, 1880-11-14
The Son Of the First and Father Of
the Latter Instrumental in
the Work.
IA Additional Bodies Can Be Taken Out
for Long Time.
The Pit Being Flooded in Order to E1-
tinguish the Fire.
Racord Of Yesterdays Casualties Of a
Minor Character.


. THE NINE Ho4<hoh.
STZLLAR1oN. n. S.' NOV. Aa-"-A1 1A'oo tHes n.9u1
Nr Giipin. Government inspector OF Inc mines
md local managers. with gang OF men, went
down the Ford shaft and made q short expiora-
ton. They found the atmosphere little clearer
than during the dag, and the party were enaoleo
to penetrate further along the main railway TO
the south. They found the bodies OF three men
and number Of dead horses. Twoof the bodie5
they were able to take with them to the surface.
but the third WAS SO tightly jammed into heap
Of fallen timber and rubbish that an attempt
to extricate it would only be incurring
danger uselealy, as the rubbish would
certainly fall upon any one touching it.
The choke damp was still too thick to allow the
,,ar1y to carry their explorations very far; but
in one OF the boards or starts from the main
railway,
A FAINT SMELL OF SMOKE
md slightly warmer atmosphere could be de-
tected, which showed that 1t was not Improbable
that IRE still remained in the mine. When the
party came to the surface cro~d had collected
To hear the latest news Tho two dead bodies
were carried into temporary dead-h house. ono
v1as identified as that Of McGin "ray. but the
6rher WIS SO chasred and disagurod as to be un-
recognizable.
STATEMENT OF SURVIVOR
me miner VINO escaped unua1 u'eo sase' AZ
trying to get to the SHIFT he stumbled across tue
PROSTATE form OF an OLD man. he s1oppeo' ana
chilling some others running oy TO MS asslst-
aace, got him into the cage to go to the surface
ind then looked about" he 1ounu AtHe ooy.
apparently dead he WIS only 9nsenSlo1e' anu'
he got the little fcllo" ana the OLD man 70 the
surface, and then 1ounu nc nao rescued o1s own
son and his poor Old father. a ofotnef Was SILL
below
In the morning James dudson' 0reener, ana
two or three other picked men went Gown into
the Shaft. The party were ao!e 70 go 1urther
Into the galleries thau the previous nl2nI as soo
choke damp was clearing away. The man who
the night before thought he detected signs OF
IRE again Investigated the same pace. ana gong
further into the passage Win Gfeenef soon
found unmistaknolc tudcahon that
He WAS RIGHT.
a httle furtner on tue ofack stopping closing
anotnet unused passage WAS 1ouno' ano mere
aense o'acA snoAe ":as Coming ot1' Win = soar
AAe es8Ap'n6 e.eau1' W. A.0u o. wv iAu oaeA
~ ~ n0 1cs] ~ .uo pat, a11 10 90 80 ~" -
rom and ascended to the surface.
1ue tocat mhuager' ooFelumeut inspector
ano several OF Tue oSe1 men anu olu miners "ero
callea 70 meeting III toe company oioce' anu
1ne plan t:tno n'ne "as spread oue On 1ao'e'
me location OF tue nfe n1eo' RS ven as the pos
sloie sao os'st "ea19 u ael4on IL J" os
<1na1neu "
FLOOD FoRl1oS OF THE NINE
~nefe tne nre seemed 10 proceed isou'' as, II
prompt mcans *ere not 'aken. tuItnel e1plo-
'a eons ss ..e.. n' .a.a 49, n 49,, w." ~.
seqaene'7s WHICH, i4's1' 10 0e'4'u' oA '1e 'u1'
4"
a. u'kA' 40 sea7eo ~optAk y. eu4a-' 1a"
me1s were oeaeo IN one OF tae ea1Pentee-suops'
md On returning from the mouth OF the SHIFT
"a
The mace had been converted into an under
-ar.,,s 49,, cofE,s go hatno rnoaa hv e,o-aa
1AAe1 ssuop' eonos "e'e 1etnR niaoe os s<"1es'
that no delay might be occasioned. The NUM-
Der lost might be rs high as hfty-
Tho danraro.,a e+a+o or rho vn3na ,x5, ranaer
IN. ,aco..r~ ~ no 1,od,as 1rnnoaeihta ror NAVY
~ @ 'oo' v. u,e o'a'e0 AH'po7''o'' Ao4 AA""'
o6ya, perhaps weeks.
In the dead house huge platform ts erected
brs:ast high, 80 that there would be ample room
nv. hod,ae -. - as r.,,aa
II" oooles as 1881 as touho-
M &c recoenized the night before he 1T once
IQaQuQ6Q II bT the clothes that or