Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-28
seventy-one Bodies Taken from
the Fatal Earwiok Mine
Yesterday.
KNOWN 174 ARE DEAD
List May DC Increased by LOSS of Some
DoNs-Another Rcscucr Found Dead
in the ninc-Much Dangcr Yet
--Fcw of the Bodies itc-
covered Idcntificd.

pittsburg. Pa. Jan. -7.-Thrce days have
elapsed since the catastrophe at the Ear.
H.ok mine ana tonight at midnight Il
bodies Of those who nae, death as the re-
SUIT of the explosion had been brought
20 the surface. Only Is Of these have
been identified. The day has been one II
horror in the li.uc village above the pit
mouth, Tlackcned bodies as they were
Nr0ucA. cut were loaded on sleds and
caircd to The school house, where the
uHdtriakors Wcre ready to receive them.
Thro was however. the grim realization
tnat thcrc IS sNil much work to be done
before inc full cNtent of the catastrophe
ha > Lesn realized.
The Allegheny coal company in an OFF,
cial statement said all the men who wers
in the mine when tho explosion occurred
are dead. There dre IL names on the LIST.
which docs not include Selwyn N. Tay-
iOr. 'ho two men who were fatally in
jurcd II tho Triple or Daniel Lysle of Cas-
tie Shannon, whose body was found in
the mine this morning. lie was one oe
tha rescuers but became separated from
the rest and wandered far ahead OF the
air His body was found sitting with his
back 10 the wall If one of the rooms. lie
had evidently been overcome by the after
damp. {. J.. Terry. secretary of the AL
lesheny Coal company, rays that it is
possible that on or moro of those includ-
cd IL the list may have escaped death.
but this is hardly probable. The only
man included in the list who is known to
be living is Chris Guna, VINO is not yet
out oi danger. He was found at the bot.
tom OF the shaft.
This brings the oflcia! number Of known
dead un to III. but some boys whose
names have not yet been ascertained,
may have gone into the pit to work.
Tonight at the shaft mouth huge fires
were built and groups of men were scat.
tered there trying to keep warm. In this
bld ksuitA elCD about 100 feet from thu
mouth of the shaft. were the collins, con-
tanning the bodies thus far recovered.
Tho rescuers work in three hour
shifts, recovering the bodies, under the
direction of two inspectors. AS yet not
half OF the mine has been explored but
the men are pushing forward slowly.
Three triple sets of rooms on the west
side Of the south main level have been
thoroughly explored. and there are still
many moro TO enter.
: Tomorrow tho burials Will begin. the
bodies being laid away In an half acre
Of ground adjoining the Lutheran come-
terry. This plot has been purchased by the
coal company.
More ca.k-ts have been ordered, all
those here having been used today
| The re.!cf fund amounts - about 5000.
chief Mine Inspector Roderick assumed
charge 1T the mine this afternoon. The
finding ot tho dead body Of Daniel Lysle.
searcher. and the report that another
of the searchers Is missing i keeping
down the number of volunteers for min
/ crs realize that there is much danger in
/ the mlnc.
il ie planned now to held union funeral
services for the victims on sunday. Tho
. Catholics will be buried according to the
rites OF the their church. st. Paul's
I Roman Catholic Orphans Asylum of this
city has notified the Flarwick authorities
that that institution can take care OF 2no
children. Tie PittshurE Humane society
is also ready to care for the children.
Tho mystery about the we'll dressed
man who WAS found in the mine this af-
ternoon. and who it was surrised must
haze been the inviting cause of the eX-
plosion. has been cleared. The remains
were 1eutined as those of Daniel Lysle.
the volunteer who was overcome last
night while searching the mine.
All the dead are terribly burned. Many
are without heads. others have faces so
badly burned and mutilsted as to prevent
recognition.
Fittsburg people will attend to the last
rites over the dead who will be rcCoverei
from tho mine beginning to-day. A train
load of coff!rs Will be taken to the mine.
James NJ. Fullerton viii havo charge Of
all funeral arrangements. An undertaken
of Sprinedalo was given the contract by
the Allesheny Coal company OF huryins
the dead, and he arranged with Fullerton
to assume control at once.
A general appeal FOR aid for tho FAM
ilie. of the mon who lost their lives will
be issued for tho ittla mining hamlet OF
Harwick withir tie next IS hours. Tho
leading mon Of tHC Nlace are considering
III. call, and oil tho principal cities and
towns Of the state Will bo appealed to.
An effort viii be made to raise AT least
So nnl which il is figured. wiz be ade-
ouate to provide for the suffering and al
most destitute women ana children until
the warmer weather comes or until per-