| Show GREATEST T OF f ALL MINE HORR HORRORS Eleven Hundred Miners Perish In InAn InAn InAn An Explosion at France WHOLE REGION IS APPALLED I Is mid u nil I Iron g I i t to Ill Six Sit 81 Thousand Mothers In Ies And 1111 Pane 11 The worst fears tears as iiI asto asto to 10 the enormity of the mine mImic disaster In Inthe inthe the district ot of the Pits Pas do Calale Saturday morning have been re realized reo The rite death cI ath list numbers 1100 and the tho whole of ot the region stands stand ap up appalled Patted palled nt ot the terrible tragedy lra which has ha brought sorrow BOrrOW to tn fathers mothers moot mol tiers hers wives wins and children The lam lut lad great mine disaster In InFranco InFranca Franco France occurred In when per eons coils were killed anti n nt 80 10 injured but that and all others sink Into Insignificance calico cance before The vast mortuary camp Is under military guard gun Ill 44 4 O having ar nr arrived rived there to assist t In holding In iii Incheck Incheck check tho the crowds of distracted mour eu For Jar 1 a time hope hall hail been held heM out to tho iiii th people that on pipes by bythe b bt bythe the t a Imprisoned men had been heard but bill gradually this hope vanished unit and thu people demanded admission to Pee fee tin till bodies anti nn 1 even threatened to break their way tiny wa through the cordon of at troops who had the lie greatest In keeping the crowds from tram the tho pit pitOne pitOne pitOne One man named Sylvestre succeeded In entering the tha mine but ho hf never re cc returned turned It Is la believed he groped about Inside until he was overcome by the thc gates gases and perished erl hell hellIt It Is 18 reported that a n rescue party numbering 40 10 o has hns been cut rut oft off by b the caving III In bf it one olle of ot the galleries Minister of ot Public Works Minister of ot the tho Interior arid and the time secretary of President remain on the ground endeavoring to comfort com tort the distressed families of ot the miners President has hili given 2000 to aid aliI In measures The ministry Wil wt add f further sum suni to this and une tho the chamber of ot deputies will be bo asked to vote 0 It for the purpose of ot ohIo nile distress and Dublet have ha vo received complete to detaIls detail of ot the th rains front from M II the director of at the tattle mine 01 Ol 1300 1800 miners who were down In Inthe inthe the tho pits tiltS when the explosion lon occurred uI he lie said Maid were Ivere working In pit No 11 4 1 iso sero In hi pit No 0 3 STI Sil In pit No Nil Niland 2 and the remainder In pit No Nu I Those ThoMe well taken laken out n nil ne follows From Pit No 0 4 tram from pit No 3 15 1 e through pit No Nn 11 I came tame up from frum pit No 0 2 mid and 74 from froni pit No Xo 1 A number of ot these were score Injured and seme of or them have died since alnee At the tho moment over oYer 1000 men muon remain Imprisoned Another director declared that tho the Imprisoned nun men numbered 1100 Min Minister Mm lIn lInIster ister later Dublet Inquired Have you OU still any tin nn hope hOlle To this the director It No I 1 believe nil all of ot them are dead Thin wis waH whispered Into tho tivo eur ear of ot the In lii order that thit thIs his words might flight not net be overheard by the tho pale faced aced miners miner who stood anxiously about the th mine building for tor nn Ul view on the state of Thou Then the tho listened to u a graphic description of at the tho scene arms In itt tho the mine by Leon Cerf onu ome of ot tho the men mon rescued and amid who ho mill Is 18 suffering Buffering front from the till terrible effects of oC his expert experience cUre ence l 1 I wn an working with a n gum gong when the explosion occulted occurred The lime foreman Immediately for us 1111 to follow him mind daubing Into a n recess In itt the tho gallery we were followed by a u of poisonous ga gases en which rushed by b however Without affecting u us WI o remained there for tur tight t hows when feeling that suffocation loll Wall gradually ruining Upon us we ue attempted to tu en ll cape CUIe CU pe Vo Wo pe crawled In single tile file toward the Him ft but several of the thu men dropped dead on tho the tIny ay Including my mien Hon end the foreman ii iiI t I II tI I carried my lay nn he v on my my buck j I for 40 o minutes and succeeded In saving i him hint U IL took us four hours hour to reach couch th the For Zor tue being the mine build IP hills has been boon Into a B mono I my imI chamber III Let and ti nil all nil about In It ll lie liethe lielie the lie carbonized ca and able ul le bodies ut of minus t ste I thre aa as tho were brought Ui lIll from irom the them mine m I Stricken ken relatives arrive arrie at Itt time till mine I building front from time to tu time for tor members of ur their fa tR fatuIties milk III III l 1 I nUll and scenes of grief occur as all women recognize loved ones one Heartrending J too to are ure wit ne the of ot pit pH No 4 where 1 III In the tho enee of ot Ministers Dubler ond the hands bands of nf are aro continually 1 ending and returning with book tais The Tho women with children In theIr r to 11 li It i c k through th cordon of ot which forms a U law hail which the th pro Ira CL lc cS u 4 t c 41 lury Some times the till lur con onI lis ls of or u it mom heap of ot amI In nearly trI every overy I ry cute cate the holy body bO is I terribly t I I lacer lacerated Only Qui of ot the bodied Lodle i re iC cot Iv ii h I 1 tf Leit n en i e danger Incurred the volunteers ha ho u a number of ut those e who scho weme successful luc In Itt t at ut the limo iliac of or the explosion lon do 10 not te to descend the UC shift Sortie Some of lit them theta have been down more than a dozen times timed One Uno of ot them litter after litterI I II I late irR up UI ii n bo I on his hie attempt nn nil I It Il Is feared that other othel fatalities amun th It will vs lii tollow UH LiS s the IIII aIr In itt tho Iho t mine at I no Itt in still with sri hi nox noxious lOlls lens A I of the men engaged i rescue work have halVe already he been heeti n brought to the tive surface unconscious and amid as they the were drUen to their homes hollIes In closed carriages the women followed and broke bluke the tite windows window lIu suspecting u that bodies were ert f hurried away way n have hac como come up from front fromI pit No 11 II which 1 I ii connected with pit Nc No 3 They riley rhe effected l their by b I means of o a II ladder und timid na nB they came curne from the mouth of ot the pit it they to be ue bordering on madness All of ot them were morn moro or less Injured When asked about their comrades one of ot them Item sold Mid It U Is 18 horrible All Al 11 of them are ore areA dead deadA A young miner who escaped from fromn pit No 4 where 00 men re To remain Tomain main said 1111 saidI I was working about 50 l feet teet from froni the tha eh shaft a ft Suddenly I 1 felt n it 1 pMt of ot hot gas and started toward the tha shaft hoft I was wai VII halt half and was Unable to advance further because ot of the thu fumes fumo Finally however I 1 succeeded In reaching the cage coge and canto came up u In It After the thi blast blasi I heard h nor saw IIa niece more of ot my comrades and I be tie believe lieve lIete that all 1111 In that gallery In which I was WM working are art dead deall Another miner said MId It Is I Inde Indescribable Everything Will waa demolish t l I it l k Poll eil or has hat fallen In I J saw bodies In Iii piles pile My II son Is below I Ono One rescuer hl averted asserted a thiet no ho heart heard voices In the tho mine mimic and others oth others found toune two to horses still living This gives Kivell rise rice to hope hOIle that some of ot tho the thomen thomen themen men are still living to nn un inquiry n ne as to or Cr hope for tho the finding ot of nbc mow men alIve In III the mine nn art en In who tho hind had been down the tho shaft ehatt raid It IL Is lie scarcely Ilo The state of oC the IK Ic u h that clearing them will bo be a n difficult task while tho thu wore were so 80 fierce that ninny many of at tho the i mum have havo been reduced to It IB IN thought hardly that many bodies will be bl tomor tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow row on account of tIle tho difficulty ut of reaching this Die bottom of ot the pits tho the runners on ott whIch the cages descend being broken or bent Tho engineers are oro endeavoring to means for tor locating tho the danger dangerous Otis ous III In tho the m mimic I no and amid aerating tho the galleries Th The Tho shaft haft of ot pit No 3 Is completely blocked anti and the tho authorities considering the thc advisability of ot of ut metal down a it I heavy hen heal mass manse 1111 thu Iho shaft In order to 10 clear It and thus thui enable them to descend celi and amid learn the Ito worst The Tue recovery of or bodies Is proceed proceeding ing iii very ry slowly Only tiO dO were brought up today but this evening tho tha rescuers rescUers ers reported that lOG more had been found An Alt Al attempt Is being heln made to reach teach tho the miners entombed In No 3 by way WiY of Pit No 1 but there lucre Is la faint hope hOlO of or success In this Tho The mining company Is 18 arranging to 10 take Ilke a I census of the tho surrounding mining 1101 In order to ascertain who Is 18 missing from them as 13 several communities hare havn been almost absolutely 1180 denuded of men mono menThe The fhe funerals of at the thra th victims will wi be begin begin begin gin Tuesday morning when shen services will wil be bo held In nil ull the village churches In the tue vicinity of ot the thus mIncH |
