The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-12-16
TH|R1Y-FIVE MEN KILLED.
IN A COAL MINE EXPLOSION
40 the Te"s Of Carbonate, Forty
Miles Prom Taeems--same Mine
Exploded In Isso-TsnseIs Large
Eso"Sh for nm Engine 90 Eater.

Miles Prom Teeesna--same Nine
EHpiSdsd In lsso-Tsnaeis Large
Enough for an Engiae 20 Enter.
Tacoma, Dec. ll.-A mine explosion at
Carbonate, 40 miles from Tacoma Eatur-
day killed IS men. Identity Of the dead
u almost impossible. The scraps Of cloth
ing that still cling TO the bodies Of the
men are carefully preserved, laid aside
and labelled TO aid in Identification.
FTenzied relatives Of the missing men
gathered at the mouth Of the mine, watch.
cd eagerly 10 catch glimpse of the forms
as they are hurried by TO the coroners
Office. The woik Of rescue il being rush.
ed forward. but it may be days before the
last blaekened form is taken from the
mime. for many are believed TO lie buried
under mass Of earth and rock.
To eXtrieate them will take time, and
thus far the work Of rescue has been
pushed forward at the extreme peril OF
The workers, for the black damp and nOx.
lous gases have driven the rescuers back.
List OF Missing Company Men.
Mike Knish, Leonard johnson, J. II.
Jones, Henry soini. Mike Kichinko, VII
liam Wilson, John Mellon, David X.
Thomas, Matt RyhalA, Ben Zedler, Jr,
John Hill. Howell Meredith, ST., Watlin
Jones. Andrew Gcrey. Evan n. Lewis,
joe iee, Richard bare, Daniel Davis,
ls1es Jones, Peter MeIpAx-
MIsstss Contract Mes.
August Hsinaut, Matt Auland, Paul
Curtis, Adam PaVoll, John sofia, John
+. Drkonink. lien Zedier. Sr., E,nil Hahn.
snt. 7. J. Edwards. ..Vsns Richards,
Jas~ph Thomas. Steve Kromogs, William
n. Davis, Jacob LADde.
Cease haV never Bs kasws.
The cause Of the explosion is = mys.
| terry. Not even the mIneTs rescued can
give the slightest possible explanation.
oEiy safety lamps, the Engai.h Chimney
and the DaVls patterns. ara worn when At
work. should. however. one VI the men
haple~sly have opened his lamp in an &C
eumalAsaon Of gAA, the gas would sud-
d1niy igniir and explode. The only open
light known vas that from the snail looo-
motive used 70 haul cars in and out from
the canyon TO the main levd. IL Is the
oriEing to cay that this Was the cause, al
though = mule driver, named james Con.
way. nov lying wrapped in oil silk and
fairly covered with a mixture OF boiled
iinAecd oil and lime juice, says he was
caught IN the shock on the main gang.
way. Conway wac the lrst man 10 come
out u the mine.
Iaeidsats at the MorEaS.
Among the incidents At the noTgue an
old man, father Of Richard Dare, totter-
ed in AnXiously inquiring for his son. A
rough but kindly dlspo~ad young mineI
busy with the care OF the coFpsas being
eager 10 save the old man q sight before
ahlch any strong man might quail, told
him that be did not think that his son vas
lherc. The aged father left the cheap
booking neStoTy building sobbing, but
still hoping.
lie Nas sparrd q vision Of a ahapeless
niASs Of chsrrcd Aesh and raEa-
"a black cloud hangs over CArbondale, .
uAs the souibEe observation Of one soo,.
lhRNtsNNa asAsANA8 AA1 ~ - = bhE AHGs ANa
overhead be = gloomy. eloud-obscured skS
All day the rain had been drilling dow q
and the town Was in a mass Of mud. In
this rain and through this mud the silent
provisions bearing upon stretcherS ths
coTpsoa and the injured have been tread
ing ,hesr way 10 the morgue and the hoe
= pital, handling with tender solicitude theil
eriesomc buIdehA
The last estimate Superintendent Daviei
made Of the number Of dead IL betWeeT
80 aud IS. This IL thought TO be oonser
- yative. Superintendent Davies IL COO
and collected, but Foreman Dayis has {,
80 about hts painful duties with tn
= know ledge that his promising young col
, has gone TO the specifies bourne
James Conway, who lics in the hospi
tai. has a wife and two small children
. Richard Dare. dead, was married only
few months ago. His father IL here VISIT
ing iron Pennsylvania.
-Four Of the mules in the mine wen
. knocked down and killed. says one Of tn
o fianS, through an interpreter.
=, In 1890 an explosion at this same min
/. cost two lives and John Hartman an
h Some othc. were severely burned.
Il The mines are owned by the Carbo
I. Hill Coal Company. They give work +
a 400 men and have an output Of 5000
>, tons annually and are situated 20 mile
!. from Tacoma, on the Cascade division q
the Northern Pacific. The mines are |
a deep ravine through which the Carlo
river flows Il Is a glacial river. III
mines are supplied with every applianS
- for safety. They are largely tunnele
- and the tunnels are 20 big that locom'
J, tivcs run into them.
Stunned by the suddennness Of the min
Y horror, the people here seem too daze
~, for any expression Of grief Of a demo-
X stTative nature.
as Thirty-two is number Of dead. As
Of a miracle two men were rescued at
RI. o'clock Sundey morning, after the awf'
night, entombcd in the dark caverno'
chambers Of horrors,
Almost hooking the doleful dtnatio
;,h one Of these men, Peter Mepx, proud
m. sappcd himself on the breast as he VI
a emerging from the mouth Of the ma
,ir. tunnel, calculating: Peter Is all RICH
the hows my dogsf
nm. In painful contrast to him was Z
ave other fortunate, named Michael knish,
an Pole. So siekencd had he been with I
+. a bad air laden with its back damp, Ii
/ he could hardly find his voice, and wa
u,teranccs he did give vent to were DO
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