The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-27
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All Those in Mine at Harwick
FAre Now known to Have
Persisted.
THEIR BODIES ARE MAN LED
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DIV Associated Press.1


PTTTsBURG, Pa. Jan. 26:---E'ye the
Clements seem conspiring to prevent thu
work OF rescue at the }T1arwiek mines,
Almost zero weather and a, bitter wind.
late In the afternoon, swept down over
the little valley, where the mine is To-
Gated, and nearly added another list OF
dead to the long black table already
measured off, Not only was the work OF
search for the dead and living. II any
are still alive. n udely Interrupted, h but
cold and Ice and wind combined nearly
cost Ethe lives OF sixteen moro good
men t5. SIX
At 8 o'clock this afternoon sixteen men
went down Into the shaft to do the,
work Of brattrcing, bolsterlng tunnel9ng
and removing the debris that haa so far
barred their progress into the workings
where the men were at labor, when the
explosion came. Their shift was sup
nosed to be OF tis..e hours only. Even
at that it was hard task. Even before
the bucket reached the bottom they were
drenched with water, which the cold
draught through She shaft soon turned
to ice. ~ n IL
Shortly after hey were let down, two:
at time. in the bucket, a temporary hoist
that had been rugged UP to bring up the
debris and the dead was started down
the shaft. Then came the snow and the
W
the living men at the bottom Of the
shaft, but the wooden sides of the hoist,
swollen by the water, stuck to the iron
guide slide, and then came hours of
manoeuvering to reach the bottom. The
men below had no means Of warmth,
and many Of them We're standing in5deeps
water. Every effort was made to lower
the cage, and finally It was loosened
and got within twelve feet Of tho bot
ff,y,o "a var n 90
tho explosion, was in the path. Tho
men were within easy reach of q rope, but
their fingers, numbed and almost frozen
by the cold, Yere unable to grasp tho
offered help. Il s3 fa
UNABLE TO WALK.
1t was S o'clock when the first three
men OF the party who went down at 3
o'clock were brought to the surface, Not
ono of them was able to walk, they were
so numhed by the cold, and they told
of5thcir experience in the mine below.
Henry Beckert, was one of the first
mon out Of the cage. lie was carried 10
the boiler room and after twenty min
utes OF warmth managed 10 straigl,ten
himself and say;
Ut was u frlghtful experience Tho cold
and llunger-and no good we could do.
We were too cold TO work. There IS
apparently no one to rescue. We had
a hard time to find many of the dead. a
shred of clothing here and another there.
a Jacket pair Of Oyeralls, but few
bodies. t$1
when NO left the bottom Of the SHIFT.
there wore twelve bodies lying there
ready to DO brought UP. There arc many
others there and the bodies OF many VIII
nevor bo found.
Mike A1cQunldc. another Of tho res
cllers. said:
"NYe have at tho bottom of the shaft q
pile of legs and arms and trunks that
resemble anything but the remains Of
human beings, It IL tho most grewsolne
sight ever Witnessed,
''When do you expect to t'eacn The
place where he most OF the men are2'
he was asked
'"rhere Is no such place." replied he,
"they are scattered all over tho mine.
some OF them poor fellows, In fragments,
w efind them along the entries or find
pieces OF them, My God, man. you huve
but faint conception Of the awful force
of tins explosion. It tore men to pieces. II
did not leave enough of some Of thoHl to
tel who they We're"
ANOTHER ATTEMPT,
Just before 10 o'clock the last OF the
survivors was brought to the surface,
and as this man was helped to the cage,
Mine, Inspector Tom Adams turned 70
the new party-three men-ready to 80
down, and said:
"aavefyou got your saws?' s
3 Eyes. SIR
"see that the timber that holds the
cage from reaching the bottom Is out OF
the way before you come Y ~,
The signal was given and they Went
down again into tho water and the ace