The Washington weekly post., 1899-12-26
Reckless Use of Lamps.

use in the mine were not Iocked?"
Yes, it is true that some we're not
locked, because i thought the men who
used them were competent to carry them
unlocked"
Was that not contrary to the reguIa-
tionsy'
"Oh, there may he a regulation, but
men sometimes carry unlocked lanDs
where II is known that they are eXpe-
rienced miners"
Mine Superintendent Boyer when in
formed Of the statement made by Pit Boss
Jones, said:
Il know nothing of the order issued on
Tuesday, but consider Jones a capable
man, who knows his business, and I SUD-
pose he used his judgment"
a b BraZnell, manager of the mine
said:
Il know nothing of such an order.
have no part in the direct management Of
the mine. as our pit officials are the re-
sponsible parties. The company has no
statement TO make"
Work at the mines is progressing very
slowly. The country roads from Browns
vile to the mine are almost impossible,
and there is no telegraph or telephone
connections with Braznell. So all news
from the mine has to be brought over
land.
Some Of the families of the doomed men
are IN suffering condition and provisions
are being sent out by the Brownsville
merchants, as we'll as from UnIontown.
Keeping Up the Search.
The men who have been working since
Saturday to recover the bodies are almost
exhausted yet they refuse to give up. and
keep at the grim work doggedly, though
more dead than alive.
The fact that last Saturday was nav
day at the mine, and that there we're no
empty wagons to load, accounts for many
not going into the mine that morning.
Had the accident occurred any other day
there would have been more than a hun
dred men in the mine, and the result
would have been even more appalling than
it is
The scenes about the mOrgue yesterday
and last night were such as to brine, tears
to many a stout heart. As the burned and
bleeding bodies We're carried from the
shaft. wives and children would fight fran
ticaily TO get TO the corpses. and when
held back by strong arms. would weep
pitifully and plead to be allowed to enter
the mOrgue and find their lost ones Some
of the bodies have been removed 10 their
homes.
a pathetic story is told Of little Albert
Meese, who died after being rescued He
lived only few steps from the shaft. He
went TO the window Saturday morning
and looked out, saying to his father:
Papa, l guess there is no use of me go
ing to work this morning, as there Is no
loading"
The father said he had better go and help
him feed the mules They both started
out together, and never returned 10 their
home alive.
Pitts5urg, Pa. Dec. PA special to
the Post from Brownsville SAYS:
The horror of the Braznen mine grows
in intensity with every hour. The num-
Der of the dead is now estimated at forty.
and many pass that figure. At the same
time there is a strong presumption that
the laws regulating mining were care
lessy and probably criminally disre-
garded.
To-Day the first bodies Of the victims
were brought out Of the mine, and never
IN the history Of mine disasters were hu-
man beings so horribly mutIIated. II
was nearly II o'clock before the first five
bodies were taken out, twenty-elght hours
after the explosion. At $50 three were
brought 10 the surface, and at $50 three
more came up in the cage of the main |
shaft.
The dead taken from the mine 50 far
are:
HENRY HAGAR. thirty years old. leaves wife and |
six children
PETER OROSORY. thirty-six years old leaves |
wife and four children
WILLIAM THOMAS thirty-three years old leaves |
wife and four children.
MICHAEL RGHTELL. twenty-,our years Old
single.
SAMUEL MEEsE thlrty-nns years o!d. leaves |
widow and three children
ALBERT MEESE. thirteen years old died after |
being rescued yesterday.
MICHAEL NAHIO. tEenty-eight years cid, leaves |
widow and two children
GEORGE KOVITZ forty years old single
JOSEPH POSTSkI. twenty-five years old l.av.s |
widow.
JOSEPH MAGYAR, nineteen years CID. single.
WILLIAM MOLOK. tAirty-three years old Leaves
widow ana two chiIdrea
PAUL PROLOC, tsenty-four years Old leave,
widow and one chld
AT least twelve other bodies are in Sigh,
but cannot De reached on account u the
debris.
Among the men missing and known 70
to be dead in the mine are the following
Hungarians:
MICHAEL PARAHEK
ANDREW PARAHEK