The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-02-28
The Number of Victims of the Nova
Scotia Coal Mine Explosion
Ascertained.
One Hundred and One Bodies Have
Been Recovered, and Nineteen
Are Still Under Ground.
Two Editors Open Fire on Each
Other With R%evOlvers on the
Streets of Columbus.
10 Coal Mine Victims.

SPRING HILL MINES, N. s., Feb. @-The
work of recovering the bodies has been
carried on throughout the day most sue
cessfully. A revision OF the list shows the
number of dead to be 119. OF these, fifty,
four were married men, forty single men
and twenty-five boys. The scene of the
explosion is about three-quarters of mile
from the bottom of No. l slope. In all the
boxes in that district the men were killed.
Their bodies are being recovered quite
rapidly. A searching party is now under
ground, and it is expected all the bodies
will be brought out to-day. There are
several now in sight, and these will be
taken up Immediately. On n level the
dead were strewn along most thickly.
About twenty bodies were picked up with
in a distance Of 800 feet, all of whom had
died from the effects of the after damp,
while running for their lives. The bodies
are nearly all out of No. 2 slope, and those
taken out are not burned. The relations
are arriving, claiming their dead and TAX
ing them away. There are now ISL
orphans on the list. Subscriptions for
relief are flowing in. Preparations for the
burial of the dead are now being made.
A CARLOAD OF CoFFINs
arrived from Amherst last night and more
are expected to-day. The funerals began
this afternoon. A large gang of men are
now busily employed in digging graves in
the cemetery. All the flags in town are at
half mast. All Of the dead will be buried
in separate graves, which will be distinct
ly marked. The %coroner's inquest will be
continued this afternoon. Arrangements
are now being made to put the pits in con-
ditiOn to resume work on Wednesday or
Thursday. Eighteen horses and mules
were killed by the explosion and by after
damp. Last night as two men were carry
ing out the body of Richard Murphy they
heard the roof falling, and, to save them
dropped the body, which was at once GOV
cred up by falling stones. and jumped for
their lives. John Bentlitf, n Of those car
ried out dead, Outran his comrades and was
within twenty feet of safety when he was
Frustrated. This afternoon the bodies of
Daniel Lockhart, Peter Gallagher and a
French boy named Dupee were recovered.
These make the number recovered exactly
100 and the number uncovered, 19. The
searching parties are continually descend
ing the pits and returning with bodies.
There is no sign of the body of Manager
Swift. He is thought to have been COW
cred by the fall of n of the leaves. At 8
:. O'Clock four more bodies were brought up.
MIDNIGHT.
The list of dead now numbers 12O. John
Gillis was taken ont this afternoon. 1t
was thought he had escaped. Twelve of the
dead were buried this afternoon. A broken
hearted Frenchman named Oliver Dupre
took from the morgue the body of his son
James, who was killed in No. / slope. His
other little boy ran out to meet the sorrow
full father Slipped on the ice and struck
his head with such force that he was
instantly killed. The workmen
have refused to enter the mine
before all the bodies are recovered.
Owing to the number of grief-stricken per-
sons in the town, considerable difficulty
has been experienced in getting men to
dig graves for those who were killed.
About fifty graves were dug to-day. So
far as possible those belonging to n fam.
lily are being placed in one grave. The
ties for the underground work has serious.
ly interfered with the funerals and burial
of the dead.