Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-28
Res Parties at Hasl = :
overing Bodies Of
plosion Victims.
NONE FOUND ALIVE
IN UPPER WORKS
Believed That Entire 1fs Miners ~.
ishsd From Explosion and 0as
State offieials Investigating char1sI
That Explosion was Caused BY. Alien
Enemy-supsrIntsndsnt Of s9l&Gey
crsw Among Thess Entrappid.

Hastings. Colo. April 2s.--Nine more
bodies making a total Of fifteen, wer1
found by the rescue crew which en-|
tered the Hastings mines Of the viO.|
tor-American Mining Company. one|
hundred nineteen men were entombedI
in this mine by an explosion yes4sxs|
day, and It is feared all have persisted. J
AS soon as tine Irst rescuers emsrI - 2
another crew entered the mine bear
Ing stretchers to bring out the NodiGos
Outside the mine scores OF voiun-|
teers pressed forward eager tosbs in|
the next shift to go inside. Forerne1
went about among the crowd picking
the most experienced men.
"You can't all 90. boys" the super-
intendent told them.
Fire 10 Put Out.
The rescue Grew reported thos Af6
In the mine was out and the work "a
repairing damaged portions and ~
clearing OF falling rock WAS proeee6s
Ing rapidly. 4, q .5S.ss
g. F. Bartlett. president OF the
or-Amerioan Company, .said ho
lieved some OF tho men had asphano
entrapped were trained In ste1ss
Jacob Reacs, ssuperinte
safety Grew. was IN The = ~ I||
time Of the explosion. ss sssi| 81
I'VE can not explain the explo1l61
said Bartlett. Electric lights. M0re
used in the mines. no miners wsre
mitted to use lights on their capa, and
the mine was frequently inspe6teAl
Every precaution was taken to- HaAkG|
1t safe 4 sS
Alien Ener,y Suspected
Leslie r. Hubbard. attorney general
Of Colorado, and an assistant, arrived
today to investigate rumors that ths|
explosion was. an act OF an alieu|
enemy and 10 probe into conditton1
touching the observance of mine safe
ty laws.
"The condition OF the mine lendd
some color to the theory that the cx.
plosion was of an origin thAt you
don't think Of" said Attorney General
Hubbard
In an explosion in the same prop
erty in 1912 twelve men were killed.
In Excellent Condition Before Fisv.
Besides Mr.. Hubbard. James Daley|
state mining inspector; Joe Basonil
Italian consul and deputy inspectol
went into the mine this morningI
Basoni Is looking after the ihterestd
Of any italians among the entombet(
miners. Mr.. Hubbard said:
THE fire boss. who inspected thu
mine yesterday morning. says In hil
report on flle In the office the mind
was in excellent condition them and
that he would not be afraid to carfs|
lighted flame in Il. The mon com
Ing out report there was evidAncA ol
an explosion. There can be no8expio1
sion without gas or the actual setting
OF something. This leaves q possi-
bility Of something of this kfnd-Ac
tual design in the explosion.
James r. Moran. Of Pueblo, preSi1
dent OF this district OF the United
Mine Workers. offered the local uniolI
thru its secretary all the financial ~,
needed. Moran said all tho ent0mbe4
men were members Of the crSantaaj
ton
Gas Kills Soms.
Tom Jolly, member Of hesrescuq
crew, gave the following account of hta
experiences: Il 81 q
I'VE did not get much farther thar
the fourth north entry. about seed
feet. In the fourth north entry VI
found the bodies. Some Of them were
crushed and some hadn't a mark on
them. Just died from the gas.syye dt4
not identify any Of them. We spen
most of our time setting up hrattics1
so as to get good air to che creW thai
followed US. We found little fall1z|
rock"
As the rescue crews descended siAse
the mine this morning they carYies
bottles of oxygen for resuScitatipGa ays
men they might find who bore stgnssol
life. ysi ~ ssSyEs
First Bodies Breusht OF s|
The first bodies--seven In NJ
were brought out Of the mine tAlo
ernoon. It has been asceze1 . e.
-inttely that the disaster did Adk ~
tain the element of fire 20 any e8ken1k5
The telephone in the, mine ofnSs -