| Show f I HUNDREDS DIE UIE i IN EXPLOSION I St Paul Coal Cos Mine at Cher Gher Cherry ry rya Illinois Is Seene of Th Disaster TOWN FILLED WITH GRIEF I i Fire lin Started liy by II H Allowed to I der ilef 1111 Minor i I Their orro 11 I into nl til III ii NOT Nor 11 1 At lent IM IRO tm ern wore wor tre killed here hem today tn to one die of ot th the I I t worst mine h In y rats t P i f I Tx tonight tn t had been hero taken from th the mine ml of ut the th m Ft Paul rul PaulL L j Coal company with whit h waa a set net on Are i this lif by a n 1 burning basic bale of hay bay In the th mulo mul stable The Tho moo min number M at it 9 W o 0 a toning according l to the th estimate of fir MM tile ti mine lIlno that t t men man m n run can ba be bats f 1 ts le l nil all i i 1 Tu ight the shaft hat of t the th burning bunting mine irs was WIlli e 1111 after efforts I to r the name flame had pr I 1 tutus t Tho to town tonight war wa a u II scene lIn rne of or ort t t I t grief and h N anti and hl hI I t UFe JIen w were re u t t s in n tn Ur Urt t tr ti wives win wh BC hu ra i I H did Wt not if return turn from tin the tt tb ij ty I Y tomb were tr 1 with grief irrl r t y featly family In to the thi i town ha hll felt rIt the I h blow hi ow of the theCla k h en Cla calamity In m It t l TIlt The entrance to tt the oa Ia bouril oar l lI g v cj ed I over aver In an Mn effot Tot t to t i rh h r k the l t r nIl Til In undid 1 all hops ho pr f r fi r U F bv by b UK the 1 11 Imprisoned mintrI r rIn In tho three tire olm ono tie KM Neu fot fe t I hew I Ute the tl e the th musts mil acre IC owed and anil their lr only chance tui rOI life Ilfe no wua noto w to retreat t lo t h Uio the rude of the veins In Inthe inthe the th h hope hop there their Ih might I he l en ugh tuh nir al to t toi i theft liven Ilves until unit help Ip cane cam The after 3 0 n I Ik It t ati 1 t I to oUter Alter of the she mine III I lie uril In to I Ithan Ithan b f l than 10 minutes all hopr of f t r rape raper pr r t m 1 shut hut oft off from the thi minor minorA A hH smoke mok and even jets jet of ot name flame amp swept went up III through the mill entrance the cage l e which the hI mine to In t n tilde w urk rk made n regular sular trip Tenn t l t IT miners minerv oho ho hn escaped with no or It t alas iI burns burn PI oi PId oil I l d In the iho h u 1 li f r hr i vote 1 The rile t ul teat at trip trl of or th tile the rg sage a was waR wa mail made ma when rh n the bodies of ot MM the mine min and hl hi Pits i lit uita WeN I brought out outA outI I A 1 half bait hour ar af the Uli eap oe oo 4 th the U of if r tIM th was Mir eur r l by b of lit n read mt men man luny M ny tried to on ont t W tar r the mina but bat up UI after dot III aril ami wn v ro Inn rl th the amok t an ali anI l I e fumea tu turn almost 1 two limits inure the rho of I or th the an ant t of ot Cherry tried tied to Jel devise meins to hel helP the thi Imprisoned miners Mine lane James dames five bourn boor Iou after Atler the It wee was II at moat L Jn that any An of th the miners miner f rould could tempt t The null mille has ha a day U of men Of nr them th ee a few left kit tile urine minI nt et noon nO T are known kno knot M to t hAf e p l after the fir fire out ant The Th other ere 11 lea l The Th trall to the th mite wa a Ill up UI In to the hope of checking the ihn I the th ta o of or lain end enol aura r of nr volunteer o dl It t hat only ladle of ot the dead I u would be taken from th the mine The rho Are lUK the In III what hat mod mA prow one of at the greatest ti I jt 11 In the th lint lift of ot mine horrors horror lm 11 had 1 an All almost A pile of ot hay allowed to moulder too ton Ion long final finally finally ly Iy Ignited the timbers timber of or the th mine into ami atul the workers worker realized their dan dnn per rr the mine woe filled tU with moke mok gaes and and all nil was an Im ImM M Xo Nn hK heM h t en r re oni ed r 1 I In tho bl tor of mine mill s In III Illinois The greatest knee Ion 10 of f life In any min nl a In to title slate Rt lit Braidwood lira Braid Id wood In III 1970 1819 when hen SO 90 men lIIn lout bet their lives tI At III ill K fA I men man mt Viva 1 lw 1 tSen ei 4 a Hn n future InI la There were n re man d In II JI noi nole mines minee and for the th lust lint hl t 1st 1 ere r Killed In accident and amt MO In I Jut Ul rd t The Till irr t tr In m mining hill ilia hillI tia Ir M la 1 l to I hl e or m eur md Pin n II I Tokle In when ITO 0 person veron Ir s ore etc r killed HUM TIll The maximum teen kiec 10 of or II a mm nuns 11 I r In hi the tho III x n swa R I ed at III W 11 V vs n 11 In III 1 1901 when sites miner were re One of ot the Ih miners n win in h ted i l I fen f i ithe I Ithe the Cn Cherry rry mine t l 1 tonight The Tb lights went nt out 1 ion on olt the 1111 theAre I Are I and left M ets thing In dark naM n When the n alarm of fire va a aheard 1 h heard nl there Ihre waa wu WUI n a 1 rn ru h r f tu the e al awl and n ln In shafts h rt but Wily a ft few tew be he 1 The amok mok grow W air r every minute tt tl will nil not n t be po tv tu save any AllY of the th men nn HAS 1114 I HIm Cherry III lit Nov II Nearly tOO hu human human man beings belne men and boy It is III l now ore R dead or pet letting hI R In ih th II St Bt Peat Paul mine minI here hen h tho li the tho who ho succeeded u In the th tilled t air ah aft tn to the depth of ot 20 ato feet fret Inte hits tale returned with M Mray ray rny of ot hope hone for the grief stricken veto I I of the entombed men That the tile hns hoe been v u the a conclusion of ot mining experts crts and sent nl b by Oo Gov Deneen to thin the c For Kor flora mor than 30 SO hours th the prisoners have hae tx brn en n cut off from fresh freak air II That lite life could exist under umber sueh auch conditions In la dm l hut but no true trice of or high was wet In the tare of the th mine tonight tn ht of ot the company pany hope hoPt the may ma maha have ha found wifely In to r of the workings work InK InKA I A J of tho the Chit Chi ChiaI aI Milwaukee k Ft Pt Paul lUul Railroad company rom who has haa not slept sine alnee I or ar living r c an encouraging report retort after alt heroic efforts effort been ben mad made to today today day lav to tn own open II the mine for tor the of ot the IIIi entombed men lIIn or for tine tile recover er cry v of r the dead tl d From the Ih eon sou of or one on of ot the th missing miners a II young man named Held neld the Ute railroad heard that a Il concus concu ton dun of the I earth rill had lied been felt by farmere farm tarm farmer er ere hair a M mile II south of the main hate I The rh t wa was WAIl sent to Henry Burke Burkeen en an n of it the mining company Burks rushed to Yearling In Inthe the th site office me of or the he 1 lr J heard from the men mem he b said ald What t do In you vou me n asked the J president bt John Jolan 1 1 ho boy 10 says ay that he mul ferment rM where h land bd Is la over tit tilt the south Muth southern ern ul of or the mine felt fell several vera concu along of et the earth this afternoon There wen ven we shi chocks hocke ck and the men who felt relt them Ihm are td thy they wore ON shots fired b by the th Imprisoned miners minora and ami that they the th were war 1 meant m for tor an nn anc An that l at t least Ia t some WM were ere alle t tOh Oh r f hope ro eo wild Darling That k III it nt least t encouraging This Th s of or light In the dark derk darkened darkened ened homes of Cherry tonight ht followed other oilier thought doubtful th theories orle of ot experts expert that the entombed cd hundreds hundred may Inay not hae lave been suffocated and that enough th remains In the mine minI to 10 kol them alive until the shafts may Ina ilia be he reopened The list of was 1100 compiled today In hi the offices nukes of or tho the mining com corn company pan pany It Jt t reaches reached l Including the Ihl dead who nho whose lM dl l were TV ere re taken from rm burning acrs S Saturday utter noun noon It was nan M cd probable that this list Ilat might b be x Increased One on hundred and end seventy men mm who entered d th tho mine Saturday morning have haxe hM been heln for The comi company any had scores of tracers at nt n work ork rounding up employee eg Tonight company officials said Mid the number of or men mon In the mine was wae greater than th ll they first lied had believed possible Among tho are many mAn Amen Ameri ans ens who have lived In the mining B sec sect C Ct t in ne of or for tor years year Though the majority of those who may never be 11 found alive are aro yet et all nil had their th lr homes here hore or In the tho sur aur surrounding rounding towns and villages Grief over per their th lr probable fate tale has cast Wilt a It apall apall pall over the community i l berry therry today held thousands of or per persons f persons r sons eons and anu before noon moon the tine St Paul mine was surrounded by an almost uncontrollable mob Officials catty catly call In the tho day la wore swore In a L force of or deputies to handle the crowd ScorN Scores of trains train from Men dote dotu Ladd Spring Valley Lu Ln Halle talleo Ottawa and other towns were tIe run When hell experts had drilled a hole through the concrete at the Ute top lop of or the tho eln vein and nil all preara preparations were nudo Iule to loner Mr Ir Williams und and hit his volunteer explorers the tile scene at the mint unite was dramatic Along Alon the railroad tracks hucks and tn to fields field on th the east eli I and antI T eit of the shaft Bhatt wui was a wall null of ot humanity Stout ropes roles rOI and kept back the throng I h 1 11 It 11 a silent but tut not the tle th e assemblage a e Occasionally a wom worn womans woman tins ans an wall willi broke the th stillness Four m lII n appealed oxygen hags cm on their shoulders ders and steel teel and glass gUsa oo covered red hoods over their beetle They CheY were Mr Jr Williams of or T rbana hla Ills assist tint I lt James Jamra H n Webb bb of the University of ot James Jamm Hand of at HIM Spring Ing Val VII Valle Valhey le Ie hey and noo Venn Henry Smith of or Peru Pru lAter tater Mine bitne In inspector Junius Jum i Taylor of Peoria donned the regalia A scorn of men were 1 ready to assist theta them A system or of signals sIgnal hud bud been prepared Two men IMn were ter stationed ul UI atthe the top tUI of ot the th shaft Williams and Smith prepared prepa to Inspector Taylor drilled them In their signal signals The men mell who were wre to undertake the tho exploration nodded ascent Cowley at the hoist that controlled the bucket burk t In which William and amid a Smith were re standing announced his readiness rH ln and the tint firs men mn to enter the tha Bl St Paul Pa mine min slave Inee the explosion were slowly 1101 lowered d SUPT SUIT TALKS W v W ty V Taj Taylor 1 lor general sent superintendent of ot the tile mines of ot the Ihl St 81 Paul company avs VAl a 1 pathetic figure nUre today lie Ifs stool lood 1110 1 watching mulching and suggesting to open the mine and at time lime though ho be struggled to lo control bra 11 tears team dimmed Ills bin eye 6 and his voice choked with sobs cobs I J wIsh h he tie eld hl that the men mell of ot the Ike press IO Would Interview th throe c minIng min mining ing h I tI after they are aro v l horn from their duties of or this ordeal about this molar mine I do de D not to BO IrO on a onre re recoil oid alone but bul I believe thug sill mill 1111 t teU U you ou 01 thai that title this was WIe v time the t earl iol loL mitts mine In to this country I have operated many litany adao and an r I know kilO that thI It was JUI safe safeA A could have haVI happened hI I s lure hers In I U no gnu nU Hy f than Just HD as It did ltd Th Thu lire Are II need nad ll ed not list tees h beet Iwen mile Ia The to me N ft at 11 w wk In the t ala ata Pile blet f V rr exalted Til Ta burning bundag hay liny could roul have mf IH maim liitt shat off train from tb the rest rent of the without the th leat kart and a the Iu tb lire hd hed with whim little trouble This Is III All HII aN n till fill Ihl item Mome of the I heat beat at men Hen who ever ee Let nolI their H Ih n si all II If in x end and lid N Ad died Ilk Iu t TIt TItre were son re on om the nis nett mit down downto I Ito to MV ea th t their ir r rI rIA H HAs s sAs As A Hupt 1 Ta la te t tears r rolled nailed 11 down do hi his hla h lie Jle nut not slept dept h II he reached r M her bare a toe Inn d deeply pl furl feels the I tragedy II Jle Md sad hi It hia oH NW are ii l I ly un ua hi I In ArTH g uv are ItI i to la Krug relle f IL lu I of the Ue victims It In I that 8 fur fee their hell seeds n i be b lb I 81 P Paul a company mn of nt to luelle in el ai seedy relI tal with th III the n smear r 1 up ay of or u w later what th the lir hr to tn tin tho Inhabitant of at Item h i t S NI NIl 1 a 1 l horn honi line I ha it has hav III nut lint b been en rr t d I H mm 1111 1 ee 1 In lu hundreds of I In Ii h n nuie err uie 1 dead 01 nonI on nn i Mall Matin t I MI i v e w NI ii i sun leis begun Iole t I I with the Ute e of efforts In to I the HIM th mint main cad lid th the dl in rani f r of at r the hI gnat n it ir roved wd Ir us are Mr III belay being wale ia 1101 lor rr K diU iu A lir n they limy ate uie found J A Ml It t It edam 1 11 h k r why willi u at lit work I nt tt the fort face till of the mine minI Wt way u n nr nl the few feu sho rho ho tame nut alive KOI o h nu than 00 yards he crawled In th Ih thon h dark on hands and knees using the rat ra I s II sa sa a n fUlde to the of the th A Aono 1 ono one on point he say he met 6 nur hitting In III a 1 row along the th roa ral 1 Th had given Khen up the struggle m ad d i a re n waiting re resignedly fur for death dath I 1 and lId my huddle buddle i wen ei t tat at work ork on eu the second vein rein level oh I a n athe l the alarm of ot fire was VIS sounded said I Ieken Wo We started from tilt the bottom but hUd had gone gOll only a n few feet feel t hn In n nour our lights light wont out The TIlt entry tr was tas WO feet fast filling with smoke Ike H which lil h 1111 a I our eyes e R and ml made us ue gasp for fur breath l I Several times time we e attempted to 10 light I our lamps but without success All MI about us no we 0 cold hear hair shouts of our comrade In adjoining a roomy rooms who like Ilk ourselves had hall been n left lItt In the th dark Calling to m my Iny buddie buddle I warned him tu to get t close to the th roadbed and 1 I dropped to tu my hands hand and knees knee and anu begun to tu crawl along the rails rolls shout tUI shoutIng shoutIng Ing at Intervals Interval to tu my huddle to let him him know where I 1 was Willi WilliAt wasAt At Al one point we are steed passed I abut about 68 65 mitten sitting by II the tire roadside al ai almost almost most In stupor a I 1 tried trl d to roust them ami 1111 encourage them to go on but hut they the th seemed to have huv given It up all hope tope and did not stir pUr 1 I had Imd no time to lose and anI continued on un expecting to send lend relief train from the shaft raft When within feet of the lh mine mina mouth I 1 began llIn to grow faint from the erects effects of ot smoke And amid exhaustion The smoke wa as aa growing more mOlt dense e every ery ery foot toot I went ent and m III lay courage coura was Has as fast ebbing I 1 pulled tn my coat closely about m In face tRet and ending bending closely clo el to the rail struggled on onI I escaped e death by b just jutt three min minutes utes When hn I arrived at the bottom of ot tilt the th shaft the th hist hIlI tags 1 had reached the top and was wan shout about to descend I 1 shouted an as the signal Ignal bell was ringing and a two 10 men l en broke brok the way RY to me and dragged me to the cage cag I 1 thru then lost lot consciousness lm f Whoa When hell I t tame aloe am to toI I waA was safely on un top 51 My huddle had followed close |
