The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-20
This is being used today IN the work
OF repairing this shaft ~ 4 7, y

, This Is being used today In the ;wofk
OF repairing this shaft. "
Inside the mine is conside rablys dam
aged near the bottom where the az.
ploring party went Rails were twist.
ed and torn and cars and brat ica work
blown about. The hosting SHAFT and
cage Is the worst damaged and tn
fire that burned yesterday in this opens
ing melted steel beams and trncis
near the surface opening. The cage tt
this shaft and the superstrucftfe o.
the tipple are twisted and torn Sbys
the force Of the explosion.
So far as the rescue party explored
no sign OF fire In the mines was found.
1t Is thought that even IL small sdres
mad started that the foul gas would
have long since smothered ont thS
blaze. The fire In the hosting ahaft
was extinguished with water last nfsiit
and today no water is being forced "A.
TO tho openings. Eight hundred thotiSs
and dollars is investment in machinery
and equipment at the plant according
to general manager r, A. Jamisuna
this including the buildings. ThS
buildings are the worst DAMAGED al
the outside equipment, many az thS
walls being partly torn down and nor.
tons OF the roofs being blown a. i
Frank Hilver and Billy: Hacker Were
the first men to enter the mine shaft
after the explosion occurred and tbov'
descended on the temporary structnrSs
about eight o'clock last night. They
did not leave the air shaft but worfefi
Tor more than an hour clearing aVRy
the wreckage In the passageway sand
at the bottom so that the axrior4nr
!. party with helmets could enter. s
Vance. whose body was recoyersd
was found directly at the bot tom 81
smart B, having just entered nom theI.
outside for his day q work e n
thought that he had jlst stepped froD1
the cage when the explosion Occurred
and was blown back to the shaft sThs
cage had started up on the return Strif
ana was blown entirely out gong out
the top Of the structure and tsarinr /:
out the wheel at the top that Carried
the cable. = ~ e Z 2 NJ ~ IS
one OF the worst features Of the ~. !
cue work and exploring will ba ia
dead horses and mules that were slsfIi.
cd and their bodies torn and nfan1Ja4
anu the pieces blown about the nniIie3
twenty seven horses and seversi
mules were in the stables. Thu fsfabisr
were evidently near the origin az fbs $
explosion as the brick walls wore ~.
tirely demolished and manyi a N (:
blast. - '-a'ss 3ssss
All Of the other coal con,psniss m /.
this region who had aid teams and IN
paratus for rescue work rushed fheir
men to the Jamison mine ana amoar
tnese were men from the Consoiids.
tion mines. Harry B. Clark mines Il
baxter, Fafrmont Mining: MacliinerS;
company and today party n III,
men comprising the first aid reiisY
team OF the II. c. Frick Coke comnany
arrived at 1880 on the MononEnheIa
railway from Pittsburgh and went Ia
the mine to offer their services. n *
Manager Jamison and Superinfen6
ent beerbower appreciate the hem III
the other companies very frssfiv
although until the remaining fan ionss 4
;s repaired and the air cleared linsids
but little can be done.
or the men who are entombed nrsn.
men was working his first day a. fhe
MN: while Iliggsnbotham and Teastrs
nan begun Monday. Late :iis affef.
noon the relatives Of Vance a.rey r.
the Jcres hIorgue in this citYS WhesS
the body now iies and wera iIi1n i,iss M,
Identity the man. It is % sssbto INIT
the body recovered is not that AZ fKs
electrician but may $ be AIHsnn x
some other miner who was shJovr ~ :
the foot Of the shaft. =
All dav hundred. aSr..r. zlS7ee1t1g
friends OF the injured miners; and idIs
curious persons from Fatrmont crowd.
go ABOUT the store at the mfnesaWnff.
Jug tne latest news OF the rescti6
work. When 1t was learned that Nd
Iurtner attempt would be smade Ia
mr1ng the bodies from the mine toby.
tne women and children left because
OF the rain. This afternoon there
were but few spectators and the 5n3s.
1ority OF these were kept outsids tfS
ropes that were drawn. about The: plant
Yesterday to keep back the crowds
who might hinder the work Of the u.
pair men and relief parties.
Sheriff c. D. Conway and 4 SSorca
OF deputies policed the grounds W.,
terday and today but had no trou6is
with any Of the visitors. ~ a
one OF the remarkable featuras II
the catastrophe is the lack or WeepfnR
widows and doleful lamentations fhSf
are usual in such accidents. YesfeP
day some few Of the wives ana fft1if
relatives Of the entrapped men iSfiS
the Office with tears streaming DOM
their faces when they had been told :
that their husbands were inside Buf
today. while every one present wore
a sorrowful aspect, both the men and
women had the grim stoical manner
OF those who face death daily III tho
mines. e N; q ~