Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-07-12


It's most horrible form, encountered |
their fellows transformed into raying /
Iraniacs by hours of waiting in the |
fitch darkness of the earth's in |
terror, lifted them moaning from their |
BIDS of fallen rock, and then bending |
and crawling on all fours, carrying /
them quarter of mile underground |
TO where cars could be reached to I
take them outside.
Philanthropic work has been start
ed in Johnstown for the relief of the I
distressed families. Numerous funds |
are being raised through entertain I
nents and private gifts. Every bank |
Is collecting subscriptions and
pacards soliciting them are conspic- |
uous everywhere.
When the first rescuing party sus-
pended work for time at 2 o'clock |
yesterday afternoon until conditions
became more favorable for rescue
work, its members succeeded in
counting 81 dead bodies in the main
workings of the Klondike section of
the mine. A cessation of work was
compelled until pure air could be
1riven into the gas filed headings.
Not wink of sleep was gained by
the anxious miners who escaped the
awful calamity of their fellows. Mine
Superintendent George P. Robinson,
s1ector Evans and a host of others,
selunteers among the miners, all
young and sturdy, gathered at the foot
OF the incline leading up to the West
mont or main entry. They manned a
long string Of cars, which was watch
ed by the throngs surrounding the
niorgue with eager interest until it
disappeared in the mine.
Life In Some Bodies.
Along in the early part of the af-
ternoon cheering word came from the
innermost recesses of the mine that
life yet fingered in some of the bodies
found. The rescuers made first for
No. left heading, which they had
been unable to reach the night be-
fore. Desolate even for the scene of
q mine interior was the heading that
stretched cut before them. Falls of
i,of almost choked up the heading,
but through and over the debris the
brave men pushed their way. In the
front young Patrick Martin, his
brother Peter, Philip White and sew
aral cousins of the Martins made
their way. Suddenly in an open
space they were startled by the
rIaniac laugh which animated from a
blackened form that rushed at them
out of the darkness. The man
grasped firmly pick handle and tried
in his frenzy to beat down his res
cuers. He was overpowered and
dragged back to the main heading to
the cars. Soon his passion subsidized
and when brought outside was as do
cile as could be desired.
The living men in No. 4 heading
were found about 11:10 o'clock in
the morning. Owing to the difficulty
IN getting them out over the falls of
slate their rescue from the mine was
deferred.
The first report that came out of
the mine was that II men had been
fornd in No. left heading and six
still retained the spark of life. Sum
mons were sent for physicians and
embulances. Drs. Woodruff and Up.
degraff We're soon entering the dan
scrous passage way to the mine
Rescued Placed In Ambulances.
A half hour later, at p. M, the
train of cars came down to where the
waiting ambulances stood. Eight
r. en- were lifted over the sides of the
cars and, half carried, wended theii
way to the ambulances. They were
all Poles. One big, strapping fellow
among them collapsed as he reached
the ambulance and doctors spent sew.
eral minutes resusitating him. Az
the men were driven hurriedly to this
Cambria hospital, the train of Goa.
cares, with the physicians, re-entered
the mine. In another half hour they
came out again, this time with six
living, but almost dead, miners. One
liam in his paroxysms had locked his
Jaws SO that force had to be employed
to pry them open for the insertion of
life Installing fluids. These six were
taken in an unconscious condition to
the Cambria hospital. One man
brought out with the crowd died just
gs he reached daylight
At that time three more headings,
believed to be filed with the dead,
were unsearched. Thirty-nine were
lying within reach in the main head
ing. These were brought out at A.: 35
p. M. Their bodies were piled high
in the coal cars and covered with
canvas.
These remains were in terrible
state, showing that there had been
slow death in each case. One of the
men had his mouth and nose tied
about by a towel. The rest of his
face was burned beyond recognition.
The bodies of all were twisted in hor-
rllle shapes, most of the arms being
crooked go as to shield the face. The
only one who could be identified at
the pit mouth was Fire Boss Joseph
Tomlinson.
One OF the volunteer rescuers who
came out with this load of dead stat
ed that fire was raging in parts of the
nine, that wonld take some time to
auell. Most of those who were
brought out alive yesterday afternoon
had saved themselves by crawling
into chamber and turning valve
ON the compressed air pipe line which
Iuns along the entry. One man was
found dead with his hands clutched so
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