Show written for ab paper THE BODIES BURIED ALMY UI uinta a tn wyoming march 23 28 the government inspector david thomas esq accompanied by A C bradbury esq superintendent of the C P mines james bowns bowne esq superintendent of the U P mines mr william graham Gra baua mine foreman mr william bell fireman and joseph bird fireman of no 5 mine went through the north eide aide of the mine where it la is supposed the fire originated and it appears from the report made that the entire north section of the mine to is in good condit condition iOD it is most likely that mr thomas w will ill inspect the south side aide of the mine before he be leaves the district names of the dead brought to the surface from 4 pm friday to so 9 am saturday john martin leaves RD an invalid wife and family met mat slits leaves a wl wife fe and family john baliti lia liti leaves a wife and family aaron butte leaves a wife anti and fam family ceorge hardy leaves a wife and family mat johnson Jo hiron leaves a wife and family ceorge a wife and family william mason single man james P L dark clark leaves a wife a and ad family david lloyd leaves a wife and family five more MOD men are still in the mine at this writing 9 am viz william sellers bol heuga ugh aloan john leaster easter Jb walter miller and john brexter JR lR exter all leave wives and families it is in generally these five men are under the fall fail in the no 7 entry on the main slope I 1 have overlooked my nephew and now give him john leaves a wife and five children andrew mason injured by falling timber died last evening B R K R HODGSON THE LAST BODIES AL AIMY my wyo march 23 28 the lint last five bead men mea were recovered from tile the mine at lat last night B R B R wyoming march 1895 president joseph F south smith elders F D richards of the apostles anu and seymour B young bad and edward stevenson Steven fion of the seventies were called upon by president wilford woodruff tu to visit and admi mister comfort aud consolation to the bereaved and distressed widows and orphans orphana ro jo suddenly made so by this disastrous poal coal mine milne explosion at almy seven beven miles irom this place we had a very pleasant journey of miles over the adion pacific railroad to this thia place PIRCO arriving here bore at 10 pm saturday leaving salt bait lake city on the pm train we were met at the station by president W in W cluff and others who with fedj inge ol of tenderness as ae officers cera of this stake of zion had come come to assist the un fortu oate nate victims aud and the wiling wailing wives and chil children dreo we were welcomed as messengers of comfort and with many to president woodruff for he expressed sympathy and remembrance of them in this sad bereavement we learned from elder cluff that sixty of the victims had been rescued and oared for only one yet remaining unfound tn in the deranged coal mine about midnight we retired with sorrowing hearts to continue our journey sunday morning and to prepare tor for the funeral services at almy A seven miles UD the valley at 7 atu am sunday president cluff sud aud elder stevenson 80 took train preceding the other brethren in a low lew minutes we came to the scene of the disaster easter dl the spirit of gloom lingers mournfully around the sad spot and nd sympathetic and humane feelings are re aroused an we look over the work of the he destroyer we met one gentleman who wit the explosion and was close at hand he said mid first he be beard three distinct concussions conclusions closely following each other immediately followed by a black cloud of smoke and fire with anis rushing cloud which looked terrific came debris timber coal oara boards and the thes shedding hodding fly ing ingin in all directions there were three open ings ons one the main shaft baft the manway also the air baft abaft and tan fan the fan buil building dinic was wag blown to atoms in RD an instant it if a thousand kegs of powder bowd er had been exploded all it at once they could not have made worse the disturbance which left its ita marks on every lulad hand the shaft was swept as clean and emoo lhasa as a cannon carrying carry in ie everything be foreit all the timbers not one place piece being left three men outside the shaft abaft aln aej between the manway man way and main shaft and near the works were framing some timbers one was a brother VV E cox head carpenter and a helper the third one was brother james bruce the mine foreman who had come up out or of thu the shaft abaft to gu go home as his boy bad just juat arrived with a une one hone carriage to take him home borne for the evening the boy came just juat in time to see his hi fattier father and the other two killed in an instant bro cox of herriman was wag struck in the neck dock with a pointed piece of board flying with the force of a bullet it pierced the neck remaining with an end on both sides of his head bead another piece about tour four inches wide was wan pulled p out of one of the mens heads all of them fell dead in spile a pile wit at in a lew feet ol of each other a pool of blood still showed the fierceness of the the buy in passing over the roadway over the main shaft which sunk under him broke the of the tine carriage after sometime the boy horse borse and damaged carriage were one euc cee lully gotten out the dilapidated carriage is still OR the grounds ground another workman was waa bat just stepping on the second stop step of a long broad stairway as the explosion reached him he saw fire and smoke awoke and when he was picked up he was over by the railroad track blown into a hole where the fierce wind blast passed over him he was wa tamm the in ID person to tellus the sad bad effect it had bad upon him until he was lost and he re fe covered his mental faculties near him was wan a father with his bead scalped scalded two inches he picked up his m son who was 16 or IS 18 years of age aaret t believe his bis name was jerry crawford the poor boy said at first father i shall get well wel lJ but soon after he began to give way and said father I 1 ara dying PI before he expired his father ordained jerry Craw crawford jord an IL ader i the weigh master was at his work but fortana fortunately tely for him the force wasi as partly broken by the great strength streng tia or of the immense lactating boia ting works cofka but ii coal car was dashed against the he inaba beam as well as an other heavy 9 breaking the beam and tearing through th rouel a post of the roof etc although there thera was force enough to crash everything every thin around the two men in the weighing hla room and they saw the smoke awoke and firs fire they caught each other IQ in their arms fell to the floor and escaped with hii n their lives the engineer was blown through the th window and the he clock stopped at p m the watch boy was waa blown up into the broken roof of the bo lating works everything around was and fragments fragment of timbers were here land and there for or a long along distance around abou arou nd the last lafr victim mr walter miller was wag taken taffe outlast night the sicken ing sight eight we passed on to no 7 mine and took brona breakfast llast with bishop bowers about one mile north of the explosion mine no 5 president cleft looked aeiry weary and haggard by the great anxiety manifested bialon bowers has baa done everything every thing humanity could suggest aug gest As aa soon aa 88 the disaster occurred no 7 was waa closed by request of superintendent bowers and all hands handa went to the rescue bowers did not cease his hia utmost egeit too until the lat man was wag out and cared for we met mr A E bradley the superintendent of the mine who was ready to explain and doall possible in ila hi his power to aid the sufferers terera aut he said the C P company bad instructed to give eite each family 15 to 20 as aa tOMP temporary ala aid and had bad ordered their and ad boxes he said bald further that the capacity was 1000 feet of air to the minute instead of feet per man that the inspector had bad tested the rains mine in the morning and the dails work ork was dune done before the accident the road was doing to every appearance all possible poa aible for the unfortunate far alliss before 2 p m the she coffins coffini began to be brought to the large meeting house bouse followed by the bereaved in some cases a row of them which all looked quite respectable were placed to in front or the draped stand but as aa room would not permit all of them to be placed in the church a vote of the people was taken to set in rows wo all of thom teem outside the house waa wa not sufficient to hold bold one half bait of th the people so BO the doors doore were thrown open and the services were impressively conducted under the guidance of bishops bowers bowen of almy and brown of evanston president cluff super superintending intending the whole affair the singing was tenderly conducted by prof james hood prayer waa offered erea by elder 8 B young president oseph joseph F smith was atio first speaker ind and elder P F D richards was the I 1 next followed by elders elden edward mtvenon and seymour B young tibe the weeping of the speakers as well the mour mourners aers WM was with difficulty suppressed but everything was said id Vos possible sible to sooth the weary and pain pained d tiley they were reminded that bat wd sd as WM was tb scene cene there has ba been till still worse and aad more sad and sorrowful ones tibe bouis bows who went to 90 the bottom of the sea aea near gibraltar without even or escomoe lea also alio others burled in the depth of the sea aea a water eiry j grave with mark to show their tomb the thirty three cuffin cuffing iv and more inore than two hundred widows and orphans with friends from afar was a picture never to be forgotten thirty two swo were latter day saints sainte who were burled buried in the alms alma burying ground tibe the train pulled ulla out at 5 p in to where a large meeting was waa addressed addre Med in the evening by elders eldera as t B young E 13 Steve naon franklin fraaklin Fraak Fran klim liu ad D richards and president Freel dent joseph F smith A LIST OP OF THE DEAD names of members of the church of beau christ ot ol latter day saints who perished in the coal mine no do 6 5 at almy wyoming james bruce C P mine foreman and a prominent citizen of this coudsy willard brown samuel bates henry burton rider elder thorn thomas booth aaron butte W E cox head carpenter elder eider jerry crawford Craw lord deaoun deacon ordained an alder by his hi father just juat before hla his death samuel clay driver boy james jamea W clark top rope man BenC Benr Gole elder john dexter W H grieve driver deacon william graham jr joseph hyden samuel hutchinson abom samuel halston Hals too george hardy a seventy of the twenty quorum jamea limb john A locke john lester elder william morris elder john deacon walter miller the lost last one brought out of the mine john phoeby elder william deuer sr elder william sellers Sellen jr he heary a ry ricot tern william wagstaff hugh sloan teacher androw andrew mason george family in the EDWARD STEVENSON ALMY uinta co wyo march 24 1896 this is the day fixed for the interment iter ment of the dead who fell as ae vic gling to the fire damp explosion of no ra 6 C P mine on the evening of the me insa frederick morgan was waa interred at evanston Ev aniton on saturday pour four Finian aers accompanied by bj twenty one carr iager well filled with passed almy no 4 on en route for the evanston Evan Blon cemetery at 1080 this morning sunday I 1 have received a statement from the xeo cor orden aers of three benefit societies as a follows follow death claims claim on the golden eagle 6 5 amounts each 50 on the be A 0 0 U W 2 2000 each un on the T of H 2 60 50 asoh I 1 am further re quoted by the recorder to say wat that the statement in the prom preas of thirty claims on the A 0 IT W la in not correct As A 2 p m the funeral service corn com mencel over the dead which embraced some thirty two members mem ben of the church at 01 jesus jecus christ of latter day saints about p m the meeting house was waa filled to its 10 utmost capacity and there were about outside that could not gain admittance the dead were laid carefully outside the house as aa there was w as no room for them mein inside the following brethren were on the stand president joseph P F smith elders franklin D richards seymour B young edward stevenson W W cluff bishop james brown bishop james bowens and bretnor eldredge Eldr edne of Co coalville Coal alville vilie the services commenced by singing the hymn on page prayer by seymour B young second hymn president joseph F smith addressed add addre reseed ased the congregation and mourners mour nera in a kind feeling and most moot discourse suitable BU it able to me he occasion pointing to the fact that the sacred ties formed here between husbands and wives and parents and children were not broken but enat they hey would con dinue to exist through all eternity although we may be parted from our loved ones here for a time there will be a glorious reunion alter after the resurrection ot of husbands and wives parents and children he gave a great amount af valuable instruction to all present and especially to the me widows and orphans urging the brethren and sisters of the church to look after the bereaved and administer to their necessities becea elders franklin D richards ed ward stevenson and seymour B young each followed fall owed la in a similar course treating upon doctrines and principles principle of the utmost importance to the saints the meeting was brought to a close by singing the hymns on we the and pages and the benediction was waa offered by W W cluff after the close of the services the procession was wag foamed and till all maced to in line to the cemetery who the mortal remains of the departed were laid to rest after the coffins were deposited in their graves bishop brown offered up a prayer ti tb the lord and dedicated the ground and committed the loved ones or all that remained of them to the guardian care of their heir holy angels till the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised the closing blymn at the cemetery was nearer my god to theo thee three or four for of the dead could not be interred for want of coffins ton ten foreigners and eight english speaking persons were interred in the evanston Evan Ev anaLou cemetery two go to randolph two to salt lake one to Co coalville alville and the remainder to the church ground ot of A I 1 nay after tho remaining dead bodies are interred today I 1 will set not about and in of widows and ana orphans and uther other particulars R R HODGSON on monday afternoon march brandley oi 01 sevier offered the he following resolution resolved that we the members of the constitutional convention assembled in salt lake city do hereby express our sympathy ym pathy with the grief of stricken people poole peole le of wyoming in the calamity which K has cc come me upon them through the terrible explosion in red canyon be it further resolved that we devote one days salary to the relief of the wives and children whose husbands and fathers have met death in this horrible catastrophe be il ii further resolved that the president of thia convention be and is hereby authorized to make the necessary arrangement lor the proper distribution of the moneys thus received |