William Samuels was killed in the Scofield Mine disaster. This was an unparalleled catastrophe here on the Utah frontier or anywhere for that matter. 107+ widows resulted and 250+ fatherless children resulted. Many little kids were given up for adoption. Where would a widow turn for help in those days? (William's birth date did show as 1864). Each dead miner received a new suit of clothes, a coffin and a wonderful outpouring of flowers from towns all over Utah. It is a heart warming story, "the flower train". I think it a wonderful feature for a novel. Too bad the story is true. Alas, oh alas.
William Samuels was killed in the Scofield Mine disaster. This was an unparalleled catastrophe here on the Utah frontier or anywhere for that matter. 107+ widows resulted and 250+ fatherless children resulted. Many little kids were given up for adoption. Where would a widow turn for help in those days? (William's birth date did show as 1864). Each dead miner received a new suit of clothes, a coffin and a wonderful outpouring of flowers from towns all over Utah. It is a heart warming story, "the flower train". I think it a wonderful feature for a novel. Too bad the story is true. Alas, oh alas.
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