The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-03-15
MINE HORROR; |
LOO ARE DEAD
Army OF Miners Face Death
10 q Wrecked -EEeaeA----
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RESULT 7oFc EXPLOSION
( sroie Work Of Rsseulns Those Wm
Are Vet Living 10 Going on--At
= Scene % Accident Thousands
Are wsspins and Waiting.

Paris. March,l3.-The worst fears -
10 the enormity OF the mine disastp
IN the courriere district OF the Pas %
Calais Saturday morning have been
realized. Tho death list numbers LIN
and the whole Of the'region stands APP
palled at Iha terrible trugeay whsch has
brought sorrow to 5000 fathers. moth
srs. wives and children, The last great
nine disaster occurred In Frnhce IN isx
when 90 persons were killed and eighg
injured, but that and all others sink
into insigutfiranca, beforv Ssurrferes.
Four hundred soldiers have Arrives
at tho mine 20 assist In holding "
check the crowds Of distracted mourn.
ers. FOR q time, hope bad been held
,ut 10 the people that tappings on pipes
by the imprisoned men had been heara.
out gradually this hope vanished ana
The people demanded admission TO see
tho bodies and even threatened to break
through the cordor or vruops.w vino nnd
tho greatest difficulty In keeping The
crowds from the pit.
20 one man named sylvester surcrcdeti
In entering the mine. but he never re-
turned. It IL believed he CROPPED about
inside until he was overcome ny the
gaaea and periahed.- --.-....-.-..-..-.
II n reported that a rrscuirs party
numbering forty have been cut or BY
the caving In OF one OF the galleries.
Relief Fund 10 Started.
- Minister OF Public Works qauthier.
Minister OF tho Interior Dubief aud the
secretary OF President Fallieres remain
on tha ground endeayoring TO comfort
the distressed families OF the miners.
President Fallieres has given 5000 To
aid in the relief measures. The min
istry viii add n further sum 70 this and
the chamber will be asked TO vote sloo.'
Minisiers GauthIer and DubIef have
received complete details or the catas-
trophs from u. Lavauers., tho director
cor 1900 miners who were down
In the pits when the explosion 90
CURED" no says. "6T3 were working
IN pit No. 4. as were In pit No. ..
81 in pit No. and the remainder IN
'%TSOso rescued we're taken %, y,
follows:
From pit No. 4. 1870: from pit No. 3
thEelish-p IL--Se- i!.-4ao-S2nia
up from pit No. :. -Rna-7i from pit
No. 10. A number OF these were In :
jurrd ana some or tstern -hnve died
since. At the present moment over
1000 men remain imprisoned"
lother- director declared that tho
imprisoned men numbered 100. Mid
lister Dubief inquired: Have you stu
any HOPPER
Holds Out No Hope. q.
To this the director replied: Ne.
I bellevo all OF them are dead"
This was whispered into tho ear Of
. the minister that his words might not
be overheard by the pale faced mines
who stood nnxiously about the mirro
building for all official view OF the stats
OF affairs. &.
Then the ministers listened TO .
graphic description OF the mine by
Leon Cert, oEe OF the men rescued.
and who stif IL suffering from tlIh
terrible effects of his experience. Ha
said;
the explosion occurred The foreman
immediately shouted 10 US TO follot
him. and dashing into recess In TIP
gallery We were followed by blast OF
poisonous gases. which rushed by.
however, without affecting US. We RI
manned there for. eight hours. whep.
feeling that suffocation was gradually
coming upon us. We attempted TO CT
cape. We cruwlcd In single file to
ward the shaft. but several OF the msn
dropped dead on the way. includipg uly
son and the foreman 4 carried ny
nephew on my back for forty minutes
and succeeded In saving him. II took
LIS four houEs 10 REACH the shafts" ~
Paris. March io.--A terrible Critics
trophe occurred at the coal nine tn
| tho Caurrieres district. Pas. de- Walais.
eighteen miles from Bcfhume.
An explosion or gas Killed many min
crs Three chambers 81 tho mines AFRO
, on IRE. The number OF victims ~ not
! known, but 1900 miners descended In e
\ To the pit this morning.
! The explosion occurred at I o'clock
| this porning The first reports which
reached tho ministry OF public works
] announced Il. vas. impossible To calcu-
| late even approximately the number OF
victims. but II was hoped that most OF
! the miners had sought refuge Ia thu
! lateral galleries
1 Ia the, three chambers an which the
/ explosion took place the violent hra
/ Was such that fi.Imes issued from the
mouth Of the pit. ~
Stricken Families Weep.
4 A dispatch from Lens says rumor
\ IL circulating tlle~,s~tltss -sssv iyes0-ussll
have been Killed. but there II nothing
| 10 Indicate the number II correct.
Not a single miner has Yet been talk
| en- from the pits.
The spectacle SURROUNDING the scere
4 Is fearful. Great crowds or weeping
women and children have gathered 10
| ascertain II the male members OF THAR
/ "a fnttinH gIfe