Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-27
AMONG THE DEAD.
Scenes at the Wellington
COlliery Disaster.
THE BODIES TORN TO PIECES.
Seventy-TwO Lives said to have
been L0st-PreparatiOns for
the Funerals.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
WELLINGTON, B. G., January 26.-
The exploring parties worked all
Tuesday night in endeavoring to find
the bodies of the victims, tut it was
not until 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon
that the work of bringing the bodies
to the surface was begun, and in little
over an hours time the bodies of
seven white men and eight Chinese
had been raised. They were man.
gled and blackened beyond recogni-
ton, and the only means OF knowing
the unfortunate victims names were
the points at which they were found.
There were not more than one hun
dred men and women around the
shaft during the afternoon and the
melancholy task proceeded with regu-
larity and quiet. The dispatch sent
at midnight on Tuesday is correct.
Every individual in the east stope
where the explosion occurred was
killed, even Robert Williams, the
engineer at the top of the slope, about
fifry yards from the foot of the shaft.
His was
THE FIRST BODY LOCATED
And the first to be brought up. The
explosion did not penetrate in the
west slope further than to make
severe conclusion, which affected
some severely, but the after.damp
rushed in. However, by the presence
of mind exhibited in Immediately re.
pairing the fan, an air current was re-
stored and many lives were saved. An
inquest will be held by DIR. Walker,
who conducted that at Nanaimo.
The jury met to-day and will proba-
bly, adjourn for fortnight until all
the evidence necessary is forthcoming.
The report that a man had fallen
from the wire rope and had been
killed is incorrect. Samuel Davis did
let 60 of his hold when part OF the
way up, but did not fall.
AT 6 O'CLOCK LAST EVENING
Thirty-fve bodies had been brought
to the surface, of which number six
teen were white and the balance Chi
nese. The admirable arrangements
at the shaft could not fail to be no.
ticed, for they we're carried out like
clockwork. There was no excitement
and each man attended to his work.
Mr.. Dunsmuir arrived at noon to-day
and was present at the shaft encour-
aging all to hope for the best. He
was on duty until O'Clock next morn
ing and again early in the day after a
few hours rest. The terrible
FORCE OF THE EXPLOSION
Is proven by the way the pipes were
snapped in two. Heavy timbers
were slivered into splinters. A Bel
gian miner was stripped of every ves-
tige of clothing, while the mutilation
of the bodies proves the terrible force
of the shock. At nine o'clock last
night, after change of shift, eight
cen white men and twenty-five Chi
nese had been taken out of the pit,
while seven more bodies had been
found and taken to the bottom
of the shaft. There yet remain
thirteen white men and nine
teen Cinnamon in the mine.
making total of seventy-two lives
lost. The only present survivor from
the east slope is Chinaman, who is
burned and injured almost beyond re-
covery.
The white miners are being pre-
pared for burial. Those belong
ing to the Masonic, Odd Fellows and
other societies have been taken
charge of by their brethren, while
several others have been taken to
their late homes. Some funerals will
take plaza tomorrow. All the collier
les of the Vancouver Coal Company
and the Wellington colliery have been
closed since the accident. The rail-
road company has been running trains
night and day between Mana imo and
Wellington for the conveyance OF
volunteers to and from their various
shifts.
LIST OF THOSE FOUND.
The following are the names of the
eighteen white men taken out:
Married-John Jones, John Bo-
logna, William Harm, Jacob Klenn
and William Wilkes.
Unmarried-Robert Williams, VIM.
Greenwell, Alex. Ross, d. Mcdonald,
John Stuart, John Ness, John Mar
shall, John Wall, Frank Mccoy, V.
Aleria and two Bulgarians.
ALL THE WHITE MEN FOUND.
The night shift which went on at 2 this
morning, had SO far accomplished the
work of searching for dead that when
they were relieved a. s but four white
men remained in the mine; these
were soon after discovered and raised
to the surface, thus completing the
work of recovering the bodies of the
| white miners. AT this hour thirty
seven Chinese had also been taken
out, leaving nine remaining Chinese.
the bosses claiming that forty-six
were missing. A great majority OF
the victims were fearfully mutilated
and blackened, their skins being
burned off and their heads especially
battered.
DISTRESSING DISCOVERIES.
Elisha Davis, young man found
during the night was unrecognizable
| except IOr pOrulOH vi LIS SulIt, VI
which little was still retained. His
leg was torn out of its socket and
thrown forty feet from where his
mangled trunk was discovered. A
portion of the head was blown off and
his body was crushed into a shape
less mass. His father was working in
the west coal, and was one of the irst
who came out of the shaft.
John Mcneil, father Of a large fam
lily. when found was standing on his
head against the timbers. Many OF
the victims were gashed about the
head and burned to the middle while
their limbs were free from any hurt.
lone Chinaman was stripped Of all his
clothing, and the soles of his boots
we're blown off, leaving the uppers on.
|Several white men were stripped
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