The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-04-15
CHASTITY Work.
The Pocahontas Horror-Twenty-six Addi-
tionaI Bodies Discovered.

The Pocahontas Horror-Twenty-six Addi-
tionaI Bodies Discovered.
A PocahontaS special Of Sunday says:
The sun rose this morning behind heavy
clouds. The day was dark and chilly, and
a drizzling rain had been falling since
morning. II seems as though nature had
selected this the Sabbath day to put on
its garb OF mourning and shed tears OF sor-
row over the sad scenes that are being en-
acted here. The work OF recovering the
bodies is going brayely on. The fifteen
men who are prosecuting the task certainly
possess stout hearts aud reliable nerves.
BRINGING UP THE DEAD.
TWenty-siX bodies have been recovered
to-day. They were found in the locality
which is known in the mines rs "HelPs
Half Acre" Only one or two OF them
were very much mangled, but all were
burned beyond any possibility Of recOgni-
ton. Out Of the twentv-siX fifteen were
identified, their names being as follows:
q. +. Mill, identified by time-bOok
found on his person containing his name:
NJ. Jewell, by his clothing and a strap
around his waist; William Cummerford,
by gum coat; Hungarian named Ish-
Won, by his boots; Peter Reggendorf, a
Belgian. by a matchbox bearing his name ;
Emile Goodman, by time-book; John
Little (colored), by belt and coat; Reed
Burrows (colored). by his size and form;
Silas Bacon, by his pantaloOns and patch
on his boot; Ben. Henly (colored), by a
pocket-knife; James Campbell (coloredl,
by Oyeralls; Andrew Fritz Hungarian,
by his shoes and hair; John Wyatt (color
iyN i,o 90 ~. ha,
being OF B. Andres (Hungarian), by a
peculiarly-shaped pipe, and Frank Solko
(Hungarian). by his clothing and the color
of his hair.
AGHAsTLY DISCOVERY.
At O'Clock this morning, while pros
pecting through the mine, the searching
party discovered in the fan entry twenty
eight bodies lying in heap. The eXpla-
nation OF this, as given by Hungarian
who was in the mine on the night Of the
explosion, is that the air was very bad,
and. becoming sick, they went into the
fan entry, where the air was good, and lay
down, intending to go back to work as
soon as they recovered. He, with one or
two others, did not stop, but came out,
and in few minutes after they gained the
tLt CApiOciOh tVOh DleCSs utSc
bodies will be boxed ready to bring ont in
the morning.
CROWDS AROUND THE MINE.
The crowds around the entrance of the
mine to-day were as large as usual in spite
OF the rain. The twenty-slx bodies that
were recovered to-day make fity-five in
all, and yet half the mine has not been ex-
plored. II is the opinion OF miners and
mine engineers that not less than one hun
bred and fifty persons were in the mine al
the time OF the explosion. There are some
bodies, OF course, which will never be
found, being either blown to fragments OF
burned TO ashes. One body they discovered
in the mine presented the appearance oil
being perfectly whole, but when they
touched 1t to put II IN the box 1t crumbled
away, and all they could gather up was but
q handful Of dust.
The verdict Of the coroner's inquest
which was held over the bodies OF the vic.
tins has created considerable dissatisiac.
ton among the miners and those inter
esled. They say that but one side OF the
question was represented, and that the
facts In the case were not brought out.