Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-07-14
los MINERS ARE DEAD;
lis SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

JOHNSTOWN. Pa, July 12.-One hun
bred and FIVE are now dead from Thurs
days explosion at the rolling mill mine OF
the Cambria Steel company.
i, II is not probable that this record Will
Be swelled to any great extent, and in no
case is It expected. the list will exceed ITO
or us.
The mine workings which It was dan
gerous TO enter yesterday. were thor
oughly explored by a searching party
during the night At 3 o'clock this morn
ing the charred and mutilated bodies Of
Is victims were brought 70 the west end
OF the pit and taken to the morgue. The
bodies were found in the upper end Of No.
9, right heading. where the explosion oc-
Cured. The bodies were all lying far in
from the point Of the explosion, and II Is
not believed the heading viii be entirely
cleared OF the obnoxious gases.
Three deaths occurred during the night
at Cambria hospital These were among
the last living miners that were brought
from the mine yesterday IN an unconscious
condition.
Another Of these is in a precarious con-
dition.
It was learned at the DIT mouth today
from the mine officials that every head
ing and chamber both to the right and
left of the main Klondike heading would
be penetrated during the night. and that
not trace Of any dead or living victims
were found.
It is admitted that some might have
crawled into obscure workings In their
fight from the after-damp which followed
the explosion. and these suceumbed to
the fatal influence of the gas.
Many funerals win 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
- 10 e1off Of
ing. They are foreigners.
Mine Superintendent George T. Robinson
says IL Is plain the men have been lost in
some pocket of the mine where they went
to escape the fire damp, and when escape
was cut on were caught. by IL.
The party of rescurers which completed
the exploration Of the mine. went ia ~
O'Clock last evening and came out at
o'clock today. The long search was re-
warded when they reached far bac.- in No.
right heading. the searchers coming
across the blackened and charred bodies
of Is men shortly after midnight. Mine
Superintendent George T. Robinson said
today that the mine would be ready for
work by Monday. he said there has not
been the slightest danger from explosion
since the original and only one OF Thurs
day. The mine. he admitted, especially the
section known as 'Klondike," always con-
tanned gas. It did not exist in dangerous
quantities there, he said, and to cause
an explosion some one must have vio-
lated the rules as TO lights. Superintend-
emit Robinson strongly recommends the
Johnstown rescuers for their bravery in
saving the lives Of Is CT more men. When
we made our first dash into the mine, he
said. we were taking our lives in our
hands as none knew what was beyond In
our course. The doctors came in and fol-
lowed our lead without the slightest ire
NOR. State Mine Inspector J. T. Evans
reached the pit mouth at this morning.
There he was Joined by Chief Inspector
James e. Roderick, who came here last
night. At 9 o'clock this morning there
was 16 bodies left at the morgue.
DR.. ]. Frank Taylor. one OF the rescu-
ing party. who has made many trips into
the mine is confident that there are many
more bodies In the mine and that the list
Of dead will be greatly increased. A num-
Der OF rooms have been entered and in
these DR.. Taylor expects many bodies to
be found. Total dead bodies IS los. OF
those taken 70 the Memorial hospital
three have died. This brings the dead SO
far known up TO III. In the Memorial hos
pital there are still 146 patients. making a
total OF rs living and dead who have been
brought from many of the mines.
Mayor Pendry at noon made the positive
statement TO the Associated Press that
there was 105 dead and ia injured Many
OF the latter may die. as the extreme dan
ger OF pneumonia is setting in.