St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-24
MORE BODIES FOUND.
The Spring Hill Mine Disas-
ter Increases in AW.
full Horror.
One Hundred and Nineteen is
Now .he Complete List
Of Victims.
An Appeal for Aid is Issued
by SDring Hill to the
Public.
Thrilling Narrative Of Charles
Barclay, Of the Ship
Elizabeth.

SPRING HILL MINES, N. S., Feb. %
The work of recovering bodies has
been carried on throughout the day
most successfully. A revision of the
list shows the number of the dead to be
119. OF these 81 were married men, 40
single men and 25 boys. The scene of
the explosion is about three-quarters of
a mile from the bottom of No. slope.
In all the bores in that district the men
were killed. Their bodies are being re-
covered quite rapidly. A searching
party is now underground, and it is ex-
pected that all the bodies will be
brought out to-day. There:are several
now in sight, and these will be taken
up Immediately. Daniel Robertson,
who was severely burned, received his
Injuries while carrying out Alfred Car
ter, one of the wounded who died after
wards. Robertson will recover, Two
boys named McVey were found locked
in each others arms, overcome by the
after damp. The corpses were taken
were strewn along most thickly.
About twenty bodies were picked up
within distance of 500 feet, all of
whom had died from the effects of the
after damp, while
Eau ming for Their Lives.
The bodies are nearly all out of No.
slope, and those taken Odt are not
burned. Relations are arriving, claim
ing their dead and taking them away.
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Subscriptions to the relief fund are flow
ing in. Preparations for the burial of
the dead are now being made. A car
load of cotfinS arrived from Amherst
last night, and more are expected to-day.
The funeral begins this afternoon. A
large gang of men are now busily en-
plOyed in digging graves in the ceme-
terry. All the flags in town are at half
mast. All of the dead will be buried in
separate graves, which will be distinctly
marked. The coroner's inquest will be
continued this afternoon. Arrange
ments are now being made to put the
pits in condition TO resume work We'd
snesday ,or Thursday. Eighteen horses
and amule were killed by the explosion
and by after damp. Last night, as two
men were carrying out the body of
Richard Murphy, they heard
The Roof Failing,
and to save themselves from being
crushed to death they dropped the body,
which was at once covered up by the
falling stones, and jumped for their
lives. John Bentliffe, one Of those car
red out dead, outran all his comrades,
and was within twenty feet Of safety
when he was prostrated. This after
noon 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 unrecOvered ~. Search.
ing parties are continually descending
the pits and returning with bodies.
There is no sign of the body of Mana
ger Swift. He is thought to nave been
covered by the fall of one Of the levels.
At O'Clock four more bodies were
brought up.
& Appeal for Aid.
A meeting Of the mayor, town council
and clergymen was held in the COM
pany's Office yesterday, and 1t was de-
cided to issue an appeal for aid to the
public.
To the Public: A mining disaster attended
with fatal results, unparalleled i'll the his
tory of Canadian miners, has fallen upon the
town and people of Spring Hill, N. 5. The
loss of life is probably as great as the com
bined appalling losses at the Drummond and
Ford pit explosions. About 119 lives are
lost, 81 widows having been left behind and
161 children made fatherless. The widows
and fathers will need abundant assistance
and that promptly, from public shocked
and Mortified by this terrible calamity. Sew
enty thousand dollars will be required to
meet the demands and to alleviate the suffer
ings of the bereaved and distressed during
the most pressing period of their dire mis-
fortune. The residents of Spring HILL in
meeting assembled, have appointed COM
mittee, consisting Of the mayor, town coun-
ell and all the resident clergy, to solicit and
acknowledge subscriptions to the Spring Hill
relief tund, and they confidently and earnest
ly ask for an immediate response from per-
sons of all denominations, societies. trades,
guilds and nationalities.
WILLIAM HALL, Mayor.
A MCLEOD, Secretary.
This appeal for immediate assistance
is being telegraphed to all cities and
towns of Canada, and to the United
States. 1t is felt that something must
be done Immediately for the relief of
the suffering and destitute. From many
families all means of support have been
snatched away. To-day there is mourn
ing in the houses. and it is evident that
suffering will ensue unless the response
to the appeal is hearty and prompt.
Last night meeting was held by the
Workmen to arrange for the burial of
the dead The workmen are recovering
from the beWilderment the terrible blow
caused them. Some of the dead are
without relatives to attend to their
burial. They are among strange people.
At one boarding house last night four
strangers were laid out for burial. In
other houses there are two, and i'll still
others three.
Deadly Fire Damp.
The explosion confined itself to No. 6
and No. Z balances, and not a man EN-
ployed In that neighborhood escaped.
In No. 2 slope men were found a con-
siderable distance from their working
places trying to make their escape, but
they were finally overcome ana sue
cumbed to the deadly fire damp. The
bodies in this slope were nearly all re-
covered early yesterday morning. They
were not disfgured at all, except i'll the
cases of those who were struck by fly
ing missiles. The explorers worked
and succeeded i'll getting nearly all out
pits is not serious, and it is thought that
work can be resumed in No, slope
within fortnight at the outside, and
possibly sooner. No danger from fire is
apprehended. A number of men are
watching for any indications of fire
among the debris, but this is merely
precautionary measure, as all danger
from this source is past. Fully 1000
strangers visited the scene Of the disas-
ter yesterday and viewed the dead as
they were laid out in the carpenter
shop.
Midnight.
The list of the dead now numbers 100.
stOhn ellis was taken out this after