Evening journal., 1891-02-23

known:
The Long Death List.
John Hunter, Roger Nolles,
Allen McKinnon, Lahaugh McKinnon.
Mat Noc0lson, Robert CLARK,
Stephen Rughton, William Kent,
John Mitchell, James Conway,
VIM McGilliway, William Mckee,
Thomas Flacher, Reed Carter
a. J Mckay, Donald Campbell,
Frand Letcher. George Woods,
John j Mcdonald Fred Smith,
David MckinnoR, l. Cuthro,
Neil McPhee John Mcneil,
Alexander Vance, Hiram Fife,
Alex Campbell, William Carrigau.
Peter Gallagher, Daniel Lockhart
John Francis, John Navin.
a. Mckinnon, jr., William Hyde,
Richard Dawson, Thomas Wilson.
James Miller, Sr., Archie Shipley,
Jerry Murphy, Norman Mcleod,
f,ory Mcleod, John Williams,
James Morris Charles Nash,
John Carmichael NJ Nairn,
" j. Madden, Phillip 81 White,
John Mckinnon Sr, Mat Collins,
Dan Findlaysun, Rory H Mcdonald,
John Bentleife, Hugh Robertson,
William III Turner, Edear Nry,
III al Sherlock, sam legere,
James Robbins, james Overe,
Joseph Pitt, George Bond.
Clarence Garter, John u. Campbell
John Hayden. Charles McNutt.
Richard Murphy, Neil Mcleod,
hod Mcneil. Peter Hannager.
lames Nairn, Henry Livingstone,
samuel Dawson, John ID McEchren,
ohm Crawford Thomas Rogers.
samuel Mnckle. Erastus Haydan,
robert McFadden, Ernest Braibridge,
Jesse Arnishaw, Herbert Armishaw,
Andrew Carmichael, James Sharpless,
Joseph Tattersall, Jude Casey,
John Boyd, Thomas Hallett,
William Eurchell, Alonzo Budd,
Ernest Mott, Thomas Morrison,
David Watt Arthur Anderson,
Henry Mcleod Ernest Chandler.
Frederick Dillon, James Pequnot,
Murdoch Ross, Alexander Blunt,
Andrew Bunt, James johnson,
Joseph Dupee, Samuel Furber,
Henry Wry, James MeNey,
David McNey, Howard Simmonds,
Roger Ernest, Bruce Ryan,
George Martin, John Dunn,
Peter Reed
The Cause a Mystery.
The cause OF the disaster is a mystery, a.
the slope was examined by q committees O.
the men last week and reinspected yester
day by the deputy government inspector
Three sons and a Brother Dead.
In several families the afilicti0n is very
great Reid Carter and his two sons ar,
among the dead The Carmichael famil,
lose three sons. Jesse Ormishaw weni
down No 2 slope last night and found hi,
three sons and brother piled together in I
heap in one corner OF the mine. The sigh
so unnerved him that he had to return {,
The surface without his boys Two sons d
Robert McVey both under IA years of age
occupy one coffin. Hugh Hunt loses tw,
sons. These sorrowful households are onl,
few Of the large numbers from which
bread winners have been 50 ruthlessl,
anatched. The deepest gloom has settlec
over the whole community aud the inhabit
ants were astir all night.
Bodies FrightfulIy Mutnated.
Some Of the bodies taken up were fright
fully mutilated and had to be identified by
the clothing or marks on their bodies
The mines outhuildings have been con
verted into morgues and hospitals whers
the dead and injured are taken Clergy
men Of different denominations are doing
what they can for the grief stricken The
injured are progressing most favorably ant
are being tenderly cared for. Those most
seriously injured are:
The Seriously Injured.
Harry Neils, slightly burned and leg.
broken; John Dickens, seriously burned
Gordon Carmichael, burned; John Conway
slightly burned and arm fractured; Henry
Nash, slightly burned, Cyrus Munroe
Daniel Robertson, Adolph Landry, George
Il. Hopkins and Daniel Beaton.
The Scene of the Explosion.
The scene Of the explosion was in The
immediate vicinity OF Nos and slopes.
The greatest number of deaths occurred
there. This part Of the mine was visited
by Deputy Inspector of Mines Madden
Friday morning Mr.. Madden makes the
following statement Of his examination at
that time: Il entered No slope az 6;4s
a. m, passed through the tunnel into west
seam, tested the air and found il carrying
one per cent. Of fire damp Then / camt
down and went into west sink, thence to
the face Of west level going west. tested
the air but could not get any reading
worth noting ] came out Of tunnel and
went TO the face Of east side level thence
crossed to the west side OF No. slope
went up to top of balances where pillars
are drawn, tested air and found it clear OF
fire damp. Then / went TO the face Of the
west level, then up No. balance to q,
head Of No. 6 balance, got one and two
fifshs per cent. Of fire damp, thence To the
heed of No. balance and got one per cent
Of fire damp