The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-13
.112 BODIES
RECOVERED
Nearly All the COrpSeS
Have Been Found.
FUNERALS BY THE SCORE
Aftermath of the JOhnSt0Wn
Mine Horror.
FUNERALS BY THE SCORE
John Retallick and Mine Foreman
Harry Rodgers, Who Escaped,
Tell Of Their Terrible Ex-
periences in Shaft.

Johnstown. Pa, July 12-In spite of
conflicting reports of the number of dead
as the result of the catastrophe at the
Rolling Mill Mine of the Cambria Steel
Com pany, a careful and complete compil
alton by the Associated Press tonight
shows that liz is the exact number of
bodies taken from the mine.
Up to o'clock this evening loS had
| been recovered and at clock four more
were brought to the surface. To this
number future explorations may add a
few, but 1t cannot be many.
Almost all the employees who could have
beer in the mine at the time of the life
wrecking explosion of Thursday are ac-
| counted for. The mine officials say there
is no use attempting to estimate the
number of dead. They express the belief
that all or almost all are out of the mine.
General Superintendent Robinson came
out at O'Clock this afternoon after an
| arduous days exploration. He expressed
his conviction that not more than five
| dead bodies would be added to the los.
| then known.
Sunday will dawn upon the populous
city of Johnstown prepared to devote its
attention to mourning and funeral obse-
| quies.
A Score of Interments.
The inaugural of this grim program
was given today when more than a score
of interments took place. AS late as
o'clock this evening funeral professions
passed through tho streets OF tho city.
Early todey a general belief settled over
the community and those officially asso-
| ciated with the disaster that the end of
| the grewsome Developments were about
reached. This did not deter the. coiners
of street rumors, who actively piled their
| avocation and caused numerous wild
lgeose chases .-.--
After bringing fifteen bodies to the
morgue at an early hour 1t was COM
| monty rumored that mine officials were
endeavoring to hide the truth as to the
extent of the disaster. The developments
of the day shovel that these suspicious
were unwarranted. This morning there
was an important consultation participant
ed in by Mine Superintendent G. r. Rob-
inson, Chief Mine Inspector ]. e. Rod
erick. State Mine Inspector J. T. Evans,
Mine Engineer NJ. G. Moore, Assistant
Mine Engineer Prosser. A large map of
the mine was examined and explained to
Chief Roderick. Many of the employees of
the mine were called in and qulzzed to
give Chief Inspector Roderick prelimin-
airy impression of the status Of things.
Must Await Recoverings.
Inspector Evans said later that until
the company's officials who were In the
mine at the time of the explosion and
who survived their injuries weere able to
testify 1t would be useless to try to do
anything.
After the consultation Evans went into
the mine with Robinson and Moore to as
certain the damage wrought and Moore
carefully examined into the possible hid
ing places Cor more dead bodies They
remained in the mine until late in the
afternoon, In the fourth right hedang
In the klondike. Chief State Inspector
Evans came across rooms 10 and %, be-
tween which were the bodies of the
three men who were brought out at 2:30
p, m. and the search is heinE continued |
The following is a list Of dead taken |
from the mine today:
Peter Warcot1 John and Peter San |
ders. brothers Mike and Peter Sup2a, |
Andrew and Michael Moska. father and |
son; John Colon. John Grobosky. Joe |
Froncho FIVE unidentified. Michael Man |
dich. George Prabovic. John Iacko. seven |
missing. George Blhele. Andrew Babele. |
Paul Overna, Martin kubenko. Michael |
Cucko. Charles Spontac. Martin Veniar
All day thousands Of men. woman and |
children, drawn thither purely out Of
morbid curiosity. fingered about the low |
frame structure Hundreds stood in n |
baking sun nearly opposite the other
side of the Canamaugh River. where the
cars came down from the mine entry.
Most of these were Interested for friends
who were possible victims. Down below
a quarter Of a mile, the streets of Cana
maugh City were Clogged with funeral
corteges Father Dembrowsky. pastor
Of ST. Casimir's Catholic Church stated
today that forty Of the members of his
flock were killed in the disaster.
Tell of Experiences.
John Retallick. fire boss of the seventh
district. and Mine Foreman Harry
Rogers. both of whom were in the kIon-
dixie mine where the explosion occurred,
were so far recovered this evening from
the effects Of the after damp. as to be
able to tell Of their terrible experience.
Both men are in the Conemaugh Memo
rial Hospital. Retallick emphatically
said the explosion was caused by blast
ing, a shot setting off the fire damp. OF
his experience he said:
when | went to work Thursday morn
ing there were about 200 miners in the
mines. From the very latest informa-
ton that / can gather there are yet
about twelve miners entombed These |
men are scattered and it may he some
DAYS vet before their bodies are recovered.
They are in the headings which it is still
impossible to reach on account OF the
gases When the accident happened
there were five Of us on the cars ready
to go ont Of tho mine on a trip. We did
not hear or feel the explosion to a great
extent but knew something had occurred,
In a minute. We heard men scramh-
ling in all directions for place of safety.
Quickly / realized that the only avenue
Of escape was to get to the air some
where. but 7 thought | had plenty OF
time and could save all the men,
I'VE i'm mediately went down the main
entrance IN the Klondike. There were
with me at that time William Robinson,
who has charge of the mining machinery;
Henry Rodgers, foreman of the mine: