Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-02-24
THE BRAIDW0oD HORROR.
Days OF Labor Yet Required % Resch
the Loved and Lest.

Days OF LNbOr ret Requires 70 Beocn
the Loved and Lest.
BRArpwooD, ILL.,, February 23-H will be
one week tomorrow since the terrible mine
disaster at Diamond, three miles north OF
this place, yet the bodies Of seyenty.Hvs
men are buried In at least seventy Ave feet
ing hard, and II 10 believed BY Sunday some
Of the bodies OF the ill-fated miners will bs
recovered, although some predict that IL
will be several weeks before the water is
all pumped out Of the shafts. The widows
and orphans Of the victims Of the calamity
received weeks pay Of the husbaad's and
fathers on last Saturday, which keeps them
from suffering for time at least. Most of
them are bearing up bravtly under the
the shaft 10 reached the scenes will bs
heartrending.
Several women have lost their husbands
and two or three sons, while the number OF
orphan children 10 estimated at one hun
dTtd. II was stated to-day that ssversl
strangers were In the mine ct the time Of
the accident, and, OF course, oil perished.
The Less sr Life,
IL is thought, will not exceed eighty. NN
were not for the great number Of men In
the mine the Diamond Company would
probably abandon the submerged shsfts
and sink others elsewhere. u 10 feartd
that the bodies when taken ont will be 70
bloated and decomposet from long contact
with the water thai the friends Of the dssd
will be unable 10 recognize them.
The excitement In Braidwood hes con.
siderably subsided. but will break out
afTesh when the bottom Of The mine n
reached and the work Of removing the IN.
fortunate miners has actually commenced.
Forty feet more Of vatsr rsmsias tn the
main shaft. which. II the engines DO NOT
six TO ten feet per day. TIE mouFnful
work tfor the lsbosers conHdsf it . very
unpleasant task IL carried on Ill day snd
night, and nothing distufbs The monotony
Of The noise OF the pumps and splashtn9
water. except the occaaionsl sppsa1nte Of
some poor mother or child who, lookisg
down into the unfsthomsbls depths, real
Ths AvSsI Ys1s e.4s
Of their loved, end turn swny viii l0sde
moahs wringins their hands IL uttss dss.
-Four susines are now engaged IN pump.
| ing the water from the main shaft and the.
tunnels bTsncbIngou out In every direction,
into which she flood rushed with tsyi6e
IOYce 8nu IN lmmeuee VOlumcI Ot9 mo
| experiences miners assert that it will take
months OF labor 70 recover the bodies Of
| the drowned men Ut the bottom Of the
shaft or In the tunnel. Il 10 bslisved that
most OF the dead will be found ct the bot.
| tom Of the cir shaft. - oil Who wess ssssd
| got out through thst opening.
Hugh J. yewett, President o. tbs Erie.
railroad, principal owner of the Diamond
Coal Company, writes TO superintendent
Fordyce 70 use every available means
snd spsre no expense 70 recover the bodies
OF the victims. The veathsr 70 turning
cold and fears are entertained that the
pumps will freeze.
0t1k Totevee.
CHICAGO, February 23.-Iast night tso
WeIl.knOwn thieves, Eddie Preston and
Jack Flsberty, vent 10 Joliet and robbed .
store store Of e, 500 worth of silk They
checked the trunks containing them for
Cbicsee. The bseesgemaa, IN bandIing the
trunks, felt bolts Of silk jolt asd suppoee6
they were death bodies. Hs tslsgriphed
70 Chicsgo. and on tbeiS asyfval hsss this
morning fbe thieves were asssssd asd ~