Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-03-19


iIIa saws 1t is now certain that 1,193
nj the entombed miners are dead.
BULLETIN.
Paris. Mar. IA dispatch from
CCurrieres says attempts to rescue
che imprisoned miners have been
a3veD no. the galleries in the mina
having fallen in.
Paris Mar. IA terrible eXplo-
sion occurred Saturday in coal mine
in the Courrieres district of the Pas
6eCalais. IS miles from Bethune. 1t
was learned that out of 1,795 men who
descended into the pits to work, only
5q7 have come up, leaving 1,2O4 men
in the three pits.
Rescue parties that have come to
the surface say that all further at.
rampts at rescue are useless. 1t is
stated that smOuldering fire broke
out Friday night in the Cecil pit OF
the COurrferes mines near MericOurt
at a depth of 270 meters. NJ. Baul0'
eret. chief engineer of the mines, de-
scended for the purpose Of investigat
ing the circumstances which led to
the fire. This is all that is known
Of the terrible catastrophe. The
cages in which the miners descended
into the pits , 3, and were at about
o'clock Saturday morning hurled
30 feet from the mouth of the shaft.
3 A miner working near the mouth was
killed. Some of the imprisoned MN
eTs sought to escape to the pits which
remained intact, and several rescues
were made. The first cages came Up
at Il. o'clock with about a dozen and
half of suffocated men.
Towards noon wounded W0rkman
began to be brought UP and the bod
les Of two dead men were taken from
pit No. 10. Assistance reached COur-
reres from all sections of the coun.
ny and large numbers of volunteers
took part in the efforts to rescue the
ent9mbed miners and recover the
bodies Of the killed.
Community Desolated.
A state of stupOr and desolation
Prevails over tie Courrieres mining
region. The most agOnizing scenes
are Witnessed at the pit mouths al
gendarmes experienced the utmost
difficulty IN restraining crowds of peO-
PIE eager to ascertain the fate n
heir relatives.
At Lille the estimates of the dead
are from 1000 to 200, which figures,
1oTeYer, are given under all reserve
AQI more exact details are obtain
able.
Gas Prevents Rescue Work.
'aS IS pouring into pit No. ,, pre-
'sorng entrance, and it is impossible
q Saecor the men imprisoned there.
- PIT No. 3, the cages will not work,
-a'ns been damaged by the violence
NE explosion. Rescue work. there
WE Is preceding mainly in pit 40.
len miners from pit No. II were
moved alive. but none of the SIS
~5S who entered pit No. 4 have
III been brought out.
Few Taken Out Alive.
i VI 800 miners who descended there
i ~"oay morning, according to
P@.ca nom Lens. 3SS have been
IS s-t out, but the rescue of the
~ Is impossible In pit No. 3
Is men out of 443 have been res
~ and as the ladders are broken
! ages jammed, the rescuers are
. -"llS OF helping the others.
an Lecomte came UP from the
a. saturday afternoon and reported
80 s,~!-ns scene below. The crowd
10 's'lalng the mouth of the mine
- w NJ. signs of impatience at
81 W. considers the slow progress
- made by the rescuers.
- All France Shocked.
I'd France has been profoundly
~ h, oy The magnitude of the dis
Which is said to be the great
p / We history of continental min
80 ,..ts.
4 sAl Fanieres sent his secre
IS. IN, '}v,C.ompanied by Minister of
- l. works Gautier and Minister
u ;, '1yeTlor Dubief. on a special
Ia ue scene of the disaster.
nor Ssne Of the catastrophe is
~O'ntainOus mining region near