The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-05-09

is now feared that 1t will be impos- sible even to get the last bodies into coffns as they are in that stage Of de- composition when the body bloats and swells to two or three times it's or dinary bulk.
 Lime and disinfectants have been ordered and are now being scattered everywh ere about the places where the bodies are deposited and washed. Th1s kills the odor to some extent and great lv facilitates the work of the under takers.
 Thousands of ExcursiOnists
 Thousands of people poured Into
 Palos on every train today over the
 Frisco from both directions. several excursion trains were run and con- t,nuous stream of people kept moving
 hack and forth from the village to the mines. A great many of them were ois- lappointed though, for they were not all lowed to cross the long bridge over the Little Warrior river where the mouth of the mine is located, and where the headouarters of the rescue work are n,aced. They did not get to see the mine where the explosion occurred ana tho opera tions of the rescue crews, put they saw the bodies as they were re- covered and brought across the priose and prepared for burial. The slght was too much for many men, as well as
 women. and they left the repuisiVe scene which just few moments pe- fora had held so much attraction Tor them.
 Few of Real Sufferers Present r,ore were very few of the real suf' ferers of the Palos disaster, the wldows and orphans, at the scene Of the opera
 lions today. They had watched ana wait
 ed and hoped Thursday night, frioay
 ano Friday night and Saturday and Sat
 urday night, and today they were com
 rletely exhausted. They remained at
 t,,cir homes and rested, what rest there
 ,yas for those whose relatives were still
 in the mine, and others held their quiet
 funerals upon the hill behind Palos' Here
 a special graveyard has been opened TOT
 inc burial of the mine victims and seV-
 eral men are busy digging graves TOT
 the last resting place Of those whose
 death has shocked the world. Palos IS
 truly a place of death and funerais'
 sorrow and heartaches. walls and weep
 ing. bravery and heroes. poverty and
 ne ethos. self-denial and generosity. McHughes Cannot Leave
 John Guthrie from Wylam has broth
 or in the mine and dead. Seeing Super intendent McHughes of the Tennessee coal and iron mines at Wylam and who had been one of the rescuers, prepar- inc to leave, with tears in his eyes he said:
 "you are not going until you get my brother, are you?'
 McHughes had been working ever since the explosion had occurred without suf- fcient sleep or food. but looking at the heartbroken brother before him, he threw off his coat and, with determination ring- ,nr in his voice, said: You bet I'm so- ing to help get your brother and again he started into the mine.
 Ladies Prepare Food Tine Ladies Aid society of the Flat Top
 Methodist church were on the grounds all day today, and with unceasing labor and patience, they stood in the very midst or the most nauseating and repulsive scenes and served out hundreds or lunches, which put new strength into the limbs and minds of the rescuers and set them to work with renewed Vigor.
 The Bessie commssary started relief
 bureau yesterday and turned over about
 SIS last evening to the Red Cross so- ciety. The local bureau of relief raised over $20O yesterday down at the mines. Several more of the militia boys from Birmingham arrived on the early morn- ing train and were placed in service as
 guards right away. Several of the Bir-
 niingham policemen, among whom were J. B. Burson, Sam Carr and Jack Bailey, did duty as guards during the day. Several men have procured boats and started ferries across the river. They hs uled hundreds of people, charging a nickel a trip, and made lots of money. Many people got across the river and near the mine in this way that could not have reached it any other way. Broken Pumps Delay Work Not only did the steam give out last night, but the pumps broke and for a while the boilers were entirely empty. The camp went wild with excitement when this was discovered, as it was feared the boilers would blow up. All