The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-01-25
|UEAU IVIlIVEnS
Brought from the Black Depths Of
the Newburg Mine.
The Bodies OF Sixteen of the I'm.
fortunate ones Recovered,
Their Distorted Features Disclose
the Agony OfTheir Death,
The First Funeral, Father and
Son, takes Place Yesterday,
Both of them being Buried in one
Grave.
Many Of the Families in Need of
Immediate Relief. -
Measures Taken to Provide for
their Necessities.
The COrOner's Investigation to
Begin To-day.
The COrOner's Investigation tt
Begin To-day.


death so suddenly deprived Of friends SC
near and dear to them. The number ol
interested on.looken at the shaft has moi
been decreased. They stand there solemn
sld silent, patiently waiting the result oI
tho work far down below them.
sIrTERN HoDIEs RECOVERED.
Since yesterday thirteen more bodies
have been found in the bottom OF the pit,
About 10 o'clock this morning the order
Hoist away steady" Was given, the great
wheels began 10 reYolvs, aud slowly from
he depths Of the shalt rose the cage, bear
lug the fourth body that had go far been
found. At intervals during the day other
Eere brought up.
LIST OF THE IDENTIFIED.
Thus far the following have been linden
,lGed, the first three having been brought
nut yesterday:
DANIEL MTLLEg
ISAIAH TluuUES
WILLIAM l.INM0ES.
ADoLrH WIEN.
JUnN LAMBERT.
JOHN EDwARDS.
GEORGE RIuGlSs.
TloMAs Guy.
HARRY Guy.
JoHN CoNAwAr.
CnAREs TuSLEI.
CLINTON ALBRIGHT.
RCuARD BIRTLEY.
NICHOLAS ElRTLEY,
USExpECTEO svCCEss-VIEwIS0 THE uoDlEs
1t having been thought impossible tc
penetrate the mass Of debris in the head
InGs far enough TO take out any bodies TO-
day, ,thOcoroner'sinryadi adjourned yesterday
until tomorrow morning. When 1t wsI
found that tlIo searChGrB were meet.
ing with unexpected success the coroner
was notified and the jury soon brought
together.
As the bodies were received at tho TOP
OF the shaft they were taken charge OF by
the coroner's jury for Identification and
then TUNED over to the undertaken. The
bodies when found were In various posi-.
ton, some with arms sendCd az II about
to pursuo their usual work others with
arms and limbs CONTACTED as II in awful
agony. All vera teariblp burned aud
blaCkenCd, aud their distorted featurea
told OF their intense agony, but none
we're 90 mulilSted a. the three that were
recovered yesterday. One man was found
face down with his head on his arm as Il
be had escaped the violence OF the explo.
sion and assumed that position in the hope
Of finding auHlCient air to prolong life un'
til rescued.
THEY WE'RE INSTANTLY KILLED.
But this theory Is contradictcd by prac
tical miners, who think the men were
killed by the explosion and not by Suao
cation. The exploring parties have beer
untirirg in their work, and have sue
ceeded in getting the air passages In good
condition 80 that sufficient fresh air d
assured. The recovery OF the bodies nov
| is q question Of time only, as the mer
have penetrated the length OF both head.
ings ii the mine, and tho work will only
be retarded by the necessary brattlsins
and removal Of debris as they proceed. Il
is thought that all the bodies will be re-
covered by tomorrow evening.
Yesterdays FUNERALS.
The funerals Of Daniel Miller, the eager
Isaiah Timpons, the fire bosS, and his son
William, took place this afternoon from
the NJ. +. Church and were attended by .
large Concourse Of sympathetic friends.
Isaiah Timmons aud his son we're buried
In tho Satno grave. This has probably
been the saddeSt funeral ever witnessed
here, the aWidl circumstances OF their
death, and the knowledge that thirty.BiX
moore are 10 follow, lend 10 the occasion
more than ordinary SOlemnity.
TIE TiRsr REMOVED.
Timtnons the father was terribly burned
about the face and head, his hair, eye,
browS and nouStaChe being singed close
His face after being washed was the colol
OF raw beef. The left eye was closed, the
right almost bursting from the socket
The limbs and ribs were broken In many
places. The finger nails we're burnt BLACK
and had Cufled from the fingers. Tie boy
Timmonb, fourteen years old and small
for his age, was % badly tnansled about
the head that bandAReB had TO be used Ia
make him at all preBentable. His face WA
little marred and very pale. Those who
we're familiar with Miller said he wa
easily recognizable. The bodies In theiI
neat collins we're placed on view In front
Of the undertaker's, and astteam Of peo'
pie poured BY.
the INSPECTOR or MINES ARRiVEA
The State Inspector Of Mines has at.
rived. lie went Immediately down The
shaft 10 inspect the pit lie opinion has
not yet been given. James Little, Of Ell
Garden, w. WieF, Of Piedmont ]. II
Richardson, from the CASTOR Works al
FAifmont, and Robert Jack, Of Weat FaIt
mont, experienced ard lsafless men, have
rendered valuable service in thc work o.
exploration. Gas accumulated ID thl
mine 10 feet yesterday that they feared
another explosion, more leEFlae than thI
hnL Orders were sent 10 Wheeling Ant
Baltimore Tor safety lamps, Of which lheft
WAS an astonishing scarcity here. Their
n Qood deal Of talk In the town Of a lAcl
Of organization al the mine, for which