Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-02
MINES GIVE UP DEAD
40 Bodies Recovered From
Primero, COL, Coal Shafts.
RESCUERS RISK LIVES
Thirty-Three Known Killed il
Drakesboro, KY, Disaster.
FOREMAN IS AMONG MISSING
Corpses of One Miner and of Sixty.
Four Mules Recovered From St.
Paul Mine at Cherry, Ill.

PRIMERO, Col, February 2.--The force
of the explosion in the Primero coal
mine, which cost seventy-nne lives Mon
day afternoon, was shown today as the
explorers penetrated deeper into the
workings.
| Seven more bodies were recovered dur
| ing the night, making a total of forty
nine: The bodies of many victims may
never be recovered.
| Conditions in the deeper workings in
dictate that some of the miners were lit
orally blown to pieces. Pieces Of shatter-
ed steel-jacketed lamps they carried and
shreds Of human flesh were found by the
explorers this morning.
Bodies From One Part of Mine.
| Fresh air has been forced into the
workings for nearly a mile. The bodies
have all been taken from entries AT, 8,
8 and 10, all to the left of the main slope.
| No work has yet been done in the en-
tries to the right of the main air course.
where it is believed many lives were lost.
| A binding snowstorm is raging about
the little camp today, adding to the diff
ficulties Of the outside workers.
yet in the mine may be buried under the
debris and may not be recovered for days
or weeks.
During the night Tom Jolly. former
superintendent of the local mine, and
now superintendent of the Victor Ameri-
can Fuel Company's mine at Delagua,
was overcome. This morning he had re-
covered and returned to work under
ground. jolly Joined the relief forces
yesterday.
| Coroner Guilfoil and his deputies are to-
day rushing the work of preparing the
bodies for burial. Last night shipment
Of sixty-one collins arrived from Denver,
and with these on hand ample provision
has been made for caring for the dead.
Mourning Over Dead.
II was a desolate little procession to-
day that followed the bodies from the
temporary morgue In the machine shop
| to the train which took them to Trinidad
| for burial
| Led by Father De Palma, who has
/ labored with them constantly since the
disaster women and children clad i'm the
pitiful attempts at mourning which the
company stores afford. filed silently into
the cars after the collins which were car
ried by men who had risked their lives
| in effort to save their comrades.
/ None but the coroner's jury and the
| officials Of the company had been al
! lowed to see the bodies until this morn
| ing, when friends and relatives carried
the Sunday suits" to tire machine shop
to dress the bodies for burial. pinning on
| their breasts the badges of their frater-
| nal societies and placing in the hands Of
| each corpse a little Bible.
Although several bodies were recovered
early this morning they have not been
identified. They will be held for inspec-
| ton by the coroner's jury.
| The main slope of the mine has been
| cleared of black damp. Rescue parties
| are now clearing the workings which
| suffered least from the explosion.
Saved by Tinpail.
| A tin dinner bucket saved the life Of
Leonardo Virgin, the only man rescued
alive. Virgin must have been working
near the point OF the explosion.
When he was thrown by the shock and
felt the puff of the flames and gas he
| held the bucket tight about his face
stuffing his cap about the edges and
| staggered to comparative safety
| Lives have been risked recklessly in
| the attempts to rescue the entombed men,
| Scores of miners are waiting patiently
| for chance to go below.
! The Colorado Supply Company sub
| sidiary OF the Colorado Fuel and Iron
| Company, is furnishing provisions and
| supplies to the oereaved families aud con-
| tributions are coming in to aid the des-
| titute.
| All day the bell of the little school
house above the mine tolled its requiem
for the dead.