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jaining ia the gen-fsi l'ri,iir manH-sis
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The scear q Tho ratastfqiiis l. the
nsuntainops minins rrsisp near t.sns.
In Tho department 81 ras dc Calsis
Ii.sr arr hpddls,i small hamlcis u tn
mine workers. Who operate The most
productive cosl mines In Fmboc The
sub,~rranean chambers form . sefies
Il tunnels Six II the outlet. arr aeaf
I.rus. aud others arc 81 C"urri~rcs.
Vrrdun aud many other I,oinis.
The catastrophe took plaoc shortly
aftcr l.Tir men had Descended into the
mine. There was q d-afcnlng etplo.
zion. which was followed by the cages
aud mining apparatus being hurle'i
from the mouth OF the Courricrrs milne.
Men aud horses nearby outside tile
iuin. were either stunned or killed. The
roof Of the mine Office was torn on.
Immediately following the explosion
danes burst from the mouth Of tile
pIt. driving hack those without who
sought 10 enter aud booming those
within.
The last great mine disaster In
France occurred In 1885. when 2JB per
sons were killed aud eighty injured.
hut that aud all others sink into insig-
nIficance before this present one al
Courrieres.
The vast mortIary camp II under
military guard. 100 soldiers having mr.
rived there 10 assist In holding IN
check the crowds OF distracted mourn
crs. For n time hope had been held |
out 10 the people that tappings on |
pipes by the imprisoned men had been I
heard. but gradually this hope vanish !
ed, and the people demanded adinis
sion TO see the bodies and even threat /
ened to break through the Gordon of |
troops, who had the greatest difficulty |
In keeping the crowds from the pit. |
One man named Sylvestre succeeded |
in entering the mine. but he never re-
turned. II Il believed he CROPPED about
inside until he was overcome by the
gases and persisted. 1t II reported that
II rescue party numbering forty has
been cut of by the caving In Of one of
the galleries.
Minister of Public Works Gautier.
Minister of the Interior Dubief and the
secretary of President Fallleres re-
main on the ground endeavOring to
comfort the distressed families of the
miners. President Fallieres has given
N<,UOU " uiu III Ttlici lntuSuTtS. Iut
ministry will add further sum to this,
and the chamber Of deputies will be
asked to vote 100000 for the purpose
of alternating distress.
Ministers Gautier and Dubief have
received complete details of the cata-
strophe from NJ. Iavaurs, the director
of the mine. His voice was choked
with emotion as he spoke.
"Of 1900 miners who were down in
the pits when the explosion occurred"
he said. "789 were rescued. A num-
her of these were injured, and some
Of them have died since. At the pres
ent moment over 1000 men remain i'm
prisOned."
Another director declared that the
imprisoned men numbered LOO.
Minister Dubef inquired, Have you
still any hopey" To this the director
replied, NO believe all of them are
dead"
Then the ministers listened to a
graphic picture of the scene In the
mine 10y Leon Cert, one of the men
rescued and who still is suffering from
the terrible effects of his experience.
Il was working with g gang when