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Show HELP IS ASKEDi GOVERNOR APPEALS TO WEST. ERN STATES FOR ASSISTANCE. I FOR UNFORTUNATES One Hundred Thousand Dollars Will Be Raised to Care For Widows and Orphans of Castle-gate Castle-gate Salt Lake City. Appeal of Governor Gover-nor Mabey to the people of Utah and sister states to subscribe at least $100,000 for the purpose of caring for striken widow's and orphans at Castlegate, Utah, made so by the catastrophe in the mine of the Utah Fuel company, was formally made Thursday in the issuance of a proclamation. procla-mation. The Utah Fuel company is taking care of dependents of the victims, seeing that they obtain the necessary credit for food stuffs, etc., until such time as the compensation payments " begin. The company, it is announced, announ-ced, is meeting every requirement of the law and, further, is providing material assistance to the widows and orphans, so that they will not want pending adjustment of claims. The governor's proclamation reac-s as follows: "A disastrous1 explosion has recently re-cently occured at Castle Gate, Utah, resulting in the untimely, death of 172 miners. As a result of this formidable for-midable catastrophe approximately 150 women have been widowed ana 2600 minor children have been left fatherless. What was a few days ago a scene of industry and tranqun-ity tranqun-ity has been transformed into one of anguish and sorrow. "Many of these 417 dependents bereft of their breadwinners face the future without adequate resources for their protection and sustenance. "A thorough and intelligent survey sur-vey has been made of the conditions and circumstances of each family thus bereft, said survey having been accomplished by a committee of disinterested dis-interested citizens appointed by the chief executive of the state of Utah. "It is apparent from the report of the committee referred to that there is a crying need for help among these women and children, living victims vic-tims of the terrible disaster. "Now, therefore, I, Charles R. Mabey, governor of the state of Utah, by virtue of the authority vested in me, hereby appeal to the people of Utah and to those of our sister states to come to the succor of these distressed widows and chilr dren. I urge that public subscriptions subscrip-tions be made in the sum of not less 'than $100,000, said fund to be disbursed dis-bursed only to the dependents of those who lost their lives in the explosion, ex-plosion, by a committee to consist oi the following: 'The three members of the state industrial commission. "A representative of the Utah Fuel company. "A member of the board of county commissioners of Carbon county. "A representative of the Carbon county chapter of the American Red Cross. "Three representatives to be chosen chos-en by the governor from the state at large." |