Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1907 — TWENTY-NINE DEAD MEN [ARTICLE]

TWENTY-NINE DEAD MEN

That Many of the Corpses in the Stuart Mine Has Been Recovered t So Far. Charlteston, W. Va., Feb. I.—-Tweffi-ty-nine bodies of the dead tn tne Stuart mine have been brought to the surface so far. The mine at the bottom of the shaft is a regular charnel house; mutilated bodies are so thick that rescuers found It Impossible to move about without stepping on them. -They counted twenty-six bodies, in sight Some time after reaching the bottom of the shaft one of the rescuers was overcome by fumes, and for some reason the hoisting signals could not be used, cutting off communication with their companions 584 feet above them. Those at the top grew alarmed as moment after moment passed and no sign came from the brave men below, but the imperiled men finally sent the signal and were hoisted to safety.