The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-12
the Shocking Spectacle Presented
to the Gaze Of the Pocahon-
tas Mine Explorers.
Heaps Of Human Bodies, Grinning Heads
and Discovered Limbs Reward
the Search.
The Resculng Party Driven Back BY the
Foul Air and Rank Stencil
To Be Ventilated.

WORKING ia'thluliy al hI9ht, the gang ol
scycnty-liyc workmcn engaged in paking
the last preparations for entering the
roipe comnIcted ,bcir tosp .hout o I, m
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lOr more thah three days mas Dceh pour
ing out, like a blast from steam whistle,
through the opening drilled from the
mountain ton IN the INNER workings Of
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terror Aad pceh sulHcIehtIy NehIAaIcu 70
admit OF men exploring the upper drifts
in search of the dead. Headed by
Charles Arlington the foreman of the
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Ten CLOCK broke uo"ll Ihe last barriers
around the entrance, and rush OF ter
ribly foul air ensucd from the main
gallery
INTO THE NINE.
When the gallery had been partially
ventilated the men moved SLOWLY into the
mine. and, for the first time since the ter
rb.e explosion, commenced a systematic
exploration of the interior. Meanwhile
more than POO men, women and children
were congrcgated around the mouth of
the mine, waiting for the bringing forth
Of the dead. Your correspondent,
having been given suitable cloth
ing and a pass through the line
of policemen around the opening of
the mine through the courtesy of Super
iutendent Lathrop, was enabled to ac
the first heading into the mine had been
trayersed, Arlington, who. like all the
/ others, was carving an immense safety
| lamp, called halt while he recouuoitred
| the surroundings. The water was drip
| ping from the roof, the blackened sides
| glistcued with moisture, and the bottom
| OF the tunnel was covered with three
inches Of mud, which had been left BY
| the receding waters.
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had the head. both les and one arm
blown off The missing members could
not be found When the bodies haC
been properly cared for, one Of then
being that Of James Grim, the eXplorin!
party continued the search. As they pro
crossed downward- the foul air became
50 sitting that several of the explorer
were overcome and returned to the sur
face very ILL.,
MORE DEAD.
on lower level about 200 wards from
the end of the main drift, there was 8
general halt, because Of an oyerpowcr.
inc stencil which asserted itself with ter.
rlple force. "Here's where Jimmy Dolau
and his men must have been working
said Arlington. a. he waved his lantern
toward the chamber. The spectacle AT
the upper end OF the chamber was revolt.
iug in the extreme. Huddled together in
lneytriCable confusion were the mangleC