Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-29
SCORES ARE DEAD.
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plosioa u nrsrdanp in the Msnnoth
sha6 of the -. c. rrisks coks Company
Tnssz1ny - minsrs were anAsrsd iaso
sesroity and nsny ssrto.aly injured
The sxploaion occurred Tussany uornr
ing shortly sfssr . osloek. snd isi.sap-
psssA wss eaussa By the ignisios Of :
minsrs cal lamp. This sftsr-dAmp. which
followed ths frs-dAmp szplosion. suk
foests1 ssariy every vorknanL
One hundred and ssvea bodiss hsd
been taken from tbs Inflated nine up
~ 10 o'clock . IN IL ID estimated that
the remains of at least seventeen more
vietisas are stiil In shs pit but ID u
thought that all viii b brought
Out IN . few hourA The rescuing
party Ii working with heroic en-
srgy. and the wreck In the shAft Is
heing rapidly cleared un No arrange
ments have yet been made fer the fun
eralA The victims viii b buried By
the company. Many Of the unfortunr
stes are fiungarians and win Be sent
- Seottdaie for interment-
The Mammoth plant embrsees 500
DIVERSIONS Of the largest plants In
the coke region-bus IL il hard Of access-
10 u situated near the United works,
where an explosion recently destroyed
the entire shafk Hundreds Of miners
are docking 10 the scene Of the dis
sster. Offering assistance. The appal-
ling loss of life in the Dunbar disaster
b more than overshsdowed by the de-
struction of life in the Mammoth ca
iamity. The news spread throughout
the entire coke region with great ra-
pidity and everybody was we-stricken.
Cofsns have already bean ordered for
eighty persons from Mount Pleasant
undsrtakerA and II 10 understood that
The Frieke Company, the owners Of the
plant VIII bear the expenses Of the
same. The only man who escaped from
the fatal mine wsss Mine Boss Eaton.
Ex-Mins Inspector Keighly. the super
intendent Of the fatal shaft. Is nearly
distracted IL Il . singular fact that
niafortuns seems to have followed him.
HE experiences in the Farm HUI disas-
ter resulted in his rendering his resig-
nation ~ mine Inspector.
When the first rescuing party reached
the bottom Of the shaft. one glance and
the odor of the deadly fire-damp told
the story. Death was stalking in the
underground corridors- He had seized
all be found there The force of the
explosion was visible on every hand.
The coal wagons used in the mines
were splintered 10 pieces in some cases,
and in others several had been jammed
together in a. solid mass Mules
were seen which had been driven
against the ribs of tn. workings with
such force that their bodies lost all re-
semblance TO living reality. Here and
there lay human bodies. Some were
mutilated, and all were blackened by
the fame which had swept through the
works The bodies of those who had
been killed by the effects of the explo-
sion lay IN distorted attitudes, while
those of the others, who had APP
parently escaped the fame and
conclusion. but had rushed from
the rooms in which they were
working on the fats and had succumbed
10 she stealthy. su.focating fire-damp.
lay in sleeping attitudes Some lay at
full length, with heads resting upon
their hands, rs if asleep Others were
face downward, with their heads in
pools of water. In the haulage roads
of fiat No. thirty-five bodies were
found, and fifteen were counted in one
heap in fiat No. q One man had both
legs blown off. The body of q boy was
found with stick driven through his
arm.
Most of the men were killed by the
explosion. The others were overcome
BY the after-damp and while some of the
bodies are horribly torn. burned and
mutiiated. others were found with their
teeth clinched ON the iron rail of the
pit roed. others were found with
faces plunged into the water and
not few were found upon their
knees, as IL engaged in prayer
Fire Boss sheath was identified
by his rubber boots. His body
was scattered about in dozen places.
His head was torn from his shoulders.
Both legs were torn of. and that part
of his body recovered was roasted and
blaekened. His left hand. clutching
his lamp, was found over 100 feet from
the trunk of his body. One Of his
boots was found ffty yards away: one Of
his feet. with part OF a leg attached. was
found also. When the parts of his
body We're collected and sent in a sheet
60 the pit mouth they were identified
rs an engineer, who recognized the
boots.
II - estimated that there are sixty
wives susi families that are left wholly
dependent on the charity of the world
for suStenance by this disaster. In
fact. they are almost penniless, as the
plant has not been running full for
some time and work has been exceed
inglv scarce since the dizziness has set
in in the demand for coke. Every
means possible win be resorted TO To
supply the widowed mothers and their
children with the neccssaries of life. IL
Is understood that subscription paper
viii shortly be circulated 20 obtain