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141 Bodies Have Been Brought to the Surface, with Tedious Work. MANY MORE ARE LOCATED Amount Received for Relief is Close to $40,000—Nearly All the Mines Have Resumed Work. MONONGAH, West Va., Dec. 10.—The scene of the mine catastrophe has lost its fascination for the idlers who have surged about the pit entrances of Mines 6 and 8 of the Fairmount Coal Company, since the explosion last Friday morning. Tonight there only remain the forces employed in rescue work, the newspaper workers, and the inconsolable near rela tives of victims, who remained faithful in their vigil during the downpour all night. : When darkness fell 141 bodies had act ually been brought to the surface, while many more were located, with every pros pect of the rapid work of recovery of the last twenty-four hours continuing through the night. The bringing out of the bodies, a dis tance of a mile or more through the un derground workings, is tedious, on ac count of meagre facilities, and consid erable confusion results in reporting the number recovered. The work of rescue is now systematized, and progress is steady and effective. Of the dead so far recovered, all have been buried. Thirteen were interred unidenti fied. A score or more of funerals were held today. Owing to the severe weather, it was im possible to bury bodies in the regular Pot ter’s Field, which is located on the top of a steep hill, and when this became known the Fairmount Coal Company turned over an acre of ground just be hind the Polish Church, and this is being used as a Potter's Field. A foreigner’s body recovered today had a money belt strapped about the waist
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New York Times
New York, New York, US
Wed, Dec 11, 1907
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