Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-12
Search for Victims of Mine
Disaster Continues.
DOCTORS ARE PRAISED
FOR PART THEY TOOK IN RESCUE
WORK.
Many Funerals to Take Place at Johns
town Today-Bodies at
Morgue.

JOFNSTOWN, Pa. July 12.-One hundred
and five are now dead from Thursdays eX-
II1sion 1t the rolling mill mine of the Cam
bra Steel Company. 1t is not probable
that this record Will be swelled to any
great extent And in no case is it expected
the list viii exceed 10 or 10. The mine
workings, which it was dangerous to enter
yesterday. were thoroughly explored by a
searching party during the night.
At o'clock this morning the charred
and mutilated bodies of fifteen victims were
brought to the Westmont pit mouth and
taken to the morgue. The bodies were
found in the upper end of No. 6 right head
Ing. where the explosion occurred. The
bodies were all lying far in from the point
Of the explosion and could not be reached
until the heading had been entirely cleared
Of the nOxious gases. Three deaths occur
red during the night at Cambria Hospital
These were among the last living victims
who were brought out of the mine yester-
day afternoon in an unconscious condition.
Another of these is in a precarious con-
dttiCn. 1t was learned at the pit mouth
today from mine officials that every mead
ing and chamber both to the right and
left Of the main klOndike healing were
penetrated during the night and that not
trace of any dead or living victims We're
found II is admitted that some might
have crawled into ObScured workings in
their fight from the after damp which fol-
lowed the explosion and thus succumbed
10 the fatal influence Of the gas.
Funerals Take Place Today.
Many funerals will take place today
Every undertaken in Johnstown has as
many on his hands as he can well attend to.
Inquiries were made at the mine offices and
the mOrgue by relatives Of four missing
They are foreigners. Mine Superintendent
Geo T. Robinson says it is probable the men
are lost in some pocket of the mine. where
they went TO escape fredamp, and when
escape was cut off were caught by it.
The party of resCuers, which completed
lne exploration Of the mine. went in at
o'clock last evening and came out at 6
O'Clock today.
In the crowd were DR.. George Hay, DR.
Frank b. Stotler and DIR. W. \. Pringle
Dr. 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 prog
ress OF the searchers- The long search was
rewarded when they reached No. q right
heading. Far back in the heading the
searchers came across the bIackeued and
Charred bodies of fifteen men. This discoy-
cry avs made shortly after midnight
Mine Superintendent George T. Robinson
was at his office early today. He 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 of Thursday The
mine, he admitted. especially the section
known as klOndike, always contained gas
1t did not exist in dangerous quantities. he
said, and 10 cause an explosion. some one
must have violated the rules as TO lights
Every precaution was taken to guard
against accident.
Praise for the Doctors.
Superintendent Robinson strongly com
mends the Johnstown doctors for their
bravery that saved the lives of a dozen or
more men.
When We made our first dash into the
mine" he said, we We're taking our lives
into our hands. as none knew what was be-
yCnd In our course. The doctors came on
and followed our lead without the slightest
tremOr.' State Mine Inspector J. T. Evans
reached the pit mouth at o'clock this
morning There he Joined by Chief
Inspector Jas f. Roderck who came here
hast night.
Mr.. Roderick said he had no intention of
entering the mine now. He held d private
conference with Superintendent Robinson
and Mine Engineer Marshall q Moore
which lasted some time
Moore had been in the mine up to :
Clock this morning He informed Roder-
lex among other things that the air was
making clean sweep Of the workings and
that noXious gases were fast diminishing
pey Ond the danger point.
Al o clock this morning there were six
teeh bodies left at the morgue.
Sad Scenes Witnessed.
Ihe saddest OF all the scenes Of the great
disaster were the affecting leavetakings of
the DEAD. which commenced this morning.
All day the Slovak Croatian and Greek
SathoLic churches were filed with pictur-
esque throngs. who attended the last SER
vices FOR the dead. Knots of women and
men stood on street corners, weeping and
Eroaning out their grief
Many women who attended the last rites
III the churches We're overcome with grief
ana fell fainting 10 the floor.
Most OF the funerals today are In ST
Stevens SIovak Church. where both Slays
ana roles worship. The Rev. John Mart
Won. the SIovak priest. conducted mass for
ms countrymen. while Rev. b. Dombrowsky Y
"f1ciated at the services over the Poles
Ihe hrst had twelve funerals scheduled
Tor to-day. while the latter will have fifty-
two
Rev Father Cucka said mass at the
Iretk catholic Church for nine of the dead
rather hOjci, at the Croatian Church said
mass over twelve dead. All these places of
worship are located within a very few
squares OF each other. and the streets sur
rounding them were choked with the great