Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-01-27
snow, waiting impatiently for the
bodies Of loved ones.


bodies of loved ones.
Three mine inspectors came i'm.
media:ely and aided in the rescue.
The COMPANY hastily erected small
houses at the mouth OF the mine for
provisions, etc, that we're being
rushed to the mine mouth. Special
trains were sent from Blue6eld with
car load after car load of supplies
for the rescuers. BratliCe cloth,
lumber, nails, tools of all kinds,
overalls, gloves, safety lamps aud
everything NJ cessary for use on oc-
casions of that kind were rushed
there on special trains. In q few
hours there were thousands of dol
lars worth of supplies upon the
scene. and the inspectors aud Off
cials OF the mine were in charge of
hundreds of miners who were all
anxious to 60 in the ill-fated mine.
AT 8 o'clock, p. m, the day of the
explosion, the men had succeeded in
getting into the mine about . quar-
ter of mile, and yet not q single
body had been recovered. Work
went slowly on account of the bad
air in the mine. When the explosion
occurred the dust came out OF the
mine with terrific force and threw
mules and debris a quarter of mile
away, and the mules were instantly
killed. Only three men escaped
and they we're blown from the mine
mouth, and one of them, Cleve
Bowers. mine boss, was badly hurt.
There was man with him by the
name of Holiday and he was
thrown back in the mine and HE
body was one of the last recovered,
as it had been thrown back into a
puddle or:pond of water, and he was
evidently drowned. BY midnight
several bodies were found, terribly
mutilated. AT early morning that
relief crew was relieved and a fresh
Let were sent in, and they brought
out the bodies of the men that were
found by the other crews. Some Of
the bodies had to be carried three
miles on account of the track
being torn up by the explosion.
Cars were blown into small pieces,
the rails in the mine were torn from
the ties and hurled hundreds of feet
away, electric wires were torn out
and the IN ne thrown into darkness.
SO when the re-cuing parties found
any bodies they took them and put
them all in a pile and then the next
rescuing party could carry them out
For two days and nights they work
ed, the ones on the outside as busy
as those on the inside, each working
with the others 20 facilitate their
work. The men on the outside
were busy making barrels and tubs
Of coff &c, thousands of sand iches
and other eatables. and all that
came and went were fed fee by the
company. Two nights in succe sion
thous and men and boys gathered
at the company store, known as the
commissary, and there they were
fed and warmed. This is a prece.
dent to speak of. Newspaper men
we're treatei with the greatest of
courtesy, and were allowed to go
anywhere upon the premises, where
others were kept away from. The
crowds were kept back from the
mine by ropes ard guards, while
newspaper men we're permitted to
mingle with the rescuing parties who
were preparing to go into the mine.
All the details we're freely given us,
and We were especially requested to
not send out sensational stuff.
, At last the work of rescue was
completed and there were 65 men
all told who were killed, a total Of
lis in Is days. Yesterday a coro
ner's jury met and Investigated the
cause of it, and came to the conclu-
sion that it was caused by an