Ogden Standard Examiner
Feb. 9, 1930
LAST OF MINE VICTIMS FOUND
Record Closes With 23 Dead, One Injured And Five Escaping
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 8 —(AP)— A board of inquiry was prepared tonight to launch an extensive investigation into the explosion in the Standard Coal company's mine at Standardville, Utah, which cost the lives of 23 men and injury to another.
The body of Tobe Wimber was found by searching parties, tonight and the board at once moved to begin its work. Bodies of two other men, C.H. Brady and Frank Janes, were recovered earlier in the day, and tonight the explosion and gas victims numbered 20. Three others, all members of a rescue crew, were killed last night by a falling rock, which had been loosened by the blast. Of the 29 in the mine at the time of the explosion, nine escaped alive.
Called before O. F. McShane of the state industrial commision today during a preliminary investigation J. F. Pritchett, Gerald Banasky, Andy Dougherty and Carley Monroe, who escaped the deadly fumes of the mine, described "their experiences while fighting for there lives
in the mine.
-Ogden Standard Examiner, Feb. 9, 1930, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
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TO LEARN CAUSE OF BLAST
Cutting Machine Spark Or Short Circuit Are Suspected
SALT LAKE, Feb. 11—(AP)— With the failure of an investigating board to reach a decision as to the cause of the explosion last Thursday in the Standard Coal Company's mine at Standardville, Utah, which cost the lives of 20
men, indications today were that the mystery would never be solved. Following an investigation and survey of the tunnels of the mine yesterday the board, composed of state, company and federal officials led by John Taylor, state coal mine inspector, failed to agree as to the exact spot of the explosion or the cause.
Some of the members were of the opinion that the blast took place where Tobe Wimber's burned body was found, while others, thought it occurred at a point where the bodies of C. H. Brady and Frank Janes were located. As to the cause of the blast, two theories were advanced. One was
that sparks from a cutting machine ignited a pocket of gas, and the other that a cave-in may have caused a short circuit and ignited gas in the mine.
A total of 23 men lost their lives in the disaster.
-Ogden Standard Examiner, Feb. 11, 1930, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
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Cyrus Heber Brady married Eva Allowee Anderson September 17, 1924 in Price, Utah.
Feb. 9, 1930
LAST OF MINE VICTIMS FOUND
Record Closes With 23 Dead, One Injured And Five Escaping
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 8 —(AP)— A board of inquiry was prepared tonight to launch an extensive investigation into the explosion in the Standard Coal company's mine at Standardville, Utah, which cost the lives of 23 men and injury to another.
The body of Tobe Wimber was found by searching parties, tonight and the board at once moved to begin its work. Bodies of two other men, C.H. Brady and Frank Janes, were recovered earlier in the day, and tonight the explosion and gas victims numbered 20. Three others, all members of a rescue crew, were killed last night by a falling rock, which had been loosened by the blast. Of the 29 in the mine at the time of the explosion, nine escaped alive.
Called before O. F. McShane of the state industrial commision today during a preliminary investigation J. F. Pritchett, Gerald Banasky, Andy Dougherty and Carley Monroe, who escaped the deadly fumes of the mine, described "their experiences while fighting for there lives
in the mine.
-Ogden Standard Examiner, Feb. 9, 1930, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
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TO LEARN CAUSE OF BLAST
Cutting Machine Spark Or Short Circuit Are Suspected
SALT LAKE, Feb. 11—(AP)— With the failure of an investigating board to reach a decision as to the cause of the explosion last Thursday in the Standard Coal Company's mine at Standardville, Utah, which cost the lives of 20
men, indications today were that the mystery would never be solved. Following an investigation and survey of the tunnels of the mine yesterday the board, composed of state, company and federal officials led by John Taylor, state coal mine inspector, failed to agree as to the exact spot of the explosion or the cause.
Some of the members were of the opinion that the blast took place where Tobe Wimber's burned body was found, while others, thought it occurred at a point where the bodies of C. H. Brady and Frank Janes were located. As to the cause of the blast, two theories were advanced. One was
that sparks from a cutting machine ignited a pocket of gas, and the other that a cave-in may have caused a short circuit and ignited gas in the mine.
A total of 23 men lost their lives in the disaster.
-Ogden Standard Examiner, Feb. 11, 1930, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
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Cyrus Heber Brady married Eva Allowee Anderson September 17, 1924 in Price, Utah.
Ogden Standard Examiner
Feb. 9, 1930
LAST OF MINE VICTIMS FOUND
Record Closes With 23 Dead, One Injured And Five Escaping
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 8 —(AP)— A board of inquiry was prepared tonight to launch an extensive investigation into the explosion in the Standard Coal company's mine at Standardville, Utah, which cost the lives of 23 men and injury to another.
The body of Tobe Wimber was found by searching parties, tonight and the board at once moved to begin its work. Bodies of two other men, C.H. Brady and Frank Janes, were recovered earlier in the day, and tonight the explosion and gas victims numbered 20. Three others, all members of a rescue crew, were killed last night by a falling rock, which had been loosened by the blast. Of the 29 in the mine at the time of the explosion, nine escaped alive.
Called before O. F. McShane of the state industrial commision today during a preliminary investigation J. F. Pritchett, Gerald Banasky, Andy Dougherty and Carley Monroe, who escaped the deadly fumes of the mine, described "their experiences while fighting for there lives
in the mine.
-Ogden Standard Examiner, Feb. 9, 1930, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
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TO LEARN CAUSE OF BLAST
Cutting Machine Spark Or Short Circuit Are Suspected
SALT LAKE, Feb. 11—(AP)— With the failure of an investigating board to reach a decision as to the cause of the explosion last Thursday in the Standard Coal Company's mine at Standardville, Utah, which cost the lives of 20
men, indications today were that the mystery would never be solved. Following an investigation and survey of the tunnels of the mine yesterday the board, composed of state, company and federal officials led by John Taylor, state coal mine inspector, failed to agree as to the exact spot of the explosion or the cause.
Some of the members were of the opinion that the blast took place where Tobe Wimber's burned body was found, while others, thought it occurred at a point where the bodies of C. H. Brady and Frank Janes were located. As to the cause of the blast, two theories were advanced. One was
that sparks from a cutting machine ignited a pocket of gas, and the other that a cave-in may have caused a short circuit and ignited gas in the mine.
A total of 23 men lost their lives in the disaster.
-Ogden Standard Examiner, Feb. 11, 1930, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
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Cyrus Heber Brady married Eva Allowee Anderson September 17, 1924 in Price, Utah.
Feb. 9, 1930
LAST OF MINE VICTIMS FOUND
Record Closes With 23 Dead, One Injured And Five Escaping
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 8 —(AP)— A board of inquiry was prepared tonight to launch an extensive investigation into the explosion in the Standard Coal company's mine at Standardville, Utah, which cost the lives of 23 men and injury to another.
The body of Tobe Wimber was found by searching parties, tonight and the board at once moved to begin its work. Bodies of two other men, C.H. Brady and Frank Janes, were recovered earlier in the day, and tonight the explosion and gas victims numbered 20. Three others, all members of a rescue crew, were killed last night by a falling rock, which had been loosened by the blast. Of the 29 in the mine at the time of the explosion, nine escaped alive.
Called before O. F. McShane of the state industrial commision today during a preliminary investigation J. F. Pritchett, Gerald Banasky, Andy Dougherty and Carley Monroe, who escaped the deadly fumes of the mine, described "their experiences while fighting for there lives
in the mine.
-Ogden Standard Examiner, Feb. 9, 1930, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
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TO LEARN CAUSE OF BLAST
Cutting Machine Spark Or Short Circuit Are Suspected
SALT LAKE, Feb. 11—(AP)— With the failure of an investigating board to reach a decision as to the cause of the explosion last Thursday in the Standard Coal Company's mine at Standardville, Utah, which cost the lives of 20
men, indications today were that the mystery would never be solved. Following an investigation and survey of the tunnels of the mine yesterday the board, composed of state, company and federal officials led by John Taylor, state coal mine inspector, failed to agree as to the exact spot of the explosion or the cause.
Some of the members were of the opinion that the blast took place where Tobe Wimber's burned body was found, while others, thought it occurred at a point where the bodies of C. H. Brady and Frank Janes were located. As to the cause of the blast, two theories were advanced. One was
that sparks from a cutting machine ignited a pocket of gas, and the other that a cave-in may have caused a short circuit and ignited gas in the mine.
A total of 23 men lost their lives in the disaster.
-Ogden Standard Examiner, Feb. 11, 1930, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
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Cyrus Heber Brady married Eva Allowee Anderson September 17, 1924 in Price, Utah.
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