Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-12-08
OVERSEE
Expected That Death List From
Explosion viii Reach
This Number
ALI Bodies Found Are Fright
fully i'll Mllang |! and Dis
menbefed
No Hope Of Any Alive. Res
cu lll May Die Of Dead
v Black C K I. Damp Jan

Monongah, w. Ia, Dec AT IS
O'clock tonight twenty-five bodies had
been recovered from mines Nos. !
and s of the Paramount Coal company
1 at Monongah. Scores Of other victims
Were in sight Of the rescuers and it5
twas estimated that at least one humid
red dead would be brought to the sur
4 face before daylight tomorrow. How
ever, the number Of bodies recov-
ersd tonight and early Sunday de.
ponds upon the condition Of the mine.
Late today, and tonight, the deadly
black damp became more pronounced
y as the further recesses of the mines.
We're approached. was stated to-
night by General Manager Malone Of.
the mines, that four hundred and sew
enty-eight actual miners Wers check
ed off as entering the mines yesterday
!. morning. This number it was said
did not Include fully one hundred
trap ers. mule drivers, bumpers and
boys, who are not under the check
system. Il ~. Ia a,858
Should these figures be, correct the
B death list will be over $50 The con-
dition of the bodies thus far recovered
Is horrible Many are dismemb ered.
some are fearfully crushed and the
rest are blaekened and burned beyond
recognition. The body of j \ M Me-
GraW, pit boss, and one of the best
known mining men in West Virginia
was recovered tonight in mine No. s.
1T was headless and otherwise disfg
ured, identification having been made
BY the clothes and shoes,
The accident, the greatest in the
history of American mining, has daz
ed the people Of the vicinity. To
night the streets Of both this towr
and Paramount are crowded, while
thousands line the hills in the vicinity
Of the mines, Every barroom in Fair
mount and Monogah Is closed no
tices on this doors announcing tina
the suspension is caused by the min.
explosiond an wilt w1yetaohr dlutao
explosion and will continue until Mon
day There is both precaution ami
respect in the closing OF the saloons.
Throughout the territory six mine
have suspended operations temper
arily and about six thousand miner
are visiting here and in Fairmouni
Starting tomorrow morning d ne,
system OF rescue work viii be inaus
Ell urated at both mines, the intentio
being to dispense with the services q
the miners, who have been employe
In either Of the mines. 81
III their places there win be abou
two hundred expert mining men froI
Pennsyi yania, Kentucky and Yves
( Virginia. all Of whom have Voluntee
ed. The reason for this is that th
conditions now existing In the mine
the extremely dangerous and it
feared that should inexperienced me
make an incorrect move a second e,
plosion would occur which would cor
pletely wreck the mines
It Is estimated that $50 families 81
destitute and in many places reli'
funds have already been started q
the wives and children.
Tomorrow In all the churches
Paramount, Clarksburg and Monongs
special services Will be held and
II probable collections will be take
II Is the purpose Of the ministers
establish d permanent relief fund
a score cr more of men Of the re
clling parties are in critical cont
ton tonight from inhaling black dam
Several arc expected to diss One
these men, John Babbert, was carri
from the mine tonight ainlost rayil
maniac HIS lungs were fllied wi
black damp, which produced the &C