The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-20
All Bodies Removed From
Mine-Sixteen White Men
and Eight Negroes
Perish
CHIEF NESBITT HAS
LITTLE TO SAY; WILL
MAKE INVESTIGATION
Only 9 of "a Were Killed Outright; /;
Others Were Asphyxiated-Eve
thing Possible Done for the
Widows and Orphans by
the Company Officers

According to the latest revised figures
"a represents the number of dead result
ing from the explosion in Acton mine No.
of the Alabama Fuel and Iron company
at Acton Tuesday afternoon about 3:45
o'clock. The cause of the explosion is still
unknown and will probably never be
known. The mine will be placed in opera
ton again in few days. as soon as
the official investigation is over. The Off
cial list of the dead follows
White Dead
Edward Bragg.
Joe Bushvarina.
II. j. Childers.
VIII Clelland.
]. C. Cook.
Charles Collum.
]. b. Horton.
j. "A. Horton.
William Holsonbeck.
Burns Kittrell.
j. W.. Langston.
Charles Melonas.
L. l.. Patterson.
j.. w. Perkins.
X. l.. Perkins.
Lee Walenteen.
&t Negro Dead
Alfred Clopton.
William Hampton.
Eugene Hewitt.
Jesse Pate.
Il. L. Rodgers.
Ben Thompson.
Jesse Taylor
Wilton Walker. M
The above is the official list of dead,
according to the timekeeper of the
Alabama Fuel and Iron company, who
yesterday morning checked up all of the
men employed by the company. The dead
comprise 10 native Americans, two ItaI-
ians, one Greek and eight negroes.
Fhe disposal of the bodies was as fol-
lows:
Ed Bragg, j. w. Langston, a married
man, and L. C. Patterson. were buried
Yesterday afternoon at WaterworlSs,
small camp on the Cahaba river j. w.
Perkins, married, and X. L. Perkins his
brother, We're sent to Calera for interment
this morning. II. ]. Childers, married,
was sent to Alfalfa for interment this
morning. Burns Kittrell, married WAS
sent to Birmingham for interment J.
a. Horton and his brother. J. ID. Ilor-
ton, married man. We're sent to Helena
yesterday afternoon. Joe Bushvarina and
Lee Wallanteen will be sent to Pratt
City for interment this afternoon. The
other white men, William M. Clellan. a
married man; ]. c.. Cook, also married.
ister; Charles Collum and Charles Ma
Tomas will have funeral services at Acton
today.
The negroes were disposed of as fol-
lows: Jesse Pate was sent to Salisbury
NC; Jesse Taylor to Ca1era. The Rev.
c. r. Rogers, a preacher at the little
negro church at Acton, was sent to Eu-
taw this afternoon. Eugene Hewitt was
sent to Montgomery. The remainder Ben
Thompson Wilton Walker. Will Hampton
and Albert Clopton, will be buried at
Acton this morning.
According to John Chamblee of the
Johns Undertaking company, the officials
OF the Alabama Fuel and Iron company
extended every courtesy to all employees
and are paying all funeral expenses. The
Alabama Fuel and Iron company is pay
ing the expenses of sending the bod. .es
to, the towns where they will be buried
and also the transportation of the widows
and children to and from Acton.
The party from the Johns company
which went to the scene was composed uf
Wallace Johns, J. Ralph Usrey, Arnold
p Dulion. John Chamblee and Thomps
j. McCallum. They left Birmingham at
about 7:30 o'clock Tuesday night and re-
turned exactly "a hours later. having been
at work continuously.
Many visitors from Birmingham went
in automobiles to the scene yesterday.
Ollcidis cl lnc company came 10 BIT
nlingham yesterday for a few hours and
then returned to the scene of the dis
aster. Charles Il. DeBardeleben, vice
president, and Henry DeBardeleben, sec
ond vice president OF the Alabama Fuel
and Iron company, will remain at Acton
10 see that everything possible is done
or the stricken families, the widows and
he children.
Nesbitt Reticent
Chief Mine Inspector c. II. Nesbitt ac-
companed by C. B. Sutton. the govern
terday afternoon but had little to say on
the disaster II am not ready to announce
the cause of the accident" said Mr.. Nes-
bitt II will return to Acton and make a
careful investigation. There were only
nine of the "a men killed outright by the
explosion. The other 10 men died from
asphyxation.
1t was stated at the offices of the Ala
bama Fuel and Iron company by Overton
Fullerton, secretary and treasurer Of the
company. that the latest report from the
scene of the explosion showed that all of
the men had been gotten out of the mine.
1.-THE mine, according to my informa-
tion.' said Mr.. Fullerton, "was not in
1ured by the explosion and can within a.
few days be placed in operation. This
will be done as soon as Chief Mine In
spector Nesbitt completes his investiga-
ton.
"As to the cause of the explosion that
will probably never be known. None of
us know at present and everything will