Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-08-05
ThriIiinC Coal Bank accident.

Dur ing fhe severe rain.storm Of Friday
night 2lst, the small stream Of water that
runs close 10 the entrance of the Maboning
Coal NH e, in Hubbard township was sw o en-
until il became a raging torrent, ovcrhowed
its banks nnd poured dtluge Of wa'er
down one OF The two slopes 10y v hich he
mine is cn'ercd and also 10 an old aban-
doucd entrance. Four men were at work
in the mine at the time, John Turrill,
Thomas Bowen, jacob Miller aud Andrew
Miller. Turlill aud Brown were at work
in one of the rooms, while the two Milers
wer engaged in driving new entry, abou,
a hundred yards distant The foot of the
slope by which the water entered is the
! lowest place 10 the niue, and cOBsC quently
filled up first, so that when the meu were
| apprised Of the danger the only avenue OF
escape was C mpletcIy cut of a
1t was near midnight when the stute Of
| affairs was discovered on ;be surface. The
aia' was given, he flow of water into the
tnfuc was stopped, and the pumps were go,
Ut work. 1t was found that nn immense
volume Of water had aleady poured down
the slope, bnl from tLeIacl that two OF the
men we're known TO be lii tbe highest part
of the mine, itowas hoped iha: they were
still alive. On Saturday the wo;k was
bcgnn Of drilling hole through the rock,
a dist anee of fifly.Six feet, 10 the place
whefe Turrll aud Bowen were Supposed
to he Great crowds of anxious people
congregated from the neighboriDg country
On Sunday noon the shaft reached the in
terror Of the mine, but there were no signs
Of the men until M ,nday when q voice
called mp the shaft, who's there2' 1t was
found that Turrill and Bowen were both
alive, bul kaeS Dothing Of their two com.
J rades! Conversation could be easily car.
FED on with them, and pieces Of food and
small bottles of brandy were lowered
through the narrow aperture. They stated
ibst as soon as they saw1he Good coming
iu they endeavored to join their companions
but were uOable TO do so, tSe water com.
ing up TO their Becks in that part of the
mine They heard distinctly the sound ci
{ drilling Oh Saturday, and mite through
a column to reach the place where the dli
. came thr ough. Such quantities Of weteI
came through the drilthois that They
C, ked it up, fearing that il would drowr
+ them, bat on Monday, the ffow OF watei
ceasDg. they made themselves known.
We visited the niue on Tuesday, bu'
found no material change 10, the sta,
of sffaus since the day before. The tw'
men were amply supplied with food through
the newly drilled shaft and were chetr'u
! and even quite gay at Times. A new sbaf
was being drilled at point under whic
} the Miliers we're supposed TO have been o
Friday night, Powerful steam pumps a
!. : both euierances to the mine were tbro"
: ing out Steady streams OF water. and tw
: linei OF men bailed by passing buckesupth
8 slope The SoIk had been kept up nigt
" and day wi,hoot ihterniissiou, There WEI
~ then some hopes that tbe two missing me
d might be found alive. Hundreds d peopl
! men women aud children, were on the spo
Mauy Of them, Ne were told. came ever
y morning and reaAihed tili late at nigh
y aDxiousIy awaiting the denouumsnt
'e the tragedy. Work at several Of II
d oeghboripg mines had been stopped, &C
e the workmen from tkem were on hand.
trendef what assistance they could.