Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-10-25


' clearing rapidly. Mules were taken
: into the mine by helmet men as far
as the air would permit animal life BY
s degrees, they pushed forward, until
s the sledge containing the seventy
s fourth recovered body had been reach.
s ed, and by 1890 o'clock a total of Is
: dead had been brought to the sur.
s face since the explosion Wednesday
G afternoon.
( Government rescue men made the
5 hazardous attempt to enter the mine
, in motor, trayersing the east high
, line. II this can be done, the work
of bringing forth the bodies will prog
) ress much faster. Grave doubt was
expressed for the success of the at
tempt for the tracks all along the
line are covered with much debris, fal-
len timber and rocks. The removal
of this debris from the track, it is
believed is accompanied by much dan
ger. Some of the props may be sup
porting portions of the loosened roof,
and their removal may bring tons Of
wreckage upon the rescue party in the
motor car Helmet men, afoot, carry
ing axes and picks, followed the car
on its initial trip.
| Chief J. c. Roberts, of the govern
ment mine rescue service, watched
his men go into the cavern of death
with misgivings. The work was a
task, the chief declaring he would not
! use such extremely perilous methods
] for rescue when ii was morally GER
tain that not man was living among
the entombed miners.
The funeral services were held this
afternoon, over the second group of
miners which have been buried. The
rites were observed over the long
line of plain black caskets, laid out
on the floor Of the Temporary morgue.
just u was done yestefGe Z over the
first group of 30 dead. q RE burying
of the dead has brought keener reiza'
tion Of the horror of the disaster to
tthe townspeople. Business was sus-
pended for two hours during the serv-
ices and hundreds of men, women and
children gathered at the morgue to
pay their tribute to the memory of
the dead. TO the list of dead pre-
viously reported, IA have been added
since midnight, including eight un.
| identified bodies.
| The recurrence of large quantities
OF carbon dioxide in mine No. of the
Stag Canon Fuel company wrecked
by an explosion late Wednesday, this
morning, retarded the progress of the
helmet men in their exploration of the
workings.
At o'clock the effort to bring out
bodies was temporarily abandoned
and the rescue forces turned their at.
| tention to securing ventilation. At
that time seventy-three bodies mad
been recovered. Twenty three re.
mains the total number of miners res
cued alive. and hope of finding more
has practically been abandoned
Helmet crews, each headed by gov
ernment rescue men, are proceeding
with extreme caution, in an attempt
to reach the division between cham
bers Is and 19, beyond which many
bodies are supposed to lie. Poison.
Gus gases, however, forced them to
retreat this morning.
The cause of gas recurrence is be-
lieved to be a leakage through the
seemingly impenetrable blockade be.
tween chambers 1S and 19 on the east
high line, though why the accumula.
tion OF gas becomes worse in the
early morning is a question upon
which the government experts do not
venture even a conjecture. The less
experienced helmet men have become
unnerved by the constant menace of
gas, especially since the fatal acci.
dent to two of their number yester.