Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-01-30
TWENTY :INO ARE DEAD.
Result Of the Explosion in the
Mine at Lost Creek,
Iowa.
TEN OTHERS ARR. SEVERELY RuRT.

shot Was Too Heavily Charged and
hxnited the Dust When 1T Was Set
ef-O0roner's Verdict Says ENplo-
sion Was Entirely Due to an Acci-
dent.
Lset Creek, Ia, Jan. 27.-Twenty-
ono dead bodies were Saturday morn
ing taken from the improvised morgue
In shaft No 2 of the Lost Creek Coal
Mining company, of this place, as the
resalt Of the worst mine disaster eN-
perieHced in the history Of Iowa.
When brought to the surface they pre-
sested q horrible sight. Some Of the
beaies were terribly mangled and be-
yona recognition and could only be
identified by some trinket or some-
khiHs found in their pockets. The IL
injured are improving, and no addl-
Aioaal deaf tbs are anticipated, since the
death Saturday morning of Oliver Ma
bic, making the list Of dead %. He had
his arm broken and was terribly
hsraed about the face and head.
The list of the dead is as follows:
THE DEAD-Mike Fox, ST., aged IS:
Mike Fox, Jr.. aged 21: John Elder, aged
%: G. B. Crews. aged 81: Russell Fish, aged
N; Joe Berto. aged 30; S. G. Creighton,
aged % (colored): James Stovall. aged 50
&eolored): Andrew Pash. aged 80; Sam
Humphrey, aged "a: James Humphrey.
aged "a; ]. J. Humphrey. aged SO; Danlei
Fish aged "a; Dave Waitress aged -;
Frank Gasperi. aged So; Alexander Gray.
aged "a. Jack Mannealy, aged 2O Jonn
Martin. aged %; George Benochak, aged
a.; Joe Gasperi aged "a; John haVal, aeeo
o.: Oliver Mabie.
Those most severely injured are:
HI Swanson. Jonas Mabie. leg broken
ana head hurt; John Jerkin of Eddyville,
spinal injuries. may die; Frank Secrees.
Of Rddyville, arm broken. burned; Charles
LeaHan of Lost Creek, leg broken,
burned: Ed Swanson. of Eddyville bruised
and burned; Jonas Mabie, Jr., OF Lost
Greek. bad burns; William Harvey (col-
orsd), badly burned, will recover; George
Gogo, spinal injuries. will recover: Harry
Derfoek.
To Fix the Blame.
Coroner Foehlinger, of Oskaloosa.
who is to blame for the disaster. The
reable was caused by an explosion of
Duet ignited by shot too heavily
charged. 1t proved to be what miners
call q ''screamer." To be more clear,
the shot, when exploded, instead Of
isBoeking down the coal, fires straight
ent into the room. This kind Of a shot
eaRses much dust and the flames COM
ing into contact with the dust usually
furnish an explosion.
Force Of Explosion Terrific.
In the accident of Friday he effect was
simply terrific. The tracks were torn
mp and the guides for the cages We're
b2swn away. On this account they
could not be operated for three hours
The fans were also damaged and could
ngt be used 10 ventilate the mine inn
mediately Nj the entry doors were
blown completely out and no system
of ventilation could be arranged until
the doors were replaced by volunteers,
and it was almost certain death to go
lnte the mine.
Brave Volunteers.
AS soon as the cages could be OPP
Grated. volunteers speedily stepped
forward. The first man to enter the
mine was Jap Timbrell. general super
imtendent of the mine. He was eagerly
followed by many others, who took
their turns in going otherelief Of the,
yietims
The Lost Creek Mine.
The Lost Creek mine, where the ac-
piaent occurred, was about ten miles
south and one mile east of Oska loosa,
and three miles northeast of Eddyville.
1t is owned by the Lost Creek Coal and
Mining company, of which G.. e. Laugh
lin, Fl. L. Spencer, jeff Timbrell, f. f.
Ereen and O. S. Ellis are the chief
stockholders. The property has been
successfully operated number Of
years. The shaft where the accident
secured is No. and has been oper-
ated about Is months. It has been
thought perfectly safe. The ventila-
koH is perfect, the only possible fault
over found being that it was little
Dusty at times.
Miners in West Section Escape.
The explosion occurred east and
4ssrth of the shaft, in the east entries,
HHu d MI ISL dill ~ Liid u PdIl u ILLe' lille
were killed or hurt. All the miners on
the west side escaped injury and got
eat of the mine; in fact some did not
know of the accident till called on for
help.
Dne to an Accident.
Oskaloosa, Ia, Jan. 27.--The cor
oner's verdict finds no one to blame,
declaring the disaster due solely to
accident.
Decide ON investigation.
Washington, Jan. 25.-The senate
committee on the Philippines Friday
decided to enter upon a thorough in
vestigation Of the entire Philippine
question, and Senator Lodge, chairman
of the committee, was authorized to