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Show 'PRIIRO'S OEM) ARE CARRIED TROT ii K IN A BUNDING SNOW ST0RIV1 ii . ! i Many of the Bodies Were Blown to Pieces. So Great Was the Force of the Ex plosion'"Coffins from Denver I Prlmeio, Colo.. Feb. 2. The awful , force of ihe explosion In the Prlmer coal mine, which exacted a toll of Beventy-flvc lives Monday afternoon, was shown this morning as the explorers ex-plorers penetrated deeper Into th workings. Seven more bodies were recovered during the night, making a total of 40. I But It Is extremely Improbable that th full roster of dead will ever be given the last rites that their families and friends would pay, for conditions In 'the deeper workings Indicate that many of the victims were literally blown to pieces. Pieces of the shattered steel-jacketed lamps they carried are probably all that ever will be found. Human flesh with Jabbed parts of lamps were found by explorers this morning as I they approached tho seat of tho explosion. rresn air nas neen lorcea into wio i workings for nearly a mile. The bodies bod-ies have all been taken from entries A 7, S. 9 and 10, all to the left of the main slope, but no work has yet been done In the entries to the right of the main air course, where it is believed many lives were lost Nature hersolf lent a- hroud of whlto to the battered fragments of human beings carried to their graves thlft morning. A blinding snowstorm Is raging about the little camp today, adding to the difficulties oT the cutside workers. When the night shift cam out of the roino at 8 o'clock this morning reports wore received that relief wor!? had been retarded during tho night bv the damaged condition of tho workings. work-ings. Exploration work in entries A 9 and A 10 disclosed that caye-ins had resulted from the explosion varying vary-ing In depth from two to three feet, i These entries run back from the I main slope a distance of 3.000 feet No attempt Is being madn to clear away the debris other than to allow the restoration of ventilation and to aid the discovery of bodies that may bo on or near the surface. It Is bolleved that many of the 30 bodies still In tho mine may be burled under the debrU and may not be-recovered for days or woeks. It Is the opinion of those working underground that the main slope and A entries will all have been explored before uight. when attention will be directed to clearing the B entries alontr the main air shaft of the poisonous gsues- Durlng the night Tom Jolly, frmr superintendent of the local mine and now superintendent of the Victor American Fuel company's mine at De-1-egua. was overcome, but this morning morn-ing had recovered and returned to the work underground. Mr. Jolly Joined the relief forces yesterday. Coroner Gullfoyl and his assistants are today rushing tho work of preparing pre-paring the bodies for burial. Last night a shipment of 61 coffins arrived from Denver, and with those already on hand ample provision has been made for caring for the dead. Nearly a 6Core of bodlos have already been prepared for burial and probably bv tomorrow morning all the recovered bodies will bo loaded on a special train and eent to Trinidad for interment |
