The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-22

In q now cemetery in which ;hcy Will
bt the FIRST 10 lie, The body cf lrrani.
Berger will be shipped TO lis relatives
in Mi, carmen. pa 1t Was taken as
fSr as lorraine Yesterday afternoon.
but sonic one had neglected to pro.
Vide transportation. ana it so; no
tdrti,cr on its tourney.
From MI The evidence adiuced YES
tcrday before tic coronor's. Jury. the
accident seems TO have roaul,fn from,
II broken air pipe IN crosscut No. 81,
into which thu sin sturdy rvles, I'M
aware OF tho fact that ihu breast was
iilicd With gas, walked 10 -hcir death.
on thcir caps ticy wore open lamps.
which Nico-Fresiient Woolfclk said
yesterday IN his testimony. arc the
only kind allowed 20 the ordinary
miners.
only Tho ;oremcn, the orictals and
tho drn bosses. the latter Of whom arc
SUPPRESSED TO d%iscoye danger. use the
safety lamp THO explosion must
have occurred as soou as the open
lamps flickercd against the mine
damn Fiys wore kiicd instantly.
Frank Berger Mes s,iil breathing
when DAY Foreman Louis Wilson
reached Ills side. Sat he suffered only
4 Few moments Tho body OF Iohu
jarnnitsch. whiyu tho scarciiers had
missed In ;lieir first inspection. was
found lat. triiay afternoon. II was
l>inc about ,hiriN tive fec, from
where tho others foil.
Killed uulc 600 Feet Away.
The shock OF Tie explosion was felt
COO feet away. lor the mulo which WAS
Killed was said 10 bc tina; distance. on
auo,her level, from the scene of the
accident. Other miners, some of whom
lad accompanied the dead ,i"u on the
"trip down. felt tho shock 3pV feet
away
Ed Collier. NJ. c. Alien. tlic formers
BUDDY as he called him. aud WY.
lam Winston. were 100 feet from the
explosion. They felt the sudden In
rush Of gas; their Lights went out, and
tl,~ debris ZEN in heaps abou, them.
Collier saved himself from harm by
jumping hchind :, coal car. Winston,
whose lam.p did not go out. nlcw it
out, -~fcaring a second explosions: and
threw himself flat on tho ground. Tley
said that The aficrlamr was SO dense
thA; they could hardly breathe and
nEht their way out from lie gas
1illcd gloom. Whom finally they could
light th"ir lamps IN safety ;icy could
not see each other Il hands distance.
round cns IN CrOsscut.
II Was brought out in the evidence
that Louis Wilson discovered sns IA
crpascnt 40 81 shortly after ; O'Clock.
only II short time after Slight Foreman
J. &. Hopkins had made his ..St In
srcction ana had tAiicd to discover H..
wilson wrote the word gas o.. Il
small los in front OF the small aper-
turY. through which the men hid TO
Crawl 10 sct into the ciuSsclk. ulcuIirs
,lint as Il danger signal. II i1Ivl,
evidently, TO act as n barrier. II was
stated thnt though The roies cDuiu
spvak they count not READ ,lfi t.ngit.h
iansuaEc. lioth Wilson ana u,!sN:as
knew u the broken air line. bat ncitI.r
gave personal warning 10 ~. miners
Ls they entered TO go - .Geir wprk.
u was never provcd that ,iey knew
ai.ytn!nb at al! tf thu i~n.paEolns dam
ser
wilson testified That one Of tho nipn,
snil, ulvi. told ttiu. tiIt ile air ii,,.
hsi h,,i. Gtck en- for Three h3,:. II III
h!rs stated t.iat Il was u jrH4 At|I.3,
o'Gtthr that hc removed iha tuiu,'>
thvn wu'K'ls thcyc and se:t Il mail u,
II: IL. Tha miai. MAS Ila.,l,ea snyut,
WA fnI ed to rclatr Ia. urt,t> anvai
tes.'it'i tnat lie tod N.isu. au! t:oi,.
kiG- hat he cculdn', uN. tu, ntcUN
without d ttppiv ana ,i2 Niisua san,
put; - Tan J a+lt, -t +. v.sI,n. 1t
s,h ue i!Nc4 utti, ..ir IL juau cu.nt
On siu' you - -di,ad
I:re"k Mt Hr!ulr.I.
itt al. agrcsa ihat n1 He Dst.,k
h>en ltp red tn eAs w@rti 49, ii.>..
a>eH.ar.nted an the cNuius..g. wot.t
A"t Ne taken lace.
II was scncraiiN agreed. 100. that
ihe night iorchao,. "a the lire BOSS
should nave PERSONAL! nott!ea the
miners IN the dey shit. Ihe three
inen who went duw:t WITH tue nirht
shiti, but vic Went, no further ,hnn
ttc iI?st level, testified tnai they were
NOT notified, ihat they knew nothing OF
Inc drhgcr. 80, tt seems thut the iaiI-
ere 10 nouiiy tn incoming miners Of
ms break in thu ali lnpc ana Inc
accumulation % gas witch rcsul,en
WAS me n!rect cause ~ the accident
which cost Sis livcs. ANA ina, some
ore failed TO do his dizzy In not mott.
lSlns the men as tncy came in the
rIino,
T. { Hopkins: .nishs forsman. WHO
mas been with.lhc company since Ian
uary ], was the Hrs; witness examined.
ne said that II was his ,tutv to Sc.
'hHt the mine Was ircc from gas and
70 direct the work laid ont by The dnv
foreman, ana - look after tho safety
OF men and propertv
iic stated thar ne made his las, in.
suction AZ . O'Clock on Tic morninr
OF Inc accident. ana found no c,idenc.
"' danger He makes two inspections
q DAY, There Was no accumulation o.,
f"s az 2 o'clock he stated that he
i'ad never bad any experience as n nre.
Dos hhi stated af'urwar'I, when ro.
.natsu' 'hht ne had n mine forcmau's
Hfst-class certificate. which entities
unoc 0ooI,.o1 C..l