THE REMEAUX SHAFT DISASTER, IN MERLEBACH
PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY BY EXCELSIOR'S SPECIAL ENVOY

1. The crowd at the Remeaux shaft (note that there is only one cable, instead of two, on the grab winch); 2. The victims' relatives awaiting news in front of the management building; 3. General view of the Remeaux shaft; 4. The unidentified bodies in the mine's central hall; 5. The coffins of the identified victims; 6. The drum for the Remeaux shaft cables. The first cable, weighing four tons, and whose empty space can be seen on the left, unwound at breakneck speed, then fell to the bottom of the shaft and crushed the grab, the brakes having failed. Here, on the right, is the intact grab cable used to raise the dead and injured; 7. the descent cage of the shaft where the accident occurred; 8. the point where the cable broke.