The San Francisco call., 1909-10-07
TWENTY-FIVE BODIES
TAKEN FROM MINE
Horrible Scenes in the COlliery
Where 81 Men Died by
Explosion
Continued from Pax. 4

tendent Little and Manager Dryden. led
parties OF workers. Examination Of the
mine shows comparatively few OF the
timbers blown out and but one or two
caveins. where the roofing had fallen.
Alex Shaw, the foreman. called for
volunteers and with number of others
returned into the mine. He said that
most OF the bodies recovered indicated
that the men had been Overtaksn By
afterdamp when making their way out
OF the mine. They We're pitched for
ward with their hands up in front OF
their faces as though TO try and pre-
vent the poisonous gases from reach
ing them. on only two we're there
any marks. the big Montenegro and
Kfsserick having fractured skulls, evil
IDENTIFY caused by falling down the steep
pitch of the cross cuts in the dark.
SCENES ARE HORRIBLE
The rescuers told OF some horrible
scenes. The boy Dunn, a driver, was
found pitched head first in his truck.
Another driver was found dead with
his arms around his mules neck.
Dunn's mule escaped. walking up out
of the slope, leaving his driver dead
in the truck. O'Connell was found with
his arms around Moffatt, as though he
had been helping him To safety when
the afterdamp overcame both Many in
cidents indicating the part fate took
in wiping out mems lives are told.
Wargo and Kesserich had returned the
night before from a shooting trip to
Wolff mountain and had counted on
continuing the holiday today, but
changed their minds at the last mo-
ment and went 10 work.
WEEKS MORE WORK
Kesserich had intended TO work but
a week longer ard was going home 70
Croatia where he had bought farm.
Howard Taylor. a pusher. was until
recently in the mounted police. The
sister and brother in law OF Insham
arrived last night from Kansas on
visit and were Frustrated on learning
the news.
Since long before dawn a crowd of
women with tense. drawn faces, hold
ing children by the hand. had been
awaiting the mine train from Exten-
sion, u miles away, and when the
train which carries hundreds of miners
from their I.adysn1ith home daily, ar
rived, il brought Is limp bundles on
stretchers, covered with sheets. As
they were passed out from the caboose,
the name being whispered, a sobb4ng
procession fell in behind and the body
was carried away 70 a miners home
on the hill.
MANY SAD STORIES
The bodies OF j. Ismaster. Alexander
Mcclellan. Robert White. Fred Ingham
and William Steele were brought out OF
the mine this morning. Many sad
stories are being told Alexander
Shaw, the foreman. who worked ener-
getieally with his son and others TO
rescue the men cut OF by the hre-
damp says that the five men found
this morning were huddled in a row.
seemingly as though they had been
holding coat-tailS.
A public meeting was called by the
Mayor of Ladysmith today and COM
mittee was appointed to receive sub
scriptions and distribute relief to the
families of the victims. Under the a "
cident policy Of the company each vi@
TINS heirs will be given $500, and
several will receive fraternal insurance
apptoximating $1,000 each
DIES FOR A FRIEND
Robert White, whose body was
among the I'VE recovered this morning
from No. 4 west level. gave his life for
a friend. His body was found with an
arm around ]. Ismaster. whom he had
refused TO leave. White had wavered
whether he would follow HislOp, Col
ter. ellison, Hadford and others who
were rescued by Alexander and James
Shaw and David Davidson. He decided
to remain with IsmaSte- and died with
him.