The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-23
EIGHT BODIES
Of MINERS YET
N JAMESON MINE
Rescue Parties Do Not Ex-
pect to Reach Men I'm
til Tomorrow.
VANCE FOUND SATURDAY
Exploring and Removal of
Debris Proceeds With
=. Great Difficulty.
VANCE FOUND SATURDAY

Not since Saturday evening at IL
o'clock have the rescue parties work
Ing in Jamison No. z at Barrackyille
where an explosion took place last
Thursday been able to locate any OF
the bodies known to be In the interior
Of the mine.
At II o'clock Saturday the body OF
A. w. Vance was taken out terribly
disfigured. Identification was posi-
BILE only by means OF q shirt and his
chewing tobacco, q brand which none
Of the other men chewed and pack
Of cigarettes which he was known al
ways to carry. Vance's body was
charred beyond recognition, his hair
being burned on and the flesh barred
and burnt all over his body. The body
was taken to Jones undertaking estab
lishment where It was prepared for
burial and subsequently shipped to
Enterprise for interment.
Should any other bodies be recov'
cred today or tonight 1t will be by
chance as the men working In the
mine have gone but half mile so far
building air passages, bratticing and
exploring each section as they 90
along. When the men reach q section
the entire supply OF air is shunted in
behind them and the supply cut of
the rest Of the mine. There are four
shifts Of about 20 men each working
daily. Each shift spends six hours in
the mine.
At the rate the men are progressing
Il will take until probably tomorrow
nfternon to reach the far sections
where the officials Of the coal com.
spauy think the dead men are. The
explorers have reached the stable
where, q mules and brick stable
'epuiit In the nina mara pulxsrixsd-Mhsa
lhe explosion took place.
A Tumor that Q man was blown to
pieces and that part OF him was found
has been current In Fairmont for the
past two days. This Is denied by the
mine officials and Is very likely un.
true as there have been outsiders on
the grounds all during the work.
There is possibility, the officials say,
that the rumor got started when a
crew reaching the surface after the
first descent into the mine came back
with the story that mans leg was
seen at the bottom Of the pit. This
was covered with debris and slate
The leg only being exposed. This was
he body OF Isiah Leasure, the first
nan brought to the surface.
The total list Of those found are
lsiah Leasure, Warrington, found Fri
lay morning last; L. NJ. Jones, Nom
oer rescue party, found Friday morn
ing last; A. w. Vance. Enterprise
found Saturday night II o'clock.
Those still in the mine are: NJ. w
Allison, Squire S. L. Vincent. James
Menear, F. Higginbotham, Harry Dren
men, A. L. Chapman. ]. Pagan, John
Foster. colored.
The rescue parties are unable to
state just where the bodies OF the
electricians are inasmuch as these
men were In the habit OF jumping on
2 motor and running 1t to any place IN
the mine to make repairs. Should
these men be found today or tonight II
will be because they are accidentally
S stumbled upon as the brattice party
works its way tediously into the In
terror.
Jamison No. Z surroundings have be
gun to take on a clean and neat ap
pearance since the men have gotten
The place clear Of debris. The entrance
10 shaft B has ben provided with an
Dir chute and set Of air safety doors
or an air lock. This permits the all
Gree passage into the mine even while
1he cage 10 working up and down in
& he shaft.
The mine rescue car ard the state
officials are still on the lob assisting
al possible In making the entrance
into the interior less difficult aud al
Ill times watching the air which Is
reported this morning az being very
good.
At noon today 10 men with shoyels
went sent into the mine to work at the
stable. These men were instructed e
dig q large hole In which to bury the
\ dead animals, after the animals had
been covered with kresol, disinfect
ant. The pieces Of mules will! have &c
be shoveled from under and among the
bits of bricks This job may take q
rouple Of days. But one fan has beer
repaired and Is being used. This L
furnishing good amount Of air to the
men working in the mine and expert,
claim that all danger from q second
explosion or from further deaths re
sulting from bad air has been eliJni
mated.