The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-04-28

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bring out bodies. Mine officials an
nounced that the would not be at
tempted until there was no more hope
Of saving any one alive.
Telephone Rings Constantly.
The telephone In the mine office
raRg constantly today. Calls from all
parts of the state inquiring whether
this or that man was Ia the mine
came In. \ clerk answered them al
with a blunt "who,--yos. he's inside.
one man aid not go into the min"
yesterday because he had lost his CAP.
While he WAS IN the store getting q
new one. the explosion took place.
Tho mine management is sending
oxygen in steel bottles into the min"
so that there may be every possible
chance of resucitating any men not
beyond hope
The one telegraph line into Hastings
has been bosiegcd with messages from
all parts OF the country nquirlng
" neither such aud such men werr
snfc
The disaster seems To have upset
the entire community. NcJtly every
one b. tclcphomng on tolegraphiur
relatives IN other parts Of the coun.
Try of their safety
The first bodies seven In number
were brought out OF the mime this az
ternoou
u has been uscortaued definitely
that the disaster did not contain the
element of fire tu any great extent.
but WAS an explosion
The bodies, as fast as they were
brought up the air course from the
workings were laid iu row ON q
strip Of coarse burlap ON the orch
floor of the mine machine shop.
Women Weep ~ They Walk
J A. soon as the news that bodies were
being brought out reached tho settle
ment a procession OF meu women ana
children started FOR the pu mouth
Women hurried up muddy path,
ankle deep in u slipper, snsh from
yesterday snow ThcN wcpt as th"y
went Nt the top they could only wait
outside the impToNi-cd morguo fuI
word that tho bodies uf their hus-
band. had 20 least been recovered
Further than thnt there was uu Huws
, Men pccrtd through the windows oI
came through uuruardcd doors to SEQ
whose body had been found Th'
crowd vaE dense lll around the bod
les until officers cleared the room.
b In the midst of am the tragedy MON
/ hers OF different rescue ,urps found
time 60 bonst of the excellence and
completeness of theu equipment tni
saving lifc. Carpenters hammered a
s:rctchcrs to send into the mime foi
more bodies.
! Outside us each bod, covered wiz
hurlap was brought out 20 cry wrnl
'up from the waiting throng. lnSid'
corps OF undcrtukers uud rough out
ready assistants went about their bust
ness. A. the bodies lny n rows thh
man cor that would be identified p,
the number Of the brass cheek issue,
10 an miners 81 know him" ono o.
the workers would cry, "hc's driver
or hes Groek' on 'his name is -'
and so.'
enc, woman determined to fiu'
her husuaud's body f Il were there
pounded az q door unit. rs brace
gave way and SD walked iu cnrryiw
a baby m her arms She was remove
gently but promptly
Mine employees expected uo NOR
bodies to hc brought out Tor som'
time Some 90 those located were lrf
Iu tho mime temporarily ncoJusr tnel
were in iuatgcs-iuIr place SuD'
rrm remarks as There t- CIrIu1I
OF ,,-kvts ordered To- 20, her, tow0r
row and that's not th, way Co. wuk
StUctch,r- IL takes six men to hlHdh
% man ON one OF those. ", nlWtN
made them this way before. were q
be heard