, 1908-03-30

ening, when smoke was seen to be is
suing from a crevice in the earth
about midway between the east and
west openings of the mine. There
had been an air shaft at that poin.,
but it had been abandoned monshs
ago and was presumed to have been
completely closed up. At midnight
the third explosion had o come, and
the weary watchers, many of them.
sought their homes. 1t is not entirely
beyond the possibilities, old miners
say, that when the result of the eff
forts begun this morning is successful,
the thrush of air may cause an explo-
SION. The fire is still raging and gas
is accommodating, as a matter of chem
lcal action, and there must follow d
worse explosion than either of the
other two if n occurs at all.
Veteran Miner Killed.
Three bodies were brought to the
surface during the afternoon and two
more were blown from the mine by
the second explosion. These were
Robert Warburton, a boss driver; Ben
Perry, a gas watch; Alex Tenant, a
driver; Pete Munson, a pipeman, and
Matt Huhtula, a Finnish "McGinty
man." Warburton by a miracle es,
capped from the explosion in the same
mine June 30, 1908. full accounts of
which We're published in The Repuh-
lican at the time. For. a time lie in
sisted that he would not return to the
mine. but his fear was overcome, and
being one of the best and most trust
worthy men belonging to the Hanna
forces, he again returned to work and
this time his life was the sacrifice.
Funerals Being Held.
The bodies Of the five recovered
men were placed in caskets yester.
day. Mr.. Warburton's remains were
occurred. 1t was considered proba-
Bile yesterday afternoon that all the
bodies would be buried at Hanna ex.
oept that of Mr.. Warburton.
Lodge Sorely Stricken.
One of the heaviest sufferers by the
dCCluSulo VI Sdluludy anu odluIudN
night was Rathbone lodge No. IA.
Knights of Pythias, which lost seven
members. Two other members Of the
order were killed. The seven men,
bers of Rathbone lodge were Alex
Tenant, a charter member; w. II.
Pascoe, also a charter member; Jack
Renner, Harry Lyon, the prelate Of
the lodge; Dick Wilson. James Smea-
ton and Frank Collins. Robert Horn,
a gas watch in the mine, was a mem
Der of Cambria lodge at Cambria, and
Alfred Dodds, inside foreman of No.
2 mine, who was a member of the
%rescuing party, was a member of
Sweetwater lodge No. 6 at Rock
Springs. Chancellor Commander w.
J. Rodda of Rathbone lodge was in
charge of the affairs of the lodge and.
saw that the bodies of members were
taken care of upon their arrival at the
surface.
Grand Chancellor Offers Services.
Late Sunday afternoon Mr.. Rodja
received a message from Grand Chan
cellor w. L. Whipple of Cheyenne,
rendering the services of the grand
officers of the domain. A similar
message went from the officers of Da-
mon lodge N other lodges in the
state. Mr.. Rodda stated that the
lodge at Hanna, although suffering Sc
verely in loss of members, had an am
pie treasury and felt equal to any
drain upon its exchequer. The grand
lodge and the other subordinate lodges
stand ready to do what they can to
assist. The officers of Cambria lodge
and Sweetwater lodge were notified
by the officers of Rathbone lodge OF
the death of their brother members.
Voted for Grave Markers.
A meeting OF Rathbone lodge was
held Friday night, when a motion Was
adopted to provide grave markers for
the dead of the lodge, to be placed
in position on the annual memorial
day of the order, to occur in June. Five
of the members who lost their lives
a few hours later voted for the motion
and took part in the other proceed
ings of the lodge. Many of the col
ored men who lost their lives were
either members of the colored Knights
of Pythias or colored Masons, botn or
ders having lodges in Hanna. The
Finnish victims OF the two explosions
were members Of one or both of the
Finnish societies existing there. Ten
nant had taken one of the degrees in
the Rawlins Odd Fellows lodge AMI
would have gone to that city tonight
for advancement in the order. SOM
of the victims carried life insurance
in various companies. but many did
not.
A Sad Incident.
DR.. H. L. Stevens, who went to Han
ma with Assistant Superintendent w.
C. McKeown's relief party Saturday
night, by special train, came home at
noon Sunday. While sitting in his u
flee he was visited by a young man,
Claude Elias, a student at the Univer-
sity of Wyoming, who until hat mo-
ment had not heard definitely hat his
father, Hon. d. M. Elias, had been
caught in the mine and was no doubt
dead. The young man heard the ru-
NOR, but the truth came home to him
when DIR. Stevens, taking the boys