The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-10

scenes IN the HOeDttoHs
Thomas Conway. brother OF the suffer-
err. was patiently tending him at the hospi-
tai In this institution four unfortunates
are stretched out on the beds, soaked with
the mixture mentioned. An old miner.
George c. Taylor. who has had plenty OF
experience OF this kind. Is rendering his best
services as nurse. Two of the injured men
there besides Conway are recognized as
Kachiuga, a Pole. and Abraham Carlunt.
another Is a Hungarian. who cannot speak
English. 1t would not matter IL he could
as his face is covered with Just hole left
for him to breathe through. Dan Meredith,
Dave Lewis. Samuel Iangwen and Daniel
Hockyard were hauled out Of the mine.
more or less burned or partly suffocated.
Searching for HIS Father.
Meredith as soon as he heard his father,
Howell Meredith. had gone down after him.
returned to the lowermost crosscut, accom-
panied by Dave Lewis. in search OF his
father. but had to abandon the search tenn
porarily because Of his condition.
Cars Running ON the Incline.
william Thomas tho outside foreman. Is
active In sending down and hauling back
relief parties ON the tram cars which run
up and down the incline. at intervals
which seem tediously long ones, but the
condition Of the mine Ii such that the work
must needs be slow.
Timber shoots m Avenue Of Escape.
The old timber shoot through which the
Finanders escaped at first is about two
ana . half miles from town. There are
several air shafts. or shoots. leading up to
the summit and slope Of WinEate hill. ana
these have aftorded outlets for the damp.
and at the same time furnished ventilation
as the gas was driven out.
Incident 1t the Morgus.
Among the Incidents at the mcrgue an
old man, father of Richard Dare tottered
in, anxiously inquiring for his son. A
rough but kindly disposed young minor,
busy with the care OF the corpses. being
eager to save the old man a sight before
which any strong man might quail. told
him that he did not think his son was
there. The father left the cheap-looking.
one-story building. sobbing but still hop
ing. He was spared a vision Of shape
less mass Of charred flesh and rags.
some Grewsome Burdens.
"A black cloud hangs over Carbonate to-
night" was the somber observation OF one
soot-covered miner. and It has been 20.
for overhead is a gloomy, cloud-obscured
sky. All day the rain has been drizxling
down, and the town is in a mass Of mud.
In this rain and through this mud the
silent professions, bearing upon stretchers
the corpses and the injured, have been
slowly treadng their way to the morgue
and to the hospital, handling with tender
solicitude their grewsome burdens.
Estimates OF the Number Dead.
Tho last estimate Superintendent Davies
made Of the number Of dead Is between
thirty and thirty-fve. This is thought to
be conservative. Superintendent Davies 10
cool and collected, but Foreman Jonah
Davis has to 60 about his painful duties
with the knowledge that his promising
young son is among the dead James Con-
way. who lies in the hospital has a wife
and two small children. Richard Dare.
dead, was married only few months ago.
His father is here visiting. from Pennsyl-
vania. Four Of the mules In the mine
were knocked down and killed, says one OF
the Firms, through an interpreter. In 1890
an explosion at this mine cost two lives.
and John Hartman and some others were
severely burned.