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

waa heooaas the upezxs, and TIE sir ehute
vii become s1s Gov oezss- The GoTnc2ss
- the r9rfson Of tae slope Or ca1ie were
/ tie air cones down - veztalats TIE Enans
from the surfzce- The uF<aUse. or the p
cast IL where the AIR or EtDospasEs 3
drawn OF from the names and passes o1a
70 the akEosohsTe outside
Prom EAs paositioa ia which foun1
/ the bodies ard fhs fact thsx they we're -
/ feet from the Ers proves 80 ne That TIE
men were not carried or driven back
4 from tie Ere and taeB captured ard
{ killed, as y0a might say, BAT thai tns
smoke had g0s In behind them and
( the smoke MAS also encroaching slowly
in front Of them. so they resfeAted and
vert that So feet 10 safety. Bat t1@ mo-
neat they passed the chB.e dooT. when
I o~lieye wss open. they dropped into the
smoke "a shich they died II - vas tue
smoke that smzRased from the ire tnst
kfliesf the men they would have died II
arst $50 Zee. sonnewhere. probably the lrst
so feet from fhs ire, bat as they trsveae1
that in safety. not even dropping Their
dinner backsts. lamps or anything e.se,
ard shea dropped Ia the space Of 10 or
30 feet, proves the smoke Vas coming oas
OF the tunnes and that was the smoke
found. thai encountered When rescued
that man and was driven back
When asked how the FIRE in breast sixty
two started. Mr.. Morgan said il might
have been caused By an iacendiary- he
said that he did not want to intimats inst
sny man with 50 diabolicai turn Of mind
could ever have secured employment IN
the mine. bat be could not see how the fire
was started unless IL vas either caused
purposely or By the rankest kind OF care
lessness. he went on:
IBID the appearance Of the bodies Of the
men shoE they had run or were making .
violent effort TO save themselves when
death overlook them z"
.'soms OF them were evidently running.
bat others were not. Some OF them were
men OF good judgment and plenty Of nerve
One man was found with his cap drawn
down over his face, showing he tried TO
escape from inhalsng the smoke Another
man had bis coat down over his head and
vas lying on his face, indicating that he
vas perfectly cool. Another man vas
found in the ditch with the muddy water
up to his ears. He had evicentiy lam
down ia the ditch with bis mouth close TO
the water. But he died, and bis head fell
forward and lay in the water. The whole
thing indicated that they were making an
Effort 10 get beyond the smoke"
MS "BUTTIEs" DIED.
David Moran, colored miner who was
working breast seyenty-slx OF the north
sixth level at the time OF the fire. said that
his partner, Andy Greer, was killed. Some
one came 10 the chute and hollered and
Andy went down and said: 'Come on,
butty. fire belowl" Mason went on:
al picked up my coat and bucket and
followed. | ran and fell got up, and
another fellow said the TIRE was in sixty
two. Ny butties and twelve or thirteen
more we're watching the ire. / said:
Come on. outties, yoa'i! get sFnothered
yon stop there
"Thsy said there was no danger, and
told them they'd better come or they
wouldn't get out They wouldn't come.
and L ran ahead. In 5 little while met a
man at the bottom of the main slope, and
hs said about twenty Of 'em were dead
from the smoke / was the last man TO
start from the ire TO the bottom / saw
Ed Maxwell and q fellow named Jim
Stanley going in with buckets Of water to
stop the nre. told them to come out, but
they were both smothered. l was scared
and went TO the top as soon as possible"
do you think thai had you loitered
At the fire with your butties you would
have succeeded ia escaping7"
''No. / would have been dead"
"When / left the burning breast saw
Ike Clemmens there. He's dead"
James Scott. a white miner. was In
breast eighty-six in the north sixth level !;
said himself. Peter Hay. Jake Olsen and
John q. Anderson were the men furthest
in the gangway. He said;
~ was in there and Evan Davy yelled
there was TIRE. We started out together.
/ walked ahead and didn't stop at the fire,
but kept right on TO the bottom. They
were about 800 feet behind me. 1t was
in ha
couldn't see very far. When / reached
breast sixty-two | saw an Italian watching
the fire, and told him TO move on. He
moved out and was saved. lie never saw
his butties again until they were brought
ont dead. They could have all got out
had they acted - l did and taken no risk.
/ think they stopped TO put out the FIRE.
The door 10 the air chute was closed when
/ passed. IL must have been opened by
some one who followed after me-"
Brazil Grantllla, boy of Is employed
In bringing cars to the bunkers, said that
he ran up on the hill and told George
Washington Smalley that the north sid a
was on tire. Smalley was At the fan on
the bill. lie said:
The engineer sent me. I didn't tell
George Smalley to stop the fan. Jim
Cave and the fireman were there. Smal!ey
told me 20 tell Mr.. Ramsey the north side
was on Gre, but Jim Cave got there tirs,
and told him himself.
Jim Cave testified he was at the fan
yesterday morning until IL so. when he
noticed smoke coming cut of the chute.
The fireman said IL looked just as ii did
when the fifth level was on tire, and they
talked about the incident and examine 4
the fan. The fan was slowed down 10
enable them 10 look for fire and none be-
ing found was again started. Then the
Grantilla boy ran up and said: 'Smslley.
the whole north side is aiire. Shut down
the fan.
Cave then said he ran down the bill and
told Mr.. Ramsey. Ramsey told him to
hurry back and start the fan again AS
soon as he could get back he had the tan
started up, about fifteen minutes interven-
ing.
c. c. Todd, who worked with others TO
rescue the imprisoned men, said that W hen
he reached the bottom of the main slope he
found Mr.. Morgan and Smalley ahead OF
him. Said he:
Adams. Smalley and Morgan and my.
self went in quite distance. Morgsn lead
ing the way. On the way in We tripped
over something on the track. and We found
IL Was she body OF John - Anderson. We
kept on. finding bodies IN punches and in
alt shapes We nnally reached the Are,
and Morgan went IN until he got weak and
dizzy and came back. lie then went u
tie tor and l remained on the bottom
look ng taE mere dead.
How was the AR working when you
we're sheref"
"Au right The draft was up the chute "
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