Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-10-19
An RBElish collioryIon .FIre.

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An RprIfsh follfeTy On sIsI,..e.
E1aHTr.osE PERSONS s,,oxEn ArtyE-,rps r,,,rn
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tsiIu tIegl was an
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vel 81 saw tlEe y.
z, sts.St tue lnetlto a1ou.qss
10 assellole az the
" '.le anu ~ ltle began
themselves 70 ascend loTIthe purpose OF lnSpec.
t !9g1, Mould rode inside the cage or box
snd '.ie sia soal. IN us
s,tu uescsn1 aho Aeilett sat on2.the oltslde.-
huey mug, " sneetll drawn up g
Sglslucl4ole instance y zen lannon's OF more
"tlet so'Ee P0Etons OF o. tne nratlce, Wnlcn NAG
0ee,' SET lree ny inc IRE leu ana shocked poor
Aellett from his seat thus as Precipitating him
20 20 .ie ana IN .i1l Killing MN.
.N4Vutu was uF1Mh 70 Tue Top, ana immediately
gave gave an alarm, but the hrc suddenly got such
iou tl'nl ~ was llposslOie tosFenueT any asF
slstancs 20 lns men 9elo@' ntthoug their cries
lor help could be distinctly heard. The hre
very soon got hold OF the spears or. wooden
arms a. ana piston OF the pumping engine. and
thus tnls was brought to. standstlll. me
ilatnes Tnshed up the PIT ana ournt q cons'aeFa
ole portion OF the Woodwork over ats mouth,
anu, even when TINS mad been exungulshed, the
rom .,e tle gase
l''IIslIio Oh me nre iIiat sun Iased pelo@.
me engines arrived IN short space OF time,
ana pumped great volume OF Watertrom the
river w ear, which was directed TO the burning
lltnper' and also to the dI1ft the coal IN which
was louna 10 nave lgnltea. IL was .prooaoly
Wnen me hre reached tins drltt that the exp!o5
sion spoken OF look place. Lad the hre orl2lnr
eted IRON an explosion IN the works, it is dltti
cut 70 sec now Mould could De ignorant OF It,
or now he could have escaped, the brattices
oelng certainly on lire when hellett was going
uo"5' aau' therefore before MOULD began 70 as
cen mo-,
me incidents OF THIS day weretot an unyary-
ny aHu SO also oIs khe hlgnt. Dehse
volumes OF smoke continued TO DC emitted, SO
uense tnat me repeated attempts ot'men 70 get
any distance down the pit we're quite trutless.s
Brattlce cloth was put over the pit mouth, with
view to creating an artificial. current, but there
t Nus ilIsLe mat tels woulo DC OF any avail,
stle lIltroouc1loT Oh lTesh ar only making the
nre o9rn more hercely, without relieving the
poor fellows down below. -
The idea of the engineers was that they will
oe aoe IN time to cut OFT the tire IN the DRIFT
from that in the shaft, and that the latter will
then e., itself There is, however, the
pGsslollty that the coal in the workings will
take nre II It mas not done SO a!ready and still
luFtneF' mere IS the certainty That IN I'VE days
ae Tue most the Whote conery VIII De tull OF
water, the ~ Quantity ordinarily pumped out being
nearly ~, OOO gallons per hour and the pumping
engines being totally disabled:
As to the chances OF escape forthe poor fellows
lntne PIT, opinions vary. The viewers rest up
gn tnI laet ans MoTkngs coSsfoo acres. ana