Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-11
EASTERN EVENTS.
More About the Great Min
ing Horror. r
PARTIAL LIST OF THE VICTIMS,
Chairman W. II. Barnum. Joins the
Great MajOrity-Anarehist
Celebrations.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD. !

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
KANSAS Cry, November 10.-A Jour.
mol special from Pittsburg, Kansas, says
the developments of yesterday have only
added to the horrors in No. shaft oi
the Cherokee and Pittsburg Coal
Company. The citizens of Girard
and Pittsburg responded nobly
to the call for assistance, and every
citizen in the latter place offered his
services. During the long and dreary
night, thousands of men, women and
children thronged about the main shaft,
waiting anxiously for some tidings of the
condition of the men beneath the clouds
Of ofsulphurous smoke, suffering death. Now
and then some poor woman learned that
her husband was among the victims, and
would break the stiffness of the night by
a heartrending wall of sorrow that would
melt the strongest hearts with
pity. The rescuing party did noble
work during the night and when
morning came many willing hands
came to their relief. Throughout the
entire day the great cage, which had
been repaired, made regular trips bring
ing to the top of the shaft the mangled
and torn bodies of the unfortunate
miners. Up to late hour last evening
thirty -four dead bodies had been recover
ed, and most Of them were so badly bruised
as to be unacceptable either by friends
or relatives. Robert Pritchard, Scotch
man, and Frank Meerschinger, a Ger.
man, were found at the bottom of the
main shaft in dying condition, and
were brought to the top. Both died
at 4 O'Clock. A temporary hospital
has been provided, and neighboring
blacksmith shop has served as morgue.
Here the bodies were placed for the in
speotion of friends.
SOME OF THE UNFoRTUNATEs.
Among the forty-six bodies recovered
the following have been recognized |
James Watson, James O'Hara, George
Weesenburger, Frank Thompson, G.
Moore, John Conners, Daniel Limb,
William Foster, E. Wood, II. Ed
son, Frank Turk, Robert Pritchard,
John James, Frank Mershlimber, j. H. |
Rogers, Dave Tweed, j. Kennedy |
Joseph Beertinet, Alex Sipler, Gustave |
Dufanek, Joseph Delik, Basa Barann-
bara, Sony Dianco, Frank Roche, Alex
Leicovile, Robert Richards, John |
Morehead, Henry Rungg.
The mine is divided in divisions east |
and west. The explosion took place on
the east side and it is thought that nearly
all tbo7e in that side succum bed to the
powerful blast of smoke and gas. Ow-
ing to the immense volume OF smoke
and gas about the main shaft, only few
succeeded in reaching it, the majority OF
those saved, escaping through the ven
tilating shaft on one Of the south cut-offs,
ives. division, about 80 feet away.
Twenty y-fonr had reported up to 3 o'clock
in the afternoon.
SCENES OF SORROW.
Heartfending scenes could be wit
messed during the entire day and
far into the night. Sorrowing wives
with Etheir fatherless children, wended
their way through the morgue,
gazing on the features and clothing OF
each victim, hoping against hope that
their loved ones might not be among the |
dead. Persistent reluctance on the part of
those in authority about the mine to give
any information concerning the accident,
made it impossible to secure accurate in
formation concerning those who were in
the mine at the time of the explosion
and those who escaped.