The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-19
LIVES THROWN AWAY
Smalley and Brave Comrades
Perished Needlessly.
CHOKING OUT FRANKLIN FIRE.
Narrow Escape OF Other Men - The
Bodies MAY BE Recovercd-John-
son Gives n New Version.

accompanied bv a ost-Intelligeneer re-
preventative. who sends tie following
graphic details.
Franklin. Oct fs.~Gpecial. --'Thirty-siN
hours have nov gsassed since George ".
Srnaiiev. John Glover. JOAN ADAMS ana
James Stafford went down the main slope
Of tho Franklin mine 30 death. Their act
was that Of brave men. bat, under the CIR
egmstanees. appears 10 have h@eh fe'i-
hardy That they are dead there II no
oue@tBor but where heir bodies lie can
fsnlv be stated approximately. r. has been
an utter inpossihility for any one 10 ex-
plare today the main slope between the
ton and the sixth level. and men who were
a. tan bottom % the slope at the SKIN
level long after 5maliey and his comDan-
ions went down. state positively that no
traces Of them We're found. which makes
n almost certain that they have persisted
somewhere between the top and the sixth
level being overcome with the dense
smoke Efforts were made 10 explore the
main slope upward from the bottom Or the
slope. entrance being made from the aux
nEaLy or Green river slope, but each time
ths rescuIng party were driven back. Even
after the sixth level had been stopped Il
was opened again in hope Of finding the
lost men. The efforts were futile. and the
hattie had 10 be given up, with the knowi-
edge that four human beings were lost
10 their families friends and relatives.
Frsnklln yesterday afternoon smoke was
pouring out ~ the mine Ia huge volumes
ard rising into the air more than leo feet
Work wa Immediately commenced on
closing the rrlns. Ready hands ihre"
earth, tinhegs were placed In position. and
~ 10 o'clock the same night the mine was
closed
Bodies Nav Yet Re Recovered.
Togay men we're sent into the seventh
#fte..m rmf4.s ssrsAf L.
three mules all alive. we're taken cut. Re
ports were received rs Supi. Corey from
the men that the ere was fast DYING out
This gives birth 20 tho hope that the bodies
NAV ultimately hc reached. Tire extent
81 the fire - not known. 40 IT y Impossl-
bic 70 state whether the h1d.ea have heen
burned. Or The amount Of the loss ~ may
be said. however. that this is not coal
IRE the veins being considerable distance
away. The mine is now completely shut
down. and between 20 and 300 men are
thrown ont Of work.
a New story Of the Cause.
August Johnson. from whose lamp the
gas feeder igmitcd, changed his story to-
day according 10 both s-upt. Corey aud
State Mine Inspector Eamunds lie now
says that he was going up the new slope
that is being driven ia connect the sew
enth level with ths sixth. when the gas
which was coming out from the assure
strong. caught his lamp He fell down and
rolled hack 10 The seventh level. about
eighty feet. and then gave the alarm 20
Pitboss James Greggs johnson speaks
such poor English that his words have 30
b. Interpreted.
Immediately after johnson gave tho
alarm GFegEs and his men tried to put ont
the arc with a piece OF canvas usually
used In such cases They failed. however.
IN their efforts. About le5 men were on the
seventh level ar this time. and twenty-five
in the sixth. and none Of them had trouble
in getting out. Word was Immediately sent
10 Assistant Superintendent Hawkins. On
top and he went into the mine at about
s;Si n IN. accompanied BY Glover. one OF
the men who after1ard lost his life, When
Hawkins reached tina sixth level. $50 feet
hei0w the surface he tried u 10 through
ono or tho three small holes that had been
made through the wall that separated the
sixth level from the slope being driven up-
ward from the seventh. The smoke drove
him back. and he went down the south
sixth level 20 the auxiliary slope and
thence down 20 tho seventh level. where
he organized the e-hghtinE brigade In
his work he Was assisted by James Hart
man. t'rlah T'hroet. August Peterson.
Oscar Eugstrom, a. Valley. Herman
Watson. Jesse Donaldvon. and possibly 9th.
ers whose names have been missed
Tho Effort to Find the Lost.
In NtfcdhiflE or what followed last night
Assistant Superintendent Hawkins said {:
II had a pipe line laid along the seventh
level. and started 10 send word 80 Ma
chinist Caughran 70 bring moro hose from
the tor, when 1 met eager Henry NJ
Scott. who said some one had tclcphoned
Tor every one 70 come ont OF The mine.
went hack and told every body 10 leave
at once. When We reached the sixth
level the smoke was so dense That We
could not 40 70 the main slope bat after
about five minutes IL cleared away and We
reached the bottom OF she main siopr.
tried 10 reach the telephone aut the
smoke was too much fer mo About tails
time PIT Boss GregSs heard the car 40
ing az the main siopc IN IT,. smoke. As
came from the telephone some one said
7 was warteS Immediately on tor I did
not pay any attention untN Grcx%s said
y was wanted After seeing how The air
drew I went down. but was driven h4. x
each time After 7 reached the top
sert Hans Johnson, the regular Eas-tester.
down ~ sec what surg~Ss had been had
IN finding tho mon He found ta3. the
GregEs PARTY had Eiver up tho search.
and WAS hloekinE tho level tie insisted
that the lost men wcre az the bottom og
rho slope A. Che sixth level So the block
ade WAS torn down ana another trtttless
EeAFch was made think sire }ire is
vrettv near out NOW ana th8t ia tir0e The
Bodies may he reached
lives Ns.vlle~~ty SACRIFICED
SUR fiutcndent Corey said tonight that
sFam the information given him by the
men De could not understand wuv Small
lev snd bis men went {uto the .a1uc "I
reallTe the bravery and zesl tNe MON
manifested. tsiI ne "but vet ,au't stn
~.hv they should have gone to certain
death after having horu warned Us Ma
vhinist George a. taughEan ami Gas
Tester Paul E0td. ans ALSO FROM che fsrt
that Adams. who had usst c,'uo ott from
she bottom 90 ere slope satf PEE had ail
% couA do tN escape WITH his Ufe EN-
not prepared Is state what vin Zee JaUe
about opening the mine.
How some or the Men Escaped.
George y. Causbran. ;ho r1s-b}u,st who
went down into the slope with hose Zee r,-
spcnse ~ Assistant Superintendent Wav
bsns' cali between n ard 1a-s1 a. ul 81.
vouight that when Re Eot out Pee told
Srnailev uo man could i've dow % fhern 4Ne
minutes The trim t'asiet,'tn and nts IN tv
Hat VAS N@rV exciting. sod Cssehrr.r
came near being overcome 81 tha ~rg1.,k Cd
which az thc tirnc - went down vas &C.,.
srE carried Nv ere sir current town TIRE
south sixth slope re vaS 8-rarrlt,s p, 81
~ John Adam. " ~ snhse1ut~ f,e'
Nie Nfe and man wi.osa name ae COOS
rot know A. tHH tfvlf ~ reaching ere
bottom, ~ the sixth level hr saws th-
rrlcke vas vttShirr Nut az three boles cna
-, rifher side - t'e south track ana the
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