The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-09-10
Tho AEonda.Ie Horror.

AuO AFUEA1G1C 4UEEUEs
S9R.8faloN. Pa, Sept. 81 80 a. II
Ninety bodies have been found
ei9hty-tTo of which have been
brought to the surface. A doctor was
/ calledfor tO8attend the men who eX-
plored the nine, bus none Ipresent
Vol4pteered ,gand DEJRicard, Of Ply
mouth, came from that place to per.
form theduty Of resnseitating miners,
It more foul air is encountered. The
coroner sFlA ts kes testiDonyeon Satur-
day afternoon. The heaps of coal left
IN the chute have been lighted, and
4 are blazing Ia a long line, extending
from the railroad up the hill. Great
outbreaks of grief occur among the
+ women in the nearest miners houses.
'fho aTT m the mine is SO bad that
the parties can stay but a few mo-
ments.
AvoNDALE, Pa, Sept. 9-2:20 P. NJ.
| Thomas Carson and George Morgan,
very experienced miners, with twenty
men have just returned from the
Anitie, and report they have explored
seEergapart1 ofsthe workings, and are
satisfied that AL the bodies have been
| recovered. Outside parties say John
Davis, ,sof plymouth, and James A.
l5keTT,s of AVgpGafe, are stIll1 missing,
Fhey must Bea mistaken One hun
Edred. andgeigbs bodies have been ta-
ken out.
SCRANTON, sa.bbg 9.4Fanefals have
been goiag H6n all day and 81 were
buried ia the hyde Park Welsh Gem
J eteTy this $tfterno6n 44 Sixty-one
Georpses. IN all gtaVelobeen received in
ethis city ands ofH eTs have been buried
Fat polntsdaRp bEe valley. zoe $3.50
New York, September 8. = a
Scranton dispatch says: Later explo-
rations Of the mine have developed
a sadder phase Of the tragedy. Many
-chumbers have been entered and the
| miners found In tlens dead the
breasts of the miners showing that
they had been stricken down by the
poisonous gas 1wlt hgut warning,
| while they were at work. Road men,
kRoQfameB, daor men, and others, were
afeuzid dead Ia the different gangWays,
showing that the destruction must
have seame s#Ift and sudden,
T. Yhesspifit seviaeed by the niuers
Ito day has been bitterInthe extreme,
1aand IS not as suaged by. the offers of
assistance and sympathy flowing in
from every side<szs sisi4ag-
L. Asa .Packershas telegraphed that be
oilers S2,3Q0 to the .bereaTod; Gov.
! GeaFy, 5000. 1at- EiEd . Is@4 ~
t. The. railroad company makes all
I the exertions possible, and the wishes
/ pf the ml9eis II every respect are
kc0usuIted. but they remain obdurate.
The more reasonable are ready TO
lcllsten to reasonE but they are In the
] 10 aof 1va
! vieiDuss Trouble is apDTehended,
/ and has been ayoided only by con-
Jisummate tact. "a as- er
The Mississippi! Valley Commercial
- fssV convention. -
KEoKUK, Iowa. September g.
The Mississippi Valley Commercial
Conyept ton reassembled this morning
at 8 o clock.
The report Of the Committee on
the Mississippi River and its tributa-
ries was called for. but the committee
not being ready, other business was
called for. s.,s g. -.l s--t
FaasAn address. prepared aud put in
/ print BY Mr. Dolhoude, of New Or
leans, having reference to Louisiana
and its resources, was presented and
ordered. TO be. printed With the pro-
ceedlngs Wltho ut eadlng.1
A resolution was passed to petition
| Congress. to- m4ke an appropriation
for holding a World s. Fair in the
8Valley ef the 6hks sissippilh51S7
A resolution was passed appointing
a committee to superinteqd the print
] ing of tho pEoceedinas. ~
L The Committee en- ethe Mississippi
7 River then presented their report, or
thatpar9qfrtheir report OF yesterday,
/ which was recQmmittcd to them, 10
] the shape rof bill to.authorize the
[ EeOnstFuedoni Off bridge across the
I ohio River. eSecio1 frst proposes /
Fetflat any bridge heneatter built across
I the Ohio River lsIail be made with
continuous aad unbroken spans and
Ethe spans across tho main xlO8 water
mark and forty feet above the high
water mark for the elevation Of the
( bottom chord OF. the bridge. all other
/ spans shalt be at least three hundred
| feet IN length in the clear, aud the
span erosaing tire main low water
bchaanel shalt be flll four hundred
l feet Of unobstructed pas age way in
iaaiE Stages. of water.
- Sec ion two provides that bridges
/ ANGLES. with the direction of the eur
7 re NJ In the main ehanael, and the
i piers be always IRIaEeel 538the cur
, rent a $ tne. bridge shaA re. SO located
| that the curreuts0f She main channel
! shall meye in5stiai9ft line / 900 feet
Habove the. bridge aud 500 feet below,
/ and norip rapsshaIl ba placed around
I the bases of the piers ur abutments,
n IA os M ~ - 10 "A ~ i,, I ,,ss 9y,yv, 4 y
Sacti5B thitdo rsduirss that before
1 building a bridge, across. the Ohio
\ River by Scdtc or rersoaS, the plans
| for. the bridge, &c5,shall be sub nit
ted to Inspection ana approval Of
/ the Secretary of War; aud, if ap-
/ proved, the building Of tie bridge
may be commenced at once, but il the
/ conditions Of this act are not COM
/ Piled with, the Secretary of War Shall
/ detail Board of United States Ea
/ gineers, who shall deei9es5wh At changes +
shall be made to secure compliance
] with the provisions of this act.
| Section four provides that persons
koF corporations constructing bridges
! shalt take measures to prevent any
kchange occurring after the work shall
4 have been cemmenct q, that would IN
/ ijariously aledt the naEigalion OF the
river G
Section FIVE provides that any fridge
built unden this act shall be a careful
STRUCTURE, and shall be known as a
post route. and no charge shall be
/ made for the transmission OF mails
over If, or troops and munitions of
war ofthe United States than the reg
4 ular rate per. mile charged by rail
roads or highways.
re Section six provides that all bridges