San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-10
Fire Extinguished and
Crews Expect to Ex-
| plore Workings.
By the Associated Press.

explosion Saturday morning will be
found alive.
All available trucks have been
called into service TO haul bodies. :,
The latest bodies to be recovered
are blackencd and burned about the
face and hands, but identification Is
easier than for those first brought to
the surface.
Ten undertakers are WORKING at
the temporary morgue in the Knights
of Pythias Hall. They say bodies can
be handled as fast as they are taken
from the mine.
10 Bodies Taken Out.
The names Of those wlo have been
taken out of the mine follow:
GEORGE SHURTLIFF.
JOHN KOURGASTIS.
LOREN FULLMER.
GUST LUCAS.
JOHN BUZAS.
TONY MALAX.
ALFRED RICE JR.
W. A. BERRY.
JOHN THORPE. mine inspector.
GEORGE HARRISON.
w. W. POLLOCK.
NORMAN HARRISON.
Seven unidentified. =,
Real Roadway in the rescue work
started about midnight and continued
until morning. The crews, held back
all day Sunday by fire and cave-in. be-
gan rescue work with renewed vigor
at about s o'clock last night after
they had successfully combatted the
fire. Before . o'clock a force OF q
men was engaged in the relief work
at one time. BY midnight the work
was progressing with visor which
predicted an early end to the labors.
Gas Made Work Hazardous.
The poisonous gas, arch enemy o.
the rescue crews, was disappearing II
many portions Of the mine, accordin;
to reports, and in many parts OF TN
mine crews were carrying on their in
vestigptions. j..
I Relief stations and first aid depot
have been established as the worker
made Roadway. Airlincs and waite
Hines have been laid as the men ad
vanced and no chances are taken OF
other members OF the relief force be
ing killed by the fumes.
Last night was one OF gloom ant
sorrow. The single street of the tow
was crowded with relatives OF thos
entombed and with those who ha
volunteered. to aid in the relief work
Sleep came only to those who ha
grown weary by watching.
: Reports from the mine were cus
rent throughout the night. A rumo
of a fresh fire startled the town bu
this proved false. Different storie
were told Of the progress made b
: the relief crews. But through il a
e there remained constant the fallin
: hope Of those who prayed that III
t miners had benefited by the "chanc
OF a thousand"
Governor Charles II. Mabey is o
the scene. So is Dan Harrington, We
Gran of the United States bureau ,
mines. J. W. Richardson. head Of u
disaster relief section of the Pacil
district Of the Red Cross. arrived ye
! terday. Frank \. Cameron, vice pres
dent and general manager. arrived ais
from California. Other officials of Il
r company and the state are at u
mine.
. Blast Caused Disaster.
!, 4 destructive explosion Occurrt
] from some yet unknown cause Satu
e day morning about 5 10 O'Clock. Fir
y came terrific blast which hurl,
i timbers. piping and rails across Il
= gulch. a distance Of several thousar
n feet. The S00-pound steel door of Il
4 escapeway was hurled half mile. ~
b second blast came n minute later al
in 20 minutes came the third. III
IL relief and the reconstruction start
e at once and have been carried on co
l. tinuously ever since.
Andrew Gilberis, IS. a survivor
the mine disaster ut Winter Quartz
6 and an inspector at the Castle Ga
Mine No. .. is among those still mi'
ing. Gilberts has been with the Ut
In Fuel Company for 80 years. One
his sons is member Of resc
party.
Other men who have spent ma
years with the company and are N
ie near three score years and ten. M
A. Edward J.. Jones, Thomas j.. Rec
I'd Edward Cox and Alma Hard
o. Hardes' two brothers were victims
SC the Winter Quarters disaster May
SIS 1900. when approximately 200 IN
t. lost their lives in the mines and t
1T died in rescue WORK.
Seven causes were yesterday CIV
I'd out BY the company where fathers Q
IS sons were working together IN
e. mine at the time of the explosi
n, Among these are the following: "
liam Morrison and sons, Dan a
p James: Thomas Harrison and 50
w Norman and George; Horace Simps
and sou. Clarence; Thomas Pc
senior and junior; David Evans
son. Frank; Bassil Glttins and $
a Brint0n. and Robert Dodd and S
RS Harry.