Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-11-07
VICTIMS FOUND
BY teams FROM
RESCUE STATION
:. Spang gler, Pa, Nov. 7.-(By A. P.)-The
bodies OF slxtythree miners who lost their lives in
the Kelly mine explosion here yesterday lay in the

n here yesterday lay in the
city morgue at 9 o'clock
this morning. Thirteen
more were in sight, the
mine rescue workers said and thirty.
TWO Injured in the miners hospital.
Leaders of rescuers summarized
the situation at that hour
Men in mine when explosion occur
red not more than 112.
Bodies recovered, fifty.
hodies located in mine, thirteen.
iAlured in hospital, thirty-two.
Total accounted for, ninety-fve
There was still some uncertainty
10 the number OF men who went
y wort Yesterday, Int II wa7 roipt.
ed out that if the total was 112, as
5ius .utaOLJ.~s beletla. rss.
MINORS would probably
be found in the eighth heading where
ranidly that
exploration this morning had been
oasloir. fyen If these men had
gone INTO the mine it WIS asserted
'l robably persisted.
TINT proved true the leaders
nd the number OF dead would reach
siehty.
a0 IS werc being made to repair
he pumps damaged by the explosion
r. the workers were cutting
esa~e way thru the coal between
oirhth and ninth headings With
work complete, they hoped TO
each the last OF the uneNplored gal
cdeY
Recover Five More Bodies.
Spangler, Pa, Nov. Tive more
bodies have been taken from the
ne to the temporary morgue
bringing the total OF known dead at
six o'clock this morning TO forty.
Thirty-three men had previously been
taken out alive. Rescue workers ex-
pressed a belief that there were no
more living miners. On this assump-
tion that total death list would be
sixty-oDe.
Unk7oWn Number In Mine.
Offiials of the Reilley coal company,
owners of the mine, were not certain
of the number of workers in the pit
when the disaster occurred. They ex-
pressed the belief that the death toll
would be between fifty and sixty
Thirty-one men rescued last night are
in hospital here and physicians said
they would recover The grim task Of
the dead started about 2
o'clock this morning, after the wives
and children Of he missing miners had
been induced to return home. They
stood in the misty rain all through
yesterday. Rescue chiefs believed
that the mine would be cleared of
bodies this afternoon. Watchmen were
placed in the area about the mine
mouth and kept the hundreds of curl.
ous persons away.
Make Temporary Morgue.
Miners Hill, little structure here,
was the temporary mOrgue Under.
takers here in Barnsboro and Johns
town were ordered to prepare for the
lead men.
Red Cross and Salvation army
workers from Pittsburg, Altoona and
johnstown were on hand distributing
coffee and sandwiches to the rescue
squads as they came to the surface
with their burden Of death or to re-
plenish their oxygen tanks for a new
exploration Of the muddy pits
When rescue workers entered the
nine soon after noon yesterday, they
bodies in the main way
)nly 100 feet from fresh air. They
1alted only long enough to make sure
here was no spark of life and then
hurried on into the gassy chambers
o search for possible survivors. Their
hopes were high when they came on a
'udley constructed bratticeon which
vas scrawled. There are 20 miners
behind this
But the rescuers pushed deeper into
he mine for men who had not forti
led themselves. The gas was strong
1t this point and they feared that
should they break down the barrier
he weakened condition of the men
'ould not stand the thrush of the
leadly fumes Other rescuers later
ound more than a score of bodies
luddley together. 1t is believed that
he group was one behind tho hntt'nn
An examination showed that the
orce of the explosion lifted the tan
'ullding from its foundation. 1t is
ocated 200 feet from the tipple This
tructure must be air tight and for
learly an hour it was not working eff
ectively. Mud was plastered about
he cracks hastily and its operations
continued
Movable and bulk heads were be-
ng constructed today. These were
ttached to he front of the mine cars
nd the rescuers were going deeper
nto the mine. But they had no hope
hat living miner would be found in
he depths now
A Good Day for II.