The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-11-26
.BARRICADED in POCKETS
Exploring Parties VIII Penetrate
Every Part Of shaft-Air 1T This
Level Is Purs Enough 70 sus-
tain Life Very Long Time.
Cherry, lII.-The situation to, date:
Number trapped In mine, 310..
Rescued alive, 20.
Bodies recovered, 101.
Still unaceounted for, 1ss.

Cherry, Ill.-Robert McFadden and
Barney Dougherty, miners, penetrated
120 feet into the third vein Of the St.
Paul mine, accomplishing what the
rescuers have sought for eight days.
They found no dead or living meh
in the gallery, but both men expressed.
confidence. that majority, If not all
of the 189 miners imprisoned in this.
vein are barricaded in pockets" and
olive.
One dead mule was the only object
seen in the shaft by the explorers.
They found only few inches of water
on the gallery of the tons that have
been poured into the mine. The air.,
while stagnant, was pure enough to
sustain life, the two men experiencing
no difficulty in travelling the 120 feet
tered.
One of the first things done by the
men was to close door opening be-
tween the two shafts. This insures a
thorough circulation of air throughout
the shaft, which will penetrate any
barricade erected by the prisoners.
The recovery of AZ bodies during the
day was attended by some of the sad
dest scenes of the disaster. Across
the fields, as the first signals Of
GOODIES coming up" was given, stun
bled and labored almost 100 women
and children, who had been driven
from the shaft side by the fierce wind
and cold.
The Identification of the bodies was
comparatively easy one. The smoke
stains and burns found on the bodies
of those taken out were absent and
physicians declared that all but few
of the men had died of asphyxiation.
Some had torn every vestige of
clothing from their bodies in their
death agony.
Among the first bodies carried out
we're those of two of the "trappers
boys" The frail bodies of the chill
dren, neither more than IA years old,
were tenderly placed in the temporary
morgue by bearers who swept as Bit
terly as if the children were their
| own.
That many of the men had lived ana
retained their faculties for many days
before the black damp crept upon
them was obvious, but physicians de-
clared unhestitatingly that every man
had been dead for at least 48 hours
when brought up.
One Ray Of Hope.
The first tangible ray of hope came
when men at work in the east work
ings broke through fall of earth
where it had been expected by experts
that large number of bodies would
be found. Not one was discovered.
Instead in a tool chest, hewed out Of
the earth, great many implements
were found, as laid down, apparently
when the men came there to eat.
A fact regarded as significant was
that not dinner pail remained. From
this it was argued that the men I'M
able to escape when the fire was dis
covered, retreated to some extreme
part of the mine, carrying their food
with them.
The next flame of hope came with
the discovery that the bottommost
gallery, west, was not sufficiently
flooded to impede progress.
This is the section of the mine which
formed the subject of a conference
between the union officials and Man.
ager Taylor, of the mine. The dele.
cation headed by President Melon.
aid, insisted that an attempt be made
to explore the third gallery, generally
believed to he of little importance.
At the time of the catastrophe little,
II any work was being done in this
section, the men being engaged in the
richer coal beds of the second gallery.
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