10:45 am
The speeding interurban car rounds the tight curve of the West Fork River and slows down only just before reaching #6 mine. There some rescuers and officials, like Company Superintendent J.C. Gaskill and General Manager Malone, get off at #6 while others ride the trolley down the line to #8. (Inquiry, News)
Outside #6:
Carpenters are working at their fastest rate to restore the #6 fan house.
“Five hundred feet from the opening of shaft No. 6 were the bodies of two of the miners, who had been blown from the shaft by the force of the explosion.” (WED 12.7.07 pg. 8)
L.J. Malone gathers some supervisors and mine security guards and forms them into an ad hoc security force to keep crowds back and make room for the incoming rescue crews. “The opening at No 6 was speedily roped off and placed under guard as to restrain the thousands of people from rushing into danger and from interfering with the search.” (CDT 12.7.07 pg. 1)
“Hundreds of people are rushing to the mouth of the mines and it is with difficulty that the guards by means of ropes can keep the people back.” (FWV 12.6.07 pg. 1)
10:50 am
Outside #8
The interurban trolley pulls up as close to #8 as it can get while Hyre Stalnaker and several others are still clearing away enough debris to free William H. Bice from the wreckage of the # 8 fan house.
“The engines, boilers and fans were blown into a tangled mass of wreckage to the southwest with a goodly part of them into the river together with the north end of the bridge.” (CDT 12.7.07 pg. 1)
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