Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-30
M0URNERSATM0R
Lamentations of Widowed and
Orphaned Fill the Air.
ITO CORPSES RECOVERED
President of Mining Companies
Estimates 100 Victims.
RESCUERS WORKING ALL NIGHT
Officials Fail to Explain Mariana
Disaster. but Miners Have
Theory of Explosion.

ri ISbU RG, November iO.-Ihe Mari
anna mines are yielding up their toll OF
dead. At l O'Clock today 40 bodies had
BEEN recovered, and of these 100 were
removed to the temporary morgue
More than sixty have been identified. O
these. twenty-three were Americans.
Eighty-two bodies had been recovered
at 8 O'Clock this morning. These bodie!
now rest In the improvised morgue. Thir-
~ more bodies had been located. These
are now being brought to the surface.
Estimates 100 Dead
John II. Jones, president of the Pitts
burg-Buffalo company, said that all thu
corpses found thus far would be hoisteG
from the shaft before night. The lis
of victims. he declared. will not exceed
his first estimate of 100
A number of bodies are buried under
the fallen workings and will not be re.
covered for several days. Others have
been blown to fragments and are being
picked up in piecemeal.
MANY women and children gathered al
the temporary morgue in the village dur
ing the day and their lamentations al
times could be heard several squares dis.
tant.
While the officials at the mine assert
that they do not know what caused the
explosion many rescuers who had beer
at work on another shift in the mine
profess to have reached a satisfactory
conclusion. They assert that while the
hydraulic drill was at work it opened a
pocket Of gas; while the gas was escap;
ing into the mine the drill struck piece
of rock. caused a spark and the explo-
sion followed.
Fred Elinger, thirty mine years old, the
only man who escaped alive, is rapidly
recovering from his injuries. He was
able today to talk little and narrated
his experiences.
Rescuers Work ALL Night.
The work of rescue continued through
out the night. Miners forming the rescue
party to bring the bodies to the surface
remained in the mine all night, working
in four-hour shifts to facilitate the work
All the headings, with the exception OF
the two left headings, were penetrated
1t is said that little difficulty was expert
enced as a result of falls OF slate anc
coal.
All danger from further explosion II
past, it was said today. Work of bring
ing up the thirty additional bodle:
which had been located will proceed al
once.
Coroner W. H. Sipe Of Washington
county remained at work all night with
his assistants. He said that no time had
been set for an inquest, but the jury
would descend into the mine shortly that
the jurors might be familiar with the
conditions.
John III. Jones. president Of the Pitts
burg Buffalo company, today stated that
the company representatives had checked
off the names Of 13O miners they knew
were in the mine at the time of the ex-
plosion. He does not believe the list OF
dead will exceed that number.
One hundred and twelve bodies have
been located. Mr. Jones believes the num-
Der of dead will total between 11j and
13O
The work of identifying the victims is
going on steadily.
Between $50 and 200 weeping men,
women and children were lined up in
front of the morgue this morning await
ing their turns to claim their dead A
force of twenty-five undertakers is pre-
pairing the bodies as fast as they are
brought to the surface.