Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-12-12


have been taken from mine number
&. and IS others are piled up in the
entry. awaiting the completion of ia
cilltles for bringing them to the sur
face. From mine number 8, IA bod
les have been removed and a mum
Der of others are ready to be brought
out as soon as arrangements can De
competed.
Falrmont, W. Va, Dec. AT IL
clock last night the list of employees
Al mines g and s, at Monongah, had
been checked off, showing that $50 men
were in the mines when the explosion
occurred. Of these, six have been
brought to the surface dead and five
escaped through air shafts. The lat
ter five are in a hospital here, with
serious injuries and in a precarious
condition.
Monongah, w. Va, Dec. 7.-Threc
charred and blackened bodies lying
in the morgue near the entrance to
the mine, four men lowering between
life and death from awful bruises sus-
tanned and deadly gases inhaled. in
the temporary hospital, and 1913 men
imprisoned by tons of coal, rock AMI
mine debris in the depths of the hills
surrounding this town, with chances
all against single one of them be-
ing alive, is the most accurate sum.
mary obtainable of the results of the
mine explosion of yesterday, which in
all probability was attended by
greater loss of life than at any former
disaster in the history of the bitumin-
Gus boal mining industry o. America.
The explosion occurred shortly at
ter 10 o'clock after the full force of
500 men had gone to work in the two
mines affected. These mines are
numbers and s of the Consolidated
Coal company, located on opposite
sides of West Fork river. at his place,
but merged in their underground
workings by a heading and on the
surface by steel tipple and bridge.
Measre Reward of Rescuers.
The finding of the three corpses
ana four badly injured men is the
only reward for the strenuous and
uninterrupted work on the part of
the rescuing forces yesterday.
The three living men are unable to
give any detailed report of the disas-
ter or to even explain how they
reached the surface. Tney state that
immediately back of them VIXEN they
began 10 struggle for liberty there
was a large number of men engaged
il similar shrugged, while still fur
Their back in the workings was a
larger number of whom they know
nothing
1t is the opinion of those familiar
with mining that these seven men had
not penetrated the mine as far as had
the majority of the day shift when the
explosion occurred, and that they
headed for and reached the main en-
trance before the heavy cavern that
now blocks the entrance more than a
few hundred feet beyond the main
opening of mine number 6.
As to the miners referred to by the
rescue men as having been alive when
last seen, it is believed they were
caught back of heavy cave in Of coal
and mine roof and could not have
survived more than a few minutes
in the deadly gases with which the
entry filled as soon as the ventilat-
ing system was interrupted.
Som. May Still Be Alive.
There IS more hope for those in
tie more remote sections of the mine,
as they may have reached workings
where fresh air is supplied by other
openings. But at best only the most
slender hope is entertained for the
survival of any Of the men IN the
mine until the debris can be cleared
away and communication with out
siders established. The general opiu.
ion is that the number of men in the
nine will reach 500. Some believe
this number viii be exceeded Will.
others think the number will be
smaller. The most conservative esti
mate places the number Of victims
al 300 or more.
mOUUuSdAs W. d. ONS- o. At :
O'Clock Saturday night Is bodies had
been recovered from the mines Of the
Fairnont Coal company at Monongah
Scores OF other victims were in sight
of the rescuers and it was estimated
that at least 100 dead bodies would
he brought TO the surface before day
light. Late Saturday the black damn
became more pronounced as the fur