The morning call., 1892-01-10
RECOVERING
MANGLED BODIES.
HeartrendiDg Scenes at the
Usage Mine.
Frantic Grief Of The Families Of The En-
tOmbed MinerS-ShOCking Sight
al the Foot Of the Shaft.
Special to THE MORNING CALL


sanity, because of the mine explosion,
shows no abatement All day yesterday
and to-day 5000 people were around the
shaft of the Usage mine crowdlng, gesticu-
lating and shrieking.
Perhaps it will never be known just how
many lives were lost in the Usage mine acci-
dent Some of the galleries and approaches
are so blocked with debris that it is nearly
impossible to oren them. The mine Off
c!als now assert that only one man is miss
ing-Antoni0 Genenetel. The miners as
sert Il at there are others imprisoned OF 335
men in the mine Thursday, flty-oue bodies
have been recovered. 136 men escaped by
way Of the ventilating SHAFT and us were
rescued from the main shaft. This leaves
thirty men unaccounted for. The list OF those
who escaped and those rescued are known
to be incomplete. It is believed that about
twenty escaped who are not listed This
would leave nineteen bodies still in the
mine. 1t is considered almost certain this
ali yet remaining in the mine must be dead.
THE WORK OF RESCUE.
All mines IN the vicinity have smut down
and the miners and the women OF their
families are at krebs to aid in the work Of
rescue, to perform the Offices for the dead
and TO relieve the suffering Of the wounded.
Everybody is helping with the work OF
rescue with the exception Of the negroes.
Some time ago the white miners refused to
work with the negroes. This morning
number of negroes went to Krebs and as
sisted in the work in only halt-heaUted
way, and one Of their number was heard TO
saw il served the miners right to have been
killed The word was passed from mouth
10 mouth. and the indignation and fury OF
the miners knew no bounds. The United
States Deputy Marshal, anticipating trouble,
was on hand with a posse and drove the
colored men from the place at the point OF
WuCh?,terS.
As body after body was removed from the
ground. women, cTaZed with despair, would
throw themselves IN front OF the SHAFT IN
their cil prjs 10 determine at once whether 1t
WAS thai of IA father, brother or husband.
Time and time again were the women
pressed back frem the mouth OF the shaft,
but as the Work nf rescue Proceeded, the
same scene was re-enacted.
HORRIBLY MANGLED.
1t was almost impossible to recognize
any resemblance to the human form In
tie bodies Of many of those rescued.
Heads. arms, legs, hands and feet In
MANY instances were torn from jheIT trunks.
The pit clothes were either partially or en-
tirclv burned away, and IN several cases
the flames had literally roasted almost all
tie flesh on the body.
Each article Of clothing and the contents
OF The pockets are closely scruinlZed Tor
any distiugushaDie mark whereby body
could be Identified,
A most horrible sight was that which met
tile gaze Of members If the rescuing party
attEe bottom Of the shaft, where lay an in
discriminate mass Of debris and dismem-
bered bodies Of the miners.
TIE dead were then taken 10 the black
smith-shop, near the main shaft. where a
mor-ue was imprUYised and the living taken
10 their homes.
Tie crowd vacillated between the shaft
ana the black smith-shop all day.
FORCE OF TIE EXPLOSION.
The explosion was terrific. 1t literally
tore the mine to pieces. Il closed up the
galleries, tore down the barricades, which
kent the air from circulating freely through
the unused portion Of the mine, thus cut
ting of all air from the galleries.
Three car-lO of mules were IN the mine
when tie explosion occurred, and only two
animals were killed. The boss driver, Tom
Kane, was killed.
The Superintendent Of the mine said the
blame should be laid upon whoever fired the
blast, as il was done too soon 1t should
have been fired at $50 o'clock, alter the
miners left tie mine, ia which case, II the
explosion have occurred, Dut I'VE OF SIX men
w0uld have been klll-d.
The Usage mines at Krebs ars GOuld's
prOperty, and have been operated for a
number Of years under the management oil
parties In ST Louis
This morning the company ordered sixty
five and local undertaker5 ordered car
load Of collins,
THE DEAD.
Following is list Of the dead as far as
recovered;
BELL. THOMAS
BESTIVE, JOHN.
BRENNAN, ED.
CLARK, JOE.
COLLINS, PETER.
COMPASS, JEAN.
CORANTO, ALEXANDER.
CORANTO, JOE.
DENSO, JOHN.
DRANBON. TED.
FALEYZICO. JOE.
FARMER, JIM.
FANA. DELVERER
FERRELL JOHN.
FERRO. ANGELO.
FULLER. MIKE
GENE>OE, ANTONIO.
Z GERARD. AN rONIO.
GREGORY, GEORGE.
4 GREGORY, JOHN.
GREGORY, PETER.
HARTLEY. JOHN.
HUNT, LARRY.
JACOMB, MIKE.
JACMO, GAUDE.
JANNEIT, MITCHELL.
JOHNS, PETER.
KANE, TOM.
LINDSEY. GEORGE.
LINDSEY, ED.
LIDOWER.
MITCHELL, w.
MOSS, BENNETT.
MCCONNELL, ROBERT.
MCSHANE, JOE.
MCSHANE, MIKE, and his son.
NOBBILL, TED.
OSLAND, JOHN, fatally burned, is
POWERS, PATRICK.
QUINN, JAMES, and two sons MATT
and JOHNNIE.
ROCCO, JOE.
RUSSELL, WILLIAM
SEtFBO. STEVE.
SINDRAMA, NORENZO
VALUE, TOM.
VERENZO, JOE.
NERGENE, STEW.
WALTON, 7, WILLIAM.
WILLIAMS, JACK.
WILLIAMS, JOHN.
FATALLY INJURED.
Following are among the fatally injured:
BENCH NIKE. NICLoET, JAMES.
HAhiO' EiEh' NICHOLSON, RICH
GRokEN' Russ. NICHoL, JOHN.
JACNO, JOE. PoMPIY. j.
JOCCO. DOMINIC. PAsoUE, Nicholas.
LEWIS, BLUA. SERION, NICHOLAS.
MALOJs, JOE. SIERRA, ANTONIO.
MILLIN, JOE. NERITO, PETER.
BALDEs, JOSEPH. HOPKINS DANIEL
BACAB, ED. JONES, IVAN.
BELZINNE, ANGELO. JONES, MILES.
BONE, Ii. MCCLELLAN. ii.
BOYLE, JAMES. MARTIN, CHARLES.
CAMPBELL, JAMES. MAUQUIS, ANTONIO
CAMPBELL. A. MCAPHINE. DAVE.
CLARK. JAMES. lMCkERR, JOHN.
GHARLEs, FRANK. MAYUsT, PETER.
EDWARDS. w. s. NICHOLS, SILYETTA.
FAGAN, PETER. 0CELL. THEODORE.
L IL. D.