Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-01-27
HORRIBLY BURNED.
Twenty-Three More BodIes Recovered
from the Crested Butte Mine Burned
Beyond Recognition.
All Of the Corpses Mutilated-The In
quest ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
for the Funeral.

DENVER, Cor, January %. = Twenty
three more burned bodies were to-day re-
eo'e'eu IRON, ...e crested Butte mine,
making fifty-seven in all. But two remain.
Those recovered to-day were all found in
chamber No. 2 and in the passage-way in
the Immediate vicinity. Many have their
arms and legs broken, skulls crushed in
and clothing burned, which in many
cases drops off in rags when the body is
fnoved. The. hsir IS burned from the
heads and all the skin is burned off the
face and other exposed portions of the
body, leaving an utterly unrecognizable
mass of raw and bleeding flesh. The
appearance of these bodies is
HORRIBLE BEYOND DESCRIPTION,
and it is not likely that any of them can
be recognized Many faces have coal. dust
ground into them till they are is Black as
coal itself To-day the company began
the erection of frame building where
the bodies will be placed, and where the
funeral services viii be held. Crowds are
coming on every train and on snow-shoes
from all the surrounding camps. The
company, besides the erection of the
building spoken of, will bear all the
funeral expenses and make ample provis-
ion for the needy families of the de-
l-eeased. 1t is thought the other two
bodies will be got out of the mine by
midnight.
TitE INQUEST
began at noon to-day. A coroner's jury
was summoned by Coroner n. J. Snyder.
After viewing the thirty-four bodies al
| ready brought out the jury adjourned.
Since that time the hearing Of evidence
has been going on in the parlor of the
| Elk Mountain House, and will be con-
| tinued tonight and tomorrow.
Cameron testified as to the ventilation
of his mine, which he claimed was from
l Eve to six times what was required by law.
| superintendent Robinson explained the
| " orking OF the mine, and said he had
| given positive orders that no miner 90 in
| the mine without having received a report
| from the tire-boss so as to know posi-
| lively that there was no danger from gas,
and when gas was found safety lamps were
always insisted on.
Richardson, the fire-boss, testified that
on the morning of the accident he had
found two boards broken at the brattice of
room IS, second entry, and considerable
gas in the head OF the drift, and had given
man who was at work there positive
orders not to enter till he returned and
repaired the brattice. He came out to get
| his tools, and before he got back the eX-
ploSlOn took place.
Witnesses who heard the orders given
| Will testify tomorrow.
THE BODY FOUND.
When room No. IS was reached to-day
| no one was found in it, but in front of it,
| looking as if blown out by the concus-
sion, one body was found, and although
unrecognizable, it is supposed to be the
man, a Swede, who was forbidden to
| enter.
THE CoFFINs
| ordered from Denver have not arrived and
| no date is yet fixed for the funeral. Cam
eron testified that the mine had a Murphy
| fan, which forced $4,000 cubic feet of all
| per minute. Richardson said the mine
was very much troubled with gas, but was
considered, safe when the .brattices were in
order. Robinson said the old miners con
| sidered the mine the worst for gas they
ever saw. The Odd Fellows took away
the remains of Dan Mcdonald, and Mrs
II. Sneaths has also removed her two boys
| ONLY A SCARE.
This evening Mine-Boss Gibson came
running into the hotel and said he was il
the mine when a miner came rushing
| in, gave him a pistol, snatched his lamp
| and told him to run for his life, as party
of men were coming up from town t.
| lynch him, but at this hour (midnight) NJ
| hostile demonstrations have been made
and it is thought there will be none at
tempted. The excitement has entirel,
subsided.