Show NUMBER NUMBER OF DEAD IN MONONGAH MINE 11 DISASTER WILL LIKELY REACH I W Va Dec Dee 7 At 9 tonight a total of twentynine bodies have been recovered from mines of the Fairmont Coal company scores of other victims were in sight of the I rescuers and arid it was estimated that at least dead will be brought to the surface before daylight tomorrow Late today and tonight the deadly black blackdamp blackdamp I damp became more pronounced as the further recesses of the tho mines were ap approached approached I It was stated tonight by i General Manager Leo L Malone that 48 actual actu l miners were checked off as entering the mines yesterday morning This number it was further stated did not include fully trappers mule drivers and boys who are not under the cheek check Should these figures be correct the death list will vIll be over oyer persons Bodies Fearfully Mangled The condition of the bodies thus far recovered recover d is horrible Many are dis dismembered dismembered some are fearfully crushed and the rest are blackened bla and burned beyond recognition S SA A score or more of men of the rescuIng Ing ng parties are in a critical condition to tonight tonight tonight night from inhaling black damp Sev Soy Several eral of them are expected Up to late today many entertained high hopes that some of the entombed men would be taken from the mines alive As ts the bodies bodi s recovered today however were brought bro ht ti tb ta the surface I horribly mangled all hope was dis dig dispelled dispelled and distressing scenes enes followed Destitute Families It Is estimated that 20 families fambles are destitute In many places relief funds have already been started for fop the wid widows wIdows widows and children The accident the greatest in the history of American mining has dazed the people Tonight the streets of both this town and Fair Fairmont Fairmont Fairmont mont are crowded with people while thousands thousand line the hills in the vicinity of the mines mined Every barroom In Fair Fairmont Fairmont mont and Monongah is closed clOsI l Through Throughout out the territory over sixty miles have suspended operations temporarily and about miners misers are visiting here and andin andIn andin in Fairmont airmont Word comes from the rescuing party that many bodies are ready to be brought out |