The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-11-13
Heartrending Scenes at the
= Mouth Of the Pit.
A MINERS MARVELLOUS ESCAPE.
The Women's Despair Recovering
the Enthusiastically Mutilated
RemAins-Incidsnts

iNxfg, Kan says: "SeRrchlng partles at
the Frontenac mine have worked with
out cessation all night and to-day, but
only thirty-three additional bodies !
have been taken out. The most as
founding discovery recorded during the
whole history of the disaster was made |
to-day. At 5 am. relief squad work |
ing at the foot of the main shaft were
astounded ID see man approaching |
them. He was not one of their party |
and they did not believe that there was
q living man in the nina besides the
rescuers. Their surprise can therefore
be mag,ned when the mysterious Vlsi-
tor staggered up to them dimly, out
lined by the uncertain light of their |
lamps, and greeted them with, Here |
fellows let me have light" 1t was |
Henry Burns, who for thirty-six hours |
HAD BEEN COUNTED AMONG THE LOST.
He was quietly taken 70 the surface, and |
there told story IF one of the most
Remarkable escapes from death on rec
ord. After the explosion he was uncon- |
scious for some time, and when he |
recovered found his watch had stopped, |
so did not know the time. He was suf-
fering internal Rgonies from inhaling |
the after lamp, but was other wise un
hurt. and proceeded to make his way TO
the foot of the shaft. He does not know |
how long the journey lasted. After be-
ing removed to the open air he became |
nervous and delirious, and could not be |
made to understand the full slgnlh-
canoe OF
WHAT he HAD UNDERGONE.
Burns could not realizs that two !
nights and one day had passed since he
had lost consciousness, and insists tie
people were joking when they told him
II was Sunday morning. He is bling |
well cared for, and will be all right IN a |
few DAYS. Tonight it can be asserted |
that thirty-aine bodies have been taken
from the mine, and probably there are
nine or ten more there. Coroner Fisher
impanelled 8 jury this forenoon and al
lowed them to view the remains. The
INQUEST will be held tomorrow morn
ing. 1t will be long one, as every eff
d tort will be made by both the company
and men to ascertain the
CAUSE OF THE AWFUL ACCIDENT.
The fune al will take place tomorrow.
Superintendent Craig is convinced the
explosion was due to the ignition of the
coal dust following an oVercharge blast.
Some of the old miners are inclined to
the theory that the explosion was due
to the striking of pocket OF natural
gas. ,:.o.
ST. LOUIS, November IA dispatch
from Pittsburg, Kansas, gives the FOL
lowing as some of the incidents OF the
mine horror at that place. For hours
after the explosion snuffed out the
lives of nearly ahuudred msn the scene
at the pit was distressing. Poorly clad
women, with babies clasped to their
breasts, came through the darkness by
the light cast from bonfres,
1KgHAGGARD, UNCANNY BEINGS
from the other world. Some shrieked
above the storm and muttered as they
fell helpless on. the shoulders of their
stronger neighbors. Still others were
mad in their despair, and tore their
hair and garments, and would have
dashed into the tomb headlong but for
the strength exerted by miners from
other shafts One poor woman whose
husband and two sons were in the pit
Law her three youngest children beside
the blazing fire and then fell IN
mysteries among them. She lay un
noticed in this position until morning,
when she was removed to her home,
raying like maniac. AT one time the
crush of women and children was so
great that it was feared violence would
be necessary in order to clear way
for the rescuers.
THE POOR CREATURES FOUGHT
each other in their dispsir, and in some
instances inflicted severe punishment.
Asnight wore on, the work of reco YER
ing the bodies continued until the floor
of the engine house was stIeWn with
mangIed men. Their bodies were
placed in rows upon the ground where
rain and snow beat upon them. Most
of the victims were shoCkingly mutt
lated and some were so dlshgured as to
be uprecUgniz4be All were covered
with blood and dust, and many were
almost stripped of their clothes There
was nothing left OF the first man brought
UP From THE DREADFUL HOLE
but'a bleeding PUPPY trunk, the extram-
tiles having be blown off. Many OF the
searchers tainted as fast as the bodis s
were brought to the surface. There was
rush made to identify them, dozen
women in many cases being engaged at
one time in scanning the bleeding face
of some unfortunate. There are still
about fifty bodies in the lower levels,
Some of the victims were found be-
meath immense weights of slate, while
others were found in groups and in all
kinds of positions. Two men who had
not been identified, were Sd tightly
LOCKED IN EACH OTHERS ARMS
that it was with great difficulty they
were torn apart. Their eyes had beer
blown out by the explosion and theil
faces so horribly crushed that the bones
were ground into the flesh.
PITTsBURG. Kas., November 12-U[