The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-01
THE. WELLINGTON WRECK.
All the Men in the East slope Killed by thu
ExDlosion

Explosion.
WELLINGTON, B. O., January 25, via Vic.
toris, January 26.-The exploring party at
the Dunsmuir collieries worked all Tues
day night, divided into three shifts, and
that under Foreman Haggert penetrated
Der of bodies of whites and Chinese. II was
not until about 2 this afternoon, however,
that the work Of bringing the bodies to the
surface was begun, and as one cage was in
working order after the start was made this
proceeded very rapidly. In a little over
an hours time the bodies of seven
white men and eight Chinese had been
raised to the surface. The bodies were all
mangled and blackened beyond recogni-
ton, and the only means of knowing the
unfortunate victims names were the stalls
snd points at which they were found. The
bodies were carefully wrapped in blankets
and tied so as to screen them from head to
foot and as one reached the surface ii was
placed on a stretcher and two men carried
this TO sleighs in waiting, which conveyed
them TO where they were laid out for re-
clnmstion or burial The bodies OF the
white men were placed in the carpenters
shop Of the Railroad Company, while
those of the Cinnamon were laid ia the
store.room of the blacksmith shop.
Every possible assistance wss rendered by
Mr.. DuDsmuir, who was present on the
ground, in order that the work OF recovery
might be fastened, while his officials did
| that was IN their power to assist n
tt work. There were not more thah 100
men and no women around the shaft
ng the afternoon, and the melancholy
( proceeded with regularity and quiet
report In circulation during the day
many more persisted tn an those named
Yesterdays telegram is happily untrue.
q dfcnafcf, nj Trcrlcrr i
Co leCI. Every person in the east slope,
VI the explosion occurred, was killed.
l. ths west slope the explosion did not
pc etra'e further than 70 make q severe
ussion, which affected some severely,
bU the sfter-damp'rushed in. Ho Eever by
the presence of mind exhibited in imme-
dis tely repairing the fan, the air current
"; restored and many lives savei, This
is Attested by the recovery OF q large num-
Der who were Frustrated by the after damp,
but who subsequently recovered conscious
ness and came 10 the foot of the shaft. The
inquest will be held by DR.. Walker.
The reports that q man had fallen from
the wire rope and been killed is incorrect.
Samuel Davis did let go his hold when
part way up, but did not fall. His son,
Elijah, twenty-five years old, was killed in
the last slope. Great praise is due the
manager ana his efficient staff, each OF
whom had charge of q searching party.
The resistless force of the explosion is
proved by the manner in which the eight
uch pipes we're snapped in two. Heavy
timbers were reduced TO spiinters, while
one of the iron cages was blown COM
pletely out of the shaft. A Belgian miner
was stripped of every vestige of clothing,
while the mutilation of the bodies proves
II at the terrible force played with them IS
with feathers.
At tonight "wednesday, after the
change of shift eighteen white MIN and
twenty-five Chinese had been taken out of
the pit, while seven more bodies had been
found and taken to tbs bottom Of the shaft.
There yet remain thirteen whites and
nineteen Chinese in the mine. James Nor
risOn was omitted from the former report,
making the total number Of white men
psrished in the east level thirty-one, and
Chinese forty one. The following are the
names OF the eighteen white men taken
out: Robert Williams R. Greenwich, Al.
exsnder Ross, r. Mcdonald, John Stuart
JCh1 Ness, John Marshall, John Wall
ell married. John Jones, who
hes wife and two childran
John Bologna, wife; Wm. Harm, wife
Jacob Hem, wife; VIM, Wilkes, wife and
four children; Frank Mccoy, unmarried
Valera end two Belgians, complete tbs
number. Ibe bodies Of the white miner
are being washed aud prepared Tor b1ri 81
Those belonging to the Masons, Odd Eel
lows snd other societies have been takar
in charge by those orders, while other.
will he taken to their late homes. All the
collieriss of the Vancouver Coal Company
and the Wellington collieries have peer
CLOSED since the accident. AT 1880 p m,
four more white men were brought up.