The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-07-12
MINERS RISK LIFE TO
SUCCOR THEIR COMRADES
ReScuerS Crawl Over Piles of Bodies to Reach the
Living Men, Crazed by the Disaster, As
Sault Their DELIVERIES

AS the men were driven hurriedly to
the Cambria Hospital the train of cars
with ,the physicians re-entered the mine.
In another half hour they came out
again. this time with six living but al
most dead miners. One man in his
paroxysms had locked his jaws so that
force had to be employed to pry them
open for the insertion of life-instilling
fluids. These six were taken In an I'M
conscious condition to the Cambria Hos
pital.
Died as He Reached Daylight.
One man brought out with this crowd
died just as he reached daylight. At that
time three more headings. believed to lie
filled with the dead, were unsearched.
Thirty-nine bodies were lying within
reach in the main heading. These were
brought out at ABS p. m.
The bodies we piled high in the coal
cars and covered with canvas. The re-
mains were in a terrible state, showing
that there had been slow death in each
case. One of the men had his mouth
and nose tied about by t,wel. The rest
of his face was burned beyond recoyai-
ton. The bodies of all were twisted in
horrible shapes. most of the arms being
crooked so as to shield the face. The
only one who could be Identified at the
pit mouth was fire boss Joseph Tomlin-
son.
One of the volunteer rescuers who came
out with his load of dead states that fire
was raging in parts OF the mine that
would take some time to quell. Most Of
those who were brought out alive this
afternoon had saved themselves by crawl
ing into a chamber and turning a valve
on the compressed air pipe line which
runs along the entry. One man was found
~ al,.Aes A1 he11t
about a monkey wrench that it could
not be removed. The ofhcial list of the
bodies 30 far identified is as follows:
The Identified Dead.
John r. Thomas, ST., labor boss; John
c. Whitney, fire boss. married; William
Blanche. assistant foreman. married; Jo-
seph Tomlinson, fire boss, single; William
Lees, married: Daniel Lees, Single:
Michael Mccain. married; Phillip Nc
Cam. single; John Crook, married; Frank
Chestnut, single; John Sadler, John Holly,
Thomas Bishop. Michael Bosanic. George
Hologak. John Wilavndor. Frank Guzi,
Anthony Pollay. married; John Follak. sin
gle Frank Schultz. married: George T.
avrosna. Tavel vrabel. single; andre
Havalda, Jacob Ruhl, Michael Ivek. Jo-
seph Rick. Stokien Vergas. married;
Mike Sabot, Michael Drica, wadislaw
Dubrisky. single; John Ropiscky. John
Barock, John Lasko, Michael Presently,
married, Emery Basslsta, single; Steve
kanooz, Stephen Irkmo, married; Michael
Sabot, single; Michael Silvonre, married;
Michael Siiovinec. Jr., single; John Novak,
single; Anton Lazarski. Valiant Plaza,
John Kreer, Botislaw Miskovski, August
Struzinski, John Karazwisz. Michael
Cilendvic, married; Michael Irlendvick,
Jr, single; Wadislaw Dombroslxy. single;
Gustav lie wandsi. William Konzk. mar
ried; John Horval, single; William In
stak; Frank Hopely. married; John
Falida, single; Frank Lazarski. single:
Bronislev Tetkowski; John Tibrurski;
andre Balascak. married; Paul zutula.
John Karziewice, Anton Deplec, Vida
Racha, Jr.
Known Dead Number 90.
At IL o'clock tonight the number of
known dead is ninety; number OF injured
in hispitals. IS; number of injured who
were able to go home. 4.
At the conclusion Of the days work,
Mine Superintendent Robinson said: I'VE
will work night and day and will not
stop so long as there is a single body in
the mine. The fact that the fire damp is
all out of the mine now will facilitate
the work and while there Is considerable
debris in the mine tracks that will have
to be removed before the cars can be
taken to all sections of the Klondike. |
do not think that 1t will take many hours
to know the extent of the loss of life.
State Mine Inspector Evans. who has
been in the mine almost continuously |
since the explosion. said
There was no explosion of dust no
evidence of it, All the men were work. !
ing with locked safety lamps. There are |
a dozen things that might have caused |
the explosion. The man responsible for |
1t is surely among the dead"
An Investigation Ordered.
Harrisburg. Pa. July 11-Governor
Stone has directed James f. Roderick,
Chief of the State Bureau of Mines, to
go to Johnstown and investigate the
ct use of the disaster 1T the Rolling Mil
mine Mr.. Roderick left at noon. and ex-