The Glenwood post., 1913-12-20

clergy of Glenwood and many citizens
who were anxious to be useful. in the
search for the bodies and, so far as
possible, rendering comfort and eonso-
lation to the bereaved.
The scene which met the gaze of
those who visited the Vulcan mine last
Tuesday can never be accurately de
scribed and surely can never be for
gotten by the visitors. Women wiring
ing their hands in grief and rushing
frantieally from the boarding house to
the mine entry and then back again,
piteously calling fer those whose voices
were stilled forever, little children
clinging to their nothers' skirts and
lispinG the aaAs Of the papa who
would never again come home to caress
tAe little jewels, larger bsys and girls
VIE .pprssssa thsir grief Is best they
sssA fss the saks Of . netAsr they
hasv - b svesvAslned BY tie terri.
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IssPssssssa, eeessse 01sls wNs II tAe
~ Il svsseAsssS vsasAsa sszisss,,
fasa tsaffsl,y ~ big. Nick portal. Ia
tie seant hs1s ths4 each FstuF.ins
crew Of ssafehsrs might bring some
word from Aer inprisssed lever. stonv
indeed must have been the heart Of
hin who could look upon these eFief
striker suRerers and not be touched
with pity a.d sympathy.
fAs 1sseus Wsek
Scarcely had the reverberations Of
the death dealing shock died away u1-
til rescue crews were organized and
as soon as it was At all possible to do
% mea were penetrating the tunnels
and rooms in search of the miners. The
deadly fumes which followed the ex-
plosion made the rescue work exceed
, ingly dangerous and necessitated the
use of the oxygen helmets and TO:
that reason only q very few men could
he allowed to enter the mine. TIE
bodies were taken to the east room Of
and after . careful record had been
made of their injuries they were tagged
and carefully wrapped in muslin and
taken to New Castle where . vacant
store building had been transformed
into q norgue by erecting o. the en-
tire length Of eech side Of the building
. long table upon which the bodies
were placed for inspection. Walls
aaay Of ~ esdies were badly mutt
lated Ill vsre rseoS.issd With bat very
little difficulty.
n Vaisaa NM
TAe pssssat Vslesa nins, owned sad
operated BY ~ Cssysll Mi.s Leasing
company, . subsidiary company Of tie
1seiy Mes.tain Fssl company, q 1t
lsest eestainin0 osay Of tAs stssk-
hsadss Of that esaPany, Aas ssly assa
IN active epssatioa . few ysass saA
tAis = ~ first sssis.s- ttvsAls that
this mise has sHes1ntsred ,altasagh
~ peessnt mise b jss& aajsinias tAe
~ Ossyell nine in. which 81 ni.sss
~ tAsif hvss In . similar explssssn
IN lee2 II was necessary to sha,aea
ths Cssysll weskings Al tie Pssssat
Vulcan nine vas speaea Up 70 ssPply
tAs ts1ls vita tAe exeellelk coal which
b fss1l In great qualities In that
noantain.
0eass e ~ 1yessisa
Appass.tly tAsss i bat sae theory
. - = tAs cause Of last Tuesdays dis
ester asd that ID that il WAS caused
BY . dsst explosioa. A governnent
mining expert reached the mine We'd
sesday morning - diA a,ss tAe expert,
eaPasyea by tas Becky Noaataia Fuel
esaPaay In tAsir ni1ss IN seAsr paris
I Z ~ seats. SaaAs Ai,s I.sPsetss
1anss DalIy0s,s vifA ssvssal aa.ise-
!. aaes 81 sas<,s eulv,a. XsA.s1ay
nse.iAs and Al once began thcrcrIa