The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-26

at Black Diamond by the side of his wife
who died two years ago. The.funeral was
under the auspices of Franklin and Black
Diamond Knights of Pythias lodges. To-
morrow Joe Bossio. Chris Dunkors, Joe
Dawson, John I. Pugh. ID. D. Jones and
Evan ID. Jones will be buried, the latter
under the auspices Of the knights OF
Pythlas and l. o. o. r. lodges. The bodies
of Jacob Olsen, John q. Anderson, Peter
Perry. Joe Casseil and Frank Larson will
be buried In Seattle. John Morris will be
buried al Cedar Mountain, Evan Hughes
and William Secor at Renton, and Robert
McClusky at Newcastle. The others will
be buried here today.
THE DgAEDLY BREAST VISITED.
The party composed Of A. r. Burleigh.
Coroner Horton. Superintendent Corey.
Deputy Coroner Green, Gas Tester John
Morgans and reporters, who vent down
into the mine az ~ o'clock last night, re-
mained on the sixth level TOR over two
and a half hours. As soon as the cars
reached the bottom of tbs main slope the
party entered the north sixth level in
which the tbirty-seven men we're killed.
About DO feet in men were found building
stopping or bulkbead across the gang
way for the purpose Of hermeticaliy seal
ing that portion OF the mine aud smother
ing the IRE which 10 now raging in breasts
slxty-two. sixty-one and sixty. Close to
the ground in ths stopping was left .
small mRnhole, and here the coroner's
party went through one az n time. Twelve
hundred feet further in the second stop.
ping Was encountered, and here further
progress was blocked. This second bulk
head is built just thirty feet from the place
where the fire Is raging. and one could
plainly hear the flames roaring ~ they con-
sumed the coal. While the suction from
the draft vas SO strong that, In apiie Of
the bulkhead. the lights from the miners
caps, when held close to the upper and
lover cracks, would be almost pulled
away and sxtinguished.
Ia going into the level the eoFoner's
party was stopped just T. $50 feet.from the
Zoo. Of the main slope by Gas Tester Nor.
gAna, who called attention 10 dinner pail
and . miners cap lying in the gutter ~
she side Of the gangway, on the ieft-hand
side OF the track, which indicated the spot
where J. L. Snyder. the only man taksa
out alive, Was found by the Tescuing
party. Snyder. who Is = 25o-pound man.
is almost insane. and is stlli 50 far over
CONS that, though he walks around town.
he il Wild at times and talks incohsrently.
lie expressed the fear this morning that
be would 20 insane.
Fifty feet further in the level Mr.. Nor
gAns pointed out another dinner pail.
marking the spot where the body OF jobs
q Anderson was found THIS MAS the
frst body taken out Twenty feet stisi
further in wers miners caps and dinner
pals. showipg where three more had fab
/ len IN their aight. As ths party pro-
/ esedsd other eytdsness Of death were dis
I covered. A dead mule lying across the
/ track marked the spot where Peg" John.
1 the level horse driver who was an ex-Seat-
I tis nsxaooy, wss found IN the arms OF his
/ father. Ths latter, hearing of ths IRE.
came from the south sixth ievei. wheFs
/ bis duties as gas tester kept him. and has-
ried infa tle north sfxth 10 rescus his son.
/ In enc spot indicated - miners lamps
and caps aud dinner pals. seven bodies