The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-01-19

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MaA \. ~, the pit exploded again, killing al
the volunteers who " ere searching for the dead
Happily the founcs. of the pit had bern 80 gr,a
previously that about ten minutes 10 nine all III
fcarchcrs, 10 the numl'r OF siNiccn cim, back
When they did 80 they were aroused of coward
ice by the men who were waiting 10 dr.crnd
aud these latter at once went down 20 ,ontinw
the search. They hal not been in The iii man,
minutes when /, fired. the crash of the c,rlnsioi
being distinctly heard -, places nrarly milrdi.
innt
TiiREE urSnhEp ANp FirrY.rwo titf. Loar.
\ fact corroboraiing previoI. statements as :,
the number Of men in the lii a, the time the cx
plosion come to light during the Interrogation
and strengthens the assertions as 10 the loss ofhu
man life \ Manchester paper SAYS We a.,
informed on crejiiahlc authority that four hun.
dfcd aud thirty lamp- hal been issued on We'd
nrslay morning. ani only two or three bad
been returned the fearful estimate 81 thc loss a
life is not likely 80 have been o,er.inirl
The numbers will be- at tc lowest estimate.
$50 in the r' when the accident happened Is
rescued alive Of whom L have since dial aul
= volunteers killed mahinsa total of -. killed..
CAUSE 90 Tur tXrro,iuN
Tie Manchester Gpi,,im e,, A.. io the
cause o' 'h' explosion "''' BE- hn""" ptirii-
'""s u '' " "'''' 'Nfih'. l"' ii' "'~ 800 'hc
hand of 4 fi,h proprietary. wio W,fc certainly
not laf.imonious ia their man ,y,u,ui Tic
mine made large quantity o. ga. wanh wa.
'o'''"' )" ''flo"' i'F'. o' i"' l'i "ni o"uiuD'-
'' !" ri's 70 'N' engine l'n" winch "'s thus
"'"i'h''! lsh''d IN the working 'h' m'"
Used '"ie'l lamps. u o. s'A That "h'n h" ac-
c'dc"' h"ipen'd . number y iho '"".rf' were
d'h'ng he"d"'y toward some n.l levels
charged win foul air "nl .nlio+.''nn ptc'nii.
'"'' having tapped 'hi' "if, = rI-h.I =" 'h' 'n-
si"e plane ana There "Ni.'ib jH'' %. loo 'l'
ease "' '"" recent accident ~ I'u"'ni"li |no'h-
a. M''f' '' mat 'he iin' "'! have H''. hr't hr
'hr &c., '''n' use '' 'h" a'"'' ''nl-" ''r its''-
'ns oi a match
I'' I''cd' N@''t. however -. I""
'Han"'i D." "A'c" Tie r'i was WORKED "".'if'ii-
''' sN'''' '"' dis'ns-I'n "mohS N' crowd ni
was '''''' ~ sever" wen ''Ih''"i't " 90 'hc
'""'eFy' ih" although ihr 'i.' H-h', ts'i ,n
the workings were the ."'e'! ''"i'- 'h' 90 -ine
plane "nd tie main 'h""nsti'ff- % tt. m.He
were lighted b, GA II.- w". n''...l r.- ac
'H'""'''ed D" 'Ae i'' b! placing iile '' 'r rf'n-
'p"' h-sHics 'io" "h'c" t'so'@! 'n! '.n..ac'-
'"s II '"'"H t"som'i'f. WHENCE Wa .it'"H De
'"i1'f'd 3" '.' usual "n >""c ~ u. m'n
VINO "'i "'i""l "a ih' ir'"' '"1 c"n-.! J -
sac were ln'''"'' To "''i'""'' 'a' 'N. :"
''''' '' '''''' ''f"'''"- '' '' '' 'i
''"' Is" appear "'' "'' i""i $50.
"-' ''' '.'''Hs T." '"' s''h'- 81" ira.-
N'' ii"'.''.! "'' 'ni'! "''h ~ t'' ''r O. , ia.'
''' '''"t "' h'N'' "-''' p e" i'
ana '''"' ''"''''4''' ''Ni ~ "-
l'""'''' cause "' i"' ''f'''''. "F 'Dr
'u'i'' ""n q" 'he minr 'Afr . .i.H. "'t. 'tu-
"i! 'mi'"!'H"H d'y amt '"'.' '' "'"' ii'
HN'E "' iA'-" me" Wa '' H-' a. ' ""'h-
'h4 ana o'A'' d'ne''o"- l"f'' '"r i.i '"f!
sh"i u'i"i' 'h' m'" ''i'n Nti" 2" e" is''
W'H """ ''i' iii- "H'' "'' 49, understand,
aus l'i'"fi"'l "ii"o"' 'N' ' ."'''' ' an'-
"'hs 70 '''"'r "'i"
seems h'"c''f. mat compliant have been
m''' '"' some '"" 81 me unusual h'At 90 the
p' " eve" A''f' " l"'' SOME "' q. m,n "i-
y'"" 10 ""f" ]" ' ''' H'' "' ia' "'ni"'phoe
]" vac i'' '' ''ii''' - we ''H- H..t'n' rr
"f h'i '' t"''' '"i'".h i' "'e."-- 'n ',-
'"|' 81 '"''' 'N''h'. ~. ''' 'l.'''.'' -i'''
s''"'''' o" '"' journey va '''- i"n' .'v' veg.
y j. only ''r !" s'' '"'' 'h" boat Il 'h' ''mo.-
rh'i' W. regularly taken aud ih'i 'ln"-r ia
chAff' ." ""t''''" 70 an''.i''' '''t" '"m
~ condition
'>'iitN''
some "l thc escapes OF the uin'is w.i, 'uy
remarkable "ne man named H'i ~ low
ins coal IN som" new works. about a mi' anl
hall nom the shai's lie became aware d" 'hc
explosion hy (" sudden rush Of air which threw
h'm down and rendered him in''n''hir un r'-
covering himself he i'i' that be- wa heing m
wrapped ~ sn''oc"'ins choAc-d'ml ani, With q
desperate eiior. Ice struggled toward ihr st,f'.
The roads wcf" 80 blown down 'h,' D. could
hardly mud his Nay. ani after climbing ,''r
heaps OF deb'is lie At last ir.' h'r.,.s. aul gave
imseli np for lost. some hicnai, hanl to-i
him, aud oncc more he staggered on 'D"Ar! the
shaft where be at last arrived and Wa .u,i,
taken To the surface.
Another man Was knockci Gown .eu.,l,..
aud one 81 The exploring parties aiicfwatl tuunl
him grasPing in his arms the hod' 81 a do,d ,a'
Others brought to the surface alive cSrcrienc'i
singularly narrow escapes from falling debris
aud af,ef'damp. To avoid i''c latter many fli
on their mouths aud erawle'l along the level
one Of the most affecting scenes which the
searchers e"me upon was the discover, of "ors
than twenty men, nearly the whole Of whom
were locked IN each Others arms. They had
faced death together, ani had carried the
friendship Of life to the very Threshold OF the
grave. Others had evidently been swept away