Show i3 1 Ut 1VIft I f ft L I a i j j r iff I r Greatest Calamity i v the Hist i ry f Mining c I 1 Lt ff1 po the I W est r 1 f i T i I I tFb EXPlOSI9NA T SCOflElD KillS 1250 I a I t I I w Disaster in the Property of the Pleasant VaHey Coal Company < 6 r < t Occurred in Mine No 4t and was Caused by Explosives and I a DustOf the Miners at Work in the Interior of the Property Not One Escaped 0 r j TRIBUND SPECIAL 9 Scofield Utah May 11he English language cannot describe the appalling disaster TvhIch occurred hero at 1025 this forenoon by an explosion In mine No 4 1 of the Pleasant Valley Coal company com-pany and by whIch certainly two hundred t + dred men and upward have lost their Jives i At this hour one hundred and thirty even bodies have been recovered and the work of rescue Is still piocccdlng IE and will continue until all bodies are 0 brought to the surface DEAD RECOVERED The list of dead recovered up to midnight 15 mid-night Is I as follows John Hunter Sr Dan Muhr boy Peter Cocklett < > 1 > < Jans Wilson v Robert Fcrrlsh < t Will Wlllstcad d Robert Wlllstead r R T Evans f Llewellyn Evans boy < v r James Wallace Sr Ben Lloyd tp John Lloyd brothers L Robert Hunter James C Hunter father and son 9 Dick Thomas ion David Pad 1d William Jones i T1 William Powc boy Valentine Loxoh t William Reese ohs George James y j John James son and father Samuel Llvesay > i f l S R DIxon J I tl RD 1 Ansolmo Jachctla t f r Ferarl Jachetta I 1 J May t t Soil Lappl r f fJl = x Matt Kroskl a i w I Id Barry Miller II V Miller G Isaac Miller t William Davis i r l A Langslaff and son 4 i Davis and son > t 1 1i AVIlllam Samuels and Bon i r rr1 Andrew Adamson < L V T J Relllcy Jfl1 Parmley f 1 i William > pct r 1 John Thomas and James Webber a Anderson 1 Sfw Thomas Pudfleld Henry Wilson I i q Charles Edwards IJornird Dougnl 3f y Andrew Bunter and lion 1 Thomas Williams and son Jumcs Gathermaii William Gdlhcrman H iNG John Burncs J > t John Price iti Alex Wilson Jr ulh 1 Cliorge CouIthHrd DISCREPANCIES IN LISTS LIST-S The difference between this list ando R and-o = the 137 given above Is accounted for by Ra1 ° Q i t the unidentified In one pile at No F 1 mine there arc ten men foreigners 3J1 yot unknown 2 THE INJURED 1 Th Injured eight In number mere ° 1 fe taken on a special train to Salt Lake elite k iKiMng bare at 7ri clock this evening i1 There are ono to three of the injured tt that will not survive the trip to the hupltal tfJlcf J Thumax Llveaey yin ISi If Sandy Wilson Tf J ill x ih on i1 m Jnln 1 U111 i i + O > 1 i I 4 > kr I rY a William Boweter V t t John Beddoe t t t Thomas Sellers William Llvcsay t 4 J < t A J L > Xr < M There are willing l i hands al aoikand as fast as bodies are reached they arc brought down to the boarding = houses I and other company buildings where j llhey are dressed and prepared for the Coroners Inquest These buildings arc numerous and In each arc from ten to thirtyfive bodies When a corpse Is brought out It Is usually carried from the mouth of each tunnel at the respective entrances to the place of deposit Here there Is a I a corps of men from four to ten In number num-ber with sponges hot and cold water in tubs and other receptacles The clothing Is first removed the soot smoke and powderburns washed from their faces and the bodies prepared and laid out In long lobes where they are Identified by a tag with name and address ad-dress attached to them to await Identification Iden-tification of relatives or friends REMOVING THE BODIES The removal of the bodies began at 12 oclock today and every diligence I Is used to get the charred and man I gled remains from out of the mine Many hundreds of men have freely volunteered vol-unteered their services and as fast as one set or force Is tired or worn but others take their places While the Blench of smoke and powder Is sickening sicken-ing resembling much that of a dis sectin groom there are bravehearted and brawny men of muscle who have been continuously at work since the moment of the explosion I OFFICIALS ARE NOTIFIED I As soon as the accident was known I officials of the coal company at Salt Lake City and also the railroad company com-pany were notified of the disaster and though the number of dead < was reported re-ported lower than It really Is It would appear that everything by them that lies In their power has been done SURGEONS ARRIVE A special train was run out of Salt Lako City arriving here about 3 oclock bearing Dr Bascom Salt Lake Superintendent Welby of the Rio Grande Western W G Sharp and others Another special was run from i Castle Gate and Helper bearing Dr Asadorlan of Castle Gate Dr Holm I qulst of Helper Chief Clerk HA Nel 1 1 son and three mine foremen who rendered ren-dered every assistance possible Assistant As-sistant Superintendent Williams of Castle Cas-tle Gate arrived on an earlier train mid has been at the nut scene of the accident ac-cident up till this hour superintending superintend-ing and directing as best he can the work of rescue at both mines CAUSE OF DISASTER Theories as to the direct cause of the explosion differ materially and It will take some time after the horrible shock and grief arc partially allayed to arrive I ar-rive at a correct conclusion or positively I posi-tively substantiate the facts In connection con-nection therewith m Bishop Thomas Purmley superintendent superin-tendent of the operations here gives It as his opinion that the explosion was brought about by giant powder rtilch was taken Into the mine by some of the miner that exploded In some unaccountable unac-countable way Igniting 4 ho dust and thereby causing an cxplosloji I This mine hfiJi been worked for over twenty years and has the reputation according to Slate Mine Inspector I Thomas of being one of the bestven tilated and protected In the Vest Ke states that he Inspected it less than five weeks ago and believed it entirely entire-ly I safe at that time It has never had bad air and has always been free from gas and as the coal Is all loaded with shovels there has not been a large accumulation ac-cumulation of dust j KILLED ARE UTAHNS I Ninetenths of the men killed are Americans and Welsh The former come mostly from Utah with a small number from Tennessee and Colorado No sooner was It understood to be an explosion than Bishop Parmley headed a rescuing party of twenty men and tried to gain an entrance Into No 4 I through the opening of No 1 but the men were Loon forced back by the firedamp fire-damp Bernard New reu one of the rescuing party was overcome by gas and was with difficulty resuscitated Finding the rescue Impracticable from I this route the parties then headed for Nof 1 Here they found the air beginning be-ginning to circulate and after clearing clear-ing away the fallen and dead horses at the mouth of the mine they entered about two hundred yards when they came upon tho dead bodies of six of the men BEGGED TO BE KILLED John Klrton was the first one brought out at about 12 oclock his whole scalp being burned to a cinder and his face unrecognizable He was still alive I and apparently conscious crying out In agony for his fellowcomrades to end his misery by killing him on tha spot I In the meantime John Wilson who had been blown with his horse two hundred hun-dred yards across the cajiyon from the mouth of Iho mine had been discovered dis-covered and wait taken to his home The back of his 8kuJl was crushed and some solid substancc had been driven I lhrough hiM abdomen a He left here alive with the Injured I JJ U RED OUTSIDE THE MINK 7 Thomas Sellers who was working about fifty yard from the mouth of I the mine on the outside had his right I 1 foot crushed back hurt and shoulder knocked out of place Sandy Wilson also on the outside woo hit by flying timbers and his life is despaired of Harry Taylor had his Jaw broken and John Beddoes was severely bruised These men were all on the outside The rescuing party inside the mine discovered William Boweter lying 1 in the midst of several dead and < with assistance as-sistance he walked to the mouth of the mine and was saved t The afterdamp delayed the work of the rescuing party but the magnitude of the disaster soon became apparent All men on the raise known as Pikes Peak were lying in clusters John James a County Commissioner was found with his son George entwined en-twined In loving embrace in each others oth-ers arms PREPARED FOR DEATH All these men had apparently realIzed real-ized that death was coming for all were found as though In attitudesof defense Some had their cloaks about them others had tried to protect themselves them-selves by buiyiiiff their faces In the ground floor of the mine hoping thus to escape the deadly gas that was fast I enveloping them They must have lived for some time In prayerful es pcctation of rescue caching them BERNARD DOUGALL DEAD Bernard Dougall the promising and enterprising young engineer from Sprlngvillc Utah who had only just entered the mine a few minutes before with his assistants was found with his Instrument set while he and his men lay dead around It By this time a hundred stretchers had arrived while the company store had also been stripped of all its quilts blankets and pillows with a view to caring for the I wounded but It soon became apparent that there were no wounded In the minerall were dead As fast as the bodies were removed they were carried to the company barn I across the canyon and turned over to Mr Macintosh who superintended the work of washing and identification Thirtyfive had been thus gathered when your reporter loft to send this at midnight SCENE A GHASTLY ONETime ONE-Time scene was ghastly yet most pathetic pa-thetic Between the blackened and stalwart men lay about a dozen little lads who had been engaged as coupler and trappers Some lay alongside of their fathers and elder brothers It 1 was a scene that made many a strongman strong-man turn away In tears MANY MEN SUFFOCATED At about 1 oclock thek foul air hayIng I I hay-Ing eKird away from No 1 time wont ot rescue f began here and It vas soon I found that a great many of the miners 1 of No1 had been suffocated The mcn of the lower levels had been warned of the explosion and made their escape before the gaseous air had reached them Cars were taken In and the dead were loaded Into them and brought to the mouth LAMENTATIONS OF RELATIVES Here the scene beggared all description descrip-tion for the men women and children relatives of the dead miners had begun be-gun to gather and as the bodies were I brought out and recognized by their respective families the lamentations were most heartpiercing Tho dead were all carried Into the boardinghouse boarding-house directly opposite the mine and at midnight tai stalwart men nearly alf heads of families were laid out in tho cold embrace of death DIED TO SAVE OTHERS One force of men was buoy washing and dressing them and another was busy carrying them from the mouth of the mine Andrew Hood foreman of No 1 mine was overcome with gns and had to be carried home while two daring heroes whoso names could not be obtained tonight gave up their lives IQ the attempted rescue their com rades It Is thus they are laboring oaj and It will take many hours yet before the extent of the disaster illl fully be Known EXTENT OF DISASTER Even here In Scofield where mans of tho families reside tho full extent of the disaster Is not known My brothers broth-ers are all out and alive I believe said Mn Sarah Walker to J W 111 Icy who had busied hlm olf all day collecting the names of the dead but he had not the heart to tell her that In a heap of thirty bodies was found one of her brothers a corpse MALE MEMBERS FAMILIES GONE In several familiesivcry male representative repre-sentative Is I numbered with the silent dead The tears that are being shed and will continue to be shed would forma form-a stream larger than Clear creek that lows by the mines could they le united The grief Is toot great for mnch criticism The men are all very heavyhearted and none scarcely answer an-swer when spoken to by reporters They appear to think that the company Is not to blame but now and then they are outspoken against alleged Inoom petcncy Work has been rushing at avery a-very sapid rate and none have an Idea l that the precaution that once existed ex-isted has somewhat relaxed but conversation con-versation with the head men of the mine and with State Mine Inspector G Thomas do not corroborate the Idea of negligence WHAT THOMAS SAYS It appears at this moment simply to be one of those accidents that aro common to the very best regulated mines and against the best ndeavors of the mo competent superintendents among whom Is numbered even In this terrible calamity Superintendent Sharp The State Mine Inspector at this hour Is still without data to lay blame on anyone any-one Of course nn Inquest will hue to determine Just whore the blame rears and perhaps It never can be fully determined STORY OF A SiDRVIVQR W C Wilson waspne of thou for tunnta ones on the loVcr level of No 1 who oscjiTiftd ire is an aged miner of ttftntysflx years experience and tells his story about as follows There was a low rumbling noise heard In the distance followed by a sort of wave that can hardly be described but that Is J known to all who havo been In explosions ex-plosions and I have been In several I said to my partner t Ullu gas vas known to exist Jn tho mine 1 should say that an explosion had occurred I advised that we flee to the mouth of the tunnel and with me came six men I I i working in that section In thp main tunnel we met the driver and asked him I if he had noticed the strange occurrence occur-rence k He replied that he had almost been I knocked off the bar by the rush of air I was then convinced that it was indeed in-deed an explosion and advised I my 1 comrades to hasten with me to the mouth of the tunnel We met two others oth-ers further on and they proceeded hurriedly with us We were none loo soon for the afterdamp reached us I sonic three or four minutes before we reached tho open air almost nuffocat J hIS us Many relatives from various parts of I the State are hastening here about thirty having arrived this evening I SALT LAKE HORRIFIED Profound Sensation Caused by News of tho Awful Calamity j The first news of the Scofield disaster disas-ter received in Salt Lake gave the list of killed us about twentyfive This I even was horrifying and < caused a profound pro-found sensation through the city Later La-ter details showed that the disaster was more awful even than the first reports re-ports indicated but It was not until f r J J I 1 I e V I a f y + l 1 I c 1 4 d 4 1 Main Plant of Pleasant Valley Company at Scofleld evening that the full extent of the tremendous calamity was understood < Many pcoplo of this city have friends and relatives at the mines and the newspaper offices and the coal com panys ofilce were visited by numbers of anxious people who feared sotno of their friends or relatives might be numbered among the victims As the list kept constantly owing the anxiety anx-iety of the inquirers Increased and many of them never went to bed One man who called at the ofilce of Tho I Tribune last I night said he had eight relatives in the mines but at the time he left none of their names had been received In the list of killed I GREAT INTEREST MANIFESTED I The calamity was of such a size and I so unprecedented In the history of the State and even of the West that the I mind did not seem to be able to fully grasp It Men who had no other than a human Interest In the matter waited long for news from tho scene of the disaster and when it was known that a special train was coming In at a lato hour a large number went to thu depot There were those too who wondered whether or not some relative or friend from whom they had not heard for some time might not have found employment in the mines at Scofield und these were almost as anxious as those who knew that their relatives and friends were likely to be numbered with tho dead To those who knew the pretty little vlllago of Whyar Quarters where the accident occurred and the families who would be deprived of husbands brothers and other relatives the blow came homo with crushing force and to those who hnd been simply casual visitors vis-itors there the knowledge that there were more than the ordinary number of married men among the victims caused them to wonder us to the fu lure of tho wives and the 111119 ones I There were those who could not at first believe that such a calamity had I befallen Winter Quarters These knew that while there wore other coal mines where danger was ever present relied upon the fact that no casualty of moment mo-ment had ever occurred In the gulch that had furnished so many hundreds of tons of coal to the State4 Surrounded as the village pt Winter Quarters Is by most beautiful and pic turcsquc scenes It Is hard to believe at this distance that there are now so many gruesome sights and scenes where all was so peaceful and so beautiful I beau-tiful for so many years till yesterday There are In the city today hundreds of people who have passed their summer sum-mer vacation within a stonos throw of where the accident occurred and they cannot but have a pang thin morning when they think of the children chil-dren who were so fond of the strangers that t ventured near their humble homes being robbed of the breadwinners of the household and thrown upon the charity of the world for at Winter Quarters as at almost every other camp of the kind there arc few If 1 any of the families It is d safe to say who I have much to the good while it Is more than probable that their accounts arc already overdrawn at the store All In all it is a sad sad picture that the mind < conjures up at this distance the real horrors of the situation act a-ct to be conceived SPECIAL TO THE SCENE Sharp v7olbr and Dr Bascom Moko a Fast Run to Scofield Immediately on receiving word of the disaster < Superintendent W G Sharp of the Pleasant Valley company arranged ar-ranged for a special and at 1115 nIt m n-It left this city The train was made up of a coach and car B and on board were Messrs Welby and Sharp and Dr F S Bascom with several attendants attend-ants A supply of things necessary for the comfort of the Injured was also taken along The train made a fast run arriving at Scoficld at 320 p m I NOT ENOUGH COFFINS HEBEi Two Hundred Suits of Burial Cloth ing Secured Upon E L Carpenter and the Salt I Lake office force devolved the most trying ordeal of making burial arrangements arrange-ments S D Evans was given chargeA but on Inquiry all over town only about 125 coffins could be secured The rest will be expressed from Denver Several experienced undertakers will I be sent down this morning and the coffins will go down as soon as they I can be shipped Arrangements were also made to have employees of the Z C I L I stay up a1l1 night and as soon as Storekeeper I Store-keeper J M Bcatle of the coal company com-pany arrived In the city last night ho i was driven to the store andt > AOu1Pr I suffs of clothing were secured d Thc I goods were being packed this nionir ing and will go down on No6 1 HISTORY OF THE MINES 5 Extent of Pleasant Valley Coal Com panys Operations I The Pleasant Valley Coal company dates back sixteen years Its mines rare r-are at Scofield where three are located lo-cated at Castle Gate Sunnyslde and Clear Creek the latter being but seven miles from Scoficld At Scofield old No 1 was opened about twentyseven or twentyeight years ago by a man after whom the town is named No I1 was abandoned and No 2 opened across the gulch No 3 i some years later was opened but immediately abandoned and Is now used as an air I course No 1 1 was only opened last summer and Is very near No1 which was reopened < about a year ago Bishop David Williams held tho mines under a lease until 1SS5 when the Pleasant Valley Coal company was organized and took the property At Scoficld alone there were SOO men employed last winter with an average I of COO the year around > Lately all the mines have been working work-ing full blast to keep up with the mammoth mam-moth orders received The terrible fatality fa-tality will close down all the mines dry I I a few days as men at the other plants have relatives at Scoficld and aH ° will go to tho scene of the disaster f HAD NARROW ESCAPE 4 1 t Electrician Brown and Engineer For rester Were Overcome by Gas Electrician Tom Brown and Mining Engineer Robert Forrester were nearly 1 asphyxiated They rushed into the mine after the explosion bent on rescue res-cue but were Instantly overcome and were taken out unconscious They are at Scofield and recovering rapidly INJURED BROUGHT HERE Special Conveying Four Men Arrives l Soon After Midnight t 1 The special train bearing four of tho Injured men arrived at the Rio Grande Western depot at 1210 this morning having left Scoflold at SI5 They were attended to on the Journey and made b r Dr Bas as comfortable as possible by m com and Dr Holmqulst of Helper who think that three of them will probably recover The fourth John Wilson used I 20 Is In so precarious a condition from injuries to his head that the physicians arc not at all hopeful In regard to him Alex I C Wilson aged 15 father I of John was tho least Injured of any of the four while the hurts of Harry Taylor aged J1i and William Boyter Jr aged 23 are not ouch Dr Holm QuIst thinks as to make their recovery Improbable I J M Bcatle store keeper at Scofield came up on the train to obtain clothing cloth-Ing and shrouds In whichto l bury the r dead The trainmen > and others who had > been at the mine said the scenes there1 and the anguish of the rplfttlls the description all beyond dead and Injured was sen p 1 Ion train pulled Into When the special tho depot there was a rush of friends and acquaintance of the Injured men twenty fifteen or for the car and some trainmen gaIned entrance before the seats Four double locked the door had been arranged Into couches wlicrc Alex I miners lay on the four Injured Wilson familiarly known as Sandy broken right los was suffering from a helow the knee and a left arm broken about besides burns below the elbow but In conscious the head JIo was account coherent no condition to give any beyond the happened count of how U from the yards fact that he was thirty blown ort and was mouth of the mine an the train said ho his feet Parties on was blown clear across the gulch surviving Alison has miracle viving only by a a family of ten children It was stated nine being boys Three of these sons explosion His son were killed In the John L Wilson who was brought up with a Injured with him was badly horrible scalp wound and a probable fracture of the skill Ho was going In and was trip team to the mine with a blown bodily out and carried some distance dis-tance by the force of the terrible blast His escape alive was miraculous William Boyter Jr was suffering from superficial burns on the face neck and hands and as far as looks went he was the worst looking of the four with his face done up In oiled silk bandages and his face hardly resembled resem-bled that of a human being He was a short distance Inside the mine at the I time of the explosion and how he over got out alive seemed a wonder The Wilsons were originally from this city where a son James Is a member of the West side fire dapert mcnt Dr Bascom was busy with the preparations pre-parations to remove the injured men I and said they were In no condition to talk or answer any questions The crowd was removed from the car and John L Wilson and Harry Taylor were tenderly removed on stretchers respectively respec-tively to the St Marks ambulance and the police patrol wagon for removal to the hospital Two trips were necessary ne-cessary the older Wilson and Boyter waiting for the second trip The men bore their sufferings with fortitude and made no audible complaint beyond occasional moans The four men wore operated on soon after reaching the hospital and their wounds dressed Dr Bascom stated that Ales Wilson Taylor and Boyter would live but that the condition of John Li Wilson was very critical though there was a possibility that he too might recover VOLUNTEER IN THE LIST Barney Dougoll Mine Surveyor at Scofield Numbered with Dead Among the names In the list of killed Is that oC William B Dougall of Spring vllle Mr Dougall was a young civil engineer of Springville and has many friends and relatives In Salt Lake as well as In Utah county He was a member of company 1C Second volunteer volun-teer engineers He enlisted as a private pri-vate and was appointed a sergeant later being promoted to a Second Lieu tenantcy He was well and favorably known to the members of his profession profes-sion throughout Utah and the adjoining ad-joining States and the news of his death will be received with deepest regret re-gret by all those who knew him Barney Dougall was formcly on the Rio Grande Western and lately mine surveyor nt Scofield He Is a nephew of W B Dougall of this city He was found dead by the side of his transit but the Instrument was not harmed INJURED MANS EXPERIENCE Harry Taylor Describes His Sensations Sensa-tions When Overwhelmed Harry Taylor his face swollen and Bandaged until there was barely an opening left for his mouth and eyes told of his experience In tho explosion while he was being removed from the special train to St Marks hospital last night The unfortunate man had been struck by flying rocksand debris and besides sevcro bruises and gashes about his head face and body he had a number of ribs broken However ho believes that he came out comparatively compara-tively Ingood luck Taylor clearly remembers the moment mo-ment At the awful explosion and he told of It a few words at a time when all his energy was not utilized in bear ingup under the attacks of pain 01 was repairing some track out on the dump said the Injured man when I started toward the mouth of the tunnel to cot some tools I got about fifty feet away from the tunnel mouth when all of a sudden there was uii awful report and at the same time a black cloud illlcd with rocks bore down on me like a streak of greased lightning I felt several small rocka strike me then quick as a wink I felt a Jolt on my aide and then then I came away said the injured man with a ghastly attempt at smiling Next thing I knew I woke up with a man pouring some brandy down my throat and I saw the boys lying all around mo moaning for help We were fixed up and put on the train Taylor has three daughters living In the city at No 10 East court His home IB in Scoflcld where he has a wife S MOST APPALLING HORROR J M Beatie Says the Scones Are Beyond S Be-yond Description J M Ecalle of Scoflcld who Is the companys storekeeper said on his arrival ar-rival this morning that no tongue could teJl of the horror tIme sadness and the appalling extent of tho catastrophe catas-trophe When he left none could toll how many had been killed but Itwas thought that the shift In No 4 had been wiped out and many were killed In No 1 Whether a powder explosion explo-sion or ajlust explosion or both had not been decided in fact no one had any thought but to rescue the Injured recover the dead and relieve the suffering suffer-ing The scono around the mine was I I beyond all utlcmpts at any desurlp b ion women children and friends I crowding around crying and feverish ly excited waiting to see If the next I body brought out was their loved ono From till accounts the explosion intuit have been something terrific for It i u caused a caveIn at No 4 I and In No I 1 where it broke into No 4 This t penned the men In and also allowed I the deadly afterdamp to penetrate j Into the rooms of No 1 It was indicated indi-cated that tho afterdamp was what killed most of the men This Is a gas generated by an explosion and Is one of the greatest dangers In coal mining The mine itself Is not so damaged but that a few weeks will see It In full repair Tho timbering as far aa could be learned has not been harmed The whole town turned out to help In the rescue and one by one the bodies were brought out Some wore found to show signs of life but died after being taken out The two Llvesay boys were among the wounded They with others were blown out of the mouth of No 1 1 but their Injuries were not so serious ns to require removal to Salt Lake LOSS WILL BE HEAVY I I Second Explosion Experienced by the I i Company Within a Few Months I This is the second explosion of the year at the mines of the Pleasant Valley Val-ley company Jn March an explosion occurred In the Castle Gale mines which have just been started up again The damage to the mine Itself was far greater at Castle Gate but no lives were lost there The financial loss to the company I cannot bo estimated but It will be j very great what with the various j claims expenses loss of dally output and reduced tonnage on the railroad by the shipments being stopped In every way It is regarded aa the worst disaster ever occurring In this part of the country The nearest approach to It was the Southern Pacific Almy Wyo explosion five years ago when over one hundred were killed SUPT SHARP AT TEE MINE Has Personal Charge of the Operations Opera-tions Inside Superintendent W G Sharp Is inside In-side the mine taking personal charge of operations The complete force of the best coal mine foremen and miners is engaged in the work of rescue and search for the dead In the list of the dead are names of many who have been with the company sixteen years some who were boys when Superintendent Superin-tendent Sharp took charge of the property prop-erty D J Sharp and William Myers of the company go south today to help in any way possible |