The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-24

identify the features Of brother father husband - the
which arc easily imagined bus panfaI 70 describe
CURED constantly throughout that long and bitter Friday
nisht. Many OF tho men had lived o. Absrdare and
hsrthyr or eight miles or going homo every Sat-
urday night and IRON those places which the
In eiiigenCe had reached shout four O'Clock Friday
noghborhood chiefly oollss and females. 70 the
or the catastrophe. Tns work OF recovery pro-
oeeded without iniermlsson during the whole
OF Friday night Out Of the fty three bodies brought
to bank by saturday morning. only Ave vsrs alive,
but drsadfuiiy injured ~ leave little
work T. sssnds ana sss whole q saturday was
spent in clearing fall In the DuGryn Level, behind
which It is believed twenty 1--we men had been work
ing These falls shut out Ill hope OF OF the remain
ing one hundred and twenty msn being goa out alive
The workers 10 the PIT sent frequent messages that
two Or SrsS 10 SaDsa
had had pressed up close % the p,ss mouth, wsrs
up 50 AZ TO have an open space about the shaft.
A stream Of water vas also sens down the shaft,
and about hour after this mad been done the
Mr. Wales her Majsstys inspector Of Mines for South
Wales arrived about three O'Clock In the afternoon and
went down the pit Immediately. Mr. DAVIS the prnci.
pal proprietor present after the explosion and
went down the PIT He was also down nearly the whole
OF Saturday. and the pat has been visited by many
levels appear have Injured extent beyond
that 0f other pit 10 the district which has been
the awful and over ~hsiminr sacriace or human
life. the proprietors will suffer heavy loss In
property. Tho Coroner for the county Of 0iamor-
gan, Mr.. q. 0vert0n. ompaneied . jury and nspect-
Cd ne bodies Of the dead visit to the dssoass homes
whore they ay discossd Of the most distressing
character. whole famss having been swept or In
house father three lay stretched death -
though they wore calmly sleeping, and the fourth
lay dead 70. doors on, lea ing young widow in an
agony OF grief In another family OF six that went
well and hearty In tho morning only one had been
brought back alive. and ne viii be cripple for life
should he survive his injuries In some houses the
poverty the occupants was 20 great that they were dos
tsuts OF the means OF laying out the bodies and
quentiy the oorpses in all their ghasy disbursement
lay the stone floor covered with sacks In house
two lads, injured lay the floor they brought
from the pit. the inmates fearing 70 touch them
less they should kill them too soon. In most Of the
houses the distress and sorrow were intensified by
the fact that ethors swell list OF
victims In all cases certificates Of burial gven,
and the funeral expenses believe will BE- b0rne by
the firm in whose service the unfortunate fellows have
died. Orders wero g,yea b. Mr. Davis for unlimited
supply OF everything requisite for the injured from the
shops In tho place, but sad 70 relate this generosity
VIII not DO largely drawn upou Tor Of all the one hun
dred and seventy soul. who were down the fatal pit q
juries sunday morning all hops OF safety for those
still below WAS abandoned, ~ the managers Of other
the night, reaching the surface declared it to be-
utter impossbty for any OF the unfortunate workers
brought to the surface are fght;uly burned tho cloth
ing completely destroyed and in portions Of
the body been literally burned away the charrsd
At the time Of the explosion thirty horses were
working IN the pit and every ono Of them has been
killed Some OF them had portions Of their harness
difficult 70 conjecturs what has been the Of the
accident but 10 feared that long immunity from acci.
reckless Of their safety Some OF the lamps have
found open but believe that this may have been
caused by the force Of the explosion but those who
lamp declare that to be imp0ssiDty. In the cob
sry stable in which Is said that four carpen-
have been the OF the accident large quan.
lily Of gas 10 said to be constantly ia the pit