The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-07-18
MAY REACH $50.
Eighty-Seven Bodies Of Cam
bria Mine Victims
Taken Out.

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Johnstown, Pa, July 14.-FrldaY
was a day Of rescuing at the fate4
rolling mill mine of the Cambria Steel
company. Thrilling experiences at
tended the efforts Of the forty daring
fellows who went down into the mine
with the faint hope that they might be
In time to restore to life some OF the
entombed men. They saved the lives
Of fourteen men by bringing them
again into the sunlight.
Many dead bodies were found, but
they were left in the theater Of death
until every living person had been res
cued. That done, the dead were brought
up and exposed to morbid gaze on the
way to the morgue.
Eighty seven dead bodies were re-
covered from the mine between day
would come to the surface by some
mysterious means that another heap
of remains had been exposed to the
vision of the searchers, three miles in
Bide the mine.
Dangerous headings in the ILlondike
section yet remain UNEMPLOYED. Many
more dead may be found there.
mate of the casualty list. Johnstown
spent the day horror stricken. From
dawn to dusk flying ambulances
coursed the streets bearing grewsome
burdens from mine to morgue and from
morgue to homes. Great throngs surged
about the pit mouth, the improvised
morgue at the ar1nory, and about the
homes Of the dead. Bulletin boards
We're eagerly scanned for news from
the scene of the disaster. Exaggerated
ru.nors Of all kinds prevailed.
Johnstown, Pa, July 14.-Eighty-
seven bodies had been recovered from
the Cambria Steel company's mine up
to o'clock this morning. and the
heroic rescuers have not yet penetrated
near the seat Of the disaster. The
bodies now lie piled in confusion
aboard cars; ready to be brought into
the city.
A temporary morgue has been Inn
provised in the Johnstown armory,
where all will be brought as soon as
they can be taken from the mine. The
latest estimate Of the number Of dead
fixes it at 200. Heads are miss
ing from many bodies, while all arc
burned almost beyond recognition.
Grief-stricken crowds linger about the
mine entrances Up to this time but
seven Of the dead have been identified.
J AoaO OF HJCllI1Ss n
1t was 5:55 when the first train load
Of victims was brought to the mouth of
the main entry. Forty-nine cars We're
used in bringing out forty-sx dead
bodies and four living injured. The
first discovery of dead bodies was
made by the searching party about 30
o'clock last night. They We're lying in
the main heading, two miles in from
the mouth Of the pit. No attempt was
made to remove them until the GER.
tainty was established that no more
living remained in the mine.
In statement this morning Mine
Superintendent Robinson said:
LAS to the direct cause Of the explo-
sion I cannot exactly say. We know
there was an explosion OF firedamp in
the sixth right heading. So far as I
than three or four deaths from the ex-
plosion itself. The balance was caused
by afterdamp."
Outside of the property loss this
catastrophe will cost the Cambria Steel
company large sum. The company
has for many years paid to the family
Of every person killed in its employ
$1,000 outside of what it expended for
medical purposes, AMI 1T has paid ev-
cry man partially disable $500. It is
understood this rule will not be devil
ated from. RS
f.. Stricken at Lunch.
From the positions of the bodies the
miners were evidently eating their
lunches when suddenly stricken down
by the explosion. They We're seated in
groups of five or ten with their buckets
and the remains of their lunches were
scattered over the floor. Evidently their
lives were snuffed quickly and easily.
Distressing scenes are constant
about the temporary morgue and on
the side of the river at the foot Of the
descent from its mouth, where women
and children are awaiting solution
Of the awful mystery of the life or
death Of their relatives yet unheard
from. Several thousands are congre-
gated at both points. No comfort is
extended them by mine officials, as it
Is now conceded no living soul who
was In the mine after the explosion
and not heard from can possibly be
alive.
Counted Sixty-five corpses.
DR.. Lowman said to an Associated
Press reporter today that during his
stay in the mine last night he counted
sixty-five dead bodies. At that time
he did not have an opportunity to ex-
anime many gas filed chambers OF the
big workings. re-
The identified dead are: 81
JOHN c. WHITNEY, fire boss, 35,
married; one of the rescuing party.
JOHN THOMAS, rescuer.
81 WILLIAM BLANCH, rescuer
SAVA VARGOS.
VI FRANK SABOT, 16.
ALEX Howell, %.
r JOHN RUMINSKI, a cripple boy.
JOHN HOOLEY,Ea miner, aged SO,
married. a: VI a 5i5
EMERY BAsESTLIE.
Il ANDREW KANOTZ. it
ANTHONY I.ASARCK.
JOHN KRIEGEP. s5
Z 'TrYALDOCK SUBSOSKY.
JOHN HULL. q
RAILROAD M AN EslL L ED.