The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-12
los DEAD.
List of Johnstown Victims Not
Likely to Grow Much.
Fifteen Bodies We're Brought
Out During the Night.

Johnstown, Pa, July 12.-Mayor
Pendry at noon made the positive state
ment to the Associated Press that there
were no more than 100 dead and IA
injured. Some of the latter may die,
as there is extreme danger of pneu-.
monia setting in
Johnstown, Pa, July 12.-One hundred
and five are now dead from Thurs
days explosion at the rolling mill mine
of the Cambria Steel company. 1t is
not probable that this record will be
swelled to any great extent, and in no
case is it expected that the list will
exceed ITO or 115. The mine workings
which it was dangerous to enter yester-
day were thoroughly explored by a
searching party during the night.
AT 8 o'clock this morning the charred
and mutilated bodies of 10 victims were
brought to the Westmore pit mouth
and taken to the morgue. The bodies
were found in the upper end of No. 6
right heading, where the explosion oc-
CURED. The bodies were all lying far in
front of the point of explosion and
could not be reached until the heading
had been cleared of noxious gases
Three deaths occurred during the night
at Cam bria hospital. These were
among the last living victims who were
brought out of the mine yesterday in
an unconscious condition.
Another of these is in precariOus
condition. 1t was learned at the pit
mouth today from mine officials that
every heading and chamber both to the
right and left of the main Klondike
heading was penetrated during the
night and that no trace of any dead
or living victims was found. 1t is ad-
mitted that some might have crawled
into obscure workings in their fight
explosion and these succumbed to the
fatal influence of the gas.
Many funerals will take place today
Every undertaken in Johnstown has as
-
were made at the mine offices and the
morgue by relatives of four missing.
They are foreigners. Mine Superintend-
ent George T. Robinson says it Is
pocket of the mine where they went to
escape fire damp and when escape was
cut off were caught by 1t.
The party of rescuers which compile
ted the exploration of the mine went in
at O'Clock last evening and came out
at 6 o'clock today. In the crowd were
DR.. Geo. Hay, Dr. Frank B. Stotler and
DR.. w. N. 'Pringle. DR. Hay said the
headings, both to the right and left of
the main K1Ondike mine were free from
foul air when they went in. Nothing
impeded the progress of the searchers.
The long search was renewed when
they reached No. right heading. Far
back in the heading the searchers' came
across the blaekened and charred bodies
of Is men. This discovery was made
shortly after midnight.
Mine Superintendent George T. Rob-
inson today said they would have the
mine ready for work by Monday. He
said there has not been the slightest
danger from explosion since the original
and only one on Thursday. The mine,
he admitted, especially the section
known as Klondike always contaiS.,d
gas. 1t did not exist in dangerous qua&-
titles he said, and to cause an explosion
some one must have violated the rules
as to lights. Every precaution was ta-
ken to guard against accident.
Superintendent Robinson commN 1ds
the Johnstown doctors for their bravery
that saved the lives of a dozen or more
men. sssst
When we made our first dash into
the mine" he said, 1--WE were taking our
lives in our hands, as none knew what
was beyond in our course. The doctors
came on and followed our lead with
out the slightest tremor. State Mine
InspectorssJ. T. Evans reached the pit
mouth at a. m. He was Joined by
Chief Inspector Roderick, who came
here last night"
Mr.. Roderick held a private confer
ence with Superintendent Robinson and
Mine Engineer Moore, which lasted
some time
O'Clock this morning. He informed
Roderick among other things that the
air was making a clean sweep of the
workings and that noxious gases were
IdSI Qlm1n1Snlng beyond the danger
point.
At 8 O'Clock this morning there were
Is bodies left at the morgue.
Dr. ]. Frank Taylor, one of the rescu-
ing party, who has made many trips
into the mine, is confident that there are
many more bodies in the mine and that
the list of dead will be greatly increas-
ed. A number of rooms have not beer
entered and in these Dr. Taylor expects
many bodies will be found The total
of dead bodies brought out is 10S. Oi
those taken to the Memorial hospital
three have died. This brings the dead
SO far as known up to Ill. In the Me
mortal hospital there are still IA pat
| tents, making total of 125 living and
dead who have been brought out of the
| mine. How many more dead are in the
| mine is not known exactly. Estimates
| vary from four to five in the stateni~1t.
| of those who are close to the company
| to over so among the people at large.