The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-01-10
LIST OF VICTIMS.
Fortunately the Mine Horror Is Not
SO Bad as a. Pirst Re-
ported.
Fifty One Dead Bodies Recovered
and Several Men Not Ac-
counted For.
PItiful Scenes 1t the Little Town--Terrific
Force Of the ExpioHon dead
and Injured.

no.
Force Of the ExploHon dead
and Injured.
MeALL1sTER, !. f., Jan. 9.-The excite
ment, intensified almost to insanity be-
cause Of tho mine explosion, shows no signs
of abatement. All day yesterday and to-
day 5000 people have been around the shaft
of the mine. crowding. gesticulating and
shrieking. Up to two o'clock this morning
thirty-six dead bodies had been taken
out Of the mine and 100 injured, fifteen Of
whom diod before morning. The remain
ing sighty-ive miners are lying at their
homes swathed in cotton and vaselino.
Everybody is helping with the work of
rescuss, with the exception Of the negroes.
Some time ago the white men refused to.
work with the negroes. This morning
number negroes went to Krebs and assisted
in the work in only q half-hearted way and
one Of their number was heard to say it
served the miners right to have been killed.
The remark passed from mouth to mouth
and the indignation of the miners knew no
bounds. The United States deputy
marshal, anticipating trouble, was on hand
with posse and drove the colored men
from the place at the point Of their Win
chesters.
This morning az body after body was re-.
moved from the mine the women. crazed
with despair, would throw themselves in
front Of the shaft in their efforts to deter
mine at once whether it was that of father,
brother or husband
Time and time again were the women
pressed back from the mouth of the shaft,
but as the work of rescue proceeded the
same scene was re-enacted.
It was almost impossible to recognize any
resemblance to human form in the bodies
of many of those rescued. Heads. arms,
legs, hands and feet were in many instances
torn from the trunks. The pit clothes were
either partly or entirely burned away, and
in several cases the flames had literally
roasted almost all the flesh on the bodies.
The dead are taken to the blacksmith shop
near the main shast. where morgue was
improviaed, and the living taken to their
homes. The crowd has vacillated between
the shaft and the blacksmith shop all day.
The company has ordered sixty-fve and
local undertakers a carload of cofiins. ALI
the mines in the vicinity have shut down
and the miners and women have gone to
Krebs to aid in the work of rescue and to
perform the offices for the dead, and to re-
lieve the suffering of the wounded.
Each article of clothing and the contents
of the pockets are closely scrutinized for
any distinguishing mark, whereby the body
could be identified. The most horrible
sight met the gaze Of the members of the
rescuing party at tine bottom of the shaft.
where lay an indiscriminate mass OF debris
and the uismembered bodies of many min
ers.
The explosion was terrific. 1t literally
tore the mine to pieces. It closed up gal
leries, tore down the barricades, which
kept the air from circulating freely through
the unused portion of the mine, thus cut
ting off all air from the galleries. This
morning relief party of Krebs miners
was compelled, after forty-eight hours of
stead dy labor, to stop, work, completely ex-
hausted. Three carloads of mules were in
the mine when the explosion occurred and
only two animals were hurt. The boss
driver, Tom Kane, was killed. The super
intendent of the mine said the blame
should be laid upon whoever fired the
blast, as it was done too soon. 1t should
miners had left the mine, in which case the
explosion would have occurred but only five
or six men would have been killed.
The work of bringing out dead bodies
ana removing the living is still progress
ing. The Usage mines at Krebs are Gould
property huu udNo OocA OHEIdseu 1OI d
number of years under the management of
parties in st. Louis.
The dead are: Geo. Lindsey I'D Lind
sey Mike Jacomb, Ted Dranbon, John Fer
rell, John Dense, Steve Setfro, Delvere
Favo Bennett Moss, Joe Coranto, Antonio
Genezo, Tom Kane, Lidower, Joe Clarke.
Joe Rocco. James Dunn and two sons, Matt
and Johnnie, George Gregory, Joe McShane,
Mike McShane, his son, Alexander Coranto,
Robert Mcconnell, Patrick Powers, Will
lam Walton, Mitchell Jannett, Jack Will
iams, Ted Kobel,, Thomas Bell, Larry
Hunt, Angelo Ferrs, Gaub Fer:o, Gapb
HALEY. Mike Fuller, Peter Gregory. John
Williams, Horenzo Sindrama, Antonio
Gerard, John Gregory, Tom Value, Alonzo
Gregory. Peter Johns, Joe Vernzo, Joe
Faley, Ed Brennan, John Bestive, William
Russell. John Osland, fatally burned, is
dying.
TIE following are among those fatally in
jured: Joe Jackmo, Rich Nicholson, John
Nichoi, Joe Millin, Blua Lewis, doe Ma
lous, Rufus Croken, Peter Barto, Peter We =
ito j. Pomply, Frank Market Dominic
Jocco james Necolot, Mike Benign, Anto
MO Sofra, Nicholas Pasque, Nicholas Ser
to be unrecognizable, but is still living;
Cendico Powers. serophine Giovanni, An
tonic Maquiss, Silsettn Nichols, Peter May
ust. Lewis Gregory, Theo Ooell Jos. Bald 8.
Henry Bone, L. j. Flynn, Ed. FLYNN, Ange-
10 Belginne, Steve Porry, Frank Charles. D.
,, X. Hopins. Daniel Hopkins, James Clark.
Hawthorne Mcclellan, Charles Martin,
James Start. Ed. Baean, Pat Wynn, Mike
Wynn, Peter Fopn. Miles Jones. james
Campbell, Andrew Campbell, Geo. Green
burn, W. s. Edwards, Dave McAlphine,
John McKern, James Boyle, d. Promisco,
Evan Jones, Rex Fuller. All are terribly
burned about the face and hands, some
about the bodies, and many have fractured
skulls, arms nnd legs
Perhaps il will never be known just how
many lives were lost in the accident. Some
of the galleries and approaches arc SO
blocked with debris TINT it is nearly impos-
sible to open them. Mine officials now
assert TINT only one man is missing, An
tonic Genenetel. The miners assert that
there are others imprisoned. or 335 men
in tho mine Thursday, 1fty-one dead bodies
have been recovered, 1877 escaped by way of
the ventiating shaft. and los were rescued
from tho main shaft. This leaves thirty
nine unaccounted for. The list of those
who escaped rnd those rescued is known to
be incomplete. 1t is believed that about
twenty escaped who were not listed. This
would leave ninetean bodies still in the
mines. 1t is considered almost certain that
all yet remaining must be dead.
Missouri state University.
CoLuMutA, Mo-, Jan. a.Missouri state
university, located here, was destroyed to-
night by lire, and contents, valued at $40O.-
600. The insurance il 100000 The aohool