Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-18
Interior of Wrecked Coal Mine
at Cherry Remains Blazing
Furnace in Which Nothing
Human Could Live.
MAY BE WEEKS BEFORE
BODIES ARE RECOVERED
Excited Miner Harangues
Crowd at PIT Mouth; Experts
Charged With Murder of Men
Entombed; Troops on Guard.

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ny Mornins Journal Special Leased wirsl
Cherry, Ills, Nov 1.-THE Saint
Paul coal mine. in which are entomb-
ed the bodies of 500 or more miners,
as result of last Saturdays disaster
today. refused to yield up its dead.
Utter failure to devise any satisfac.
tory method of recovering the bodies
attended the work of the rescuers.
Tonight the interior of the mine was
burning almost as fiercely as ever, the
lifting of the seal. over the mouth of
the hosting shaft, indicating by fire.
quent puffs Of smoke the fury of the
smothered flames
While the two companies of state
troops sent here to prevent possible
disorder remained all day idle in their
cars except for guard duty about the
mine an important conference was
held. At this conference. which last
ed five hours there were present:
federal. state and local mining ex-
perts. The meeting was called in re-
sponse 10 a feeling that efforts had
been mado to penetrate the mine and
bring up the bodies at all hazards.
But at it's conclusion it was found that
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into the gas and heat filled cavern
without risk of killing the rescuers.
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