Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-20
HOPE BLASTED
By SIGHT Of
BODIES
TWENTY CORPSES TAKEN
FROM MINE AT CHERRY
Grief Stricken Relatives Sur
round Death Hole While Mu-
tiIated Remains are Brought
Cave-in HaIts Work,
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cherry. Ills, Nov. 19.--The fire
that snuffed out 800 lives last Satur'
dav in the St Paul coal mine was
nartially checked today; men braved
today the fire-swept tunnels to bring
N the surface the dead, charity has
aoured aid into the houses of suffer
irg survivors, but all of this could not
subdue the grief of Cherry's inhabit
ants when the sight of the dead, blast
cd their hopes that men might be res
cued alive.
II has been just six days since fire
started in a bale of hay in the mine,
hut five bodies of the entombed have
been recovered Tomorrow, however,
Il is thought that many more will be
recovered Many more were FOUND
today and explorers working deep into
the second gallery were forced to flee
from falling earth and rock endang-
cred the rescuers.
Tonight miners We're put to work
in the galleries replacing the burned
timbers and clearing Instructions
which impede access into the coal
veins for more than $50 feet from the
main shaft. Beyond this point fires
still burn and it will be sometime be-
fore they can be extinguished.
The Illinois inspectors, who have
had charge of the attempt to subdue
the fire and effect an entrance into
the mine, were satisfied tonight with
the progress of the work All but
three inspectors left for their homes
tonight
Realization that their husbands are
dead drove many of the women to
their homes, where agents of charity
we're able for the first time to talk
with them satisfactorily
Obstacles that threatened the lives
Of the fire fighters attended the work
Of recovering bodies. At one time the
men working in the second level were
almost cut off from escape by a sud
den cave-in of rock and earth They
had placed two hn1'7w retcher
and were carry --s sr~ni ~ the cage
in the hosting shaft when, with a
series OF loud reports, a shower of de-
brs came down.
Drop the bodies. and run for your
lives" shouted the leader. ''get out
VI We ~ al pC oift upNh
here"
TO the danger of heavy rocks falling
was added that of cracking timber
which fell in from all sides.
The men were then about $50 feet |
from the hosting shaft. Further in |
they could see a great heap of bodies |
Of men, boys and mules indiscrimj
nately mixed.
Leaving behind them the two bodies |
which they had struggled hard to |
reach. the men rushed to the hosting |
shaft They were quickly brought to
the top
The clearing away of the debris de-
layed the exploration work almost tho !
entire afternoon
is it possible, that after being
buried for six days some of the min
ers may still be found alive?"
This question was revived today as
officials succeeded in getting into the
remote parts of the galleries. one
old miner who lost son, declared he
was still hopeful
Those entombed in mines have
Kept themselves alive as long as thir-
: ~~ssf iAt Hiiu DtltNt SOalt VI
these men were wise enough TO get
INTO one Of the galleries and barri-
eade themselves there. They would
nave been able to easily wall them
serves up with coal and earth and
mus shut out the gas and fire. In
.ns way they could exist a week
"hen the debris has been cleared
out believe they will find some OF
.ae men exhausted perhaps, but still
Breathing
George :. Rice of the United States
"olosical survey said he had no such
hope
Is true he said. that long
Efiods OF Imprisonment in mine
~'e been endured, but the conditions
'nose cases We're more favorable
a'ah here. I believe there is no
nance of recovering anyone alive"
tonight men with huge baskets
~anped through the unlighted streets
,ra'aking final deliveries of supplies To
"e widows and orphans. :
according to a story told to Joseph
- Neholai. representing the Italian
.S"sul a condition existed in one part
Aht Aitts
cssested the Iroquois theater fire at Z
chicago. a
giuseppe Lotti, a miner. said that -.
ne escaping through the smoke $
Ae t ilame, he discovered scores of
: s'slSs mad been piled up in front Of
uoor' which. if it could have been
s,s syeneo' would have afforded way to
Lotti's story follows:
n vas digging coal when I heard 7
az sAfm of fire. Running to the !
y, smart ! saw that it was filled with c
a. Then | was puzzled what to :
H. from the air shaft two CALLER }
-, extend in opposite directions. They !
NJ circular and meet again at the Q
., :. or hosting shaft Either one v
ar Nse galleries l thought would .
H. ne TO safety. So / started
rug, the one on my right. was
.fs-1 excited and already fell the
y, OF the fumes in my lungs. 9th !
ssns struggling franticaly in the v
"so gone over half way through n