The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1913-12-17

tractors. The latest evidence is said
to have been furnished by John A.
hennessy and certain upstate poll
ticians.
death. The two men were at their
posts when they felt a slight concuss-
ion, but thought nothing of 1t.
The earth trembled, and finally the
men decided to go outside and inyes-
tigate. At the portal they saw heavy
valumes of smoke pouring from the
air shaft and at once gave the alarm.
Though within few hundred feet of
the men who were killed, the dust
cloud did not penetrate to them, and
they were unaware OF the accident
until they reached the portal.
Wrecked the Fan.
The explosion played many queer
Franks. Ii wrecked the expensive ian
which supplies the workings with
air, and the evntilators were damag
ed beyond repair. There was very
little bad air in the mine. following
the disaster, and Mine Superintend-
ent Meerdink said that he was able
to reach Room 33. the last in the
west portal within forty minutes af-
ter the accident. He said there was
no fire in the workings.
The men in the east entry escaped
with less mutilation than in the west
entry, much of the force of the eXplo-
sion having been spent. In the west
entry, men were found with clothes
blown from their bodies. One of the
relief crews reported that a mule had
been blown from its harness, which
was four hundred feet away. The
shoes had also been blown from the
animal and were found embedded in
the timber
Raised False Hopes.
At midnight a report was received
from New Castle that a rescue party
in the east entry had heard tapping
on one of the choked up rooms and
there was a hurried scramble from
town for the site of the mine. Wom-
en- Joined in the rush, thinking some
had been saved. Investigation dis
closed the falsity of the report. how
ever.
Filled with Debris.
Inside the mine was scene of in
describable horror when the first re-
lief crews went in. They report the
passageways choked up with heavy
timbers, irons, fallen rock and coal,
while the debris is six feet deep on
the surface. Many of the rooms were
sealed up, wholly or partially. ana
by the use of their lanterns the min
ers discovered parts of bodies held by
wreckage. There was also n report
that one man had been caught under
the mule killed by the explosion, and
was still alive. Immediately half
dozen miners started to investigate,
but again it was only a false hope.
At seven o'clock this morning the
rescue crews had removed all the bod
les in the main workings, twenty-five
in all. There were still three bodies
in sight, which could be removed only
after the debris had been taken out.
The remaining victims are imprison-
ed in the rooms high above the main
entry-ways. In these the explosion
caused the coal roofs to fall in, seal
ing the victims in their tombs.
Work was started this morning to
clear away the passage-ways to the
rooms, and scores of men are engaged
with pick and shovel in that task.
The following is the list of the
dead in the mine. thirty-seven in all:
l.. L. CRAWFORD. age 80, mine
foreman. leaves wife and child.
D. C. holland. age 35, leaves wife
and two children.
LOUIS FUSCHINO, age 80, leaves
wife and two children.
ADDIE NORTON. age SO. leaves
wife and one child
ARvID JOHNSON, age SO, leaves
wife and one child.
w. T. REED. age 80, leaves life and
three children.
HERBERT WOODS. age IS, leaves
wife and one child.
NAJD nnECTED loavac
wife and one child.
JOE LaBRANCH, age So, leaves
wife and five children.
MARION BONTO, age As, leaves
wife and four children.
LEE BONTO. age %, single.
BERT BARTLE, age 20. leaves
wife.
VIM. MEEsE, age So, leaves wife
and five children.
JOE FORREN. age AZ, leaves wife
and three children.