St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-23
Belief That the List Of Dead
Will Run Considerably
Over 100.
All the Bread Winners Of Sew.
epal Families Snatched
Away.
Eany Bodies Awfully Mutt
: lated--Numerous Scenes
Of Sorrow.


To-day the effect of yesterdays disaster
was felt more acutely. Grief is depicted
on every face. The work of recovering
the bodies was pushed forward, and the
searching party entered the mine at Ii
o'clock last night. A number of bodies
were taken up, and to-day the work has
been going on steadily. The dead are
being brought up more rapidly. and it
is expected that most of the dead
will be out of the pits to-day,
except those who are buried be-
Meath the falls Of roof. The total
number of dead IS now placed
at III. Two of those injured died last
night. They were Willard Carter and
Joshua Mcneil. To several families
the affiiction is very great. Reid Carter
and his two sons, Willard and Clarence,
are all dead. Three sons of the Car
michael family are dead-John, Andrew
and William. Jessie Armishaw went
down No. slope yesterday and found
his sons, Jesse and Robert, and John
Bainbridge, adopted son, all lying to-
gether. The sight slckened and un-
nerved him so that he had to return to
the surface without them. He was
frantic with grief. Two sons of Robert
McVey, under fourteen, are laid out
side by side. Hugh Bunt loses two
boys, Andrew and Alexander. These
SorrOwful Households
are only few of the large number from
which the bread winners have been
snatched. To-day one meets every
where women and children weeping
piteeusly. The deepest gloom has set
tied over the whole community. During
the night people were astir and little
knots of men eagerly discussed the situ-
alton. A special train arrived from
Westville and other mining centers in
Pietou county with relatives of the dead
and others. A steady stream of curious
people has been pouring INTO the town
fE1m all quarters, and visitors are
numerous. Some OF the bodies
taken out were fearfully mutilated.
Those Of the dead who were beyond
recognition were identified by their
clothing or marks ON their bodies. A
carpenter shop has been temporarily
converted into dead house, to which
all the eorpses are taken, and then
washed and prepared for their coffins.
1t is a most gruesome sight. The shop
is continually crowed with sorrowing
relatives looking for their dead. Clergy
men OF different denominations are
doing what they can for the grief
stricken. No servi ces were held in the
Methodist or Presbyterian churches.
Irof nlnV>n t.,A hi,rh
in the morning and there was short
service in the Episcopal church. The
appalling enorml.y of the accident has
Stunned the People,
and they are just beginning to realize
the extent OF the dreadful calamity.
The injured are progressing most favor
ably. and are being tenderly cared for.
When the explosion took place doctors
were telegraphed for to other places,
and appeared on the scene as soon as
they could reach town by rail. Those
who responded so promptly to the call
were Drs. Allen. HewsOn, Campbell and
Bliss. of Amherst; Boggs, Bubbltt and
Atkinson, of ParrsborQ, and McDougall,
of Offord. These, with the colliery doc
lOIS dill duLllOlllltS, uiu cycI ytIllllS JDS-
sible for the sufferers. Eleven were
seriously injured. Others who were
overcome by the damp were resus-
citated, and their names can-
not be ascertained. They are all right
to-day. A man named Carter. who was
carried out severely Injured. was struck
by some flying missile. from the efft,ts
of which injury he died at about mid
night. Joshua Mcneil was also struck
by something above the eye. He died
this morning. With these exceptions
the injured are doing well. The scene
fo the explosion was in the immediate
vicinity of Nos. and balances in the
east slope. There the greatest number
of deaths occurred. Tnis particular part
of the mine was visited by Deputy In
spector of Mines Madden on Friday
forenoon. Madden's statement declares
that ne found in two places fire damp
registering from to % per cent.
Ninety-four bodies had been recovered
at midnight