Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-07-14
NINE VICTIMS STORY.
Injured John RetalIick Says Blasting
Caused JohnstOWn Horror.
GRIM HARVEST OF DEATH.
One Hundred and Twelve Bodies
Iakrn OUT al the FutcfuI Shaft.
SorroViuE city of Funerals.
Th" work of Rescue.

eolulHuy is not Capable of being
lrHsp"d. In spite of conflicting re-
ports as to the number Of dead Il care
tul and complete compilation shows
that III is the extent of the list of the
bodies OutSid" the mine.
The last four bodies taken from the
mine are those of Martin Wrhinr.
thirty-thrc" years old lahorcr. Paul
CNcha, thirty seven years, ElhWVr,
leaving Wilrand three children; Gpor@"
Habula, forty years, family in the old
country, and Andrew HHbula, forty
years. married.
Almost ali the employees who could
have been in the mine ut the time of
the life Wrccking explosion OF Thurs
day are accounted for. Very few in
uuIrlcS for missing persons have been
presented to the authorities or to the
mine officials, and these better than
anything else DEMONSTRATES the impos
sihililN of many bodies still remaining
III the death tomb.
Tl" mine officials say there is no
use in attempting TO estimate the exact
number Of dead They say they srl-
ply don't know and urge the futility OF
placing the matter Oh the basis of
guesswork. They express the belief.
however, that all or almost all are out
of the mine. General Superintendent
Robinson came out of the shaft after
an arduous exploration. Ilt expressed
his conviction that not more than tivr
dead bodies would he added to the al
ready known.
Hur.inG the Dead.
Sunday found the city of YOUNGSTOWN
prepared to devote its attenlien to
mourning and funeral obScuuicS The
inaugural Of this grim programme WIS
given when more than Il score of in
termcnlS took place
Funeral pro, essions with ba,nlS
playing drgrs and uniformed escorts
at their heads, PASSED through ,h-
streets Of the city
After the bringing of fifteen bodies |
to the morguc it WAS commonly ru-
mored that the mine officials were en-.
doavoring to hide the truth as to the
extent of the disaster Developments |
showed that these suspicious were uu-
warranted. There WAS an important |
consultation in the offices at the foot |
of the runway from the WcStmont en- |
try. 1t was participated in by Mine /
Superintendent q. 4. Robinson, Chief |
Mine Inspector James f.. Roderick,
State Mine Inspector J. I. Evans, Mine
Engincrr NJ &. Moore and Assistant
Mine Engineer a. q. lrossey a large
map of the mine was examined and
explained to chief Rodrrick Many of
the employees of the mine, including
dygprS, trap boys. mechanics and 9th.
erS. were called in aud questioned. The
inquiry was designed to give Chief In
spcrtor Rodcrirk Il preliminary impress
sion of the status of things.
Inspector Evans said later as to flu
ture Investigations:
Those of the company'a officials who
We're in the mine ut the time of the cX-
plosion and have survived their inju-
rics will be called on to testify. Until
these men are able to be present at the
inquiry and testify it will be useless
W ny w VIZ any tlIlIiS. III HtllDlli .
steel company has the right to make
the best presentation of the case posi- |
bic, and these are the ones who can
best speak of the situation in which
the company is concerned"
Asked AS to whose duty it was to |
take care of the accumulation of gas in
the mine, Mr.. Evans said:
q
three of the fire bosses were Killed by |
the explosion, and in the presence of |
death we must he altogether charta-
Bile and suspend judgment.
The Morbid Crowd.
Thousands of men, women and chill
dren, drawn thithcr purely out of NOR
bid curiosity, lingcr about the low
frame structure at the head of the
shaft, Their appetite apparently could
not be satisfied by the already vast
horror. Hundreds stood i'll II hroiing
sun nearly opposite on the other side
of the toncnaugh river, where the
cars came down from the mine entry.
Most of these were interested for
friends who We're possible victims
Down below n quarter of n mile the
streets of Concmaugh city We're clog
gcd with funeral cortpges.
Father Il. Dembrowsky, pastor Of St
Cakimir's Catholic church, stated that
forty of the members of his flock were
killed in the disaster.
"MoSt Of these men, said he, "wcra
my best pariShioners, being thrifty,
providential God fearing men, who
were pillars Of strength to the congre-
CATION, The catastrophe has Just about
wiped out the two societies conducted
in connection with the church, the St
Casinir society and St Martins Ben.
eticial society. For the funeral of each
one of the dead men fifty dollar ben
eft will he paid out of the fund, and
in addition an assessment of - will |
have to be collected from each mem
Der. The blow will be IL hard one, be.
cause our church is just being built
and ought to be dedicated some time in
October"
The ExpIOsinn's Cause.
"The explosion in the KlOndike Sec
ton of the Rolling Mill mine was I'M
doubtedly caused by blasting. A shot
set off the firedamp and started all the
trovhlnD Thic statanont has hQQn |