Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-02-11

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g ggRsDAY M0RNING. FEB. II, IS5S.
AL Reading Matter 8,
this page in from our Yestel
day Afternoon's Edition.
DEsadSal Cdtastr6pbe II he Hnrtloy Cor
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era Bariod Allve-Tko Finding Of n
- Bodiss.
80 We have already announced the fact Q
fearial accident ~ Ae mine known =
= The aHsrtley New PIT near Newcastle
Angiand The arrival Of The mails Of n
AoEs seotian places rs in possession Of ID
details of the anAir-one Of the most ID
Paling oatsstrophes that The annals Of ao
etdent recend, involving q less Of probably
two hundred lives or more.
4he accident occurred on tho 10Th Of Jan
uaFy, e 10 o'clock Ia the morning. Thl
eWcsstle Chronicle says:
Had it taken place little later in Tx
day IT'S eheot would have been compare.
lively trihing, the night gang being IN pro.
cess of coming 70 bank, the pit in 9 shbri
time would have bren deserted. Out q
The i've hundred h0RevsE, whose hours Of
labor had expired, only sixteen had lefi
tAs shaft, and eight more we're ct the NO
ment being drawn to bank in the oaRe by
means of he winding machine. Whsn
aoeut half way up the beam OF the engine
snapped Al the axle; and The outer hsik-
8 mass Of iron upwards Of twenty tons in
WeiRht-feH With the Veloeity Of & lWhirl-
wind and en- emphasis which defes ealcu.
latisu5 sheer down the shaft.
The result battles description, while the
horrors Ebioh presented themselves after
the dust had subsidized are almost beyond
eonesptiOR. The falling mass appears to
haTe hrst struck The brattice, which il
smashed and scattered like chaf in It's
eoWnWard career. The iron Gaze "a which
- men were riding 70 the top vas shstter-
Cd "a the inpa0i, Ehd lie uhfortunate ih-
mstss oVerEhslmed- by an avalanche of
debris 10 properly understand their DO.
ntqn 4 must be promised that the head Or
: aght end Of the beam having entered the
ehsft 6rsti the violent oscillations Of the
AesEy end-if the expression msy Be used
80 oFsrtake the other, would bring down
N1this crash en- Uncomfortable amount Of
Eussish and plsnkihg. Two Of the hnfot-
tuaate men were instantly killed aud pre-
eipitated 60 the bottom, while three osheis
nngered only very short time after being
1tE1ek. The remsining tKo we're also4h-
iuEeds but not seFioualy, snd after the expi-
ration cftFelve weary hours, during which
e tine every exertion was made to save them,
they we're ultimately rescued and brought
. TIA bank. r.5--
. 80 TIE EsTeHBED.
- this catastrophe no less than tWo
shundfed men we're e1tombed in the bowels
q ;he earth OF course people focked from
miles and miles around, and instant efforts
were nade 70 relieve the uBfortunates, but
the labor Of clearing away the debris wss
szamsRse, and only half q dozen men could
goFk in the choked up shaft at dme.
PROGRESS or FHE WORK. s
After one hundred and twenty hours Of
labor the distance 70 the entFenehed men
was reduced to eighteen feet, bat only two
men could work on the shaft at ONE. For
some hours or this day Saturday. buried |
men apd lads imPrisOnsd in the yard seah !
coald be heard "joFling" or working in |
the shaft but later lhey made no sign, ]
aad though every effort has been made to /
ge1a signal from them, il failed. |
The aecidsnf, q We haye ssid, took plaee /
on Thursday, fhs 16th All Of Friday, |
eaturday, Sunday, Monday and Iuesdsf /
tie Wsrk Of rescue proceeded, but in vain. |
i9uF room prevents rs from giving the |
osfails Of this labor |
Az EzPERIEEnFg 4
By this lime the gas from the shan |
nearly killed several Of the resouers whb |
we're af work, and By way Of experiment 4 !
lsnf ,s-reh 1a,,.VSa. 7o4-r,l a. s.Fi - L-,t i
from the upper seam tWenty-four fsthoms.
and vas kept there half an hour When
brought uP It was stupid, and it after
wards died. Yet notwithstanding this
danger the rescuers still ke t at work.
TIE SAD DEEoUENEEE |
he following telegram, published N
tie London papers Of Thursday, January
2sd, gives the following sad result Of he
oalsmity y p q III
s.- NORTH SHIELDS, IOP.M.
M sad tragedy ct Hartley Golliery has
been revealed 70 us IN all its horrors this
, efsning. 3.l7 III
The cloth brstties vas completed this
Afternoon, and cleared the shaft 60 some
extent Of gas. Three pitmea (volunteersl
pehstrated the obstruction, cot into the
yeEd seam by the engine drift, and found
Hen lying dead ct the furnace. They
pushed their way through. The air was
baQ. Within this door they found Q IsrFe
body Of men sleeping the sleep Of deafh.
They retrested snd came to the bank with
the appalling intelligence.
NJ. Humble viewer Of the eolliery, and
Me- Hall Immediately went down, and re-
turned in an hour and q half. Both had
70 be taken of the cling, seriously affected
hy gas. They have been ell through thell
works. snd found no living man, but al
hssatomb Of dead bodies. The bulk Of the
bodies ere lying In the gallery near the
ehafeft An affecting report which has
touched al hearts, has been made bythem.
Families are lying in groups; children in
the arms Of their fathers brothers with
brothers. Most Of them locked placid, as
i eslsep, but higher up. near the furnace,
some tall, stout men seemed to have died
hsrd. The corn bins were al cleared.
Some few Of the men had q little corn. I'M
their poekels. A pony was lying dezdll
among the men, but untouched. l7h II
Several volunteers have siuos penetrstedl
the ,sorkings and e5narn this statement.
Nearly eli Of them, however. have besnl
brought 70 The bank seriously affected byl
GA
There was great danger Of more men
losing their lives Medical men, OF Vhomll
fhere were large numbers at the oolliery,
bald council ct eight o'clock, and by
shsiF advios no more men win be allowed
20 50 down until the ventilation is i'm.
RVYsd. -r'T ~, ~ ETFo1HF
The Grand Trunk road Wasvery much
Sncommoded last winter With too much
BnoW. This winter, Il has, 50 fer, ct least
80 httle The frost has sunk into the un-
p7eieoied earth, and SO deranged the ties
ellaalssllIs g g65dtsy 70 retard tra8el-