The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-15 00:00:00

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through the workings, on account of their great ex-
tent and the quantity of gas that gathered in the
journey. On this point, however, it is only fair to
say that the heat of the atmosphere was regularly
taken, and that those in charge saw no reason to
anticipate danger from its condition. We understand
that when the explosion of 1816 occured at the Oaks
colliery the pit was a new and comparatively small
one. Sincethen new shafts have been sunk, acres
of coal .have been worked, and the pit is now one
of the most extensive in the district. Its extent is
so great that the more remote workings are said to
lie over two miles from the shafts. The beds of
coal, as our readers are aware, lie under the earth
at a considerable decline, rising towards the sur-
face on one edge, and dipping deep into the bowels
of the earth at the other. In the Oaks colliery,
the coal, which rises above the level of the bottom
of the shaft, has in the main been got, and for some
time the workings have been chiefly in the coal
which is below the level of the bottom of the shaft.
In miners' phrase they are dip' workings. The
system of working at the Oaks is that known as
the long wall' system. It is not the usual system
in the South Yorkshire district, but it is considered
to be, on the whole, a safe system. The process
in the ' dip' workings may be roughly described as
follows : —From the level of the shaft there is a
broad and steep road following the decline of the
coal. This is called the engine plane.' Roads
branch off from this plane to the right and to the
left. They are level, and from that fact are called
the levels.' The coal is worked from these levels
in breadths, one after another, a substantial wall
being built up the middle of each breadth as the
coal is got, for the double purpose of supporting the
roof, and ventilating the workings by drawing the
current of air from the engine plane and main roads
up one side of the 'breadth' to the place where the
men are at work, whence it passes round the end
of the wall and so down the other side back to
the main way whence it was drawn. The colliery
has two shafs for drawing out coals. They are
within a few yards of each other, at the point, of
course, where all the workings converge. The air to
ventilate the pit passes down these drawing, or,
as they are called, down-cast,' shafts, and, after
being conducted by an elaborate process of main
roads a-nd workings with a wall up the centre
through all the intricacies of the pit, passes out by
the ventilating or 'up-cast' shaft, which is some 400
or 500 yards distant, and rises from a higher level
than the down-cast shafts. The ventilation of the
pit was promoted by a furnace at the bottom of the
ventilating shaft kept burning for the express pur-
pose of creating a strong draught up the shaft, and
so drawing rapidly away the air which had become
laden with gas in its progress through the work-
ings."
Among the exploring party whose lives have been
sacrificed are :

Mr. Thomas Jeffcock, mining engineer, Derby ;
Mr. Smith, mining engineer, Luudhill ; David
Tewart, underground steward (this was the man
who ventured down with Mr. Dymond after the
first explosion) ; William Sugden, under deputy;
Charles Siddons, under deputy ; Thomas Nadin,
fireman (two sons lost in first explosion) ; William
Stephenson, fireman.
Her Majesty have received intelligence of the
enormous loss of life among her subjects, with that
sympathy so characteristic of her disposition, re-
quested her private secretary, Sir Thomas Biddulph,
to transmit the following message to the chairman
of the Barnsley bench of magistrates :
" Windsor Castle, Thursday Afternoon.

" The Queen desires to make inquiry as to the
probable extent of the explosion, and whether the
loss of life is as serious as reported."

This message arrived by telegram about half-past T
o'clock on Thursday night, and was at once trans-
mitted to the gentleman for whom it was intended.
Her Majesty's feelings on being informed of the sad
truthfulness of her information will be easily con-
ceived.

BARNSLEY, Friday.

One of the volunteers supposed to have been
killed has happily been rescued under almost mira-
culous circumstances.

Yesterday evening, between 10 and 11 o'clock,
one of the shafts of the mine took fire, and the
flames issued from the pit's mouth. Seeing these
the crowd around the pit moved off, as another ex-
plosion was feared. It was thought necessary to
send for the fire-brigade from Barnsley, but the
flames abated soon after the arrival of the engines.
The firemen thought they could hear some one in
the pit bottom. Others also listened, and heard
some faint cries, showing that some one was still
alive in the fatal mine. The excitement was in-
tense. A messenger was despatched for the engi-
neers, and at about 5 o'clock a.m. they arrived, and
being satisfied that some one was alive, let down a
bottle of brandy, which was received at the pit
bottom. Active steps were at once taken to extri-
cate those who had thus given signs of life. A pul-
ley was erected, and two brave fellows volunteered
to go down the shaft. They were lowered slowly
and cautiously, signalling repeatedly to those at the
top, as they found they were able to proceed ; and
at last they heard a voice which they found to
come from one of the explorers who descended the
mine on Thursday to bring up the dead bodies or
rescue the survivors from the first explosion. His
name is Samuel Brown, of Barnsley. He was at
once placed in the cage, and the signal for drawing
up was given. As the three occupants of the cage
neared the bank all eyes were directed to the poor
fellow, whose life had thus been almost miraculously
preserved. He was conveyed to a fire, and restora-
tives were given. From the first, however, he
was perfectly conscious, and spoke with distinct- I
ness. He states that when the first explosion
took place during the search for which he
had volunteered, he was caught by the after-blast,
and became unconscious for some time. Afterwards
he revived, and wandered about the north incline,
falling over mangled corpses in the road, and found
his way to the pit mouth, where he pulled the sig-
nal bell. He thinks there was no other living being
in the pit, for after his consciousness returned he
never heard any voices or moaning, or any other in-
dication of life. The recovery of this man, however,
is causing great excitement, and the people begin to
protest against the pit being closed. The inquest
was formally opened this afternoon by Mr. m. Tay-
lor, coroner, at the house of Mrs. Ridsdale, White
Bear, Hoyle-mill.
After the bodies had been viewed and k—TeratlM,
Mr. Chas. Morton, Government Inspector, told the
coroner and jury that a meeting of the most emi-
nent mining engineers in the kingdom had been
held that day. He concurred in their unanimous
opinion that the workings were probably on fire,
and it was not at all likely that any one in the mine
was alive. He was of opinion that a three days' in-
terval should take place before any further descent
was attempted. As he recommended that the inquest
should be adjourned, it was adjourned accordingly,
to Thursday next.
The bodies viewed by the jury were those of Wm.
Bates, Thomas Band, of Hoyle-mill ; Henry Win-
ter (22), hurrier, Merrses-fold, Blucher-street,
Barnsley ; Matthew Allen (13), Back Cannon-
street, horsedriver ; John Jackson (16), Silver-
street, hurrier ; Henry Jackson (25), Silver-street,
miner ; William Wright (30), 44, New-street,
hurrier ; William Abbot (25), 35, New-street,
miner ; Joseph Senior (12), Back Burley-street,
bottom man ; John Sloane (25), Wilson-street,
miner ; Thomas Hardcastle (39), Bar-bones, pit
bottom man ; and John Robson (37), Ash-road.
The wife of John Robson deposed that her hus-
band, who was extricated from the pit dreadfully
burnt, died this morning at 4 o'clock. Before his
death he told her that on Thursday while at the
bottom of the shaft he saw the blaze of fire and
cloud of dust, which knocked him down, and after

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that he reinemberecl no more till brought to the
surface by the searchers.

The mother-in-law of William Wilson, deceased,
said Ito told her that he was blown into a place out
of which he could not extricate himself.
Thomas Bexom, a coal miner, said on Wednes-
day afternoon he was at the White Bear, at Iloyle
Mill, when Thos. Hardcastle was brought there in a
cart. No one there knew him, and witness stopped
to look after him. The deceased had neither trousers
nor boots on, and could not speak for some hours.
Witness stopped with him all night, and he was
properly attended to.
Elina Hardcastle, the -widow of Thomas Hard-
castle, deposed that he was an underground labourer.
She saw him at the White Bear Inn on Thursday
afternoon, at which time he appeared to have been
well taken care of. The next morning she saw him
and he was able to speak, but did not tell her any-
thing as to how the calamity had happened. He
was being taken home in a cab, but died when he
had got half way to his home. When he got into
the cab he seemed much exhausted, and said " Lord
help me." He was much burnt on all parts of the
body.

Isabella Abbott, the widow of William Abbott, a
coal getter, said her husband was brought back on
Thursday morning ; he did not appear to be at all
injured, and was neither bruised nor burnt.
James Myers, a miner, said the deceased John awl
James Walmesley were horse drivers, 13 or 14 years
of age. Witness found James at the joiner's shop,
and he was much burnt. lie was taken home, and
died last night. Two hours before he died he said,
" Oh dear, will nobody come and take me out ?"
but said nothing as to the occurrence.

Jane Jackson, the widow of Henry Jackson, said
the boy John Jackson was not,. her own child, but
had been brought to her by her own children three
years ago, and as no one had claimed him she had
adopted him. Her husband was called Thomas
Jackson, was 37 years cf age, and was a hurrier.
The boy was 16 years of age. About 4 o'clock on
Wednesday morning her husband, John Jackson,
and her son, William Jackson, who is still in the
pit, went to the colliery, and the first two were
brought home again on Thursday morning quite
dead. The lad's neck was broken and also his
shoulder, and her husband was a little burnt.

Other
,evidence of a similarly painful drunter
was given, and the inquest, as before stated, stands
adjourned.

The viewers to-day presented the following report
at the meeting of engineers :—,"fhe first explosion
took place at ten minutes past 1 o'clock on the
afternoon of Wednesday, the 12th of December.
The winding engine was injured, and the cage in
No. 2 shaft was blown away, and one of the coup-
lings was snapped. At No. 1 pit the cage was
broken and disconnected from the rope. Smoke
from the downcast continued for about five minutes,
and then suddenly ceased, and fresh air began to
drive down the shaft. As soon as this was seen
to be the case the No. 2 pit rope was taken
off the drum, and No. 1 pit rope was wound
up to the top and examined, and found in-
jured about twenty yards from the coupling. The
broken cage was taken off and a new one put on,
and about 2 o'clock Mr. Dymond, the managing
partner, Mr. David Tewart, the underground
viewer, and Christopher Siddons, one of the deputies,
descended the mine, and found many men lying at
the bottom, all much burnt ; they were drawn to
the bank as quickly as possible, a new rope was put
on, and every exertion made for an exploration of
the mine to recover the men. The explorers saw the
dreadful effects of the explosion in the workings,
and undoubted evidence of the existence of fire.
Searches were vigorously made during the whole of
Wednesday afternoon by Messrs. Dymond, Potter,
Brown, Jeffcock, Smith, Platt (viewer, of Mas-
borough), Maddison, and other viewers and depu-
ties, aided by 70 or 80 men. They succeeded in
bringing to bank about 80 of the sufferers, 19 of
whom are alive. At 9 a.m. on Thursday there was
a second violent explosion at the downcast shafts.
No. 1 cage was blown to the head gear and broken.
Two vertical columns of smoke extended over every-
thing for about theee minutes. Mr. Jeffcock, Mr.
Smith of Lundhill, Mr. Tewart, and 25 men, were
down the pit the time of these two explosions. No
change was noticed at the pit's mouth until 7.40
p.m. on Thursday, and then a dense white smoke
issued from No. 2 pit, succeeded by a great current
of wind, and then smoke, accompanied by volumes
of flame. At this time the furnace shafts became
downcast. The pumping engines were now stopped,
and the fires and lights extinguished near the top of
the pit. At about 1 a.m. on Friday the sparks
nearly disappeared, and the current of air con-
tinued. About a quarter to five on the same morn-
ing Mr. Mammatt and several others who were at
the pit mouth heard the signal bell ring. He im-
mediately got some men together and they decided
upon descending. For that purpose they removed
au eight-inch rope from the furnace opposite, and
rigged it up to go down the pit, using the sawmill
engines. Mr. Mammatt and Mr. Embleton de-
scended, and near the bottom of the pit they found
Samuel Brown alive. They brought him to bank,
and sought and looked about the bottom of the pit,
but could not see or hear or find any one. They
saw a large fire still burning, and it would appear
that the cerbes of coal are on fire." A meeting of
the most eminent and experienced coal viewers,
attended by Mr. Morton, the Government Inspector,
was held, and, after hearing the experience of those
viewers and deputies who had descended and ex-
plored the aline, the meeting was unanimously of
opinion as to the probable existence of standing fires
in the pit, and that any descent or attempt to ex-
amine it at present would be attended with certain
risk of life.

The meeting then adjourned till Monday. At
the engineers'
meeting were Mr. Morton, Govern-
ment Inspector of Mines, mining engineers Messrs.
J. T. Woodhouse, J. E. Mammatt, T. E. Forster,
George Elliott, E. Potter, W. Armstrong, G. W.
Southern, J. Smith, North of England ; G. Gilroy,
Wigan; T. W. Embleton, J. Brown, W. A. Potter,
W. P. Maddison, Philip Cooper, Holmes ; W. D.
Gainsford, Sheffield ; L. Pease, James Beaumont ;
Mr. Embleton, jun., and the resident underground
managers of most of the principal collieries in the
district.
Sir T. Biddulph telegraphed this evening as fol-
lows :
" WINDSOR CASTLE.

" The Queen learns with deep regret the extent
of this frightful calamity, and desires that, if a sub-
scription be entered into, her name shall be put down
for £2OO for the relief of the families of the unfor-
tunate sufferers."
The barristers at the Leeds winter assizes to-day
made a subscription for the same object. There are
divided opinions as to the number of men in the
pft The local Miners' Union estimate it at from
320 to 350. Mr. Normansell, secretary to that
Union, gives the following numbers of the deceased
colliers belonging to that society :—Miners, 115 ;
trammers and daymen, 100 ; and boys, 48, making
a total of 263. This is exclusive of men killed who
do not belong to that association. At 10 this even-
ing (Friday) there are BO external symptoms of
fire. Thousands visited the scene of the calamity
yesterday and to-day. Mr. Mammatt and Mr. Em.
bleton, two mining engineers, descended the shaft
to-day, but found no signs of human life in any of
the workings, which they were able to visit. The
man Brown, so miraculously saved out of such a
multitude of victims, happily found refuge in a lamp
house at the bottom of the pit. Could others have
found their way thither, too, doubtless the number
of victims would not have been so astounding.