The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-12
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was made to remove them until certainty
was established that no more living re-
mained In the mine
miners were evidently eating their lunches
when suddenly stricken down by the ex-
plosion. They were seated In groups OF five
and ten. with their buckets and the re-
mains OF their lunches scattered over the
floor. Evidently their lives were snuffed
quickly and easily.
given the Associated Press by General Mine
Superintendent George j. Robinson at
o'clock this morning. He said:
As 10 the direct cause OF the explosion
j cannot exactly say. We know there was
an explosion of fire damp i'm the sixth right
heading OF the section commonly known as
the klondtke. There are. far l can
find out now. not more than three or four
deaths from the explosion itself The rest
were caused by the after-damp.
Our mine Officials-the mine foreman,
Henry Rodgers, Fire Boss John Retallic,
Machine Boss William Robinson who is
my brother. and Slav, whose name | DO
explosion occurred. They Immediately
went down 10 the point of the explosion To
put up doors 10 the siopings in order to
carry the air in its proper channel again
These We're blown down by the force of
the explosion.
They. with the exception OF the foreman
and one fire boss. were overcome by the
\ after damp. They were found by a rescu-
ing party. and the chances are that all
Viii recover with the exception Of my
brother
FIRST RESULTS
AS 10 the rescue work. ! directed it to
commence just as soon after the explosion
as possible. We started in at u. m. We
started working our way down by putting
up brattiees ia order to carry the air i'm
with us. suppose il was 10 o'clock at
night before We came across the bodies of
me HNtns. DrS. John LOWman and John
Hannah went down with us They carried
tanks or oxyser with them. and they were
empued with good effect on the living
w round twenty-five dead on our way
10 these four Twins Twenty more We
found later on. They We're scattered
through that section OF the mine Most OF
them We're OF their way out wheG caught
Dy the latal after-daup
Mining Ensiuee" NJ. - Moore and my
self Viii organize another searching party
and 60 In III o'clock this morning There
IS damp - tie left headings. which will
make our progress ;oilsome Part OF tac
mine ; so filed with after-tlansp We canno;
set IN until We turn in the current OF afr. 90
When the bodies % The Victims cane fror,
the mine long line Of GndertaSers' was-
ons and picnic wagons vas ~ waiting to
take them on tie roundabout route 20 the
morEue Ia this city. There they were
backed Up 20 a door aud a large force OF
police was ready 20 check the great throng
from pressing n 200 closely. Body after
body was dragged from the wagons and
borne inslGe All % them we're blackened
and unrecosnizahl@ until the undeftakers
got 20 WORK. The head OF one man was
crushed auc tEe only means % IDENTIFYING
WIZ De ~ as cheek number All % tic
bodies were numbed and stiff. The arms al
most Or theat we're twisted ~ front OF
them. As - % shield their faces from ire
The !esi hand ri one man vas torn of At
tile wrist These Bodies were am found
atott Two miles in from the main Pit
mouth
fFan@ ssoo;. one 81 tho boys vino was