Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-12
RECOVERED AT LAST
Bodies Of the Gaylord Mine Victims
at Plymouth, Pa.
end OF TWENT7-SEVEN DAYS WORK
Excitement in the Little Mining
Town.
ZEN UNFORTUNA TES

WILKESBARRE, Pa, March 12.-It was
rumored here early this morning that four
bodies had been recovered in the Gaylord
mine. A large crowd collected at the mine
expecting to see the bodies brought up at
any time.
At this morning one Of the company
officials paid a hurried visit to an undertake
ing establishment A half hour later the
undertaken was seen driving in the direction
Of the mine He had four collins on his
wagon. night Waterman saw the I'M
dertaker and gave the alarm. In less than
an hour over 1000 persons had congregated
at the mouth of the shaft.
The relatives of the entombed men were
the first to reach the slope. They made
many anxious inquiries as to the latest de-
velopments under ground, but the mine Of
ficials refused to answer.
Mrs w alsh, widow of one of the men in
the mine. arrived at the slope at O'clock
she wanted to know of the superintendent
II her husband was among those found
The superintendent said he was unable to
answer
At o'clock the collins were lowered into
the mine.
Mine Operator Edwards said at Q o'clock
this morning that there was no truth in the
report that the bodies of the buried miners
had been reached. He said, however that
coIrins were taken into the shaft and that
the rescuers expected to come upon the
bodies at any hour.
The Bodies Found,
At noon the excitement around the Cav
lord mine was intense Fully 1000 persons
were assembled at the mouth of the fatal
shaft. DR.. Cobleigh a local physician. went
down at IL O'Clock, carrying a lot of disin-
fectants. Two more collins were sent down
at l;3O. The mine officials refused to give
out any information whatever EVERYDAY
wa, vas sure, however. that all of the bodies
h hau peen recovered. They will not be
brought to the surface until late in the af-
ternoon. 40 'ie a.
1t is said that the only way the bodies can
De Identified is by the clothing The thirteen
, Hem were Killed instantly They had hardly
lline TO say prayer when the heavy fan Of
rock which followed the explosion crusbed
the life out Of them.
Inc names of the Gaylord mine victims
are: FOREMAN Thomas Picton, Thomas
Jones. Richard Davis, John Morris lanes
Kingdom, Thomas Merriman Thomas Ccle
Joseph Odds, John Hammer Peter Nc
.aughlin, Michael Walsh. married, and
married.
The Disaster.
The cave-in which resulted in the death
OF the thirteen miners occurred on Febru-
airy Ii. just twenty seven days ago. Ever
since the horrible accident the little town
OF Plymouth has been in mourning
The accident was the more distressing
owing to the number of fatherless children
who had been left by the victims. Almost
fifty little ones mourned the loss of their
fathers. Foreman Picton, who led the
men to their death. was a universal favor
lite in Plymouth. So well was he thought
OF that at the recent election, on February
20, he was unanimously chosen a school
director, this in face of the fact that the
men had been buried in the shaft for seven
DAYS and were almost surely dead.
haft TN t-hi rb th.. 10,
occurred has long ago been abandoned. All
the coal. it was thought by experts, had
been removed. In consequence, no atten-
ton was paid to keeping the Gaylord shaft
in repair, and il was allowed to gradually
fill up, until few months ago the King
ston Coal Company purchased the shaft
and decided to reopen k. The inside sup
ports were examined, and thought to be in
safe condition, but just how well this
theory was borne out is evidenced by the
horrible accident which occurred on that ILL
fated February Is.
Scarcely had the cave-in occurred before
a force of men was set to work clearing
away the debris within the shaft This
work has continued without a let up day
and night. The fall was thought to be be-
tween 500 and 800 feet from the entrance
Of the shaft. All of this mass has been re-
moved by the untiring efforts of the res
cuers. Many obstacles have been met by
the gallant rescuing party, but they have
kept at their work. Some days their pro-
gress has been less than ten feet while on
others they have advanced one hundred
feet, until today they have reached the spot
where the men persisted.