The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-25

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u &c 1own fnso tie s1ops After fss Ere IS
rrxev.e2 lie answered - ~ csA tSF
velzntexrs An1 ae and thfss Ssasrs $50
tgenxAt 10 sbe frss bcsy, shas q Sosn ~
4nderx0a, Pr@vacrs 20 this tins 10 Sns
Ersea 49, .xvszus she accA1eEE wss. oEf
whea TIE dad bsgas 20 srr1Ts tie voices
q TIE r.eooss farz1assnz Tor saszr ioFe1
ores ss ts-xst.e 70 bear. ] ezafa ssksa
for vosz1seers and several Whites s11
ess1ks rssoon1A4, they went eosa sa1
~asR~d dlsixwntly. bsfnUrx fnen 70 the scp
~ 80 slex.e wa5.s others who ks1 gone
from the s0ath ss1s wsrs bringing tSsfa
sfonx she gxnxwAy- The sxc8tsBs1t m
ere4seS every tina . body Eas Srs1xat Up
Assd recoxn zs5. Al ore tine fSnx 1szsSs
wsrs brought - - ons tine sna sat1 ;
Iakasutssss nosss 81 weepsnx HoDsD AAa
fn~a 1 boDs I snall nsTsf haze - Lear
sga4s."
eTen1Es or TIE srKvTvoA
lie Ciexnrns mas sitting In chute u "a
which tie Gre Vas located. he was OPEN
ing Up the cbote sad trying 80 pas oGt tAs
IRE. He tod TIE rssn who ssfs coming
cut n0s 70 be In . hurry: shat there was
no danger. He stayed there and vas
sm1shsrsd. LANES Scott vas Ia sns room
farshess ia and tod els partners 20 come
cut. tha. there wes danger. bat they
stop1ed 20 get thsr tools and were
81 shres kaIss. Emsnnsl Moore
sd that be earae oEs ~ breast
Gz and saw Ike C1smms sitting theirs.
Moore told hitn be hsd been rs orssst N
she 9Th leTei, aad thai tie IRE VAS 1Gst
Ike II and be had better come CUT Ike
sad, No, there's DO danger" and stayed
and died. From 81 that can bs learned, u
ia Dsllevsd that hsd al come OCT on tbs
first aiKrtn they wosid have al sseapsd.
Arehls Jones, eelored, track elsansf IN
the sixth north Level, said he knew the
nprer end ef the gangEsy vas Oh IRE
1hsa Joe Dawsoa came RAINING up %
him ard saids
s0es come ernuty powder cans and help
get water 20 pat Ere out Ia breast sixty
two" He continued: II got the cars aad
ran dosn 70 tie breast ssw that the ire
was big 90 I ran right ont 70 the main
siops. When / last saw Joe he vas run
ning north 10 tell the other boys That
was The last say OF him. He wss taken
cot later dead. All the msn could have
been saved, bot they dad not know there
wss any danger. They were al surprised"
sor ovKH THE Lfsfxs.
As soon as the dead arrived at the sur
face superintendent Ramsey had another
PARTY carry thsfn 70 the Old engine room,
where they we're laid ont in ross on The
floor, the thirty-ssysn stslsart bodies
covering almost every inch Of SPACE. The
slghs was one that chilled the people with
horror. Thirty-ssyeu msn without
scratch on them. still dead. Al had been
lively and happy q few hours bsfors With
their families snd their friends, little
dreaming that death vas near. The few
who ssca ped, upon reaching the surface,
were greeted with cries Of JOY. while al
evening men we're shaking each Others
hands. happy that they were not among
the dad. One man said this evening:
81 thought bad soms enemies the other
day, bat / haven't DOW. Every man I
meet fee. Is ny irisadi I'm % glad no
more are dead.
This evening sli 10 quiet in the face OF
this awfuG death. The dead hare been
prepared. clothe1 and laid out. and . man
Is now among the people seeing what dis
position will be made Of the bodies. To-
morros the men will Gig the graves. and
the nsxt day there wili be one great
funeral All day long the Little telegraph
ofElcs vas besisged With sorrowing people
sending dispatches to relatives living in
other parts Of the country. notifying them
Of the grtsf which has so saddsniy be-
fallen them.
This evening thoughtful crowd eongre-
gated 81 the postofaes when the mails
came in. Tbs postnasssr, Ending letters
for the dead in the mail, would inquire
Who sas entitled 10 taks care Of thss mans
mail or that mans mail. the dead seem
ingly cntnumhsring the living.
ozasIs OF THE SIKk
The origin a the FIRE In breast 81 xty-fxois
supposed TO be spontaneous combustion
csased By refuse and screenings Ia the
bottom Of The breast Stacking and catch
leg Ere. The mine was never In safer con-
ditloa, however, and IL seems a mystery
that the Gre could have burst out and
gsinsd such . hsAdwsy all ~ once. 1t is
suggested that possibly the IRE had been
burning for some time. perhaps two or
three days, and from a smonldeFlng blaze
IL all 81 once became n burning furnace.
Breast sixty-two IL about 800 feet high and
l. nos al on Ere. The Ere has also CON-
municAisd 70 breasts SIXTY and sixty-ons
Of the SANS Level. and The flfth level il
threatened
superintsndsnt Ramsey says that he will
bnikheas the sixth level and perhaps the
fifth leysl and hsrmesieagly seal the levels.
thas shutting of the air snd smotherlng
the Ere. The mine 10 troubled good deal
With black damp. bat with the air supply
shut Of the black damp will form aud Of
itself pat ous tie Gre. IL - believed that
10 three months the fire will have been
completely extin Euished. Men are still NJ
work on the sixth level north hnikhsad-
Ing the Gre district, Aad though the fan Is
kept at work 20 give the men air. the Ere
IL aided just that mnch more for the time
being With tie xsh level closed, about
1870 feet II gang1ay and forty breasts
nil be rendered useless The breasts for.
asrly gave employ meat 10 seventy men.
rs TIEsT AccEpKsL
eapersniendsut Ramsey ha. been
miner forty-ons wears and has been a mine
superintendent tor the pass twenty-five
yasrs, being aow 50 years cid Thu 10 the
1rsl disaster that has ever occurred in a
rniue under his charge. although hs has
run mines that ssF- said 90 Re ehoodooed"
and unsafe. In January, lisa an eKpio-
sion occurred In the Almy nine, ia Wyo-
ming. in which thirteen miners were
Allied, some OF them being blown Gus OF
the slope and almost two miles asay. lie
took charge q the mine the following
Nay. rsopsne3 IL aud remained its super
intendsRt for Almost seven years wUhin
year after be lsft. the mlns caught
Ere and has ever since beea shrt
down. II has heretofore been The
talk among coal miners THAI superiatsna-
snt Ramsey vas ths most fortunate man
who ever conducted q mina lie himself
said this svealng that he has always taken
great care 80 avoid danger regardless Of