The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-01-26
BURIED MINERS.
Later News from the Colorado
Mine Disaster.
"a Bndies Said 10 Have Been Re
covercd-Threats Made Against the MAN
ayers.

DENVER, COL, Jan. pa despatch from
Crested Butte. says that the exploring party
has almost reached chamber No. 2 in the mine
OF the Colorado Coal and Iron company, in
which the explosion occurred Thursday. One
body has been discovered with the skull frac-
tured and the whole body terribly bruised and
blackened by the gas. Passage ways are so
blockaded that progress is very slow. Every
thing possible is being done to reach the bod
les as speedily as possible. All hope OF find
ing any OF the buried miners alive has been
abandoned.
Threats were made last nightssagainst Super
intendent Robinson and Mine Boss Gibson,
principally against the latter, and serious trou-
Bile is feared. Robinson is at The mine super
intending the work of searching for the bod
les No special fears ara entertained for his
safety but strong guard has been paeei about
the residence of Gibson to prevent violence to
him. The threats do not come from men en-
gagged at the mine, but from some who have
been discharged and who take this opportunity
to make trouble.
The scene at the mine is most pitiful one.
The wives and children of the buried men
still hover around the entrance to the mine
and their lamentations add to the distressing
Ecane
searching for the dead bodies of miners buried
in the Creited Buttle mine. The work is very
slow as the mine is badly choked. At Doon 10
bodies were found. These were all in the
main entrance and terribly burned.
No bodies were found in chamber No. /.
e ghteen bodies were found almost in heap
Ia the air passage leading to the up cast near
the entrance. The men alarmed, but not in
jured by the explosion had evidently attempted
10 reach the furnace room aud were overcome
h.. 81. afk 4 %t~. "a
Further back six bodies were
found. All had evidently been suffocatsd.
Some had tied haldkerchefs over. their
mouths. This makes "a bodies up to this
time and includes all who were at work in
chamber No. 1. These will soon be brought to
the surface and workmen will then begin to
search for bodies in chamber No. 2. Ttis lat
ter is further int the mine aud is undoubted
ly where the explosion took place. 1t is now
known that there were 80 man and boys in the
mlne.
The cause of the accident cannot be definite-
ly told at this meeting. The fireman made hif
regular round Yesterday morning, before the
men went to work, and found small quantity
of gas IN three rooms. In two Of these the
men were warned and given safety lamps The
miner who belonged in the third was told not
TO go toto it until the break in the brat ice
caused by letting down the car the night be-
fore, conld be repaired. 1t is thought the
miner disregsrded the order and went into the
lahp, tuuS causing tuo explosion.
killed, but eight or nine have
but q number have families in
[LA1ER
possible to get very meagre reports
from the scene OF tho Creeted Butte disaster
A rescuing party this morning reached one of
the chambers in the mine where the men were
supposed to have been at the time of the ex-
pIosion. There fifteen dead bodies were found
but have not been taken out, aud their names
a<1z.<l
immintn MT danger to the rescners who are forc-
ed to procsed most cautiously. The excite