The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-25

in The tunnel OF the eight fcsCucfN vi
may DIE Two men also were overcome
Superintendent Saved
A third rescue party entered the tun
mel a. 3 W O'Clock and brought out
alive Gustav & Van DuIrn. ,uperin-
tcudeu' u' NairVUrk construction who
had headed 'hc second relief force Van
DWw mas DE IRON hI, experience
One body va, also brought uut by the
third rescue party This was mem
her Ui the second rescue crew II had
been supposed that Van Du1en had per
i,hri
Original Victims Still Buried
Nll 'hr ten bodies recovered up 10
'h., afternoon are member, oi the
iifV and second rescue parties Eleven
Wufkmen originally cn,ombcd are still
buried ks,cucfs believe the tunnel
ga,cI iu after the explosion and the
remaining victim, are buried under
tons OF mud and may mo-, be reached
. Tor days
The tragic fate oi the fe'cuers in the
first and second instance, was due 20
NE lac, that they worked without
oxygen helmets. which were unayall.
able or those rescued who aiterward
died M pu'motnfS were at hand TO AID
20 fcvIyug them
Rescue Apparatus Condemned.
The rescue apparatus was ronnlly
condemned hy the fcsrucr, and Mayor
Harry J. DAVIS promised 10 conduct =
rgii iUyr,ugaiion into rhs shotirom
NIX as we'll as into the catastrophe y.
SELF
The third rescue party was equipped
with helmet, which had been assembled
hu, rcafh eleven hours had elapsed
following the explosion before suii
gicn' equipment ,u II, ou' the ,hltt
rescue party was a, hand 10 pcfmi, 4
descent into the tunnel
Cause No, Aseer,ained.
The cause ~ the explosion has no
set been asJcfiautd II IS suppose,
,ha, some workman struck a pooks, o
"a, With a pick of possibly gas col
.rg,el ID the tunnel and became ignit
"a b, an electric spark
The tunnel va, equipped With clcc
'ually driven machinery tor cNJlNat
ing
The party oi eleven v1fkmen caugh
hN 'hc explosion entered The tunnel a
o'clock last Night The work ha
hrsn carried ON iu three shit, lhl
. force va, IN charge Ut Harry Nolke'
as shit boss First rilmauon OF M,
disaster Uams when William DUlar
lu,k tender iu the air chamber at M,
. entrance ir ,hr tunnel heard the dul
, bosom ui 'hc explosion
Give, Alarm to Surface
I Dnan wa, thrown uui ui the doc
f, leading ifuw ihr ar chamber into th
tunnel This door va, iammed hy th
blast and deadly lume, poured ON, 10
The tunnel almost overcoming Dollar
Us finally managed iD close /, and the
releasing the msh pressure from IN
aif ghamhsd. ~ opened the door lead
irg in the crib above and gave M
alarm ~ men a, the surface Of th
lake
I. Foreman John Johnson ,ummonc
volunteer, aud lci The iif,t rescue par
IL, vi volunteer, down ihr elevator am
into he tunnel One hundred and M
y We, lee, from The bottom ut 'hr shat
the, hcgan 10 stumble. rfumple an
iall. overcome b, lumt, nulan. VIII
had resumed hi, poet m the ait cham
. her. rushed alter them lie saw
flash n, hgh, m The darkness Improve
10 hc luhu,1u's flash hsh,. which b
l still sfa,rcd where he had fallen
Dtsss.d TO Safety.
Dolan dragged him back 20 the bot
tom " me elevator and went back NJ
mo,' d,al him,sli he dfagVci Pet,
Mtksnrs tu safety Then ne collapse,
Others ito'r the ,'ih iuok The three II
the elevator and the, were place
aboard boat, which had hsrn a,itaytc
ifum short hy rocket,
II va, 'Wu hours later that Va
nuisn. vho had been summoned itu'
his home. organized N, second ftstu
patty IN shut, and wcn, to the ctil
With h,, mtn he dt,rtnded into N
tunnel lis men found Michael ksoue
oi the first tesoue patty still all,
and dragged him uw The, wen,
aeain onlt ~ suffer the same ial
which hal h,iallsu the first part
linall, four ~ 'hsm managed ~ t,a,
rtf back ~ safety The others did n,
,umc oni until he third rescue part
vas organized anil went aiitt ihcm
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