The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-08-25
NET DEATH IN A MINE
THIRTY.FlvE WERE KILLED
Many Of the Men We're Warned but
TaSrisd 10 Notify Their Eel.
low-Workmsn-List Of
the Dead.


rarrisd 10 Notify Their Eel.
loW-Workmen-List os
the Dead.
0sATTER, WASH. Aug. A-A special to
The Hess.lRtslii0sncsr from Frankliu,
Wash., says. A. l5 minutes to I o'clock
this afternoon firs was noticed b. some
oe the drivers on the sixth north level and
notice was given 10 the mon inside who
wsre working In different places, some In
the breast above the level and others
along the eanawAy, % soon - u Was
known that there was . Ore. Many Of the
men In the gangwAys rushed back TO no
ttfy the miners further Ia, while others
rushed out and rsachsd the main shaft.
u 10 certain that all the men In the
besests rsaehsd the saneway In safety.
In ell shout 70 mon were % work In the
sixth level north, and Of that num-
bse about % liuesrsd at the breast
q. whses the ars originatsd, and
made an attempt 10 put cut the
f1ss. The breast wss burning ilsresly and
bsSoes The miners knew u the flre had com.
munieated 10 breast % and q and smoke
began to issue from breast 81 In the imms'
|dIats viclnity. Several Of these who lin.
kgsred at the burning breast 90 took warn
jns and Asd. but Ill who rsmaiued were
overcome and asphyxiatsd. Il 10 evident
that all The men bad time to come out, Tor
those at work In the further breast
FsAehsd the shaft In safety whils those
who were nearest the shaft and oonse.
qusntly more removed from danger per.
ishsd. They evidently believed they we're
In perfect safety from The fire, but while
they fingered smoke oossd out from some
eutsids placs furthsr south and the bodlss
wees al found south Of breast GO. All were
found along within space OF 500 fest.
Following 10 the list Of the dead whose
bodies have bsen recovered: Frank Will
liz. eolorsd, married; Ed. Maxwell, col.
cred. single; r. w. Jones, colorsd, single |;
John =. Rantalli, Italian. single; Joe.
Dawson, Rnglish, single; II. X. Roberts,
celoesd, sInsls, John Irwin, colosed. sin.
-, Joe Cassell. italian. single, james
Glbson, eolored, single, Edward johnson,
Swsds. single; Andy Enedahl, Sweds,
single; Jshn w. Push, Welsh. married ;
Andy Greer, eolorsd, single; doe I. Bos.
sie. Italian, single; Ike Clements, eolored
married, Psts Parry, Italian, sinsls,
Robert MeCosksy, Pole. sinsls; Evan d.
Jeuss, Welsh, single, 8. Setsr. Scotch,
uAerssd fouis Farr, Italian. single; Phil
D. Mari, italian, married; John Strand.
ridge, American. single, John Y. Johns,
Welsh, married, John Morris, Welsh,
married, John Hall, English, single, Chris
bunker. American. single, Charley
6tsasps, colored. single; Jacob Olsen,
Swsds, married; Frank Larsen, Swsde,
siuele; Evan Hushss, Welsh. married,
Reeco Tstti. Italian. single; D. d. Jones,
Welsh. married, Evan Johns, Welsh
married, A. J. Jenss, eoiorsd, marrssd,
W. p. Jones. eoloesd, singis.
Othses killed wsee: John Andersen
Swsds. married, william Ssear. Amsri'
can, married.
Several men wsss badly bruised and
enc co1oeed man Was taken out with q
besksa meek. their wounds Indicating thai
they hAd thrown themselves against the
posts and timbsrs ofths ganeway In wild
and desperate endeavee 10 escape. But q
majority Of the bodies bear no marks al
all, not even scratch. and their features
we're In quiet rspoes, Indicating that thell
dsath had bssn . spssdy and painless one
n. d. Storey, one of The rsscuses vho
went in from the surface, upon reaching
the sixth level north ran along the gang
way. At 1000 fest IN hs found the flssl
body and then the rest Of the miners wers
found, scattered along In row. In ons
plaos eight men wsre lying together and
IN auothsr place one man wss found undsi
Q muls, Ave mules In ell bsine dead
6tesy says that the men were oil lying Ia
The middle Of the ganRway with thsil
faess In the mud. % II they had tried 4
burg their heads completely and thui
sseaps ths dsadly and obnoxious eoa
smeks. He could not bellsvs they wsrt
dsad and turned them With their faces uI
% they could breathe. but hs soon bscam'
convincsd they were dead.
Nearly an the bodies we're found soutl
| Of the burning breast. John c. Story
beothss OF n. d. Story. was ct work Il
the sixth level south, whsn boy nsmet
Chapman gave the alarm. that breast 8
was on firs. Story says be tried TO escap,
viz the Green river, o. auxiliary. stops
but fading this impossible hs returned
reaching the main stops he met other
from ths sixth level south who werc goinl
into The north level to do what they coul,
TO rescue their imprisoned comrades an,
hs Joined the mon, working steadily 10
two and . half hours before coming h
tho surface. II n his opinion that ever.
man In line with tho deadly smoke va
killed within two minutes after tho smok
reached them. A the bodies began 4
arrive at the surface Of the main slope th
excItsmsnt among wives and mothers
and for that matter the whole populace
became uncomfortable. Al o'clock tn
last Of the 81 bodies were recovered an,
then people began to quiet down. Man
Of them were completely prostrated Wit
their violent grief and devoted their tim
10 methodically caring for tho dead
Superintendent Ramsey, In telling wha
hs could Of the disaster, said: "As 600
40 the alarm whistle sounded tho men q
work at the fan on top Of the hill notice