Show TAlK ATH TRAP UP ui uit t US VICTIMS e e Fire Subdued and Recovering Recovering Recovering Re- Re covering of Bodies I Begins Ri SCENES AS WORK V PROCEEDS ii h Came by Suffocation on Day of the Accident Acci- Acci dent 1 RY aT Y m IlL NOV ID The The see see- c ad d act lct of ot the St. St Paul tragedy tho tha recovery and at- at identification of ot tho UIO dead dead dead-be- bc- bc bodies thoo of two iod odil 7 Three and aia ft I boy were brought to tho the fice ice ace ro Tour Fout others dragged th tie debris of or the tho second gallery taken In the tho cage case but were not notto tt to the tho surface Fifty or aT i other bodies beyond reach for fore ke e because of the tho fire nrc seen coca IlK C wreckage of or smoldering tim- tim nd nd mud zad ad d pros prospect ct for tho the day dav av became tnt when firemen unrolled a 1 great p of cI canvas can on the prairie beyond main shaft Here the three bodies eb b were the tho first to be brought out oute e e laid bid to Identify Dead rf tt stricken men women ami aUll chil- chil formed orm a great groat circle about them many turned awa away unable nimble to toC C the sobs fobs and cries of those who rd ed seeking dead Two of odies its ks were quickly ide tilled 11 e but buttil nil til cores eore of ot women ba had gazed blackened features and turned to to 3 1 await t the tho next dreaded load tho depths of the tho mine rnino by I know the lad it its it's ts poor lit lit- it- it kie Buckles J exclaimed a aa tl a its it's Dickie tho sta stable le boy bo looking at tho the lads lad's face id ld Man tanu Stearns an invalid only boy loy is among tho tim missing to the tho outer fringe frinco of the tho crowd crowd 33 15 haunted the since Satur cant can't nott oh ob I can can t t look ho he fal fill with ith his hands bands covering co his Finally word ord was brought to that tbt tho the body dy was not that of his hise I f e tody of oC Louis Gibbs was next iced Gibbs' Gibbs wi widow ow was ill at and tho the corpse was recognized tro Ye ro cre 1 were many man women but there More more noro children With their heavy about their hr heads d the women heir beir nl way to where the tLc bodies bodic od lid one ono after another turned away others past th tho relief of with Kith with hopeless eles grief in ill their t y I scattered about the yards an and tracks tracks to bo Lo alone Dlan ninny many with oz children clinging to their Equal Messina tas wa at Messina after the tho earth earth- but the horror of that a vo no worse than this said id P p. p D Bicknell el the tho Bed Jiel Cross rep rep- the c c in the crow crowd a aB B and her Ler voun young daughter The rho Ther Thet r t with folded arms and aud dr dry swayed from side to side sido as if the infant while whilo her lithe litlo girl irl I to comfort comfort her bor er mind mamma said the litwell lit- lit well wel 1 find papa third victim to ho be 1 identified was His check number p J wa was as found in iii jilt the tho hi pocket of t. t Word was sent to ouo one of his hisa a tJ 1 j that's George Georce Mr r. r Coroner r l 1 1 hut but Jul dont don't take take- the body bod bou house There ore fC two moro more to fa I Ibba e have two moro more brothers in 1 t c r wife iCo of ot tho victim d the temporary morgue just as y was carried carried in ly 1 George My 31 George she shed be beed ed d and collapsed into the tho arms r r. r brother in ham ium a Chicago 0 fire fire- who ho aided in taking McMullin's tc 1 from tho UIO mine told toM of or tilo tho dis- dis is' is t L J little boy bov in ill re his son 1 ond of ts brother bhe I had ld no son MD I to Save ve Boy he be had bail that little hl boy clasped arms ans nhon h n wo we him hun saul baid nd The rite rhe boys boy's arms were re reb ret ti b Lii neck anti and the nina man held the tho t to bi hIS M breast k Tb Tho nina man had bad ou on ouan k sn nail Dol 1 this I h. h an ho lie harl pulled a r a as though l ho lIo had bail tried tiled ti sd L himself lf df from rom suffocation 5 4 en n wa Was tucked down unman un- un man A coat t Is il tLc a v Ma-v i tIle thc y l cd Wo We Wol l hia t ar about arout out a hiJ d feet teet from rr i tho the had hail un m h the tho 1 Imy 0 an trying to lo tor 0 t n air nir shaft hl t. t of ke r the in th ta f mine through the tho cf- cf as Chicago I ato early la today e- e fough t that fire firo inch h by 13 said i at lit nto lito of i. o the h c mine doin A A After ter had d do wo We n Ih there c e nearly two hours bc he- fo iol thought t it wa was a Jon Jond long bug d d' d tb o o effort find ani started back the to como back bacle to u cJ to to 0 tb comp com an and l kept gl for firo Ot back They st stayed two o an anil a hall half hours hourEt kayo nl It until ill tb cr C trace thc t j 4 muo bad Lul Leen extin- extin b by S to tb tiler d tt 3 o nf tho hod r. r had Irom rom B suffocation and Il nt tt dead c ay days cc f 0 declared that hi his assertion that death came carno to every man manIn manin manin In in tho the mine before sundown of or da ria day the da dav of tho the fire was clearly demonstrated J JJ j y the tho disclosures Water was ms poured into unto the mino mine aurin during dur aur- in lag ing tho the fire without quenching it The wat water r formed into r rivers on the floors of the tho veins where lay the tho dead The heat beat of tho the flames boiled tho water I and in iu it lay hay tho unfortunate lead I That they did i l not dip die b b. by fire firo is evident evi ci dent because o tho the clothing was not even scorched Confusion in Identifying Bodies I Much confusion arose over oyer tho idea idon- tiou of the tho dead Though the theT T described the tho body of McMullin lin un as us that of the bo man who clasped tho the boy bOr in hi his arms tho boy 1101 was claimed bv by tho the mother and aDd sister fistor of Alfred Kroll 15 years old a trapper an and they also alro identified fd the other body bod as that of tho the boys boy's father Henry Heury Kroll KroU 6 years od Kroll KroU Fister of Alfred de declared de- de ed clau-ed there could bo ho no mistake t It is papa and Alfred Aifred she bho said bitterly II I I know papa was ns trying t to save my little brother They Tho- died in iii each rach ott others other's ers er's arms arras There is no uio doubt about tho identification identification Menti- Menti of McMullin c hut hilt ri another authier r body at first thought ht to have havo been hicen Lewis Low s Gibbs i is thought to ho bo Kroll The Iho hoy boys boy's body bOlly first identified as s Richard Kichard Buckles is tho the body bod- claimed by Mrs rs Kroll Krohl as that of her bier SOD con Body of Rescuer Recovered The Tho fifth hotly body brou brought to tho the sur cur face faco was ns ono one of the volunteer rC rescuers who vent down Saturday afternoon after the tho firo fire broko out lio Ho was Charles Yn Waite tc 31 j years old married anti and was a i night bo boss bogs s 's in in tho the third vein Waito was as loitering about tho mouth of ot the tho shaft Saturday when tho alarm of ot the flue came camo up tuTu from below Hopeful of getting tho the men out ho he rushed to the CJ cage o. o 41 Now mou neu bc he said to lo those attile nt at tile tho hoisting apparatus overhead o let lether lether her down flown iu in a jiffy Well We'll get et these men ur UP in a hurry Ho disappeared from tho the surface ant and aud came canto up Utu alive c. Tho The hoisting engineer engineer en en- alarmed at 1 getting ettin no signal I nl pulled up tho the Ci cage cige e It was waN empty W le on un descending hind had walked off into OUt ono of tho the galleries That ho lie struggled against great o odds ds and actual actually walked into tho fire faro in which ho was wag evidenced f bv by bythe 9 thu the burned condition of tho body |