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| The Morgue Tent behind tipple |
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| Victims bodies were identified here |
| A scene in the Morgue Tent |
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| Bodies were still being brought up even into April |
| Panoramic View of St. Paul mine no. 2 in Cherry IL |
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| Water tank car was used by fire dept |
| Chicago Fire Dept assisting at Cherry Mine |
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| Newspaper boy seen selling papers |
| Special Breathing equipment from Champaign IL. |
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| Used when entering the smoke filled mine |
EMAIL from Katherine Young:
Hello -
I enjoyed your website on the Cherry
Mine Disaster, particularly the photos. My great-grandfather, John Walter Chedister, was the chief engineer at the mine and
I have a photograph of him and two other men who were working at the mine at the time of the disaster. I have wanted to share
this photograph with others who have an interest in the mine disaster, but never knew who to contact. I have attached the
photo in a file; please feel free to add it to your website.
My grandmother (John Chedister's daughter) would tell
us how her father and uncle(s) were heroes of the Cherry Mine disaster. She told us that one of her uncles died because he
would not leave his position operating the elevator that brought men up. The uncles were on her mother's side, and their surname
was Brown. I recently read Karen Tintori's book, "Trapped", and she describes the role that John Chedister and John Brown
played. John Brown (the cager) died, but he had 4 brothers who did not die in the mine disaster: George, Robert, Ralph, and
Thomas. I don't know how many of them worked in the mine at the time. Do you know if there exists a list of all the workers
at the mine at the time of the disaster?
Thank you,
Katherine Young
in California
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