The Nevada County picayune., 1908-12-03
MUIlAIED BODIES FOUND
DEATH LIST IN MODEL MINING TOWN MAY REACH
 13S MEN.
TWO VICTIMS SUPPORTED
Reports That Second Explosion is Likely to Occur at Any Time Are Denied By The Officials
 of The Company.

Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. 30.-Up to l o'clock this morning tifty-two bodies had been removed from the Rachel mine of the Pittsburg-Buffaio coal company at Marianna where terrif- fc explosion occurred Saturday. or these 22 have been fully identified. number of other bodies have been located in the workings and are being brought to the surface as fast
 as possible At the present rate ot nrogress nearly one hundred bodies will probably be taken out by daylight and it now is hoped that most II not all. will have been found by evening.
 There is little doubt that the death list will reach at least 139 men. ot-
 fcials of the company, who Saturday night stated that not over l2o had been killed, Sunday night admit that 139 men went down the shaft to work Saturday morning.
 According to miners and others familiar with the number of men gen
 orally employed in the mine, the death list will exceed the companys s estl-
 mate by at least fifty.
 It is possible that the exact number
 of men killed will never be known. Up
 to o'clock this morning 52 bodies
 had been brought to the surface in an iron bucket. Arms. legs or heads were missing from some and the trunks of
 others were burned, bruised and cut. Two Men Suffocated. Two of the men had been suffocated and their bodies were not even scratched One of these was John Twill, a cousin of John II. Jones' presi- dent of the Pittsburg- Buffalo coal company, owners of the mine, who
 was employed as head time keeped. wills body was found beneath coal
 digging machine and it was apparent that the young man had crawled there in a vain effort to escape the deadly fumes.
 The body of the other man was found near Twill This unfortunate ! had placed his face in pool of water,
 which all miners are advised to do when an explosion occurs in des-
 perate attempt to fight off suffocation until rescued.
 Sunday afternoon the coroner of Washington county held meeting to organize a jury and then adjourned
 until all of the bodies have been taken from the mine.
 Sunday a small fire broke out of the mine. The blaze was eXtinguished be- fore serious damage was done Rescue Work is Slow. Reports have been In circulation all day that a second and more terrific explosion is likely to occur at any moment. The company officials assert this is not true There is consider able gas in the mine however. IL is estimated that one-fourth of the vic
 tms are Americans. The work of rescue is being carried on as rapidly as possible. At short intervals new
 men are sent into the mine to relieve
 others Owing to the dangerous gases and mass of wreckage, the work is
 slow and is being carried on with
 great preeaution. Experts from Penn sylvania and West Virginia are in charge and are being materially as- i sisted by J. w Paul and Clarence
 Hall of the United States EXperi- mental and Testing Station located in
 Pittsburg Nothwithstanding the isola- tion of Marianna thousands of persons 1 found their way there Sunday.