The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-12
Nearly All of Them Were Married, or
Leave Dependent Relatives.
Appeals for Assistance Sent Out-The
Slope Was Not Dangerous and Every
Precaution Was Taken. so That q
Gas Chamber NJ ust Have Been Struok.

tam that every man who was in the slopo
AZ the time the explosion occurred was in
stantly killed, or death ensued shortly
after, since no one could have lived
through the smoke and afterdamp with
which every nook and corner of the slope
was filled by the explosion. The men who
worked in the slope. and their several
shifts, We're we'll known, and but little
trouble has been experienced in making q
complete list of those who were on duty
when the disaster occurred. Following is
an authentic list of the bodies recovered:
HARRY CAMPBELL. aged 65 years. single.
JOHN BONE, single. but engaged to be mar.
ried at an early date.
THOMAS REEcE, leaves a wife and several chill.
dren In destitute circumstances.
DAVID REECE, son of the above
BEN Os1LIFF. wife and seven children.
WILLIAM HAGUE, only support of an Invalid
mother and crippled sister.
THOMAS BREMEN. leaves wife ana nine chill.
dren, the eldest u years old, destitute.
PRESS LOVING, colored-
WESLEY POLLARD, colored, married.
THOMAS HOLMES. wife and child.
GEORGE MOSES. leaves an orphan son 10 years
old.
), n. LEWIS. married.
JOHN MATES
ROBERT SPoLrs. married.
The remains of the following remain in
the slope.
WILLIAM ROBINSON. leaves wife ana young
babe.
sidney WRIGHT. leaves wife and four chill.
dren. one babe four days old.
RogERT GRAHAM, wife and two children.
CHARLES PALMER, wife and child.
NINFaED STEEL, married.
JOSEPH BRowITT, married, aged 50 years
JAcoB WEATHERBY, until lately mine boss ~
mine No. s. leaves wife and five children.
JOHN HoDGsoN, married.
GEORGE BROOKS, leaves wife and family in
Streator, Ill.
ANDREW ERLANpsKv married.
JOSEPH CUswoRrH. sr., leaves vile and eight
children.
JOSEPH CUswoRTH. jr.. son OF above
DAN MCCLESgAH. married.
MITCHELL RONALD, brother OF x-superintend.
ent Alex Ronald. leaves wife and FIVE children.
WILLIAM PESHALL, leaves wife and four chill.
dren IN England
JOHN FOSTER, leaves wife and two children
aad a third child expected hourly.
JOSEPH BENNETT, married.
RICHARD FoRsYrHE, leaves wife and fcur
step-children.
GEORGE FoRsyrHE, jr., only son OF Richard,
was working alongside his father.
PHILIP DAVIS, wife and three children.
JOHN LAFFERTY, single
MITCHELL HALE, married. brother-in law OF
Steele.
FRANK HANNAH, DrOLner-ln-I&W Oh William
Robinson, above mentioned.
JAMES MORGAN, single.
HERMAN DANsTER, single
ScorT GILES, colored, married.
REV. g. w. WILLIAMS, colored, married.
JAMES HOUSTON, colored.
DoMINICIo BERNIco, Italian, married.
The above-named forty-four men, Il is
confidently believed comprise all who arc
known to have gone into the slope on
Tuesday.
Wednesday morning a coroners iurv
was impaneled by Justice Gamble, the iury
being F. II. Fogh, merchant: w. A. Mohr.
merchant; William Obie. coiored miner:
Henry Clark, miner; Lon Billings, miner;
j. {. Jackson, retired miner. The recoy.
cred bodies were viewed at the city hall
and the jury adjourned to await the re-
covery of the bodies still in the mine. This
action was taken in order to permit
friends and relatives of the deceased to
give early attention to the corpses that
have been brought up.
General Manager Kangley, of the coal
company. brought over two car loads Of
collins from Tacoma this morning. to-
gether with burial robes, and gave in
structions that proper attention should be
given in the interment of the unfortunate
men. The city hall has been transformed
into charnel-house, and throughout the
day it was beseiged by the relatives and
friends of the dead miners. As soon as a
body could be properly dressed and placed
in the coffin it was turned over to relatives,
who In most instances were represented
by the several secret orders of the camp,
and taken to the late home of the deceased.
Tomorrow services will he held in the
II, Frsn
and Unity hall, after which the bodies will
be inferred i'll the cemetery near the camp.
Throughout the day speculation has been
rife as to the cause of the explosion, and
several theories were presented. 1t was
rumored that both the miners and the
company had considered the slope dan
gerous for several months. and that due
precautions had not been taken to do away
with the possibilities of an explosion.
This feature, however. is denied by the
mine management, and many of the
miners whom the Posr-INTELLIGExcER cor
respondent has interviewed substantiate
the statements of the company officials.
1t is a fact worthy of note that the great
majority of the men who have been work.
ing III the slope have in the past been nit
men or mine bosses, persons who are sup
posed TO be thoroughly familiar with prac-
tical mining. 1t is also significant that
there have always been numerous ap-
plications for work in the slope,
because of the opportunity to
make better wages there, and il
would seem that If the slope was deemed
dangerous the men would not have been
SO anxious and willing TO go into it. This
feature Of the case will be brought ont
more fully at the inquest. The construc-
ton OF the slope has been practically under
the direction OF Mr.. George Harrison,
mine boss and at present acting superin-
tendent, ever since The first pick was
driven in the work. Mr. Harrison has
mined coal for twenty-seven years, having
worked IN the South Yorkshire mines,
known among all miners for their gaseous
features, for many years previous to COM
ing to America. He Is considered a care
full, cautious and thoroughly experienced
miner, aud the employees under him have
always had great confidence in his ability.
In an interview with Mr.. Harrison the
PosT-IsTELLIGEscYR correspondent Was