Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-04-22
Chastity Work.
THE POCAHoNTAs ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AD-
OPTIONAL BODIES DISCOVERED.


A Pocahontas special of Sunday week, says:
The sun rose this moning behind heavy
clouds. The day was dark and chilly, and
drizzling rain had been falling since morn
ing. 1t seems as though nature had Sc
lected this the Sabbath day to put its garb
of mourning and shed tears of sorrow over
the sad scenes that are being enacted here.
The work of recovering the bodies is going
bravely OIL. The fifteen men who are pros
ecuting the task certainly possess stout
hearts and 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 as "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 twenty-six, fifteen were
identified, their names being as follows:
G. F. Mill, identified by a time-book
found on his person containing bis name !;
NJ. Jewel, by his clothing and strap
around his waist; VIM. Cummerford, by a
gum coat Hungarian named Ishvon, by
his boots Peter Reggendorf, a Belgian, by
a match box bearing his name; Emile
Goodman, by a time book; John Little
(COlOT6QJ, ny d UOlG tbLu COdb IeG6u Dur
rows (colored), by his size and form Silas
his boot Ben. Henly (colored), by pock-
et-knife James Campbell (colored), by
overalls Andrew Fritz (Hungarian), by
his shoes and hair; Jno. Wyatt (colored),
by the little finger of his right hand being
off; B. Andres, (Hungarian) by pecu-
liarly-shaped pipe, and Frank Solko Hun
garian), by his clothing and the color of
his hair
CHASTITY DISCOVERY.
At 5 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 a Hungarian,
who was in the mine on the night of the ex-
plosion, is that the air was very bal anu,
becoming sick, they went into the fan en-
try, where the air was good, and lay down,
intending to 60 back to work as soon as
they recovered. He, with one or
two others, did not stop, but came out, and
in a few minutes after they gained the out
side, the explosion took place. These bod
les will be boxed ready to bring cut 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-six bodies that
were recovered to- day make fifty five in all,
and yet half the mine has not been explor-
ed. 1t is the opinion of miners and mine
engineers that not less than one hundred
| and fifty persons were in the mine at the
time of the explosion. There are some
bodies, of course, which will never be
found being either blown to atoms Or
burned to ashes. One body they discovered
in the mine presented the appearance of
being perfectly whole, but when they
touched it to put it in the box it crumbled
away, and all they could gather up was a
handful of dust.
The verdict Of the coroner's inquest
which was held over the bodies of the vic
TINS has created conside rable dissatisfac-
ton among the miners and those inter-
ested. They say that but one side of the
question was represented, and that the
facts in the case were not brought out.