The Anaconda standard., 1898-01-14

died of suffocation. The smoke stayed
|. In here until about o'clock this otter
noon The rest Of us are pretty well"
The speaker was Andrew Usher, the
foreman of the gang. and one Of the
Eub-contractors.
He was asked II they wanted any
thing to eat or drink. and he answered:
III you want TO shove anything in viii
take 1t. But give US candles first"
Candles were polSed through the ripe
and then Usher was asked how ii hap
pened.
Don't know. The 20 sticks exploded
first and then the whole box went off.
How it happened to explode we can't
say. We were all on the bench near
the face of the tunnel when il occurred" +"
ii A Standard reporter asked that the
names of the survivors he spoken, and
these are the names of the very fortu-
nate men:
u ANDREW O'HARO.
ANDREW USHER.
MIKE EASIN0.
s MAT PETRITZ.
The unfortunate man who had just
gone to work and had worked but a
few hours on his first SHIFT was:
JACK M'LEoD.
The supposition was general that Nc
Leod received internal injuries from the
conclusion Of the explosion and that
these FASTENED his death. 1t was not
freely expressed that nc should die Of
suffocation and the others survive and
feel so well, as told by Mr. Usher.
81 Early in the day Superintendent
sDougherty was in the tunnel and late
last night he was there. He was one of
the very few that expressed belief
that all We're not dead. He said that II
the men had not been near the eNpla-
sion there was a good chance that they
were alive. because he said. there must
be a circulation of air in the tunnel; as
fha s~rnIlnl and the ImbeTg
and loose rock afforded possible ave-
nue. for a current of air from the out
side. This opinion was expressed early
in the search. Others similar We're e&-
pressed by others soon after the welcome
voice rang through the pipe.
The happiest men on this side of the
cave were Messrs. Hartman and Jen-
nings, the contractors. They were con-
tinuaily at the tunnel from the time the
first shoyelful of Girt was removed from
the cavern. All day long and last night
they remained, giving directions to the
workmen. They were constant to duty.
They did all in their power to hasten the
work and deliver the entombed men
from their terrible positions.
Mcleod, the dead man, had been In
the city for several weeks. Last month
he worked with the carpenters as help
eer on the flume, He was about 30
years of age, a robust, healthy man,
a perfect specimen of manhood,
At 3:45 o'clock this morning the work
of rescue was progressing slowly. The
workers were about four feet from the
miners and NJ Hartman thought that
they would be reached inside Of two
hour. About two gallons Of milk We're
poured through the pipe and caught
at the other end in tin dinner buckets.
This, with pieces of bread and sausage
that were poked through. refreshed the
men considerably. Mat Petritz was
complaining of feeling badly, but said
that he did not need any medicine. He
was lying down covered With the jump
ers of the men inside. The others said
they felt well and We're pleased to know
that they were SO near deiiverance.
The names of the men who worked in
the treacherous manhole are Hugh
Young and William Matthews. These
men are entitled TO especial mention
and much praise and credit, for their
task was, To say the least, not a pleas
ant one.