Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-01-27
THE GREAT DISASTER
Graphic Picture of the
welilngtsn CalamIfy.
AN TIE Bsaisa Rsssxsgsa -Lss q ne
Dssa-Hsw Thsy We're Fousa
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8 sndeAvaring 70 end ths bsdiss Of -
Eirflus Of she Eeosns mfna expiosi "a
eut & uae nat uniil ebout n'siock -
Z teEday aiisrnoen that the We1k o
: efingine he bodies te tka suFf4ca ~
oegnn, and In q little ever an hout'
i tlne tie ooeles 81 saTaa whila nsn a..
siRes Chinsaa lad been Fatssd. + 3,
WeFa manfted ami hlaokaned heRnn1
res'Rn1taezs a1d tee ouly aeans .
&ep~in2 ste unfDEannaaa v,etinas
2 Dgnies $50 the stalls and polnfs =
: SHEA Haas gers found. Tnars was 10
more thar 100 Taeu and weuen aron5,i
ths 8hafs durtce the afserneion, ana 81
nalaaeholy iask proceeded Win fsee.
iartty ard quiel.
The dispalch ssnl AZ mianishf Tuss
day 3 substantially coFFeet. Esery ii
civldnai IN The eae1 siupe. where ~
expioeion occarFed. vas kiiisd, sves
Asbert Williams, TIE engineer. a -
top q TIE Blope, about ATTY yaTfs frou
fne foct et the shaft HIS wan tho nrsl
body looated and tAa hfst 30 BE- bFoaahi
az. TAe explosion dia nol psaetrsfr
iufo tAs Nest stepe further than %
make = ssFeFe esneussien, which afect-
ed aouse severely. but the afteF. dsmr
rushed 10, however, and it vas only ~
the presence Of mina exhibited "a fr,-
usdlalely repairing the fan THAI tha
alF cafraDt was rastored and manT lives
ueEe tkaa aaVe&.
An inqaest vii Be haid b. De. Walk-
e. Who oondneted that "a Nanaima.
Tne jury met today AID wili Kropahiy
AdioaEn for 3 fnklniaha nnfii Ell lha eVi.
oence necessary q foFth coUing. The
fepaE1 thai 9 man had fallen from ihA
u1re rcpe and been killsd ls unooErect.
Samuel Davis did Zee 10 hts hold uhen
| part way 1p. bat dad not fall.
a. 0'clcck Lass evening thirty 6vn
bodies had been 6rsaaht % tue surfaca.
OF wnich number aixleen ugTe white
men and lha balance Uhia sa. The "a
miFnbie arrangements at the SHAFT
oould not fail 90 be noficsd for theF
we're carried eut like ciook work. There
was 10 rxcitement ana each man a.
tended 20 bic work. Mr., DunsuuiF a.
rived at noon on Tuesday and waa pFar-
ent at The shah, anooaraginR al 20 hone
for tke best. He uas on duty till 5
e'eiock neat morning and aRaia early
u the dsy, alter few hours of rssf.
The terrible force of tie sxpi0sion Is
proved b. The uay that the plpas wsrs
snapped In two. Heavy timbefs we're
ahissled into splintsrs. A Belgian min
es vas stripped OF every vestia6 uf oloth-
iug. while the mutilation also proves the
terribla forea.
Az 3 o'clock bss night afssr tea
change Of shift. eiRhtesn white nasn and
tWenty tWo Chinese had been taken 0ut
Of ths pit. while seven more bodies bad
been found and taken 10 the bottom of
ne shaft. TheEe yet remain thirteen
white men and ninetean Chinese Ia the |
mine. making . total Of sevsaiS-two
lives loai.
Ths oaiy present. survivor from The
e8es slope is q Chinanaa uho 10 burned
auc iniuEed aimost bsyond EaooseFy.
Toe Enite mtnsrs are being prepared
iaF burial Ihsea heiOnging 20 the
Mas nic. O3d Ffiievs aud etheF souie
ties h-vs been taken charge % ty tbeiR |
arrtbsea while seyar. olhsra hsVs been
taken TO their late homeg. Boms funer- |
sis wiii take placs Tomorrow. All The
aeiiieriss Of lbe Vancouver ooni con.
pany and The NellinGton lltsfiea hass
been eiosed since 4he ascidsut. Ihs
railroad company has teen runnine /
trAias night and dsy heieeeo Hsnaimo /
and W llineton for the eonVsyanee of /
vuianieeFs % sBd fsom iheif varicuB /
shtfts.
TnB nEaHT anIET.
TIE night shift which vent on as
o'clock had 90 far acoampliabed 4
the work q searching for TIE bodies
Of the dead msn sha1 wher theY we're
relieved 81 8 o'clock bal fear phlss men /
remained Ia the mine. Two Of these
vere sosn SITTER discovered and raissd /
70 tbe snrface. The two remaining
weFs Lancs and Robert Robinson. uho i
worked near each other. A QaantstY OF /
gas bad onllecied where theg we're en-
pi0ysd and this had dfsl 10 b removed.
AZ 11s45 o'clock Robert Il binaon vas
aud &c 1.30 o'clock D. n.
Lance Robinson vas also found. Thus
completing the work Of recovering The
bodies OF the white miners. AZ this
hour thirty-Eesen Chinese had also been Il
tSko1 cut. leaving nine remaining. Toe
Cniness bosses claiming thai foEty-six
we're mis- ina.
WIARTuLLT NuxxLATKD.
A groat majority Of the vlotims we're
feariuily mufilatsd and bleckaned, their
skins being basnsd of and their heads
we're especially battered. The tozribIs
force that knocked thea abona piayed
I'D havoc. Elisha DfVis, Q yoane
man fouad during the niahi, was an
except for q PORTION q bis
shirt OF wnich q htlls vas psill rsfained.
His legs weFe torn cut Of their sockets
aud blown forty yards from Whsre bis
maDeled trunk gas discovered. A p8r-
lion Of his had YES blown oa. an his
body vas erasned into shapaisas mass.
His was tie worst case of al and is &C.
counted for by the fast that be was en-
gagged 10 blasting sons rock and had
several sticks Of giant 1owder for that
pufpaee. TIE cone18gisn muzt haga
exploded thtss and tbs fuil force isll
1pon poor Davis. His father vas work
irg fn the west ltvti aud was one Of ths
6Fst VITO saaie sui Of fhe shaft.
1wfcK HsckFKD BgT CAUGHT AZ EksT.
John Mcneil. fashsr of large family,
bad Esevionsiy b en ia t4o exoieslons
aud sscaped death, bas this time be wss
one o. tha unf0rlarafes IN The e4si
slops. when found be vas sf4ndina %
his head egainst the timbsrs &Rny
other vislims we're Rashed absut ths
head anc bnrnea % tte middle. whiia
their limos we're fres from say hurt
One ghin2man gaa sirSrped Of al bic
el1ghina ara tbs soles II bis beols wsSe
biovn "a, leayioR tie 1ppsxs on. Sew
y n WAAA4@ A-A@AA N&A& E@St1ttFNA AA4sA-AE 4
Of their eiotbine. sad 4 miners tick
vas blown ~ 70 the ere in solid tim
Der.
ExvEzAE cAVxs pCaSe THR ExPLosIsN.
fhsza wsge several ckses dudse ths
exui0sion. and especialy 10 that pof-
lion where the two Rsbinsonas Bere
found. and u . tkonaht tbas u VS.
frsm this quarter that sAs sxplusion
csr1e, ~ Il waa the exiFsms eud of ths
level. However, Dothtna dsAsllely vii
sveg D. kn0wn, fer al who we're work
inc 10 ihs eaas level are 1eed. An To-
quest hss be4n eomHlenoed and every
poesib.s ing0smati0n VII he Gathefa4
The wkits mEnars, - ttsy we're fcund,
Eera ocEvs3ed 10 tke ezrpeutsF ahop % :
TIE railway. where wiling hands
stripped them a. thsir tatieFed elclheal I
ADd washad aa many tfAoas - poasible
u tks e3sets q the exploaion fFauat |
iter forns. They WsFs then elolhed I
10 Euits % blsok Mith uhite anirts. eoi-
lars and tea. ard placed ID haudsone
ssfins thas WeFs pFepared for then.
AxwELL ~ = M0uEzFUL RAGk6Mz.
A. socr a. tkia Was acoomef ~ a Il ~
Uaae taken 70 tha pn5aie bais 81 Wash-
Iastau Wsofe tkeg rean8tn unfii Ffsdar
morning Whan aii will Be saksu b. frsfia
10 NenainO ana hurFisd IN tbs esae