Show FOUR MEN ARE KILLED BY FOUL GASES FROM POWDER I Iid f f V J 1 E EXPLOSION P OSlON IN UTAH prAM COPPER MINE AT BINGHAM CANYON lT t R E tIE J IE TRYING t f TO EFFECT RESCUE I J. J 1 t i oJ Face Flace t Certain Gethin G ln D. D Death Dath eat h. h in ii In Effort Eff ort to Save S ave Lives Li L- L 6 of Comrades fC s Overcome in Mine v r at Bingham J JI m. m f I t. t JR MAN HOW r R WAS BEYOND AID En re Population t of District Turns Out Assist to in Attempt to I t i Jv S Save ve Brave Miners Bu Their But t Their Efforts Efforts' Finally Prove of No No A iI I Ii I i r r c i Foul gases s from powder powder- e ions caused the e ed d death tl 91 of ot I 4 taen fou enil in e of the he Utah tah Copper company Upper at Upp r rl l' l nl Canyon i last t night 1 Three e of t the men men died in an effort to res rescue ue the e body of I v 7 dead Ita Italian n minick who ho had been overcome I e earner erier h n the the- theda da day J I J j c 1 ii Among m ng t the dead men men is is F Kent Kent- KentSmith Ke t pm Smithy Smith th er of f Jus tic oi the Pece Dana T T- SI Sini t l' l of d Salt LC fr l ie e Italian had gone g me down dow l' l to remove an air plug after bIa that had ad been ee made e earlier i in the d day y H He w was s later Ir v 2 seen een en the in n the haft h t bj by r three l ee men 11 who n do the shaft to I q yearn learn th the condition o pf J. J o of the f all an ail They we J. J e dr driven out F Smiths Smith with the two o ther F th tr men ell t their Hv hz s en en- j p. p f. f 4 t red the l mine QU a lower lowet I ve level aud ancI n t sought to Ito r c. tl the 1 t J Italians Italian's s liddy r I v 1 t t. It was as an effort t to s av ve a the he lives of two Italians 1 u re believed to have een o by the gas and powder i r t t hp boi the e. e fi of tji e three thre w when i in Ir reality lity I r wg tsI Yo l I tt ofa l i l oe j oJ t ti n r ba x r. r T au J P 1 r J 4 A T g b M et 4 J tP I B BURNS UIUS married GEORGE GEORG WILSON single i DOMINICK a miner mner Shortly after o'clock yesterday afternoon f went down in what is known kno a ai Sub No 7 I to remove an airS air blast early in the morn morn- r S plug which was made necessary by a ing l' l r Sub No 7 is 17 feet below belov Sub No 6 and Old Soldiers Soldier's p- p tunnel is fifty feet below this In Sub No 7 the Italian encountered enI ent en- en and wa was killed almost almost almost al al- al- al of foul powder t I c countered a quantity gas most instantly it is believed By Dy Dy this time tho alarm darm had been sounded throughout the camp and 1 practically every cry man In ham Bins crowded crowde to tho the entrance to tho the tunnel tunnel The Tue rescuers tried to get from rom Sub No Xo C to Hub Sub No o. o 7 7 by ropes to toS their arms and lighting the thc deadly S turneR rumen without air nil and It was not until until un un- til III after atler 30 11 O that the first air all line was set SOt to working D By that time the Z SO Insensible mon men had he been en removed remo to nearby quarters stud find Dr C. C X N. hay lUy Dr F E. E pr Dr J. J F. F Flynn and Dr Oxford had succeeded in reviving them Soon after 1130 when hen the tho air l line Una had been started the bodies of Smith Wilson and tind Burns Hurn found Life Lite was us and tho the proceR procession lon started 1 towards tho the local loca undertakers undertaker's estabI I Then one of ot the mo most t trade events c of the tho lat fateful night occurred as aa the body 1011 bod of r. r Kent KEmt Smith being beingS taken b by the club house Somo Sonio on onto one S to told Mrs Smith that her husbands husband's body had hall been found and she sho rushed from thE house houst only nJ to meet the men who bearing hearing hor her husbands husband's body Tho rho air In tho the was known to have hare been ben bad and only Thursday of or S this tIis week w F F. l Kent Smith l led id a L rescue party which save saved savell l o o hIves of ot two I men who had bad been sent In Iii on missions which cost coat the tho life lire or ortho similar to that tho the Italian last night Three Men Overcome I When Wien V en returned to trIo tie of f- f flee fice ho encountered Kent Smith to of at the tho Italian whom he told the story stOl tunnel 5 lying at the in the Smith with George Georgo Wilson and amI Hugh IuS-It Burns went ent to tho the lower cr level le known Old Soldier tunnel They The as In ID the tho direction of them the tho I along alon the thc way wa aub IO They had har scarcely sane gone 50 GO I m foot feet before they Tere overcome O I partner partners I his hla two When Smith and alarm was a general Tailed raIled to 10 return turned In and another rescue It party parly rt was waR formed formed- quickly r This was headed hender h by Mike Mace with William lilley and Jackson Steel They H went down In U tho o mine under the the tho dl- dl o 0 4 4 Ht T M 4 4 H Hf HO O 0 I f tL 01 f G T f 4 4 4 We Ve have nothing to give s1 out our f 4 ff 4 you will Ihl have havo to get pret your f from another source Iun I If 4 f am un In authority to speak for Cor or tho f 4 the tho th f 4 ff 4 company Good was f 4 statement regarding the accident f ff f 4 given h n from the tho office ornee at Bingham DIngham 4 f 4 last night nis 44 4 4 4 O M i. M M M M M M t tM M MO O of Foreman John McDonald They got down lOWn to Sub 7 7 and with ropes tied lied around their bodies the they endeavored endea ored to got down rown the ladder to Sub G. G G Tho The fumes from the gas gns were Vero still eo so strong that the they were unable to reach tho tim sub station a and were pulled back b by their companions It Il was lead or found oun necessary to put In a hoso from froni tho the air nil compressors To do this required considerable time lime IJ by Ill I'll men Tho The two Italians working In thembA the tho mbA during the day and were to bo be relieved r l at t 7 o'clock In the tho evening when too the shifts for tho day changed The They had been employed on the thc E leveland level leveland and were working about 35 5 feet teel In adrift a a. adrift drift at nt an nn angle of 46 4 d grees grecs when a a. ablow ablow blow hID from a gopher hole spouted out Before n fore the time men could got out of the way of the danger they were overcome by tho the d deadly adly fumes rumes At what hat time this occurred It Ic Is hard to lo ascertain On going up UI to get fet his lila orders for forthe fOrthe forthe the nl night ht work F. F Kent Smith foreman foreman fore fore- man of the thc steam shovel sho gang ganS' heard that two Italians ItI had failed to check in With Ith George c Wilson and Blacky Black Burns ho lie ut at once instituted a n search At the mouth of the tunnel a n quantity of gas gns was escaping which r readily led the rescuers to believe e that tho the men hail had been Smith with his m men n braved the tho fumes and ond cautiously advanced own the I Continued on Two o. GENERAL VIEW OF UTAH COPPER MINE MINEI I WHERE MINERS WERE ERE KILLED LAST NIGHT I i 7 i. i S p ft J 4 ss S I 4 p k 1 j D oJ ty I JS L. L feSi i t S S. S S SS S 1 S i. C 1 I 1 j. j S hoj graph Showing Showing- g Two To B Big Big- r P i in Upper Ilam Bingham Ca lyon lyon S THREE DIE TRYING TO EFFECT R RESCUE ESC U E EC C Continued rt from Tuna rum One t tunnel to lo the tho drift When hon they were still many hundred d feet from tho the men mci they found Cound that they could go no fur fur- thor ther Tho tae gas seemed to 10 pout OUt nut I In In jot Jots iou Tho The men fought desperately t to I get bet back to the air us as signs o otheir of their struggle could bo be plainly Score in io 0 the Rescue cut P Persons at tho the office who knew tho t Smith and his men had gone gono to rescue tho the foreigner ner hastened towards th tho I mouth of ot tho the tunnel When hen they failed to return reinforcements wore sent eon l I for tor Tho The report soon spread to themore the thi more moie thickly populated portions of Upper Upper Upper Up Up- per BIngham Scores of or men tle tied 1 ropes rope to their thel wrists braved tho the fumes rumes and started down tho the to rescue the rescuing rescuing res res- cuing party part After advancing ad but a short distance they too wore were rendered ron ren- der dered d unconscious and their friends at tho other ather end of tho ropo had to drag g them out Time and th these Sf mon men fought desp desperately to make malco theIr thol way WilY to the tho men whose lives wore hero fast fas ebbing an-a an away Each effort met with will tho the same result A number of leads of or hose hOllo rose were then attached to tho air nil compressors and the tho big engines were cro set In motion notion motions As s tho the atmosphere wheezed through tho the tubes tho men with ropes fastened to their limbs again entered the tho tunnel tunnel tunnel tun tun- nel carrying tho the air nil tubes as far tal as ad strength would allow them There they hoy were dropped Then another man would light fight his way against tho the obnoxious obnoxious ob ob- noxious elements clements and plant another I lead ead of hos hose After Arter working In this manner mannor for tor some time the men wore were able bio able to r reach tho the first ho body lY and nn re re- re move more it t to the tho entrance or two the tunnel Physician on Hand Ilund Several physicians were on hand when the tho body was nas brought out and work vork of or resuscitation was commenced at t once For several hours the men worked over OTer the tho boll body applying their be best bent t skill but to no avail aval One Ono b by ono one tho the three rescuers wore taken from tho the caverns cavern and one ano b by byone byone one ane the physicians worked In tho lam lamp lI light ht on the mountainside Smith Wilson and Burns were ere all taken from the tunnel within a short time after the accident Finally one ono of tho the patty party i reached cached the tho drift where tho Italian had hall been working and Dominick Shat- Shat ta was brought to the surface Life had been extinct In him for tor some somo time before time the searchers had found him When tho the night gang Bang was about duo at o'clock In tho the James 1 Fitzgerald 1 and t two 0 companion went wont down In Jo n the mine to ascertain if It the theair theair theall air all in Sub 7 was In a fit con condition for forthe forthe forthe the men to work They climbed downtime down the time ladder from from Sub C G far tar enough to see sec the Italian lying below Tho Trio gases bases wore so BO strong that they wore were unable to It and thC they climbed out |