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Show THE COLORADO CASUALTY. Terrible . Fate of the Ten Miners Buried in the Bull Domingo nine. Recovery of the Bodies. ' Denveb, November 15. Silver Cliff special to the Neibs: The removal of the dead miners from the Bull Domingo began at 6 o'clock last night, the last being brought to the surface about midnight, Robert McGregor Mc-Gregor and Tom Armstrong alternating in going down the 500-foot shaft. A rope was attached to the pulleys to let the brave men down, A COEPSE WAS BOUND TO THE BOPE, And then- the guide stood with his foot in the loop of the rope, both arms encircling the dead body, and was brought to the surface sur-face by the steady pull of scores of men. The victims were probably suffocated within an hour at the most, being stiff and cold when found, with hats and coats pulled over their faces in the vain struggle for life. Westfall and Laube left short letters, the former to his sister, assigning his insurance in the A. O. U. W. to her and two orphan nieces. The latter wrote to his parents and wife. The caving in of the shaft necessitated the removal of more than fifty feet of debrisj hence the delay of thirty hours in the recovery of the bodies. DETERMINED THREATS OE LYNCHING H. W. Foss, superintendent, were indulged in, and no doubt would have been put into effect had not prominent citizens gone to the mine and induced the infuriated relatives rela-tives and friends of the dead to stay then-rash then-rash intentions until the fact could be settled set-tled that Foss deserved such a fate. Coroner Burke called an inquest to-day, swore the jury, identified the bodies, and adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow. |