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welvetwelve men caughtwhen caves

in centennial eurekakappingrapping on Ttimberaber indindicatescates that

two may be removed aliveno hope for others bodies be-ing removed but rescue work is

slow and dangerousax4 4

edwardard alienallen 44 bded J barrick 4

thomas bottrell 4earl UD brison 4

4 john hewilem son 44 william ampe 44 john hsnipenipe 44 bert lossee 44 tk red st 44

mike bosarosa 44 jacob cinterellaPin terella 44 kurt fierro d 44 k 4

A fearful acc dent the worst inin theastoryh story of thathe tinticgintic mininmining district

took pacep ace at the centena al euELLreka in ne yesterday after noDA at about three 0 clock when a cave itoccurred in what is knownknown as theoklahoma twelve men bengbe ngburied beneath the debris

most of these men have undoubtedly lost their lives although there maye a chance of saving one or more ashosethose who are handl ng the rescue

work can hear the sound ol01 someonerapping on the timbers

thirteen men were at work in thatpart of the mine and but oneed the men whose names are g venabove weremere caught in the avalancheof falangfall ng dirt timbers and rock andcarried do to the bottom of the

some bodies have alreadyeen recovered others may be takenout of the mine within at awrw

hours but it is13 thought thitthat daysperhaps weeksmeeks may pass before allare removed

the accident which resulted in such I1a horrible loss of life took place atabout three clock in the afternoonand in addition to bringing intense isorrow into scores of homes it casesicastsa shado v of gloom over the entirecity last night business was

at a standstill there was butone topetop of conversation and whilethe people of

tinticgintic have

realreadrea l of

a milar accidentsacci denta in the large minesof the country never before havethey teeneen brought face to face withsuch a calamity even the morehadhardenedned were scarcely able to conciol their feelings when the truthfinally became known and when

others and children commencedcrowding to the entrance of thein ne and withmith tearful faces dep citinggrief that is beyond description asiask ed for information regarding th irloved ones

many of those upon whom the ace

dent will fall heaviest because it hastaken from them a husband fatheror son were not in possession oc01 thetrue facts last night being of theopinion that there was a chance formost of the imprisoned men but asthe long hours of the n wore away and the daylight ushered in another day hope gave way to d spa rand grief

gathered at the portal of the idolden tunnel which is the entranceto the centena alat eureka mi e dur

the early hoursboars of the night wereseveral hundred people the crowdwas not entirely made up of sorrowing friends and relatives baere being practically itilall of the company semployees and scores of men fromoher in neslies and all of these menwere acx ous to join thathe rescue parties that weremere being formed from

time to ti neu only a fe v men couldwork mork to advantage howeverhoever and isinthe select on of these men the mine

officials secured those who wereAej mostnotfamiliar withith the mine and who were

bableable to handle the timbering work that was needed in order to kekeelthe loose d rt in check I1 to have rushed into the without th a preliminary work would havemeant the loss oiof add dional lives

mappingsTap pings heard todaythe tapp ng on the timbers wbwh chehwasras heaed for the first time at about 2 0 clock th a morn ng and whichhas continued at intervals throughout

i the day indicates that at liastkait oneand poss bly two or three of themen are still alive and that thethem canbe rescued

bupt mayberry of the centena aleureka in company withmith suptbupt L Cdoty of 0 the bull on lines mine another property orned by the antedun tedstesstates co have been under grounda good portion of the day they areconfident that the men who have beenrapping on the timbers will be takenout alive but they both state that itis a piece of work that may not becompleted until late tonight theair is undoubtedly good where thesemen are imprisoned otherotherwiseylse theythywould not have lived for this lengthof time

the rescue work nork is being carriedon with all possible haste but thipassage way that is being cut aroundthetile s de of the caved siropstop must bet inhered as the men advance

t itis impossible to communicate mwithith

0 men and consequentlyahr jamea are notriot s 1Ffromam the cocat on of the rapping

sh f ftt boss mclain is inclined to belevelieve that the no se is made by jacobcinterellaPin terella mike roaa or kurt zierrold or perhaps all athrel th a ispurely a guess however

hupt mayberry is novnow working towardmard but one end th recovery of the men who are yet alive and v henth s has been accomplisheddished f artherefforts will be made to reach thebodies that are undoubtedly ina thebottom of the bigtwo bodies recovered

the bod es of william knip and john ilenson were the first to berecovered these men seem to havebeen caught in the outer edge of ttheh ecaved and consequently thheire ibodbodeses weremere soon located th posttion in which the bodies were foundwouldmould indicate that death was almostinstantaneous both were qu te badly bruised but no bones weredeath inm possiblyposs olyluly havebave resultedfrom suffocation

while these bodies were first lo10bated at about e 0 clock in theeven ng it was after midnight beforethey could be taken out as it was aslow and dangerous task to removethe d rt and timber which partiallycovered them rhe remansrema na weremeresent to the wallace Under tak ngnjrooms and s body has s neebeen removed to h s homeno time lost in rescue work

dimmed a ely after the ac ident S ptmayberry foreman en und and sh ftboss acla it made a trip throughthe part of the stop that wig st 11intact and the investigateinvest igat on that thewere able to make led them to believe that there was little or no hopeof any of the men being taken outalive this did not prevent themfrom rushing the rescue work as rap

idly as possible and there wasmas gener-al rejoicingrejo cing when sounds ol01 rappingindicated that all had not lost theirlives

but one man escapedwilk one atof the men who uwasas

working in the ok andwho escaped uninjured is unable tothrow much 1 upon the accidentheile states that hebe uwaiai wheel ng theore from the to a chute ashort d stance amayaw ay four men wenworking near him when the cave intook place their lights were blownout when the t abers erst gave waymayand later there wasrag a crashwilk wasmas facinefacin the ent from thet P agh wh ch h had been

wwheelheel ng dirt and he rai toward thechute ile thought that the otherfour men were foliofollo v nan him but itseems that in the darkness theyweremere unable to find th ir vay out

wilk made hiahis waymay to the stationand was later ho stel out of themine

squire brooks jr left the oklahoma but a few seconds beforethe cave in aej was oioao i hh way outto the station when he heard thecrash of falling timber and rock II11 a brobio her in aw earl D brdr eonsonwas among the men caubat by thecave in brooks jo ned the party ocof m ners who first toostool lieU the r acuework and remained in the mine until nine clock last night when thiscrew of men was rel eved

many willing to assistamong the men who volunteered

their services go ng into the mineshortly after 8 clock in the eveningfor the purpose of ass sting in therescue work were john dove W Jhancock ancock II A W boyer thomas inchwilliam mellow charles weden andrew johnson fred er ackson thomasrandall william dark clark and ernfirthpirth S J john hobrobberts john saari eric grandberggrand bergfred er ekson john matson jamesstrang squire brooks jr and manyothers whose names we have acenunable to secure I1

most of these men are entirely tafamillar with that part of the minein which the accident took pacepnotwithstanding the fact that therescue work is very hazardous hunbundeeds of men gathered at the portalof the holden tunnel and offered I1their services to suptbupt mayberryAlay berryscores of others from various parts of the district many of whom were notemployees of the company phonedand expressed a willingness to takepart in the work I1

I1 J barnard bookkeeperboak keeper torfor the I1mine thanked these men for theirthoughtfulness in offering to assistand at the same time explained thesituation briefly stat ng that only afewfeny men could be ned foata ivan tagthis emailsmall force which aboutboutthe night did not exceed twenty menfound it necessary to put in t abersto hold the dirt and rock in check oenefore they could make much headheadwayvaywith their rescue work rock this forcewas changed at regular interval a duririg the right and ear amo niIII g freshmen replacing those who were tiredand worn outgovernment offers rescue car

this morninga message was re

from denver offering th useof a united states mine rescue carbut it is quite evident that the carwould be of little benefit to the cencelltenn al cureka company th se carsaarere des genedne d primarily tor rescuedes drearilyherforwwork 0 rk inn ccoal0 a 1 mminesn where the qaieslestion of fresh air is an important onethe nearest rescue car is at D nverand it would take some little time tohave it transferred to lureka

the entombed menedward alienallen is a brother of city

marshal john alienallen heile wasmas 3133years of age and leaves a youngwifeife and a baby born but a fewmonths ago mrs alienallen mwasas formerly M saas nora met ate

ed J babrick was born in england31 years ago and came to amer ca in1910 locating at bisbee ar zonawhere he folfollowedlomed in ningrung corncoinWSing to about four months aao0heile had worked at d efferent proper I1ties in the tintic district but jact jsaturday morn ng wasmas hiahis regu I

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lar sh ft at the centennial eureka I1A brother who lives at bubeebisbee lais ttheheonly near relative in this concountryry I

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thomas bottrell aawas a nat ve of england being 28 years 0 aaagee heile ihas followed matiz here in tinticginticfor the past six or seven yearsy ears butit was his first shift it the centenn alat eureka mine heile is survivedby h a wife and tutwo0 children aahoyboyand a g rl and also by hiihil mothermrs ellen bottrell

bert lesseelossee wai 333 years of ageand unmarreded heile has been livingin tinticgintic for over ten y ars workingeisas a during thegreater part of that tt in heileedd one term as pres dent of the tintic district miners union and at thlast elect 01 he walmag re elected atreatreasurer 0 th s organization mrlessee a father lives at benjamarBen jamira number of other ves septraof whom are former res dents of thidistrict are living in various partof the state three brothers isaaephriam and jack losseelosee are thoto be at delta andan a a ster is mik mak ing her home at payson

I1iredred at mwasas is43 years of ageeleile came to america from finland aboit ament bearseara ago ini for thepast fourteen years his followedmining in this camp 11 wa larrd and has a wi e antan I1 five smallchell idren i

mike rosa is a native 0 icily buthe has made hb s borne here in tinticginticfor several years HPile hiihnh ii a w tefeand two daughters I1 at ozelnaozegnaitaly and other relatives are alsoliving in blattl at country two biot Lers john and delix pobosivi areuof th 3 city mike rosa was about43 years of age

kurt Z errold came to amen af fromr0m germany many years ago and0shortlyh0 r tj y after his arrival in utah helieConticontinuednied on last page

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twelve caught by

cave in centennialcontinued from page on

took up h a residence at amer ca i

fork lateramov

ng to this utit11

has a wife and seven small childrenchil dienI1I1 earl D br son moved hiahis wifeife andbaby to eureka from st ceoil lesslegsthan a month aagoaoo it was h s secseeond sh ftit at the centennial GUIeu kaUmine although he had worked therea year ago br son is 22 years 0age and h s wife waiwag form ny miss

lemmaemma brooks a daughter of mrand mrs re brooks they haveone child bensons parents areres dents of st george utah

I1 jacob cinterellaPin terella is 55 years 0 ageand has a wife aniand five childrenheile is an old timer here in tintie buthe was absent from the camp forfar anumber of years durinduring h timehe res ded in the miningminin districts of colorado jieile returned two yearsagoa g 0

1 john hewson wasm as born in eng a dheile was about aa years of a anleaves a wife and one child liehe hislived in eureka for about four yearyearband during the greater part 0 thattime he has been emp oye l at th

al eureka mine john and william pe are asals

natives of england they followedmining in tintie a I1fee v 53 ears a 0 an I1then went to british columbia A t iworking in the in nesties there for so Dtime they ret arned to eureka tinmas about two months ago anani snanthat time they have been at the C ntenn al eureka dinemine th y have norelatives in this country a though abistersister is living itin england

eight of the twelve men were marnedried their names being edward Alen tom bottrellPot trell job john ileson I1taratD brison fred st kikl kosarosa

jacobcinterellaPin terella and kurtlurt iti aroldthe four single men are edward barrick william and john p aian

bert lesseelosseewas well timbered

the oklahoma was one of thelargestlai gest in the mine work in th 8

commenced about two y aracago and s nee that time an immensetonnage has been removed thebottom of the wasmas about 35 feelfeetabove the 1630 level aniand the top 0it more than 20 feet above this point

like all of the large stop s of thecentena al eureka mine it was ververjthoroughly timbered the ground being in suchsuch condition that additionsaddiadli tionatonatimbers were put in in order tctgmore thoroughly protect the work mork trigs

the cave in evidently came aitho itmwarningarning II11 E mclain the shiftboss mwasas through that part of the

minebut a short time ous to

the accident and states that everthing appeared to be I111I1 the usuaasuacondition suptbupt mayberryMayb crry wasmas also in the oklahoma earlier in

the day and saw nothngrig wiongiongA tremendous amount of ore and

dirt intermingled withmith t abers rotofill the lower part of thtope that entrance to thath p actacc

where the majority of the bodiesshould be found hiiw 11 be difficult apiadmitted by the mi i- o f c a s itmay be necessary to tap th stostopPfrom thehe bottom and dra v off ththe debrig and this is at b st a s of oa process of clearing the pasdaysand perhaps weeks may elapse I1 deforall the bodies are found

the men who are attempt ngn tilttherescue of the entombed miners changed shifts at 4 clock this afternoonthose who came out of the in ne at i4state that their signals made bypounding on the and air i pehave been ansansweredtiered throughout theday in fact they can get a replyto any signal given it is bar 11probable that the men w 11 Liee regeedtd before midnight tonight or

carlitartomorio v morn ng