asa as-a medicine It Increased the arterial nressurc and lessened the strain on their hearts The sufferers faces were as red as beets when they first came irom the snafu The dead were not discolored dis-colored or disfigured In any way but looked ns natural as men asleep From what I heard most of them were found right where they had been at work One poor fellow had fallen forward In a pool of water and his face and breast were covered with mud but all the rest were clean The gras was so Inslduous in Its effects that the victims vere helpless before they knew that mny thing was wrong Its first notion wns to paralyze the nerve neuters One of the icscuers who was dragged from the mine unconscious do scribed his sensations to me after he had recoveretl lie said ho felt all right for several minutes after he got off the cage Ho first noticed a feeling of weakness then a strong1 pressure on the chest as though he were supporting a great woiijhl Ik1 t i attempted to move and fr undo much to his surprise that his fot Li I hands would not obey his will He had a sensation of falling and I that was ail he knew until he was re siifcltnted Tho victim > of the disaster felt no pain It Is doubtful If I they realized that death was nt hand First I the paralyzing1 influence of the gas that bound them hand and foot then sleep and dojiili I William TImmcr was one of the heroes of the occasion He Is a magnificent mag-nificent specimen of manhood reputed to be the most powerful man employed at lime Daly Vest Ho wns one of the firit to volunteer and to descend In the cage Four times ho went into the Jaws of death and returned in safety with the bodies of the dead and with his ftllow rescuers who lost the power to help thcmsulvos but on the fifth trip his endurance gave way He strug ulcJ up an Incline from the 1500foot Invel with a corpse In his arms Al the top of the incline his senses left him and he fell upon the body Suhscquqcnt rescuers dragged him to the shaft nnd carried him to the surface in the cage He regained consciousness and his recovery I re-covery is practically assured I attended L man named Smith who tent down with the rescue party He was badly affected by the gas and had been Injured In the back by a fall He was taken to his room In Park city i id before T left he said I will bet you n dollar that I will be at work tomorrow < rnhon we returned to the city at noon we found It a placo of mourning The hurst poignant grief nas apparent everywhere Every business house was clcscd Every flag was at half mast The fronts of many buildings were draped with sombre black It would be difficult to hraglne a more touching picture of grief and woe The streets were still full of sorrowful people peo-ple eagerly and anxiously awaiting further fur-ther news from up the Hll So far as 1 rould learn l but one manus man-Us actually killed by the cxplo ° ii > n I The rest tliutl entirely fiom asphyxiation asphyxi-ation vion I was nt thc mine tho compressors were pumping fiesh I ar Into the hewer levels as rapidly as possible pos-sible through the air pipes and this vas having serum effect In expelling1 the foul inpors