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Show BLOWN UP BY GIANT Miner Meets Horrible Death at Park City. HIS COMPANIONS ESCAPEB Stephen Edwards Literally Torn to Pieces. New Ore Body Uncovered in Summit Mine That Looks Promising Labor Leader Talks. TRIBUNE BUREAU. Park City, Jan. 17. Stephen Edwards, a miner at the Daly West mine, met with a horrible death' at 3 o'clock this morning. Whllo at work ix sticks of giant powder exploded and he was literally disemboweled. When found he was still conscious, but further than to state that as he wo3 puttin? a cap on the second fuse the explosion occurred, oc-curred, he was unable to give any details. de-tails. ' Four men were wotklnc: within twenty feet of Edwards and were attracted by his cries for help. They found him In a horrible mutilated condition, torn and bleeding In almost every part of the body and face. Ho was placed in a truck and taken to the mouth of the tunnel, a mile and a half distant, and carried Into the company's office. There, under condltlonn of unimaginable pain Edwards lingered two houra and a half, when he succumbed. James Bennv, who worked as a partner on tho hurley machine with Edwards, hurried to town after the wife of the victim. vic-tim. She arrived twenty minutes before he lost consciousness He recognized her voice, but was unablo to see her, and begged the men to raise a subscription for her and the children, whom ho realized would be left destitute. Drs. Wardo and Bardsley were summoned, but could do little to relieve tho sufferer. Benny says that he was above Mr. Edwards Ed-wards on a platform and about ten feet away and had just loaded his holes when the explosion occurred. Tho blast put out all the lights In tho vicinity, and the first intimation the men had of the effect was ten seconds later, when Edwards called for help. John Burke was working on tho platform below and two muckers were shoveling about twenly-flvc feet to the rear. Mr. Bonny says that this was the first time the miners working In the drift here primed their fuses sonarately, and had the usual custom been" followed fourteen sticks Instead or nx would havo exploded and three men would have been blown Into eternity. Edwards was a native of Camborn, England, 53 years old. He had resided In the Park for lirtccn years, lie was married mar-ried December 22nd to a widow, Mrs. Anna An-na Yakc, who has a family of four children, chil-dren, the oldest, a girl, being 12. Tho funeral will be arranged for as soon as the brothers of the deceased, who are in Butte, Mont., arc heard from. |