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Show Il O A A 1 ii MTE822 DAYS 1 Men Had Removed Clothing Trying to Dam Deathly Vapors END PAINLESS, CLAIM Brave and Cool-Headed ! Fight Against Death Made By Entombed JAT KSON, Calif., Sept 19. (By tho Associated Press) Th laborious task of removing the bodies of the 47 dead ' mim rs from the Argonaut mine began this afternoon under the direction of , Byron O lirkard of ihe I nited States liiir.-ni (.!' mln -;. i h bod had to be wrapped in iiivas. loaded on i 6kp and pulled uj rtf'! ! by compressed air power to the 4,300-foot 4,300-foot level and then taken through tho I hole to the Kennedy for removal to tho top , About two hours Is required for the n mo al ol e.ieh letlm No .lit,- for an Inquest has been sot by Mra Lola Potter, the county cor-I cor-I oner, who it an ai: i.'i Ui-r. Tho i4 ! bodies of the dead miners. It Is belicv-i'1 belicv-i'1 will be held for examination by a irom . a Jur) to be convened at a I later date. Approximately 2S of the dead minora were Catholics and Father Michael Kearney bf Jackson Is unc ertiln as to arranging nts f..r hurial of those of krr that faith, Identification being dlffi- ' . ffins for half of the victims are ( In Jackson and those for the remainder remaind-er are coming from San l-ranclscv,. J At KSON P s TOLL. JACKSON, Cat, Sept li (By tho Associated Press) Jackson, mining town In the Mother Ixtle country, has paid the toll demanded of those who delve in the earth for gold and stands .unafraid but not dry-eyed today. Forty-seven of her men died In tho 'Argonaut mine arly on the morning rUll t AugUst 28, she learned last night, n j and today she awaits the bringing of , 'their bodies from tho rock tunnel, walled in with flimsy bulkheads of thi ir own building! that has been their tomb for three weeks. But Jackson is unafraid, for her men showed they know how to die. Moreover, thoso who did not meet that fate showed they know how to live, for they gave Jf themselves without stint In the effort to save their entombed fellows. Bl.St li. t.OEH OV For man weary days, disappointed disappoint-ed some limes, by unexpected dlffl-, dlffl-, ul'.P , an i heartened sometimes by equally qnexpet ted bits of good luck, rest at b'reWS drove through the choked chok-ed tunnel that ouce had connected I the two mines or battered at the rock separating one of the Kennedy's drifts from the Argonauts -l-OO-loot level Into the Argonaut. 'k Sweating shoulders ami unbreakable wills drove steel picks at the rock until un-til this hole had been enlarged enough 'to permit a man to pass. Five nun made a ha. ty and unauthorized exploration ex-ploration of part of the Argonaut, seeking survivors at the Imminent risk of their own lives The opening was Mil ill enlarged so that a rescue crew could V pass, and all day explorations Went y on without any result B1 LKHJEAD FOUND The levels were clear, there was no sign of any miner left in them, either dead or alive. The rescue nun. hampered hamp-ered by their oxygen helmets and the beat of the underground workings, ! ,, turned their attention to exploring tho cross-cuts and drifts leading from the tunnels already traversed. In one they ! found a bulkhead that had not b n there when the miners went below thai fatal midnight three weeks ago. I Hope rose anew at this evidence that some, at least of the entombed' liftliff men had not died an instant, dcattj (Continued on Pago Two.) CONDITION OF f BODIES BAD AFTER 22 DAYS (Continued from Page One) from the grasses thrown off by the fire In tho Bhaft. and the rescuers pres." I on. They found another bulkhead, not built of plankn and timbers nnd 6tuffed with torn clothing like the fir:-! buth ere. ted f earth, rook and debris, lit was a plUfUl structure, gaping In places so that tho rescuers could sr I through it but It OhSOkSd the air cur-I cur-I rents somewhat and the men in th loxygen helmets halted before it. afral.; (to tear It down, while th. nlr bsfori it was poisonous, ivst they thereby cause tudden death to any ho might be alive bej ond it. Hope stood at its highest wln-n this second bulkhead wao luund lruiu that hcighi ii m i le Its grt at st plunge Before Be-fore those who waited aboe for news oi tiu-ir loved ones, knew even that the rescuers had hrok-n thru-igh th- bulkhead, word came that th' bodies of 42 men had been tound and count- ed,. Not long after, word came up from tho telepnono atatlon. hurrleuly ad- i vimoed to the 4200foot level, mur the bulkheaded place, th&t the other live J u.Imj h i'l I" in r (,uil.l deail. DKATH i 'AINU s Jockpou took ihe blow calmly, and presently found comtort in the sure knowledge gained l mm noie lett Dy two of tno men and from tho reports ot reSOUera r gardiiif,r the men's work before they died, tnat u. auhi;. men I-mi I-mi death had come lo inein inst id of j the agonies of starvation. There wae no lingering in inky darkness 30U0 feet I below the sea level. Tno gas came, then lethargy, then oblivion. Records icrawled on paper by one man ana scratchvd on a timber by another showed they nad lived but ilittle more than three hours after ' erecting their pltltul barricades. Sad- Ideht ot all e as the mute record of the bare beginning oi a third bulkhead when gas had driven them from the scene ot tho second. identification wiUefbe difficult. The length of time since they died, the temperature oi their cusual tomb, the luck of lh clothing they had torn off to stun Into cracks in Chell flr.-t btilkhi-i.l, eniiiuiin-d to reinovo Irom most of the bodies distinguishing char-' char-' acteristics. Tne Hed Cross has received a fund of ;&00u for tne miners' dependent and a la aeUmated that where a minor left a widow or child, the California state compensation insurance fund win jpay an average or approximately $4J00 to dependents. The Argonuut mining company had injured its em-'ployes em-'ployes In tne state fund. There is some need umong relatives of some of tho victims, however. FAMILIfcg I UNSOLED Red CrQSS Officials said $10.00 was provided by the Argonaut company lor temporary relief. The local chapiter chap-iter of the Hed cross spent much of that sum In maintaining three temporary' tem-porary' hospitals. In supplying tho Ineeids of miners' families and in pro-, Vidlng food and Comtoris for the rc?-cuo rc?-cuo crews. j A feature of the Red Cross merciful 'mission was the aligning of its members mem-bers to the consolation of bereaved families Last night and early today, each of the families of tho 18 married mar-ried miners among the 47 victims had with it a woman visitor to speuk words of sympathy und encouragement I A revision In California mining safe-!ty safe-!ty laws will be urged In the next legls-llature, legls-llature, according to Fletcher Hamilton, Hamil-ton, stato mineralogist. Ho said he thought It would be rcaslblo lo have Independent exits and to ha" tinder-ground tinder-ground safety stations with a separate source ot supply of air and supplies or I food und water. rn |