Show wenty re killed a at t standardville Stand st an d ardville ar d vi lie 0 3 6 deadly fumes kill twenty at W ork in tunnels i r anne I 1 s three T men in rescue crew killed by calein official investigation launched to determine blast cause work of clearing mine starts 9 saved tant thrpo three men three of is whom hom were members of a rescue crew lost their lives as the result of an explosion in the mine of N the Stand standards ardille alle coal company thursday evening about nine the disaster was one of the worst in the history of mining in carbon count county of the twentynine twenty nine workers in the tunnel at the time of the blast nine escaped and the remainder L were cut don by the deadly fumes of carbor monoxide which came dou domi ii X no 0 1 and 2 panels where tho the majority of the victims were is ere being amplo employed ed itis jt is believed belie sed that the explosion occurred in 0 no o 3 mine probably fram from a cutting machine but this matter has not been dp deft finitely determined dete mined and may never be lie an thing but a topic for peculation T the he three men u aho vho ho u t tk i kited while in an effort to reach the bodies of frank fra janes and C 11 II brady in no xo 3 is ere crushed b a rock measuring 7 by 17 feet rescue 11 ork was ivas temporarily stopped but resumed the next morning tha the i victims of the adein were fresh air crew endeavoring to air the gas filled panels thedeas the dead john R loman 21 cobello Co bollo new mexico 31 clarence E smith 36 great falls montana blont ana and walton henderson 18 of Stand ardille at present time lime two shifts of worker workers are busy extending the ven yen ti lation into no 3 elope slope so 10 that work may be resumed in no 1 it if Is expected that operations may be gin friday or saturday sixty men have been working on the day shift end twenty five rh are beag used al aa night replacing stop toppings pings and put i ting up br brattice attlee to extend the cor cur rents of air after the preliminary work has been completed john 11 taylor state mine inspector will enter the colliery to report on the present safety borne some gas has been encountered during thil this work bat but the efforts are not being hampered to any noticeable extent ai As a mat ter of precaution A a number of rescue men are kept constantly on duty to be on hand land in age tase of on an emergency so far the work liz pet met rated to the fifth left and fifth right entry of no 3 panel there 1 Is considerable wreckage in this portion of the mine which will be cleared as a oon soon las as the freh fresh far lr ie is sufficiently extended previously activities had centered only around those portion where the bodies of the dead men were found and a great deal af 0 work must be done throughout the entire tunnel before no go 3 Is able to be used 0 P mcshane ol 01 the state in da commission arrived on the scene of the disaster friday afternoon ate r he ile has appointed a board of investigation to determine the cause of the blant blast the board bod is composed of john B taylor state mine in ep ector B W dyer leasing depart ment of the united states rechama tion service D J T parker resident ergin engineer eor of the united states department part ment of mines A 0 watts manager of operations for the stan dard coal company and J parley bussed lius seil chief engineer for united states fuel company he listed the following topics to be considered by the board in n their separate reports cause causo of explosion manner of fatal atles whether violent or due to asphyxiation property damage the part played by water and rock dust in localities localizing explosions or influent cing its effects evidence of ilola iola eions of safety regulation regulations it if any such evidence presents itself and general tons for im provement pro of measures now in effect air mr mcshane returned to salt lake tuesday morning leaving mr taylor in charge 11 further encouragement cut was iwas given give to the efforts of the helmet men who came at lit a call from all over the county by the rescue of fi f t e men la to room 4 fo be 2 tunnel in the second elope slope aul another in ilk the slope proper those who were found in the first position were barney johnson wll wil ham ilam mcguire clawson elliot virgus P 01 aua john pritchett johnson and pritchett bid hid been reported dead and it was I 1 i joyful moment for their survivors when ithen they were wets broughel oat out ef of the mine their rescue was effected ear eat ly friday morning theother man a who ho wa in the mine and who lived to tell of the birst wa was M 9 11 clelland cleland he ile wa was unconscious at tint first but close attention lon brought bin around the five fie men wo were found together were extremely fortunate in lit finding was Isola isolated tid from the deadly fame after staying outside of the room for some time the gas ga began to have it iti effect and to 10 they rent went into the room aa bratt ked leed themselves in ft ea 4 where tl alicy ey were foahd by 1 41 te stanley hartey and lit hia men andy dougherty gerald baua banasky k im and enie davie curly monroe M 0 a roe ware w ere about a mile from the entrance of the mine when they tint realized that a a blast hid had occurred they law saw tom pritchett feet from them turn to look for his brother while they continued on their way out of the mine to safety dougherty re ported hearing a deafening explosion and ana the be walli walls began to cave in ahey abey continued cu ru page I 1 A a MINE INN DISASTER W aster continue 1 from page 1 fought their nay lily oot out and anil fame came to t the surface unhurt without the aid of f any rescue hartles part lei les three possibilities have been rd i linead ened for the CHUM cause nt the cipio ion lion home some investigators ere in to believe that the nay may hire have been caused by the cutting machine in room 20 flath right panel ranel mine no 3 others claim that the evidence cide indicate indicates the explosion originate originated in room toom 11 fifth left panel no 3 mine where the bodies of oy cy brady and frank janei janes were found other others lay say a cavele may ruay have caused a abort circuit in the clec trie system the bodler of all of uie cintro 1 gilled by gai gas in slopes I 1 and 2 of V I 1 mine where seventeen ev enteen dh died wre were recovered by noon moon Frid fridly ity an ps KI barney wai was the fint first man to bv t found in slope 1 other others who died in the lime same section were R F springer boy briges T L pritchett Frit chett and J L jenson aid std thoe those who loit lost their I 1 ve its in dop iola 2 were grover D B duke night fo coremin his ion son austin duke E F delebe t william batoon car lyle smith I 1 dell fowles john FT rimada orland Freder leo ony fred erico crico mike bruno katat and Bant santiago lago bara Wi titers body wi wis the lait list one fourd four d wid a jd wai was u eve from the aine miles about abo nine saturday evening frank janei janes and cy brady had been recovered early saturday Batur dey morning it ii Is beli belld ei that thee these lait mm reja were burned to death evidently had cutting coal a park spark induced by the I 1 re an aft explosion which hurled ak the machine thirty feet away eau taus ing fire which eprea to the fifth left where the other miners were engaged superintendent harvey reported that tho the prop property city dc in no I 1 mine was wa very slight so 11 the eon con fialon I ion hid bad not been very severe it wai was the after damp and not the which killed mod most of the men jilce ine rescue crews from froin mohrland columbia cattle ustle gate cate Standa raville spring canyon ahwee el thi hurried eal call while other me meas official officials throughout the county responded ai as frell orell accompanying the tr td on the fint first into 1410 the mine wre were B R L I 1 C Q manning and james westfield ld of the demil of mines T 0 columbia Colu irbia mine alperin and walter knox knoll colombia columbia ligi neef walter wright standard om paty muter matter niec raT banc tIaMe and nd M 0 carbon carlton Stin dArd corn tom rany engene other nine mine surer laten dents who met at the call tall 0 mr harvey were bobert robert howard peerless george murphy spring opting canyon george Se bultz liberty 1 I 1 at latonda oliver mu tail coal N hanley ever line the castle gate dis aster the standard mine 1 la baa been a leader in lately safety measures and had bad stressed the uie use of rock duit dust for the coating testing of tho the inside mine to a point where water would not freeze no miner miners have been allowed to carry matches into the mine minel and on cutting machines hai has a al wave wa tt been used to present sparks in sea off places extra coatings of rock duit pvc vc been applied the nine mine at the peak of ita its operations irod produced 2600 tool tons of the black cheral 11 every eight hour hours and employed men at the ruih rub leaion season 1 it wax was regarded so a one of the safest mires in the county |