Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-11
AS a Result Of the Carbon
ado Explosion.
TWO MINERS RESCUED
After an Awful Night in the Mine-A
Searching Investigation Will be
Made by State Officials as to Cause
Of the Explosion.

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the suddenness of the mine horror, the
people here seem to be dazed. There is
no expression of grief of a demonstrative
nature. Thirty-two is the number dead.
AS if by a miracle two men We're rescued
at 5 O'Clock this morning after suffering
an awful night entombed in the dark
covernous chambers of horror. Almost
hooking the dole1ul situation. one of
these men, Peter Merpex, proudly slapped
himself on the breast as he was emerging
from the mouth of the main tunnel, ejacu-
latlng, Peters all right. How's my
dogs?'
In painful contrast to him was the
other unfortunate, named Michael Knish,
a Pole. SO sickered had he been with the
bad air, laden with it's black damp, that
he could hardly find his voice, and what
utterances he did give vent to We're born
of delirium. Later in the day Knish said:
Il was working on the fourth crosscut
when it came. After that I went to
sleep. and somebody came and woke me
up and took me out Of there"
That was the tell tale measure Of his
period of consciousness. All he knew was
than an explosion had happened, and then
he fell asleep until rescued. He had lain
In the cool depths over Is hours, and had
not the least conception of this length
Of time. On the other hand, Peter, the
Frenchman, had been blindly cropping
around in the darkness for the most of the
night on his hands and knees, seeking for
some avenue of escape.
save these two men the death list re-
mains the same. The injured, in addi-
ton to Knish, number five. They are
Andrew Kiohinko, Michael J. Kinchinko,
Hungarians; Abraham kalunki, a Finn,
n James Conway, the first man to leave
the mine of Foreman Davis shift, all Of
whom are severely burned, and Candida
Parolini, an italian, who has several ribs
fractured by falling timbers.
Governor Rogers will conduct a search
ing examination as to the cause of the
explosion. He has telegraphed State
Mine Inspector Owens, now at Spokane,
to attend the inquest tomorrow and ex-
anime the witnesses himself. The ques-
ton of inefficient ventilation of the mine
in violation of the law will be thoroughly
gone into.
1t has been found impossible to secure
an impartial c~oroner's jury in the mining
district and Coroner Hoska has gone to
Tacoma and will select his jurors there.
The theory of Superintendent Davies is
that a small pocket of gas was opened
n became ignited. The conclusion of
gas explosion caused the terrific explo-
sion of dust which caused all of the dam
age and loss of life.
The total numbe Of men in the unfor-
tunate shift vas rs, of whom "A are alive,
all of them having escaped or been res
cued
A revised death list follows. Company
men:
LEONARD JOHNSON,
HENRY SOINI.
MATT REHELA,
VICTOR RUHINAKI, Qormerly given
as John HID; ali Fins.
MICHAEL KICHINKO,
JOHN MELLON.
ANDREW GECEY, Poles.
JOHN Fl. JONES.
DAVID X. THOMAS,
HOWELL MEREDITH,
WATKTN JONES,
EVAN NJ. LEWIS,
DANIEL DAVIS,
REFS JONES. all Welsh.
WILLIAM WILSON,,
JOSEPH LEE,
RICHA RID DARE. Americans.
BEN ZEIDLIlR, JR., German.
Contract miners
AUGUST HAINAUT,
EMIL HAIN1AUT, Belgians.
PAUL CURTlSS,
ADAM POVALL,
JOHN FOLTA.
STEPHEN KAUNOG, Poles.
BEN ZEIDLER, SIR, German.
MATT NULTA,
JACOB LANDE, Firms.