The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1846-01-24
THE ACCIDENT AT CARBON
DALE


The Wayne County Herald, publ sh.
ed in the vicinity of Crbocds'e, gIves
the following accoun, Of the Distressing
accident IN The coal mines at that place.
Ga MOndsy,sn immense mass Of slate,
about seven acres in ex,en', fell fton
lhe roof Of one OF the mines Of the Del
aware and Hudson Canal Company, a.
Carbondale, upon the workman below
| he spo, where the slate fell was nearly
a mile from the mouth of the nine.
Three persons were taken out srri ,usly
injured, one of whom, boy, died soo'
after lhe accident; e the others, hopet
ATE entertained Of their recovery:
The hoy who died was riding hors'
at The time of the accident, snd is sup.
p 'sed to have been killed by the force
f The sir rushing toward lbe mouth OF
he mine-the horse was also killed.
The other two persens who were tskeI
out were also injured by the rushing OF
the air. About one hundred and fifty
men who were at work mining, som,
distance from the place OF the accden'
escaped, but, horrible 10 relate, fifteen
persons, who were AT work proppinp
up The mines, were either crushed in
slanly or are walled in without any
hope Of being rescued, as it will taxi
weeks TO remove The immense mass OF
,lale which has fallen in, and if yet
live, will be comepled 20 die one of tn
most horrible Of all deaths-,hal of star
valioni We have been furnished wiz
The uames Of the missing persons, four
teen Of whom have families, they are a.
follows:
An,hony Welsh, Mrk Brennan, VIM
Clines, Patrick MucheIl, Patrick Lev
ard, Henry More, james McGaIh, Mi
chsel FaIiu; Henry Deroey, John Far
rel. Patrick Walker, Peter Crawley
John Hosey, Beujamin " illiam<, ant
son Of widow Brennn.
We are informed upon good author
ty, that this accident will not relard tn
operations OF the company.
One Of the fifteen above mentioned
however has been fortunate enough {,
escape unin lu' ed, after an i carceralio,
lof forty eight hours. 1t, is Mr., Hosey
The Overseer.
Mr. Hosey says he was in No. 2, an'
he crash camo IN or instant. Tn
roof came down upon him and CLOSED
up "IIhin three feet. testing upon tht
crushed pillars. lie renamed que
and bent up in the dark, until lh,
rock had done selling. He tnen work
ed away by moving lhe lose coal, SC.
notil Ae gol 20 the heading Of chambe
No 2. He found then a spring lha
mad been lei in by The breaking Of lh,
roof, where he got water 10 drink.
lie then worked his way througl
The chamber to the head of No. roat
md found it closed, and also lhe all
shaft at that place. He then crep
back TO the place where he was frs
caught, so as TO be found on the malI
Dad, If he could no, get out. Ate
considering the locality oil the orhO
roads, ha made the attempt 10 work hi
way drought the column to No. 3, snc
persevered until he gol through io'C
that road and Then gol out wi,hou, d, III
Guilty
Mr., II. has not seen or heard Of any
of The IA men that are now missing. II
was alone. lie says those men were
near the place No. l, aud are shut in
either dead or alive, al Ihe head of tina
place. energetic efforts are makein,
to reach them, but il is not probable they
can be got out alive. They were Ia
borer', engaged in heaping, and not ac
qnslnled with the means of getting oul
ike The miners,even If they could NOV
al all Fir. H owes his escape solel,
TO his cool and deliberate Jod gmenl, an,
o his knowledge OF the interior Of III
mines.
The rush of air WAS so great out 0
No, that the wagons were brok en 10
TO fragment the wheels and axels eve,
were crushed by being dashed az Sins
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