Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-02-09 | Page 11 | Twelve Killed in One Month at Bingham

TWELVE TWEL KILLED IN ONE MONTH AT BINGHAM t i I I Accidents and Murders Swell Death List Says Coroner in Report f Bj fly 1 Th Tbt IIII Special Newt N nl BINGHAM GHA r Feb 9 Murder Murder and accident h have we claimed twelve lives during the month of or January according accordIng accord accord- Ing nb to the report of ot the coroner This Is more than for tor any anyone one month in the history of or tho the camp Bingham being tho the large mining cen cento to that It Is s employing thousands of or ormen men mon of or nl has never nover yet ha had the misfortune of a n. great mine disaster dis dis- ast aster r where many lives have been lost Caution Is the watchword of ot tho many mines operating in tho the district No None no but c- c experienced men have been permitted permitted per per- to handle explosives Carelessness Carelessness Carelessness Careless Careless- ness has never knowingly been allowed and where it has come to the attention of ot those In authority dismissal has generally followed de declared a a. leading mining man of Bingham Another one of ot the great factors for tor forthe forthe the prevention of oC disaster Is the class clas of oC dynamite generally used In the canon canyon canyon can can- yon on black lack powder being used but little In comparison to the amount of or dynamite dynamite dyna dna mite CO GO per cent dynamite Is mostly used a anti and is the highest explosive permitted permuted per per- muted to bo be shipped b by law To the uninitiated this will sound dangerous but It mus muse mus' be taken Into consideration that this special class of ot dynamite contains contains con con- but 10 per cent nitroglycerin and nd takes con considerable concussion to cause an explosion This class of or powder has about the amo same breaking power as a quicker explosive but is not nearl nearly as dangerous dangerous- Deaths from violence and accident were reported for the month of ot January Janu- Janu Januj j aJ arv ary an as follows follow EI Fight ht deaths from mine accidents three murders and one death from railroad accident II