Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-07
RECOVERING BODIES
PROGRESSES SLOWLY
Faint Hope That Any Of En-
tombed Miners at Monongah
Are Still Alive
WORST MINE DISASTER IN U. s
Eighty Bodies Found Up to Noon To-
day-Rescue Parties Making Efforts
TO Reach Far Ends of Workings in
Hope of Finding Some Of Men
Alive.

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Monongah, w. Va, Dec. up tc
III n,clock TODAY. sixteen bodies had
a fron, mines Nos. 6 and
4 : 81,
., OF the farrlouiit 5eos'i Soi''peiA
i Of them Americans. About elsnts
bodies have been found altogether, but
a,,,,, s;x+aan wore brought to the sur
Z on, within
Aaee'
$500 feet OF the ena OF lne iliihe
are working in two parties OF about
thirty men each. with reliefs every
n.s+ watson of the mining
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company stalea elii' nv ''iAe
y every possible investigation would pe
made Of the disaster to ascertain the
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e
Heartreho'n9 SCENES
The bodies brought to the surface
during the night were washed and
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dozen undertakers from TINS ana sur
rounding towns, and placed in one of
+ha ,,,ine h,,i,dings which was con-
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,ha d.un of dav there hepan a heart :
reo,7inp march nm and down the aisles
along which the bodies laid. by sob
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nrnlaned children and strong men.
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az az ao1.,nanw n,os nrovidad With every
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aa,,inn,an+ 1yas cons;dered the most
ss,pn.. aa ,,,.,,iata o,,+fi+ ,,sed IN tho
,,roa,,ct,on ~ hitun,inous coal The
-a;s.star hera u,os cons;derad next to
n, ,,ossih,e
Taat Inipht bnndreds of men stood
about the entrance of the two mines.
they said nothing. but when ap-
proached and asked questions they
wonld give avyay to their emontois,
ofen to tears.
Women Are crazed.
During the night a few women were
to be seen. but all day yesterday the
women were the chief actors in the
most pathetic and heartrending OF
scenes. They crowded the sides Of the
hills overlooking the Inflated mines
and cried aloud. AS the day advanc-
ed they became almost crazed thru
grief and suspense, One woman pull
ell out her hair in handfuls at time.
Another tore all the skim from both
cheeks with her finger nails. Some
Law down on the frozen ground and
cried themselves to sleep. In this con-
dition many were carried to their
homes nearby without awakening.
More Pitiful Scenes Certain.
It is thought that by tonight the full
extent Of the horror will be known, and
1t is feared that knowledge OF this Will
precfpitate even more p1tlful scenes
than those OF today, with hysterla IN all
Its devious forms rampant among the
populace. Precautions have been tax
en- to prevent these narrowing mani
festations of grief, but there is little
hope that they will avail.
Rescuing parties penetrated mine No.
about 5000 feet before they came
upon the first Of the dead. The ma
jority Of the corpses will, it is believed,
be found about a mile further back. 1t
is hardly possible that all the bodies
will be recovered for several days. Four
hundred men were working in terri
tory one mile square. 1t will be days
before thorough search Of all this
area can be made, for as the search
ing parties advance, they must clear
away the debris. The explosion
wrecked over 500 mine cars, and these
choke the entrance on all sides.
Mine Roof Practically Whole. i
A peculiar and remarkable feature
is that notwithstanding the force of