Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-26
BODIES FROM THE DIAMOND NINE
THE ENGLISH QUEEN AND GERMAN EMPEROR
"No. ONE" EMBARKED FOR NEW YORK.
Victims OF the Diamond Wine Disaster.
BRINGING THEIR MASGLEp REMAINS To THE SIN.


BRINGING THEIR hASGLgD REMAINS TO THE SUR
FACE.
BRAlDwoop, 1II-, March 26-In the little town
oI DiaMond, last night. at midnight, were brought
TO the surface the bodies OF nine 0f the miners ho
lost their lives by the catastrophe or Fehrnarv
18TH. Frcm the earliest hour OF m mornInsy ~ -,
tue tlme or the recovery OF the bodies. the roads
leading 10 the scene of the awful disaster were
oocked Win excited people going to and from the
mime BY ten O'Clock all the available grounds i'm
The vicinity Of the hoistlng shaft were COM
pletely packed with the crowd OF people numher-
ing not less than s,ooo When The bodies were
found there was great excitement among those
Who composed The groups or lockers on and n was
announced 10 the crowd that no bodies would he
taken out until to-day, on account OF the inside
work necessary 10 be done. During Yesterday
however, a private search was ins ituted nd the
eeAsiorIhg e party came across trap-doJT, parity
lihoeudeG In the caNed roof bursting open THIS
door The party made an entrance into the passaQe
IN spite OF the black damp, which almost choked
Win w,,h ana discovered not far ahead two bodies
WIN WIN iaces downward Proceeding farther,
mere Were TWO Dore on TWO OF the huge
p,I,s Eonf Who's ssoapStGpe. i9llen from the
treated before the black damn. which was coming
upon Them faster and faster, 10 the main shafG
,vns wnsrs tney were raised 10 the surface when it
was iearned that SIX bodies mad been fuurd the
Diamond mine Officials made active prenar,tions
20 ofgahAe the searching party. that rs soon as
usIhness came they could go down and speedily
remove The bodies already located. Ats O'Clock IN
tne evening proceeding 20 where the bod es Law
tle searching party placed them upon canvas
S,relcheiS and bore them to the mouth of the m afn
HAT HAT WHERE they were 10 remain until midnight,
Wien after being encase1 IA wooden boxes tney
were 10 be hosied Il the surface
TERRIBLE MIDNIGHT SCENE
AT lnlunlght TWO great S1fC coal torches wera
llgateJ and the party below were Instructed 10
Slr1 sT,I up Tue lIst body slieht pulling Of the
engine ana gentle gliae or The cage up from the
gloom OF the SHAFT, and The body was al the sur.
,ace ready for removal. Willing hands seized the
ooN ana IL was borne 10 the morgue and placed
upon The floor. The people were then allowed fo
pass around ana View the dead. in hopes That
some one would be able 10 Identify the corpse
MI l1f mas txvx,.
small boy on looking into the Iox recognizad the
l@es,ures @ and cried out ''Its my fatherl" The
chldlsh identih cation proved correct the remains
being those OF Patrick Wall. This face was In
horri3ie condition, the flesh being red and white
ana The scalp badly bruised The other hotiea
We're then RAISED and Two OF them were i1entlned
as those OF Wm. johnson ana John Huber
forther developments are expected to-day Two
shafts VIII oe Il work all day working their way
lhIongn Immense piles Of soapstone which had
laiien from the roof aud blocked the way. The
searches that have been made have fortunately
peen ATTENDED by no serious results. though II 10
saio 'haV the iueh nave been ln great danger.