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Show EXPLOSION AT CASTLEDALE COAL MINE ENTOMBS 175 MjMLL BELIEVED DEAD ONE OF LARGEST MINES IN UTAH IS SCENE OF TERRIBLE CATAS-TROPHY CATAS-TROPHY WHEN ENTRANCE TO MINE OF UTAH FUEL COMPANY IS CLOSED AND DEBRTS IS HURLED HUNDREDS OF YARDS IN AIR Rescue Teams From All Over West Are Rushed to Little Town to Aid in Bringing Men Out Alive If Such is Possible, Although Little Hope is Held Out for Missing Men, Most of Whom Are Married Morrison, W., Sr. Morrison, Dan Neil, Oscar Nicolaris, Steve Nakamura, T. Perkins, Ed. Pelly, T. Sr. Pelly, T., Jr. Pallos, John Pallos, Steve Terpene, Tony Psario, John rriano, James Park, T. S. Patrick, Louis Piccolo, Frank Paizakis. Nick Pappas, Steve Pollock, W. W. Quilter, Charles Reese, Thomas L.Fire boss Itowe, Theodore Rizzulo, Tony Rollins, O. H. Rice, Alfred, Sr. Rice, Alfred, Jr. Richards, Walter Simpson, Horace Simpson, Clarence Stavanrnkis, E. L.Staffon, Mike Stevens. Ben Shiga, George Shurtliff, George Smith, H. E. Smith, Tony Speros, Steve Sanders, O. R. Sanders, O. E. Sanders, Harry Slobenski, John Srajakis, Steve Seely, Mill Stapley, L. C. Stavros. Theros Saris, Sam Sakeuchi, Tom Thomas. Jonathan Thorpe, John Tyrer, Matt Tagliabue, Joe Trow, Thomas Thomas, B. F. Tzoupis, George Tellerico, Joe t'ngericht, Orson Underakis, Steve Verges. Kanaz Willis, Ed Woods, A. Watanabe, T. Wynn. K. AVilliams, R. A. Yum, S. C. Young, James Jr. Discovery of a fire 3200 feet within with-in the entrance of the No. 1 left es-capeway es-capeway made necessary a change in the plan of operations, and ali effort has been directed to the extinction of this blaze, held now to be of a minor character. With a crew or forty-one men working constantly in this tunnel, qu,ick headway against the flames is predicted ,and once the blaze is out it will be but a little while before rescuers reach the places where most of the men are thought to have been working. Then it will be possible to say whether any milacle has spared the lives of the men still missing. All the brilliantly bright, but bitter bit-ter cold day, thousands have gathered gather-ed about the streets, before the temporary tem-porary morgue, at the barricade which holds them from the portals of the mine. They gathered from all parts of the state, many of them rel atives and friends of families whose loved ones are entombed. Hope was revived twice once when a rescue squad 'found a pile of tools, which indicated the possibility of one crew having dropped their work tools to find a haven of safety. Another time it was a pile of lunch boxes, together, which bespoke another anoth-er possible concert of effort for safety. safe-ty. In town the women folk are bearing bear-ing their part of the common tragedy trage-dy as staunchly as the men who fight into the earth hour after hour. The women of Castlegate have organized kitchens where the families of missing miss-ing men are cared for; they have taken over an old hotel, where they can reach particularly the wives of foreign workers yet within the mine; for these women of alien lands have shown more hysterically their grief than those of native birth. The Red Cross chapter from Price has sent assistance and lassies of the Salvation Army have come here to minister to the needy. So none wants the necessities of life, none lacks a friend to help bear the burden of suspense sus-pense and sorrow. Five men were taken from the mine Sunday and positively identified identifi-ed as all married and of families John Thorpe, the Utah Fuel company's com-pany's general inspector who was killed in the explosion, leaves a widow wid-ow and five children. George Harrison Harri-son leaves a widaw and small child. George Fjelstead leaves a widow and two children; W. W. Pollock a widow and six children and W. A. Berry a widow and four children. Rescue crews have penetrated one and one-half miles into the mine and must yet troverse about four thousand thou-sand feet before they reach the inner workings. There are many small dips and passages to be explored before be-fore the search can have been completed. com-pleted. "I realize that I eannot offer to do anything," Governor Mabey said. Mine officials and rescue workers are doing everything possible in the emergency; but I want to offer you any help that the state may afford." Castlegate, Three terrific explo-ions explo-ions in mine No. 2 of the Utah Fuel Co.'s coal mine here Saturday choked up the working of the mine and en-tomed en-tomed one hundred and seventy-five men all of whom are expected to have been killed. Workers from all the mines of the state as well as rescue crews from neighboring states are at the scene doing all they can to rescue those unfortunates un-fortunates who were caught helow the ground and if possible to bring them out alive. The exact cause of the explosions have not yet been determined but is supposed that they were caused by gases forming in the mine. While it is impossible to give a complete list of those who are in the mine the following men are known to have been underground at the time of the blast. Thirty-one of whom have been taken out dead : Avery, Kenneth Acord, S. V. Ambrossi, Joe Anderson, J. R. 'Anderson, 1. R. Alexander, Prince Aquiki, Nick Iiertoglio, Dora ;Bertoglin, Mike Berg, Ciryl ISuzas, John Bamanakis, Mike Bodily, J. I. Berg, Emil fftrek, Levi Berry, W. A. Cibalro, Bert Charles, James Crow, Robert Cappelletti, James Onppelletti, M. Cox, E. B. fire boss .Oauperldcs, Mike Callvaa, Just Casselli, Joe Davis, John, mine foreman Dodd, Harry Dodd, Robert Dallas, Jim Delaby, E. Dunis, Pete Docemas, Mike Eleo, George Evans, David Evans, Frank Fullmer, George Fullmer, Loren Fjelsted, George Fjelsted, Frank Gilbert, Anderw Garroch, Wm., Sr. Garroch, Peter Glttens, Basil Garegnani, Tony Gittens, Brinley Glenidas, Andrew Gialitakis, Louis Gionini, Steve Harrison, George Harrison, Norman Harrison, Thomas Hardy, Alma, Hend, E., fire boss Hilton, John, Sr. Henderson, A. J. Huff, John Huff, William Ingram, T. L. Ingram, Joe Inouye, F. Jaooby, Sam Jones, Ed. L. James, Charles Johnson, Bryan Kontoimas, John Karozis, Jim Kanakis, Karas Kappas, George Kirby, Joseph Kirby, Walter Koienas, Charles Katsanevas, Mike Kimball, Martin Kontaros, Steve Komposh, Andrew Koda, J. Kourgastis, John Koukurkis, Angelo Kohakis, Jim Kulozakis, George Logins, Gust Lucas, Gust Lazaro, Charles Mascaro, Bon Malax, Tuny McDonald, Otto Murphy, James McClusky, John Markakis, George Markakis, Mike Mathlodes, Gust Marchettl, John Mitchell, George Manoa, Tom Mihos, T. A. |