The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-24
Nineteen Bodies Are Recoyoro
from Penn. Mine as HorruE. z.
Stricken Relatives Watch Z
from Nearby Hilbides
SUPERINTENDENT'S SONS
PROVE TRUE HEROES
Mine Officials May BE Blamed
for Slow Rescue
Work

FINLEYvILLE, Pa. April IL
With his son among those peunsd n
the Cincinnati mine by yesterdays 90
plosion. William Csrter, mine superin-
tendent, assisted by government -
cue forces. today fought to saye tAe
122 men who were penned. dead cgs
alive In the mine. Ninety-three Of thof
2l5 In the mine when the exploo1c(
came escaped, for the most part Wtk4|
out serious injuries. Nineteen G0o4
bodies had been recovered.
Although watchers early today gAxQs
up hope Of the rescue alive OF the -
tombed men. and the estimate 81 0a06l
at 10 o'clock was III. rescuerD VIM
long experience In fighting explosions
and flres In coal mines expected MANY
to be rescued alive, and believed The
death list would be less than 100.
The bodies recovered have bo4m
from entries one and two. nearest tho
entrance, and 1t is said the mine bers
yond that point 10 badly wrecked. IT,.
bodies recovered today were n, acno.
instances mutilated by falling coof
and timbers, some showed the force
of the original explosion, while othoT8
indicated the men had been overcomo'
by gas while attempting escape.
Identified dead;
Andy Wood, driver.
Walter Conley, driver.
- McCullen, helmet man.
Robert Thompson, miner.
Steve Long, miner.
Emil Leroy, snapper.
Charles Bowen.
BY wagon and trolley car, hundredss
arrived during the day, and more than
I1,000 w3tched from the hillside ee
irotfgh wooden litters or canvas.
stretchers we're carried to boz ears
! waiting on the mine siding. The
streets around the railroad station
were roped of, and guarded by the
police. The bodies were rushed TO-
Monongahela City. whence many. Of
the relatives OF the entombed miners
went during the morning. hoping and
fearing to identify the dead.
Mine One OF Largest.
The mine is one of the. largest and
one Of the most gaseous In the dis
trict The stories of survivors telling
how they crawled for much Of the
three-mile length OF the mine over
piles OF debris. while companions
dropped one by one, overcome by the
gas, indicated the slight hope for the
| men yet penned in the mine. Fiat
(, cars were drawn up at the entrance
OF the mine today. ready to receive
the bodies of the dead and transport
them to Monongahela City for identi-
| fcation by the hundreds of frantic
women and children who besieged the
mine all night.
| Joseph Carter, a second SON Of the
| mine superintendent. who escaped.
was probably nearest the explosion
OF any of the survivors. He was with
William Carter. motorman. and 10
seph Green. a brakeman. The dead.
" fumes which followed the explosion
caused them TO faint. but Carter
dragged Gren TO his feet, and the
men fought step by step for four
hotlrs, stumbling now over chunk Of
coal, and again over dead body. A.
they neared the entrance, Green stop
ped with a cry. Before him lay the
body Of his brother, with flames lick
| ing at his clothes. Green sm0thered
the flames. but the brother was dead
and the men had to push on to safety.
II was reported early today that
four additional bodies had been taken
from the mine. bringing the total OF
recovered dead to %. Fire bosses
were called from other mines Of the
Monogahela River Coal & Coke COM
pany to relieve those who had been
ighting all yesterday Afternoon and
| last night. State troops, two COM
panies Of mine rescuers from Pitts
burgh. and miner volunteers from the
rest OF the rescue party, which is
working from both the Courtney and
Mingo entrances. some two and half
miles apart. The Mingo entrance has
lbeen the chief avenue OF escape. Thir-
weight have escaped through this
entrance.