The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-19

Cherry. H.. Nov. lS.-With the re- covery of one body, believed to be thas of Ole Friebora, the location of nineteen others. which could not be recognized. near the ventilating shaft and determined fight on the fire through the main pit, work of reach ing the 300 bodies in the St. Paul mine progressed rapidly today.
 The air shaft, followed the daring exploration, which resulted in the lo. cation of twenty dead, was closed and full stream of water directed into il Then tho main shaf' was attacked. The temperature of this shaft has been well over 100 degrees but con. tinmous sprinkiing today reduced 1t to about 90 degrees.
 Men in helmets first descended to the fatal second gallery, They re ported the mouth of the drift badly blocked by tinbers and mud. but the fact that the safety lamps were not extinguished indicated the absence of black damp.
 The next squad to descend went withous helmets and reported condi fioas perfect of an attack on the fire within ithe gallery. Gra9t difficulty was exoerienced in lowering suffic- tent length rf hose BIS feet into the nit ard 1t was close to midnight be. fore success crowded The efforts in this direction
 Various crews made the descent. They reported theve was little heat at the mouth of the gallery but that esFs !. tiCable until rhe blocked opening had been cleared of debris. This promised to be tedious process and Ii was predicted that the work would require at lesvt eighteen hours.
 Beyond these Instructions the dead are believed to lie in hesps as they fell in their last desrairing rush for the shaft.
 National guardsmen patrolled an area roped off about the shaft, but against the barriers crlOwd of anx icus men. women and children pressed fan into the night
 ''Will they try for the bodies to night?" was the question repeatedly asked and as often answered in the negative.
 Charity work progressed rapidly to. day Director E. P. Bicknell of the National Red Cross, after visiting many homes, reported 105 nut of 1855 families each had been given a week. surply of gnoceries,
 The grief stricken women have Teen unable to cook or give other at tenfion fo the children Much of the cooking and household work has been done by nurses About ia half mile from tho mine Mr Bicknell met three orphans whose mother had died some timo ago and whose father was killed In the mine.
 The children, the oldest of whom was | years. were living alone in d hut and seemed not to realize their Eifuarion. All of them were sent to an institution at l.add, III The relief work will be continued until as much as possible is done 10 provide for the families for the coming winter.
 Fur the first time since the mine horror of Saturday. bodies of some afternoon. The corpses were found by daring explorers in the poisonous icpths of the second gallery
 Twenty bodies were discovered within seventy feet of the ventiating shaft. One of them unrecognizable. Hras broGeht 10 the surface. and. after considerable delay. was taken to the town hall to await Identification The temner Of the people was feared and an attemrf was mane to lSfeO secret fhe news of the finding of the bodies Those in authnrity bound themselves to maintain silence That more then nse victim had hcen discovered was not generally known at nightfall. and