Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-03-27
MANY DIE IN NINE ExrLossoy n
Only Eleven of Day Shift 0fa 40
Known to BE Alive,

McCurtain, Okla, Marth 20 0-|Nne
hundred and five lives is acccptedNe e0-
night as an approximately correct es
innate Of the human toll taken thLs
morning when Mine No. Q Ui tho Sans
| Bois Coal Company here was wreck
| ed by an explosion. or JIG meg y
the day shift only eleven are known
tombcd behind the debris III lhe
| opinion Of government experts ana
| mine officials they are dead ana Il
| special train which brought phyat-
clans and nurses from Fort Smi H.
Ark, to-day returned to-ntEbt. Fiya
physicians remained with mo faint
hope that some Of the imprlsoy nd
| men might be found alive Amc4s
those accounted for are 8uryey n&
party headed by w. B. Roper Of
Clio, South Carolina. ]'orty.th .
Americans were employ in ue
mine.
20 Taken from Death Gulc.
McCurtain, Okla, March - ID
midnight tonight 107 OF Tho -
men at work in Sans Bois Mins O..
2, when the property was w-ai q
by an explosion yesterday, had / u
accounted for. Twenty-SiX Oi .e
number were rescued alive, on@ q
since died, 80 bodies hay" hcen a-
covered and 90 have beer ocatel
The body of w. d. Hopper, e. ..i
engineer. in the employ o' The rn-
| ing company, who, with tru com a.
ions, was making survoy OF .a
workings at the time Of 'ua eSi ,-
sion, was found to-nigh mde
| mass Of wreckagc in the 2on Il ..c
over which the rescue parties nad
trampled since the min" Was f 81
entered. Mr.. Roper's head was Sc
most severed and his body was csl.l.
wise mutilated. Mr.. Rope uar' Is
McCurtain two years ago from CGo.
South Carolina.
Ralph Kenny, 16 years ola. 5oU
a local minister, membur CT ST..
Roper's party, was one of those ,..-
cued alive to-day. Partly jnsona.hln
at first, he shortly came to hirnn.t
and smiled as he told Of the, uigi jn
the small pump room, whe,e he aad
| fourteen choking men fouGht .r
gasps Of fresh atmosphere from 4
pipes. Then pallor spread over = $
face, his form quivered, and boz {
outstretched hands could spi2e Nu
his body sank TO the floor. helpgl s
looked at him and then at each ollie.
He was dead.
! 'st"~'3'a Is rotaram4 nc after
! "HrE Q. ua rysnuar&. ana to- .Nt
onI bose ooaNpca Hl,N nxYs,
! noja gl@ pcrmt}cG rn ~u&an r3c mnls
. h"l"r 'I7l"@iy. 4--yu. o. A,eh:"3tav.
who led one Of the rescue JarUes
was overcome to-day. 1t Wa say6rnl
hours before he recovered.
Financiol assistance, sore need
ed by the families Of the victims,
came from all parts Of tho Unit ID
States to-day One contributinl o
| $4,000 was voted by the Uni cd lin,
| Workers Of America Of Dis ri, 2t.
and tonight three carloads O r.uyis-
ions arrived from Fort Smi h. pu"-
| chased with money contribute In
| that city.
Face to Face With Death.
Tom Farrimond, one o. hose
rescued, told Of the experirn, Of
himself and his fourteen co1nw les.
"We had almost given " 90 "
he said, "when the rescue .arty
reached us. How we ever m<l H The
room | don't know. AS soon &c. We
felt the explosion we rushed e. tnn
nearest pump, knowing that Yp etro
too far from the entrance tt a.onc
If the explosion was severe W. mad
just put up a curtain whel Mig
sheet Of flame, travelling wit eat
speed, passed our room and t Il
small puff OF its deadly breath us.
The minutes seemed like houIs 49,. SO
clung to the pump. straining every
effort to inhale every particle of tho