Show R ii VICTIMS or Of THe TH I i I MINE fl EXPLOSION 3 O OI I 0 COffiNS ARE 1 D Na AV w. Va Dec 7 With With IWO five rescuing parties energy from everY ery pos possible ible point to toa mines numbers 6 and ande tU w sed e a F explore Goal Coal company subE sub sub- E of DC the Consolidation Coal com com- Kf t f Baltimore whence a x- x of oC black damp clamp occurred yester- yester forth every overy effort to uniting putting are ue whom they theP have cv- cv men IDen tIe the son n to aro are still In the 1 dead Sd or alive aUve a n hope bopo entertained ke Ae is ii of or tho the men who went one I 11 has hasUS morning mice mine yesterday u US th tb the terrific explosion an anti and the ced td with which the mines nc 2 n distel gas after the death deal deal- I sh f far be been bemi n nt bol bodies have ha so Jr e 1 K lt t to tho the surf surface cc and ant the tho doz dozen n kers from this and surrounding I tOW towns torn A who were nere on ou duty all night by bv r daylight ht had these o bodies washed anil made a as presentable as possible in an improvised mor morgue uc into which one ouo of tho the mine mino buildings has hns been converted Town Is Stunned With the dawn m of or day ay there bC began a heartrending march up and ancI down th the aisles I alon along which these bodies have been heen laid by br sobbing wives an and mothers und nod sweethearts orphaned children and stroll strong men inca each aeh seeking a near relative e or lIr beloved friend There aro 10 between n and inhabitants inhabitants in in- habitants in the minin raining mining town of Monongah Monon- Monon gab gah ah and it is jR JR doubtful if in this entire population there aro oro a score of f p persons persona who have havo not either cither a near relative or ora ora ora a close friend numbered among tho victims vie vic tims tirns of the disaster The Tho of the people town tonn are arc stunned b by the cata catastrophe trop e. e The rho They had bad lon long regarded regarded re re- re these m mines as practically immune immune im ira- mune roune from tho the dnn dangers so common to tho the coal mining industry Tho The plant of tho company compan was provided pro with eYer every device ice for tho the protection of life and tho the equipment was considered tho the most modern mod morl em ern and complete outfit used in tho the production production pro pro- of ot bituminous coal How Women Suffered Last ni night ht hundreds of men stood about tho the entrance of the tho two tw-o mines I ITher They Ther said laid nothing but when approached ap approached preached and asked aske a question they would give o i way to their emotions and ana often pvc give C wa way to tears During the night lew tew women wore were to be seen but al alt all day ye yesterday the women wore were the chief actors in most pathetic p and heartrending heartrending heart heart- rending scenes They crowded the sides of tho the hills bills overlooking the tho ill fated mines mineR und and cried crie aloud As AI tho the da la day advanced ad al- al vancel thc they became almost crazed aze through b grief and suspense 1 I I I t I-H-H-H-H-t H-H H He 1 I- I Ono One woman pulled out her i. hair handfuls at a a. time another another an- an i other tore aU all the skin from both bothof f of ot her cheeks with her finger I- I nails Some Somo lay down on the v i. frozen ground and cried themI themselves themselves them- them I selves to sleep In this condition 4 v many many- were carried to their I t 1 homos homes without awakening t tH 1 H M I 1 I I I t M-I-I-H-M-M-H- M I 1 H-H- H Tho The rescuing parties penetrated mine No G 6 about feet before th they came upon the first of tho the dead A majority of the corpses it is believed ed will nIl bo be found about a milo mile further back Search for Many Days Daya It is hardly possible that all an the bodies will be recovered for se- se several days S. 3 The men were w-cre working in a territory one ono mile square It will iU be bea days a s b before fore a thorough search of all of this area can bo be made As tho the searching searching search search- in ing parties partie advance thIn they must cl clear ar araway away the debris The explosion sion wrecked over o mine mino cars and these choke tho the entrance on all nil sides aides A peculiar and mil remarkable feature is that notwithstanding notwithstanding stan standing in the force of the explosion very little of or of tho the mine roof was wrecked By those who witnessed ed it the explosion was likened to the discharge of a 3 can DOn non Every ery movable able object shot with terrific force through h the tho mine At the entrance of mine No S a concrete concrete con con- crete creto power house bouso was completely de do- A A. piece pico of concrete weighing hin full fully 1000 pounds was blown n clear across the tho West Wet Fork river landin landing on the tho sido of a hillIn hill bill In a a. radius of a half lude mile not another another an an- another other Piece picco of concrete can cnn be found Great holes were torn in the hill bill on either side of the entrance of No Xo S 8 S. Tore Everything Up Mino j cars crushed as thou though h made mado of paper and the huge hUJe steel tipple was blown apart On nil all sides aides electric li light ht wires were thrown to tho ground round and man ninny many persons narrowly escaped death from these in the rush for tb the mine ne following tho the explosion The Fairmont and Clarksburg Traction Traction Traction Trac Trac- tion company's A cars pass within ten yardS r s of tho the mine entrance and a largo large e ear car ar crowded with passengers miraculously miraculous miraculous- ly escaped being blown into th tho West WestFork WestFork Fork ork river n All the tho passengers ers were stunned by bV the terrific concussion The rhe mine o say Ray that 40 per cent of the victims arc are Americans Rescuers Are Overcome Fifty physicians are at or 01 near the mines attending members of the rescuing in lag ing party man many of whom have havo been beon overcome and needed medical attention and ri ready ad to succor an any who may mar be brought ht from the depths of tho the mine mino alio alive oc The rhe company has sent rush orders order for coffins to Pittsburg Zanes ilIc and anal other lither towns tow the total number ordered ein being hein up ul to this time Governor Dawson of ot West Vet Virginia nia notified tho com company pan v officers that h he had ordered Chief Mine Inspector Paul of Charleston to tho scene and that he would arrived at Monongah this morn morn- inn ing I resident President Watson aton erin answering tho the governor governor gov gov- 0 cruor Mi said paid tho UIO mine explosion ion was tI mo most t. t deplorable and that probably all who wern in the mino at the time arc ruc dead Preparations are aro bein being made to brin bring the bo bodies ie from irom the tho mines nUDes in electric cars cars with which the n mines nes are arc equipped Coroner E E. E S. S Amos Amps of Fairmont will probably be begin in tho the inquest into the explosion ex cx- oM Monday onda morning |