Scofield Mine Disaster

Listen to the instructions and information from the teacher, then to the audio recording about the Scofield Mine Disaster.
You may take notes.

The Scofield Mine Disaster took place on May 1, 1900.   It killed about 200 men. One family, the Luoma family lost 6 sons, 2 grandsons and son-in-law.

Scofield is in Utah -- south of us and about 82 miles from our school.

Vocabulary:
The Damp: Foul or poisonous gas that sometimes pollutes the air in coal mines
asphyxiated:  unable to get enough air, suffocated
Admiral Dewey: won a Naval victory for the U.S. in the Spanish American War
Spanish American War: a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence.

Listen to the audio, then answer these questions.

What were the people celebrating that day?

Why did some people not worry when they heard the explosion?

What did the rescuers strap on before they went into the mines?

How many people did the rescuers immediately find alive?

To what did the narrator compare the effect on a man caught by the full force of the explosion: he was hurled against the wall with the same effect that would follow what?

What killed most of the men "who died from the damp" in Mine #1?

How many men died in the Scofield Mine Disaster?

In this audio report, which of the following was NOT one of the ways the story was shared?
a narrator explained the disaster
one of the survivors told his story
children of the miners shared their recollection
a narrator read from the report of a miner who was in the rescue party