New-York tribune., 1902-07-13
LIST OF DEAD NOW l12.
FEW MORE BODIES THOUGHT TO BE
IN NINE.
THRONGS ATTEND FUNERALS OF MANY
VICTIMS OF THE TERRIBLE
EXPLOSION.
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Mil mine Of the Cambria Steel Company IN
which the terrible explosion Of Thursday oc-
Cured. Up 10 6 o'clock this evening los mad
been recovered, and at s O'Clock four more were
brought TO the surface To this total future
explorations of the mine corridors may ada
few. but il cannot be many.
Almost all the employees who could have Deen
in the mine at the time Of the explosion OF
Thursday are accounted for. Few inquiries for
missing men have been made to the authorities
oT the mine officials
The mine officials say there is no use attempt
ing 70 estimate the number of dead. They eN-
press the belief, however that all. or almost ALL
are ont of the mine General superintendent
Robinson came out about p. m. after an
arduous days exploration He expressed MS
conviction that not more than five would ne
sdded to the list of the dead Sunday VIII dawn
upon the popuous city of JOhnstown prepared
10 devote its attention TO mourning and funerals
More than a score OF burials took place to-day.
As late as Z o'clock this evening funeral pro-
cessions with bands playing dirges, and lni-
formed escorts at their heads. passed through
the streets of the city. While time Is pressing
on the undertakers to take care Of all OF the
funerals to-uorrows Inournful programme VIII
not start specially early. Many are trying 10
defer the last sad rites until in the afternoon
CONFERENCE OF MINE OFFICIALS
After the bringing of fifteen bodies TO the
morgue at an early hour il was rumored that
mine officials were endeavoring TO hide the truth
as to the extent of the disaster. The develop
rnents of the day showed that these suspicious
were unwarranted At a m. there was an
important consultation in the offices at the 1901
If the runway from the Westmont entry. III
was participated in by Mine Superintendent u
T Robinson Chief Mine Inspector James T.
Roderick. State Mine Inspector J. 7. Evans
Mine Engineer NJ. G. Moore and Assistant Mine
Engineer A. C. Prosser large map OF the
mine was examined and explained to Chief
Roderick. Many of the employees Of the mine
including diggers, trap boys, mechanics and
others, were called in and examined. The in
quiry was designed to give Mr.. Roderick an
idea Of the status of things.
Inspector Evans said later to future in
vestigations:
Those Of the company's officials who were
in the mine at the time of the explosion and
have survived their injuries will be called on to
testify. Until these men are able TO be present
at the inquiry and testify it viii! be useless to
fry to do anything. The Cambria Steel Com
pany has the right to make the best presenta-
tion Of the case possible. and these are the ones
Hho can best speak Of the situation in which
the company is concerned"
Asked as to whose duty II to take care
of the accumulation Of gas in the mine, Mr..
Evans said:
THE fire boss of course. But two three
Of the fire bosses were killed by the explosion.
and in the presence of death we must be alto
sether charitable and suspend judgment"
After the consultation at the office. Mr. Evans
went into the mine with Messrs. Robinson and
Moore. They did not emerge until late in the
afternoon In the mine they directed their at
n he and examined
as TO the possible hiding places of more dead
bodies. Prying about in the fourth right head
ing in the Klondike. State Inspector Evans
came across Rooms 10 and 20. He found the
three bodies which We're brought out 2:30
p m. The bodies were in a bad state Of decay.
The search went on after the three were brought
out and still continues.
THOUSANDS LINGER ABOUT THE MINE.
All day thousands Of men, women and chill
dren. drawn thither purely out of morbid curl
osity fingered about the low frame structure
Hundreds stood in baking sun nearly oppo-
site on the other side of the Conemaugh River,
l where the cars came down from the mine entry.
A quarter of mile below the streets of Cone
maugh City were clogged with funeral pro-
cessions
Father B. Dembrowsky. pastor of ST Cast
Mrs Catholic Church. said to-day that forty
Of the members of his flock were killed in the
disaster
Most Of these men, he continued, were my
best parishioners, being thrifty. providential.
God fearing men, who pillars Of strength
20 the congregation. The catastrophe has just
about wiped out the two societies conducted in
connection with the church. the st. Casimir So
ciety and St. Martins Beneficial Society. For
the funeral of each one Of the dead men a
$50 benefit will be paid out of this fund and in
addition an assessment of 81 will have to be col
Iected from each member. The blow will be a
hard one, because church is just being built,
and ought to be dedicated some time in Octo-
her"
THREE MEN DIE IN THE HOSPITAL
Three men died in the night at Cambria Hos
pital. They were among the last living vic
Tins who were brought out of the mine yes
terday afternoon in an unconscious condition.
Another of these is in a precarious condition.
The party of rescuers which completed the
exploration of the mine went in at o'clock
last evening and came out at a. m. to-day. In
Il were DR.. George Hay Dr. Frank B. Stotler
and DR.. w. n. Pringe.
DIR. Hay said the headings both to the right
and left OF the main Klondike heading were
practically free from foul air when they went in.
Nothing impeded the progress of the searchers.
The long search rewarded when they
reached No. right heading Far back in the
heading the searchers came across the blackened
and charred bodies of fifteen men, This dis
covery was made soon after midnight.
Mine Superintendent George T. Robinson was
at his office early to-day. He said his men
would have the mine ready for work by Mon
day He declared there had not been the slight
est danger from explosion since the original and
only one of Thursday. The mine, he admitted
especially the section known as KIondike all
ways contained gas II did not exist in dan
quantities. he insisted, and to cause an
explosion some one must have violated the rules
as lights. Every precaution was taken to
guard against accident