The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-12-07
ELEVEN BODIES
ARE TAKEN OUT

ty. but without even the slightest
hope of seeing any of their loved
ones alive.
DEAD BODIES PILED UP
Relay parties bring no word of en-
couragement, to the contrary their
only report is the finding of dead
bodies piled up in the mine pits il
heaps OF twenty, indicating that
when the explosion occurred, many
of them rushed to the openings and
perfshed on the way-overcome by
gas.
a revised estimate of the number
employed in the two mines at the
time of the explosions, as given ou;
by mine and company officials places
it at 450, and all are believed to be
dead.
INSPECTOR TAKES CHARGE
As soon as the explosions occur
red the general managers Office at
Fairmont was notified and with all
possible speed steps were taken TO go
to the rescue. The explosion threw
the town into a state of horror and
not until company officials headed
by General Manager L. L. Malone
arrived upon thescene did there be-
come any organized or systematic
effort to cope with THE terrible sit
uation Accompanying Mr.. Malone
and other officials we're a number of
physicians from Fairmont. Deputy
State Mine Inspector Laure rushed
to the scene and took command Of
the rescue work.
RESCUE WORK DIFFICULT
AS soon as the men could be or
ganized foi Il pin OF ac,ion forty
rescuers began the work. The fans
were started in No. g at noon and
the rescuers went into the mine in
pairs of two. relieving one another
at short intervals, as the gaseous
and dust matter made it perilous tc
remain any length of time benea,h
the ground.
TWENTY BODIES FOUND
For fully two hours nothing bus
wreckage, such as blocks of coal.
mine timbers and machinery re
warded the search, but at o'clock
in mine No twenty bodies were
found in hep a short distance
from the opening These were not
brought out at the time as the pur-
pose of the searchers was to find
If any survived the awful disaster
and to bring them out first.
WRECKAGE TERRIBLE
No. mine was badly wrecked Il
The mouth on the river frou.. the
wreckage of coal cars. four rail
road cars. coal and other equipment
being blown into the river, but tho
mine was not closed, and, after the
fans were started. after some re-
pairs had been hastily made, The
rescue party began its long seige
work Of attempts to enter the mine.
The opening al No. was speedily
roped Oft and placed under guard
so as TO restrain the thousands OF
of people from rushing into danger
and from interfering with the search
ONE LIVE MAN RESCUED
At O'Clock in the afternoon
most distressing scene took place al
Mine No. s. when Peter ORION,
Polander, was taken from the wreck
ed mine by rescuers They found
him sitting on the dead body of his
brother. Stanley orborn. some dis
tauce from the opening. crazed with
terror, he could give no intelligent
account of his experience or whether
Or not others had been killed near
him
orborn was not gotten from tae
main part of mine No. S, but from
an opening on the hill side. where
he and his brother were at work.
NO BODIES TAKEN OUT
At 6 o'clock no one had been TAX
en- from mine No. s, except orborn.
He was sent to Fairmont to a hos
pital and it is reported that he died
shortly after arriving there.
At No. rs the explosion wrecked
the boiler and fan house completely.
throwing them half way over the riv-
or. w. II. Boyce. engine house and
fan foreman. was caught in the
wreckage. His back was broken
and other serious injuries received.
He was taken to Cooks hospital at