The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-11-19

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WllA sceass q sorrow followed.
Almost every person q the towns
81 ave thousand gatAsre1
about the mine. ShrisAa OF women
were heard throughout The town. Ev-
cry LEGAL physician. and many from
nearby towns. ara caring for the hyo.
terical relatives Of those Imprisoned
The mine. which was the only one
here. employed almost = thousand
men. This II the property OF the 81
Paul railroad and on = spur Of their
road fifteen miles from Spring Valley.
Details Of Disaster
Cherry. H.. Nov, flight
bodies were taken from the mine Ut
the 81. Paul Coal company. where
more than ESQ men r Imprisoned.
and probably cores ara dead. TIT
bodies were taken out of tho shaft
while the IRE WAS burning nsrcely.
In the interior and = dense volume a.
smoke was pouring from b mouth
Of the pit. They were put on the
cages and lifted TO he surface by
unknown heroes. who may have
effort 70 ave them.
Known dead.
John Bumby, superintendent
Alexander Norberg. foreman.
Isaac Lewis. \ visitor.
John Ruhinski, = miner.
Four unidentified men.
The entrance to the mine was
boarded over In an effort to check
the flames inside. This checked all
hope OF escape OF the imprisoned
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mine. one three hundred feet below
the surface. the miners are impFtson-
I'd and their only chance OF life II
to retreat to the ends Of the veins.
where enough air may exist to pre-
serve their lives until rescued.
The fans are stopped, he wires
are burned out and the mouth u I'm
penesrabIy seaied TO smother the
flames.
fy after . o'clock and In some un-
known manner communicated with
the other sections Of h mine and Ia
less than ten minutes all chance oi
escape seemed shut OF.
While smoke and ever Jets al
flames swept up through the 81
trance the cage which carried tbs
| miners continued To ascend and de.
scend. The first loads were a score
OF miners who escaped with oni,
| burns or bruises received In the rush
On Its last trip h cage carried thu
bodies Of the superintendent and hi
assistants h men were dead wher
they reached the surface. II In be.
lieved they were dead or dying whes
placed in the cage. None survived
10 tell the story.
The mouth ~ the shaft ID sur,
rounded by hundreds Of frantic wo
men. children and men. Many tries
to enter. and Some were carrta<
away unconscious from the smok.
fumes after the attempt. For twt
hours the mine oficials tried to de
Wise a means Of helping the impris
oned miners. and nnally decided tn,
only way to check the flames vas u
hoard Over the entrance The open
ing is almost Theoretically sealed
The covering will not be remove
until tomorrow. The most optimistic
watchers believe not less than . hun
dr~i are dead.
The mine II the only one In Cherr'
and more than half the male popula
tior is EMPLOYED IN II. Men were n
work in all three veins extending
from the main shaft.
GuESsEs AT NUMBER.
The latest versions by escaped min
ers placed the number Of the impris
oned At about $50. They said that Al
together $50 o. 5s5 In the mine ESCAPED
The twelve dead taken out are II
following.
John Rundy. Alexander Nuerberl
Thomas Flood. Isaac Lewis. job
Fermento. two unidentified. Jes. Year
ley, JOS. Jamison, James Speer. Hear
Stewart. Robert Clark.
Practical miners asserted topiS.
that none Of the imnrisoned miner
could survive more than two hours
While the mine of1cials declare air CO
reach the mine through the open q
cape shaft. but water poured down Ii
opening in an effort to Quench IN
flames apparently blocked passage q
air
WORST IN ILLINOIS.
No similar accident has been record
ed in Illinois. The greatest loss Of II!
was at Braidwood In 1879. when eight
perished as a resnlt OF flooding OF
mine.
In q mine disaster In Japan In 100
40 were killed.
The Ma ximnm loss OF life In q min
disaster was at Monaneah. ". Va.
1907. when 39S were killed.
At midnight the number Of men I
the mine IL IN 1'~-"'n -hn~e familis
with the mine and not connected VT
the management. ut.ia I'd the fore
numbered Sos. but ofncia's PLACES Il
a much lower hgure and added thu
l86 escaped
That none survived. or 1t least wei
neAr the entrance Was indicated whs
an iron bucket large enough 70 hol
several lei m lowered NJ II o'clcc
down the shaft u was brought U
empty
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