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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1907
Page
14
Monongah December 9 A mine No 8 fire halted rescue work at 3 am and officials say shifting air from No 8 to No 6 has not succeeded. Daybreak will renew efforts to restore airflow and control the blaze.
Report from Monongah dated December 9 warns of possible recurrence of the No. 8 mine explosion due to enclosed heat. Rescuers face heavy afterdamp and danger, with flooding impractical as the deep two mile shaft would resist river flooding.
In Monongah on December 9 rescuers struggle to recover bodies from mine No 8 amid deadly afterdamp. Progress is slow with potential for two weeks or more. main heading in mine No 6 only partly opened, with gas feared at the joint of the two mines. A large guard monitors the bridge approach to the tipple as air currents shift to protect workers.
Coroner E S Amos of Fairmont leads a identification effort for the Monongah mine disaster bodies with undertakers from Fairmont Clarksburg and other towns. The jury meets in Fairmont at 9 AM to begin work examining identification and disposition of the remains. Members include W S Hamilton Fetus Downs and W E Godray. Bodies identified are released after coroner and jury view them if death is from the same mine accident.
Dec 9 report details extensive loss as bodies of miners are recovered. Pay rolls list 371 victims with 35 accounted for. Frick sends a representative and U S Geological Survey expert to investigate. Rescue work continues under Chief Mine Inspector Pantjar with twelve deputy inspectors testing air conditions as fan machinery arrives to aid access.
A relief appeal issued by Mayor W. H. Moore and Senator S. H. Montgomery calls for aid for Monongah families after the December 8 mine disaster. The declaration seeks clothing, shoes, food staples, and monetary contributions from state residents, churches, boards, and benevolent groups, with checks to W. H. Moore. A relief committee is appointed to manage funds and distribution.
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