The Cairo bulletin., 1909-11-20

bined with desperate work has greatly
checked the fire Which caused 800
deaths in the st. Paul mine Charity
poured aid into the homes Of the sur
viying relatives. but could not subdue
thir grief over the sibht of the dead
men lifted from the tomb.
1t has been six days since the fire
started, hrt only five bodies have
been recovered. More We're found to-
day, bnt the explorers, working deep
into the second gallery, We're forced
to flee when about to bring them out
on account of the falling earth and
rock.
Tonight miners are replacing the
burned timbers in the galleries, and
clearing the distractions which inn
pede access into the coal veins for
more than $50 feet from the main
shaft. Beyond. latent fires still burn.
Work Progresses Fast.
The state mine inspectors who had
charge of the attempt to subdue the
fire and effect an entrance said to-
night that the work had progressed
more than they had anticipated In
spector Taylor, before starting home,
said:
"A soon as the galleries are
cleared and reinforced, many more
dead viii he brought out"
Taylor, who repeatedly explored
the mine when in the most dangerous
state, received today from his first
employer, w T. Phelps, of Saint JOS
eph, Mo, who hires aim IS years ago
in the coal mine at Eimwood, H., a
telegram reading:
Highest appreciation Of your nerve
and daring. May God bless and pro
tect you"
The mouth of the mine today was
a sorrowful scen- AS weeping
women and children viewed the dead
their grief moved the hardest hearts.
The sight of the mutilatel forms
brought the realization that there is
no hope for any having escaped from
below This realization however en-
abled the charity agents for the first
time to talk with the women salts.
factortly about the future and their
children.
Mecca For Visitors.
Cherry today Is a Mecca for thous-
ands of visitors. The soldiers around
the mine preserved perfect order. The
dead recovered today are:
HENRY KROLL. aged 62.
ALFRED KROLL, aged IS.
GEORGE M'MULLEN, aged &C.
r CHARLES WAITE, aged 49,
Fifteen Chicago fremen did heavy
work, making it possible to enter the
mine. The men WORKING on the sec
ond level were at one time almost cut
off from escape by the sudden falling
of masseS of earth and rock, They
had placed two bodies on stretchel
and were ready to carry them out
when a shower of debris began fall
ing.
Drop the bodies and run for YOU
lives" shouted the leader, 'or we vii
all be buried alive"
To the danger of falling rocks wa!
added that of cracking timbers
which fell in or all sides.
The men were then $50 feet from
the hoisting shaft. Further in the.
could see mules. driven from tn,
shaft by the heat and in the fina
struggle having tumbled over eacl
other. The scene as viewed by th'
tiremen in the light of their torches
and lamps was as w;erd as pictur.
from the inferno.
Leaving the two bodies which the,
had struggled to reach, the mel
rushed to the hofsting shaft, wher
they were revived by the cooler al
and brought up. 1'ue clearing ava
of debris delayed exploration almos
the entire afternoon.
Believed All Are Dead.
George S. Rice of the government
geological survey. said concerning tn
lingering hope that some miners ar
still alive: '1t is true that Ion
periods of Imprisonment in a min
have been endured, but conditions i
those cases were much more favol
able. Here everything is against ]
/ believe there is no chance for r.
covering anybody alive"
Some of the visiting nurses VIII
Rave needed all their training
cheerfulnessN to bear under the col
tinuous storiesNof grief here. tonigf
visited the Congregational church