Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-02-03
BRINGING UP THE DEAD.
Bodies Of the Pennsylvania Miners
BEING Slowly Recovered.

Pittsburg. Jan. 27.-Three days
have elapsed since the terrible catas-
trophe at the Harwick mine of the
Allegheny Coal company, and tonight
at midnight II bodies have been re-
covered and brought to the surface.
Only Is of these have been identified.
The day has been n OF horror in
the little village on the hill above the
pit mouth, but even while the black
| ened bodies were brought from the
top of the shaft and then on sleds to
the school house on the hill above,
where undertakers were ready to re-
ceive them, there seemed TO prevail
In the community, as a clutch that
repressed their natural feelings OF
passionate anxiety and sorrow, the
grim realization that there Is much
work To be done before the full ex-
tent of the catastrophe had been re-
allied.
The Allegheny Coal company tonight.
in an official statement, positively ad-
mitted that all of the men who were
in the mine when the explosion oc-
Cured are dead. There are Ill
names on the list, which does not in
clude those OF Selwyn NJ. Taylor, or
Of the two men who were on the tip
Pile above the mine shaft when the
explosion came. Nor does the list In
clude the name of Daniel Lysle, of
Castle Shannon. whose body was
found in the mine this morning. He
was one of the men who went down
in the mine TO work last night. but
became separated from the rest and
wandered Tar ahead of the air. His
body was found sitting with his back
to the wall of one of the rooms. He
evidently had been overcome by after
damp.
Every body SO far brought up is
bruised and cut annd crushed into
shapelessness. The fact that the legs
and arms are broken and disjointed
indicates that the force of the eX'
plosion must have been terrific. II
Is presumed that il caught the men
and hurled them like straws before a
gale. b~attering them against the jag
ged walls of the mine and crushing
them one upon the other at the ends
of the headings and chambers.
Scarcely one of the bodies has any
clothing on it and all are more or less
burned. some to a crisp. There VIII
be great difficulty in identifying
them on this account.
No relatives were permitted in the
temporary morgue this morning. 10
the sights there were too gruesome
and besides, it is absolutely necess
airy that there be no interruption Il
the work of the undertakers and EN-
balmers. who had more than they
, could do.
When all the bodies were brought
, up that are now at the foot OF thu
| shaft and when they have been pre-
pared for view, the families ant
: friends will be allowed to file through
l and assist in completing the work o
Identification. The streets OF the VII
lage were deserted today. the womeI
| and children having been told the!
had better remain indoors until tn
authorities are ready for them t
come to the morgue.
p z. A. Mcmillan. who led one part.
+ OF rescuers, said:
Fifteen bodies were found in on,
+ south entry. All OF tnem, Win ON
exception. were badly burned ant
4 mangled. one had his head blown
off. In room one OF the south entr,
J. we found TWO men lying face down
4 ward near each other. They had cyl
IDENTIFY been killed by the force of tn
explosion. In another place we toun
six men. all negroes, | believe. F1v'
were in a heap and n was pinneI
under a car,
We found the driver of that entr,
lying along the roadway where he ha,
$ been blown. Room ~ and II, soutI
entry. are caved in to the depth o
n five feet. There are several mel bul
|. led there and there are u"ndoubtedl
men buried under the rock in all part
of the mine. For this reason II wi
g be weeks before all of the bodies ar
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