Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-07-15
Find FIFTEEN MORE DEAD
6earchers In Cambria Mine Discov-
eI Heap Of Blackened Re-
mains Of Miners.
TOTAL NUMBER OF DEAD IS NOW III.
Mine superintendent Declares the
Explosion Must Have Been Caused
by Violation Of Rules by Miners
=. Doctors Commended for Theip
BPaverY,

BRaverx.
Johnstown, Pa, July lA-One hun
dred and five are now dead from
Thursdays explosion at the Rolling
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 1t expected
the list will exceed ITO or 115. The
mine workings, which 1t 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
morg'ue. The bodies were found in
the upper end OF No. 6 right heading,
where the explosion occurred. The
bodies were ell lying far in from the
point of the explosion and could not
be reached until the heading had
been entirely cleared of the noxicus
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 ia In a precarious
condition. It was learned at the pit
me nth Saturday from mine officials
Il at every heading and chamber both
TO the right and left Of the main
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 Gays 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 1t.
: 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.
t.. In the crowd were Dr.. George Hay,
Dr. Frank B, stotIeE, end Dr.. w. N.
PringIs.
Discover Tseap Of IL Dead Bodies.
Or. Hay said the headings both to
che right and left of the main Klondike
heading were practically free from
foul air when they went In Nothing
impeded the progress OF the searchers.
The long search was rewarded when
,Hhey reached No. 8 right heading. Far
back in the needing the seaashers
came across che blackened ind
char,pd bodies of 10 men This dis
covery WAS made shortly after mid
night.
I, Mine Superintendent George z. Rob
6nson was OF 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
lid not exist in dangerous quantities,
he said, and to causean explosion some
pne must have violated the rule as to
lights. Every precaution was taken TO
guard against accident. ~
Doctors Commended
!. Superintendent Robinson strongly
commends the Johnsto,xn doctors for
their bravery that saved the lives OF q
Hozen or more men.
'When we made our first dash into
the NINE" he said, I'VE were taking
our lives in our hands. as none knew |
what was beyond in our course. The
doctors came on and followed our lead
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 f. Roderick,
who came here Friday night.
Mr.. Roderick said he had no inten-
ton of entering the mine now. He held
@ private conferente with Superintend-
emit Robinson and Mine Engineer
Marshall G. Moore which lasted some
lime.
Moore had been in the mine up to
I've o'clock Saturday morning. He in
Formed Roderick, among other things,
hat the air was making clean sweep
# the workings and that noxious gases
we're fast diminishing beyond the dan
ger point.
AT nine o'clock Saturday morning
here were 16 hodies left at the
norgue.
Conflicting Estimates.
Johnstown, Pa. July 14.-Mayof
Pendry Of noon made the positive
statement to the press that there
were no more than los dead and IA
injured. Some of the latter may DIE,
as there Is extreme danger of pneu-
nonia setting In.
DR.. J. Frank Tnytor, one of the
rescuing 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 number of
looms have not been entered, and IA
,hese DR.. Taylor expects many bod
es will be found. The total Of dead
bodies brought out is 10s. OF those