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SALT LAKE CITY (OSV News) — A Catholic cemetery in Utah has discovered the grave of miners killed in a 1910 explosion, most of whom were immigrants, and plans to erect a memorial marker.
“We need to take care of all the lost souls,” said John Curtice, director of Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Salt Lake City. “They have been forgotten for these many years. … It is sad that they are forgotten souls.”
Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery is the final resting place of many of the faithful departed of the local church. While most are buried in individual coffins or mausoleum niches, one grave stands out: that which holds the remains of 17 men killed in a mining accident that occurred at the turn of the last century.
Most of those killed were immigrants; newspapers of the time gave various ethnicities, including Japanese, Greek, Italian and Hungarian.
The June 10, 1910, issue of the Salt Lake Telegram newspaper reported that because of the force of the explosion, it took several days to clear the debris, and “unearth the remains of the rest of the victims. … The bodies were so completely blown to pieces by the explosion that identification is impossible.”
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“We need to take care of all the lost souls,” said John Curtice, director of Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Salt Lake City. “They have been forgotten for these many years. … It is sad that they are forgotten souls.”
Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery is the final resting place of many of the faithful departed of the local church. While most are buried in individual coffins or mausoleum niches, one grave stands out: that which holds the remains of 17 men killed in a mining accident that occurred at the turn of the last century.
A tragic accident
On June 1, 1910, several hundred kegs of black powder exploded at the Union Portland Cement Works at Devil’s Slide in Morgan County, killing a team of miners.Most of those killed were immigrants; newspapers of the time gave various ethnicities, including Japanese, Greek, Italian and Hungarian.
The June 10, 1910, issue of the Salt Lake Telegram newspaper reported that because of the force of the explosion, it took several days to clear the debris, and “unearth the remains of the rest of the victims. … The bodies were so completely blown to pieces by the explosion that identification is impossible.”
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Catholic cemetery in Utah discovers grave of miners killed in 1910 explosion
A Catholic cemetery in Utah has discovered the grave of miners killed in a 1910 explosion and plans to erect a memorial.
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