The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-01-29
Death List
TBB GREAT NIIB DISASTER
The Most Terrible That Ever
Occurred in the COnnells-
vile Region.
ABOUT isO MIXERS SUHFOCATED,
And No Pen Can Describe the
Awful Scenes That We're
witnessed.
What the Mine Inspectors say-ThcOry
That a Natural Gas Pocket Was
Struck-Burlal Of the Dead.
List of the Identified
Victims GlreR-Lat.
est Accounts.
ABOUT isO HHBRS SUHFOCATED,

YouEdwooD, Pa, Jan. 2S.-ORe nun
dred and seven bodies had been takei
from ilI.fated mine No. /, Of Frick & 90.
AT Mammoth up to 10, O'Clock this morn
inc, It was estimated that the remain
Of at least seventeen more victims O
ves.erday's explosion were still in The
pit, but it isthought that all will be oul
ina few hour. Nobody slept at Nam
moth last night. In every home in the
little mining hamlet, there was mourn
ing, yet there was no demonstration
The little oue.story houses, scantily fur
nisbea, were illuminated with talloW
candle. A mother, wife, sister, Oh
sweetheart sobbed in silence. They
oply know that the mysterious accident
bas beiallen them. They cannot eco the
dead, They have little care for the
living. Their grief is deep and keen.
GRIEF AND DESPAIR,
After the explosion yesterday the
news Of the awful fate Of the scores Of
miners at work in the shaft spread rap
idly among the mines aud the miners
homes. Couriers carried the dreadful
news hither aud thitner and families
were dashed from the comforts OF home
into the depths OF grief and despair.
The scenes 1T these miners cottages can
readily be imagined by those who have
known grief in it's more formidable
fo,ma, bHt no artiBts pen can correctly
picture 1t. 49,
this morning and another half hundred
reached here tonight. An additional
order for twenty-five more was sent this
morning, The cause Of the explosion
has moi yet been determined. The cor.
.oner is on the ground and thorough
investigation will be made.
No arrangements have yet been made
for the funerals. The victims will be
hurled by ihe company. Many Of the
uniortunates Gare aupgarians, and Will
be sent to SCottdaIs for intermeut
The resCuing party Is working with
heroic energy, and the wreck in the
shaft is being fast cleared up. :.
An official Of the Frick Company said
this morning:
ut may nsver DO known how or why
tbe pInlosion occurred. The accumula.
tion OF FIRE damp was probably the cause,
hut II was never known 10 exist IN any
quantity before, in fact 1t may be said
that the Mammoth mine has been iree
from damp. There is a theory that 9
,poeket OF natural gas was reached, and
that ,he operation Of the yenltlating
fans now prevents any accumulation Oh
it.
at is not necessary that every ore in
mine DO killed when an explosion oc-
ours. The explosive may stay In one
particular section, and may not perme.
ate the entire mine, unless the volume
is 80 great as to force 1t to every part Of
the pit. In this Csse the gas was con-
fined to cus portion, and the miners who
we're in other localities escaped"
sNrREcEDRRTEp ACCIDENT.
Never in the history Of American coal
mining has there been such an Cnex'
peCted accident, with such a complete
annihilation Of ali within its reach: The
Mammoth mine has Seen Notable al%ayI
as being particularly free from gas
Hundreds Of safety gauge lamps Tesi
provided for the miners by the company
but they were never used, as they wer'
regarded as unnecessary.
AT noon ITO bodies bad been te9oy
cred, and Of this number iifiy-three ha'
been identified. Their names are: