The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-09-10
Two More Lives Lost in the Attempt.
FULL PARTICULARS OETRE HOR-
PiBLE AFFAIR.

out, with no chance for air, as the
only way :or getting air into The
shaft was through the main opening,
and that was filled with burning tim
hers and debris of the flames. 1t is
feared the whole number have been
suirocated by smoke or perishcd for
want of air.
The fire departments Of Scranton,
Wilkesbarre and Kingston are play
ing streams down the shaft for the
purpose of quenching the fire there,
so that the rubbish can be cleared
out aud the condition of the men NJ
cettaineG It will probably take TIL
tomorrow morning before tidfngS9
can be received from them.
The scene is heart rending Fam
lilies are congregating in great num-
bers. Miners from all parts of the
country are there st work, and mer-
chants. and, in fact, the whole popu.
lation of the town have turned out to
assist.
The loss bv the fire will amount to
about Slo0, 900, partly covered by
insurance.
All the physicians in the vicinity
have been summoned to attend, when
the condition of the men has been
ascertained. The affair has cast a
gloom upOn the whole community
and business is almost entirely suS-
pended.
The miners had only resumed
work to day, after a suspension of
about three months. Among the
men in the mines, is Mr.. Hughes, the
Superintendent.
SCRANTON, Pa, Sept Go p. N.
The lresst information from the
Avondale mine state that the shaft
was cleared, and two men went down
an / penetrated sixty or seventy yards
to Il closed gangway door, which
they could not force open. They
found three dead mules outside the
door, and sulphurous fumes were
pouring out through the door. No
signs OF life were discovered, and it
is feared all are dead.
The loss by the burning of the
Avandale mines works is $50, 900
TO Sl00, 900, not counting the loss by
the stopPage of mining. This mine
had been involved in "a strike for
over three months, but resumed work
last Thursday. aVi was producing
$50 tuns OF coal per day. The
works were built in 1867. and it will
take four to six months TO rebuild.
PLYMOUTH, PA, Sept. Go L. NJ.
After the rubbish from the bottom
of the shaft was cleared away, two
men descended in Il bucket and sent
word up to send down pick and
shovel to cfeat the doors with. The
bucket was brought up and two men
started down with the tools. AS
they started, the men at the bottom
requested them TO hurry, and on
their reaching the bottom both men
we're found dead. No hopes were
entertained for the men in the shaft
All are supposed to have peris he'd.
The black damp is very bad here.
SCRANTON, Sept Especial trains
ran from here to Avondae this
morning every hour free until Ill
O'Clock, when the crowds became so
dense that they obstructed the relief
parties, and they were suspended.
Mining cannot be resumed ut any Of
the works of the Delaware, Lackawa-
ma and Western Railroad Company's
mine within o week not, at least,
until all the funerals OF the AvOndale
dead are ever. The fact OF the lone
and severe strike lust ended adds
greatly to the destitu.ion which will
follow the calamity. The widows
and orphans will number not less
than 600.
At s O'Clock the crowd was clear !
ed, and arope enclosure made around |
the mouth OF the shaft by The police
The engine aud fan were got to work
shortly after. 1t was connected |
with the canvas conductor that reach
es the bottom of the shaft 237 feet.
At 1920, Superintendent Corwln, OF
Hampton Mine, and 5. p. Davis, car
penter of AvOndale, descended 100
leet, and lowered three lamps to
within fifteen feet of the bottom of
the shaft. The lamps burned freely
after remaining in the shaft forty
minutes. They returned fromrecon
noitering at ll:l5 II.
Geo. T. Morgan, John Howells.
Thos. Davis and Thos. Z. Davis, a
of miners, descended the
shaft slowly and with care. At Il.35
they ascended to the mouth OF the
shaft reporting that after leaving the
platform on which they went they
proceeded about 80 feet in the gang
Say. anil finding great deal OF car
bonic acid gas and black damp re
.reated, after conveying the end OF
he large canvas air conveyor as far
nto the mine as they went. The !,
lamp was between two aud three :
'eet deep in the bottom OF the mine. :
At 1855 Rees Evans, Thos Car :
ON, Charles Jones and Isaac rhom
Is, another miners committee, began =
he descent into the shaft. The fsn
vas kept constantly in motion during
Ill the time, forcing fresh air into
he mine. During these proceedings
It the shaft, a committee of fifty vol C
lnteers was formed, regularly Off O
.ered by the miners, to descend and L
ec0ver the bodies of their compan- u
ons. Rev. Mr.. Hunt headed a com D
nitiee OF twenty citizens who can
assed the numerous thrOng with e
books for the orphans a
nd widows of the unfortunate vie 4
ims. K
LATE, ,T.-The latest accounts from C
he above disaster state that the II
cad bodies of those in the mine :,
ave been found and they are en- a.
aged in bringing them to the sur e'
ice. Sixty bodies had been raised. d
I'll
Prince Arthur is tall and slender, ii
ith a fine and faultlessly combed ce
cad of brown hair, and his youthful N,
ce is ornamented with an English ST
attern of whiskers and moustache, bl
ghly creditable to the physical de. W
.lopment of a young man OF nine O