The record-union., 1892-05-12
The Work of the Rescuing Party
Proceeds Very Slowly.
ACCUMULATION OF FIREDAMP 4
GREAT DRAWBACK
Centennial Celebration of the Discov-
cry of the Columbia River by Cap
tain Robert Gray-Attempt Made to
Break jail by Notorious Horse
Thief at Phoenix, Arizona.
Special to the REcoRD-UN1oN.

Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.
RosLYN (Wash.), May u.-Morning
dawned upon a crowd of weary and grief
stricken watchers, who kept an all-night
vigil at the scene of yesterdays ex-
pIosion.
At midnight, much to the regret of the
rescuers, they were compelled to cease
their labors, owing to the excessive accu-
mutation of fire-damp. Early this morn
ing the work of rescue was resumed.
There are seven drifts in the stope, and
the fourteen bodies thus far recovered
We're found between the first and fifth.
The sixth and seventh have not been
reached.
The rescuing party is building bulk
head which has caused several hours de-
lay. 1t is expected that a large number
of bodies viii be found when the last two
drifts are reached, as most of the men
We're at work there at the time of the ex-
plosion.
The work of rescue proceeds slowly.
The men are carefully using canvas and
lumber to bullEhead fresh air TO the front
where it is being pumped into the mine
The scene al the morgue is one to touch
the hardest heart.
The sight of two little children walking
hand in hand looking for papa" OF
weeping women seeking husbands, faith
ers and brothers among the charred and
mutllated remains is a most affecting one
The Mayor has issued an appeal to out
side towns and cities for assistance on be-
Ealf OF the dead miners families, many
OF whom are left in straitened circum-
stances.
General Manager Kangley. ofthe North
..l
that the company viii relieve all the i'm
mediate wants Of the distressed.
General Manager kangley of the coal
company arrived from Tacoma this morn
ing with corps of uDdertakers and two
box cars loaded with collins. The COM
pany will bear the entire expense of in
terment.
Justice Gamble of Clealum impaneIed a
Coroner's jury this morning, and, after
viewing the bodies that were recovered,
the inquest adjourned. The Jury will
convene from time to time as the bodies
are taken out, but no inquest will be held
until the bodies of the remaining en-
tombed miners are recovered.
The relief work is progressing as rap
idly as the teartulIy wrecked condition of
the mines interior will permit, and DOS
slbly another forty-eight hours will be
consumed before the lowest level is
reached.
Various rumors as to the cause Of the
explosion are rife, but it is altogether
probable that the true nature of the dis
aSter and the circumstances that led to it
will never be known, since none have
been left to tell the story. The most rea-
sonable conclusion arrived at is that the
working miners unexpectedly encoun-
tered strong gas feeder.
The interior. of the Stope was so badly
wrecked that it will require at least a
month to place it in proper shape for
work. 1t is thought that the other bodies
Will be reached by tomorrow morning.
The loss to property cannot be estimated
at thisl time, but will aggregate many
thousands.
This morning Mayor Miller appealed
to the people at large, through the Mayors
OF Seattle. Spokane and Portland Re-
sponses to the Mayors call for relief have
been literally made. Portland has tele-
graphed $500, and several individuals
have contributed sums from $50 to SlOO.