The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-07-17
Searchers in Cambria Mine Discov-
er Heap of Blackened Re-
mains of Miners.
TOTAL NUMBER OF DEAD IS NOW H..
aline superintep den, Declares the
Explosion Must Have Been Caused
= by Violation of Rules by Miners
Doctors Commended for Their.
Bravery

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 it expected
the list will exceed ITO ors115. The
mine workings, which it was danger.
GUS to enter Friday, We're thoroughly
explored by searching. party dur
ing the night. Z
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
morgue. The bodies were found in
thesuppe end of No. 6 right heading,
where the explosion occurred. The
bodies were all 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
conditions al y
- AnotherSof these is in precarious
condition. 1t was learned at the pit
mouth Saturday from mine officials
that 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 fight 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
asamany on his hands asslie 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 says 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 it.
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.
In the crowd were DR.. George Hay,
DR.. Frank B. Stotler, and DIR. w. N.
Pringle.
Discover Heap of rs Dead Bodies.
ISL DR.. Hay said the headings both to:
the right and left of the main Klondike
heading were practically free from
foul air when they went in. Nothing
sinpede ed the progress of the!searchers:,
The long search was rewarded when,
they reached No. 6 right heading. Far
back in the heading, thea searchers
came across the blackened and
charred bodies of 15smen. This dis,
covsr was made shortly after mid q
night.
Mine-saperintendent-G George T. Rob-
inson was at 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. tIt
did not exist in dangerous quantities,
he Said, and to cause an explosion some
one must have; violated the rule as to
lights. Every precaution was taken to
guard against accident. ..'|' =
III DOCTORS Commended. tii@7
Superintendent Robinson strongly
commends the Johnstown doctors for
their bravery that saved the lives ola
dozen or more men. 's>''- ~
"When we made our first dash into
the mine,'' he said, 1--WE were taking
| our lives in our hands, as none knew,
what was beyond in our course. The
doctors came on and followed our lead
without 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 E. Roderick,
who came here Friday night. - ia
Mr.. Roderick said he had no inten-
ton of entering the mine now. Heheld
privateconference with Snperintend-
ent Robinson and Mine Engineer
Marshall G. Moore, which lasted some
| time.
Moore had been in the mine up to
five o'clock Saturday morning. He in
formed Roderick, among other things,
that the air was making clean sweep
of the workings and that noxious gases
were fast diminishing beyond the dan
ger point. 3ia ~
At nine O'clock Saturday morning.
there were 16 bodies left at the
morgue. ~ y. v l'.3h tA5E ~
ie.s connictins Estimates, sr, !,
Johnstown,l Pa, July 14.--Mayor
Pendry Mt noon made the, positive.
statement to. the, press that there
We're, no more than los dead and IA
tihjured. Some of the latter may DE,
as there ~ extreme danger of pnsu-.
i m!onia. setting IN .i4,s i'is'''ii1.,i
DR.. J. Frank Taylor, 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