The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-03
Exact Number of ScnficId Mine
Disaster Victims Not
Known.
SEARCHING PARTIES AT WORK.
On" Hundred and Forty Nine
Bodies Have Been identified.
but Many Are 'nrccoeniz-
ahl"-l!nmes Biightrtl.

S,"H"!i tidH. Nav at WIS stated ai
u "''I"rk tonight that il J., auw known th.,'
IN miners ara dead from m" explosion and
THAI The estimate "f los viii increase rather
+. jran decrease
d" ~uperint1rd'ut uf tire mine. SAYS there
. - %" record of the number al in.n tnai yu
! in'" IN min" from day ia DAY. and that The
! "NHcl loss cannot De- known until all th-
: bodies are TAX. uIt. ON, estimate i that
: 'h"r" Wei" .'T II. u in the mine. and on that
: h.'si- probably a," i've, We're lost.
! ~ iir! work j. >tii! iu progress. being con-
/ o.l't"d hy shifts 81 men. The sniff now in
the min" has irty Eudies ready to bring
""-. and N" number uf curp>.~ Yet tn be-.
reached j. still uncertain
Arriving trains as- constantly bri-:.ing,
relatives of the victims from outside
I"ih''. ami IL" coal company has d-sis-
: mated committee 10 carry th-. dead to
Salt Lake Ogden and cher cities. TN ac-
count "t saS. No. mine has been tban-
d"nrd f~ - means az ros-,i.. and bodies
are arriving a' the mouth of "" l by the
,at!uad
F".t.-h level has been cleared Of dead
Az a:" burned and ar. ;.ufecogulzable.
Ever, House RIigbted.
Every hons. in the ictle town is a house
DAY had passed away when the ,isy ,iawned
TINS morning. and awful calm Of d -spalr
.au taken its place The aGJnized Shrieks
d.! ih' widows and the mOaus of the IA
ih"ri'>S were no longer heard! The strick-
IN ones were beyond all that. ard their
grief "ouid find no uiterancc.
" Nh"n the removal of the bodies from the
mir~ began yesterday hundr- is Of men
volunteered their services for the purpose
IN" r"Scu"rS came from Other mines and
'"U - surrounding and worked inccSsantIv
." bring out the burned a nj nangIed re-
IT.i'''- %. ;n- dead miners. The bodies were
.@k"H - tn Comptuy hUi!iinys as soon as
'N'f "fr- brought ont OF jf.. mine and
Nr'- her" dressed and laid cut prepara-
'.;t =" ih- '"coHer's inquest. for id.ntifica-
According q" the Ell sest estimate there
were ABOUT 5'-' men. an told. emUloyrG q, |
nin" About nifty uf these were working in |
what - known :tS the No / back Level and
i'''t 5" ar from the EXPLOSION that II |
reach them and they an ..t oar .,-h.,-
heard the report, hut did not grasp the SIT |
dai"n at 'nc'. on. Of The men continuing |
?" load = car after it occurred
Superintendent ". q Sh.ru resumed !
Nrfh Win VIII al o'clock. when a res |
Sn!nS PARTY "i sixteen. directed ny State
Mine lusIectlr Homer Thomas and inCluf-
INK MessrS. Sharp. Frank Cameron sunsr-
int"nd'nt ;ti 'astie Gate: and James IIarri-
>tT, entered the tunnel Of No II Nss
u"J i"u= i"for. the bodies commepcsJ To- !
come ont. ,
fiuos Are Suspected |
IN" theory Of Bishop ParmaIqe Is that
some ri the rims recently ir1p0rf.,I took |
giant powder down into the mine ta assist .
Ih'Ii IA their work They " .r,. exceedingly
anxious in make a good showing and m Ik.. ,
n much money - I'Jssihlc. and it i 1
thunGht thS form nf explosive was used I'm .
order that great bodies Of coal could h.. !
NOR e.SIIy diSioGGed.
u Is THOUGHT mat when the giant powder /
va: touched OF IL ignitcI some. of m. dus,
OF which every coal min" has some
curious thct connected with tn. affair |
i that ii"- men, Thomas Sellers AIev1r-
der g Wilson, John Wilson. Harry TAYLOR
ana J"hn hriioes. wLo were working out
side az the mine. were severely uyrr
JDnn wilson WAS blown with his horS, a !
uiS'auCe Of "a yards across the bottom of |
III" canyon. The back uf his skull was 7
crushed.
Thomas Hers was tiftv yards away from
IN" mouth Df tn" tUUn'' but - md his
right foot crushed. shoulder kuoekcd ni.t !
ri pl1C" and his back badly hurt Harry !
Taylor had his Jaw broken john Re.i.loes
was $, ver"lN bruised