Gainesville daily sun., 1906-03-14
FEARS ARE REALIZED
IN MINE DISASTER
DGath List From Explosion
Reaches Eleven Hundred.
RGo,oN APPALLED, ~ TRAGEDY
Troops Rushed to Scene To Keep In
Check Crowds os Distracted Mourn.
srs Who Wish To Go After the I'm.
peisonsd Minsrs.

prisonsd Miners.
Paris. March l3.-The worst fears
as To the enormity Of the mine dis
aster In the Courrieres district Of the
Pas dc Calais Saturday morning have
been realized. The dead list NUN
bers loo. and the whole ~ the rc.
gton stands appalled, at the tragedy
which has brought SORROW io G"o"
fathers, mothers. wives and children
The last great mine disaster in
France occurred In l>>5. when .33
persons were kill,d and 81 injured
But that and all others sink into II
significance before Courri,res
Foi At tine hop" had been held on
~ the p"opl" thar 'appiEgs on pirrs
by the Imprisoned mon had b,,n
heard. hut gradually this hop" van
t>h,! and the people dc.antcl al
ri;s-' ~ - see ~" bodies aul even
thr,a''E EC1 - break through The cor
dun uf troops. Who had luc gl,atr>t
Difficulty IL keeping the CrowH- from
a. r,t
on, man named Sylvester succeed
81 n ru.,r.Ig a., uino. Va %, ur,,r
returned L. l. ;. .Irvoa h, arli 90
at,,' i"-id, unIn O., Wa, u,,rc.mc
~ -, u.-,S al T,ri>l,d. T. Is 70.
r'i'. 'ha' a rescue party LuDhrri0g
fo-'N Ia h,,u Uu' IF rs t., Gavin,
n = clr If IN, galleries
M'r',',r Of Public WursS Gau'i.r
Mir'-'.r Il rho injector ur. ...' AMI
e., SECRETARY ~ Pr,sidcn' Fan. RS
remain pH The ground 'Idra,prug 10
cunf,r' 'ho distressed tam!li.- " Nc
mircr~ President Falliorcs la, ei,cn
So" - aid In r"li"f measures The
ministry will add further sum -
this and Tho chamber II deputies will
be asked ~ vot" Sl"o.""0 for the pur.
pose of allcviatinc distress
Ministers Coulter and Dubi,f have
rer,iN.i cpwpl.t, details of 'hr cat.
as'ropho from NJ l.avaur>, Tho di.ec.
Toy ~ ne mine
"Of l>p0 miners who W'r, DOWN
IN tho pits whyn the explosion oc.
cured" hc said. &C were working
g. rl' 30 4 - wor, H. pin ~. %.
81 H. pi' ~ :. anI the remainder
ir pit No ~.
'Tros, rescued were taken oui a.
follows. From pit NJ {, i'". from
pi' 30 ,. Is escaped thrnu-h pi' 50
II. -" came up from ~, y auA
- from pit ~ n \ LGu''r of
the~e were injured. and SOM u them
haN, died since At the pr, sent LO-
oned"
hro'har director declared that the
fmrrisoncd mon numbered To"
Minister nHhicf inquired Have
sou SIN an, hope"
The director replied No, ! bc.
Nsye all Of them are dea1
The mine building has been trans.
formed into q mortuary chamber an"
all about In II Il, thu Carbonil'd anj
almost GureCoguizabl, bodies of min
ers which were taken thor a- they
were brought up from thc mine.
Stricken relatives arrive m N, mine
baild.ng from time 20 time search
t.e for missing m',nbors Il 'n'ir
families and indcscrihahlc scenes oi
grief occur as women rccoGn.z, loved
ones
H,artrcnding sCcnc,. too. are Wit
messed about the mouth # pi' NJ !,
where IN the presence ut Ministers
Duhicf and Bau'hi"r The bands u r"N
cucrs are continually descending and
re'urning with bodies The women
with children Ia 'Hrir arms ati"mp'
"a break throu4h ID" Gordon o. troops
which form a lane through which the
body bearers proceed 10 he mor'u
ary chamber Sometimes N" burden
consists II a mere heap Of burnt flesh
and In nearly every case IN" body l.
terribly lacerared only one-halt oi
the bodies recovered have been iden
titled.
D:solte the danger incurred. the