The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-07-18
Searchers in Cambria Mine Discov-
er Heap of Blackened Re-
mains of Miners.
TOTAL NUMBER OF DEAD is NOW ILL.,.
Mine Superintepd Declares the
Explosion Must Have Been Caused
by Violation of Rules by Miners
Doctors Commended for Their
RrHVcry.

| Mill mine of the Cambria Steel COM
pany. 1t is not probable that this
| record will be swelled to any great
extent. And in no case is it expected
the list will exceed 10 or lis. The
mine workings, which it was danger
Gus to enter Friday, were thoroughly
explored by searching party dur
| ing the night.
At three o'clock Saturday morning
| the charred and mutilated bodies OF
Is victims were brought to the West
mont pit mouth and taken to the
morgue The bodies were found in
| the upper end of No. right heading,
| where the explosion occurred. Inc
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 occurred during
the night at Cambria hospital. These
were among the last living victims
who were brought out of the mine
Friday afternoon in an unconscious
condition.
Another of these is in a precarious
condition. 1t was learned at the PIT
mouth Saturday from mine officials
that every heading and chamber both
to the right and left of the mann
Klondike heading were penetrated
during the night and that not trace
of any dead or living victims were
found. 1t is admitted that some
might have crawled into obscure
workings in their flight from the
afterdamp which followed the explo-
sion, and these succumbed to the
fatal influence of the gas.
Many Funerals Held.
Many funerals took place Saturday.
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
George T. Robinson says it is prob
able the men are lost in some pocket
of the mine, where they went to
escape firedamp, and when escape
was cut off were caught by it.
The party of rescuers which COM
pleted the exploration of the mine
went in at seven o'clock Friday evening
and came out at six o'clock Saturday.
In the crowd were DR.. George hay,
DIR. Frank B. Stotler, and DR.. w. n.
Pringle.
Discover Heap of 10 Dead Bodies.
DR.. Hay said the headings both to
the right and left of-the main klondlke
heading were practically free from
foul air when they went in. Nothing
impeded the progress of the searchers.
The long search was rewarded when
they reached No. right heading. Far
back in the heading the searchers
came across the blackened and
charred bodies of Is men. This dis
covery was made shortly after mid
night.
Mine Superintendent George T. Rob-
inson was at his office early Saturday.
He said they would have the mine
| ready for work by Monday. He said
there was not 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 to cause an explosion some
one must have violated the rule as to
| lights. Every precaution was taken to
guard against accident.
Doctors Commended.
Superintendent Robinson strongly
commends the Johnstown doctors for
| their bravery that saved the lives of
| dozen or more men.
| "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
without the slightest tremor. State
Mine Inspector J. T. Evans reached
the pit mouth at eight o'clock Satur-
day morning. There he was joined by
| Chief Inspector James E. Roderick,
who came here Friday night.
Mr.. Roderick said he had no inten-
ton of entering the mine now. He held
a private conference with Superintend-
ent Robinson and Mine Engineer
| Marshall G. Moore, which lasted some
time.
Moore had been in the mine up to
| five o'clock Saturday morning. He in
formed RodericlS, among other things,
that the air was making clean sweep
of the workings and that noxious gases
were fast diminishing beyond the dan
| ger point.
At nine o'clock Saturday morning
| there were 16 bodies left at the
| morgue.
Conflicting Estimates.
| Johnstown, Pa, July 14.-Mayor
Pendrv at noon made the positive
statement to the press that there
were no more than 1O5 dead and IA
| injured. Some of the latter may DIE,
as there is extreme danger of pneu-
| monia setting in.
DR.. j. Frank Taylor, one of the
| rescuing- party, who has made many
| trips into the mine, is confident that
| there are many more bodies in the