Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-02

were encountered but the rescuers
pushed on in the hope of finding
signs of life A little farther on, near
the mouth of entry AS, the party in
charge of J. b. Manly, local mine IN
spector, came across Leonardo Nir-
gen shortly after o'clock this morn
ing.
please, may I go home noW?'
Taken to Hospital
Vlrgen was hurried to the tempor-
arv hospital Today he had sufficiently
recovered to join the ranks of the
watchers around the mine entrance.
Encouraged by their find rescuers
worked with renewed energy, hoping
to find others alive within the recesses
of the mine, but failing in this up to
this evening. Those still missing were
given up as lost.
Early last night local workers had
been reinforced by squads of miners
from the surrounding camps of Sc
gundo, Starkville, Berwind, Engle,
Cokedale and Frederick. All night and
all day relief work was pushed with
frequent reliefs until tonight the ad-
vance guard had pushed within 400
yards of the face Of the main stOpe.
Leaders in this work were J. B.
Manly, Willitm Fitzpatrick, mine su-
perintendent, and William Morgan Of
the Rocky Mountain Fuel cOmpany's
Piedmont mine.
Morgan knows the workings thor
oughly having been superintendent of
the Primero mine on January %, 1907,
when tWenty-four lives were lost in an
explosion. ]. 5. Thompson, division
superintendent; Joseph Ball, David
Griffith and other officials hurried
from Trinidad on special train and
Joined in the rescue work.
This morning the number was
further increased by the arrival of
Frederick Harrington, general counsel;
E. H. Weitzel, manager of the fuel de-
partment: F. T. Bayless, superinten-
dent of the Guggenheim properties at
Cokedale, and other.
Today orders were issued to the Of
ficials of the Colorado Supply com
pany, a subsidiary of the Colorado Fuel
and Iron company, to issue provisions
TO families of the victims until a per-
manent system of relief can be or
ganized.
Dead Checked Up
Work of checking off the dead pro-
ceeded slowly today. the only means
of Identification being to check the
missing numbers carried by each miner
with the company's register.
The scenes around the mine today
disaster. The ground was roped off
around the entrance, and force of
deputy sheriffs kept the crowds back,
giving the workers a clear field.
Although anxiety caused by the un-
certainty was plainly visible, men,
women and children among the watch
ers restrained their grief with amazing
fOrtitude.
Shortly before l o'clock this after
45r Ia, a1a l,Xr
the report that another man had been
recovered alive but hope thus revived
was quickly shattered by the announce
ment that Bert Lloyd one of the rescue
party, had ventured too far amidst the
poisonous fumes and had been over
come. He was brought TO the open air
and quickly revived.
The main slope, where the explosion
is alleged to have occurred, extends in
almost a straight line. About 100 feet
east Of the stope is the main air course,
which parallels the main stope. Here
is the main fan.
On the right of the main air course,
where many miners are believed to
have been working at the time of the
explosion, nothing has been done, sup
posedly because the force Of the eX-
plosion was spent in the main stope
and entries TO it's left allowing men in
other portions of the mine to escape.
Many workers repeatedly daringly
risked their lives in the hope of reach
ing some Of the entombed men alive
today.
Wives Await Word
In the list of known dead. compiled
from records of Coroner Guilfert and
the company, are
DAVE WILLIAMS, Welsh, pit boss.
JACK ELIAS, American, boss driver.
JOSEPH HELLMAN, American.
JOHN RUMMINGS, American.
]. W. HOSKINS. American.
ED RAIL, American.
The other known dead are negroes,
Mexicans, Italians, Hungarians. Slavs
and japanese.