Evening star., 1869-09-08
TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR.
This AfteFnssn's Dispatches.
THE COAL MINE CALAMITY.
HORRIBLE SIGHT.
fHE NINE OPENED.
200 DEAD BODIES FOUND.


hAsros, sept s.-AH efforts to relieve the
men or get al them since yesterday have been
worse than fruitsees. AR has been foroed INTO
me nine AL Gay through tas gangsay IN
stood that since last night the coal ln M.
furnace had been drawn out aud extinxaishsa
upon the nrst alarm OF fire. Such was the re-
port Of those who nrst entsr,t the mine on
Monday night but n now seems thai tbs
was mistake, and that 3 volume OF ar
sent into the mime swep tower the furnace
and carried all the gases and smoke therefrOm
into the inner recesses Of the mine. THIS alone
continued rs AZ bad been all day, would be
enough 20 cause the death Of every Inmate OF
the mine, AZ any had been fortunate enough %
down the shaft, as the are must De xtingui shed
before any further progress can be made.
lsAcohD bssfAroa.l
SCRANTON. sept. s-While four men were
down, those who anxiously awaited the result
OF their descent Were considerably frirhtened
oy the cracking OF the roof Of the tannel and
OF the surface rock. Fcrtuaately no one W
hurt. At - O'Clock David - Jones. Henry
Atherell, Samuel MargOn and John Williams
went down, and. sitter twenty five minutes.
damp, which has nov commenced ris,ns.
a. The Others
They threw water upon the lire, and think
IL is ont. At about the time tnls gang as ked 20
De hos I'd, George Morgan, who was watching
~ the opening OF the shaft. hsd 90 be removed
from
the tunnel. the blue damp thai was coming up
the shaft making Morgan sick. and placing ali
who might be an the tunnel in a very perilous
SITUATION. No farther attempt will Be made 70
90 down for an hour. Water is going down
Things al this time (2.05 a. m are n stand
still, except as regards water going in upon
the furnace and the rising OF the blue damp
No one has been down since the eang last re-
ported, and although an effor is being made 70
get ano<her gang 10 go, and although those WI o
nave not yet been down, are ready, those
IN authority are afraid 70 run tue risk. unless
some one who has been down goes along. Oh
servaiions thus convince us that the 2la men
are beyond all hope Of rescue, and some time
must elapse before another gang VIII be ready
10 venture down, as they are all worn out
The air In the mine In gradually becoming
more foul and dangerous, and some cons iderA-
BILE time. probably days, will elapse before
and before the nose.men who yenture. viii ee
able TO withstand the fumes OF gas long enough
20 learn anything definite.
LATER.-rwo bodies have been brought mp
bp the gang that went down since the last tele-
gram. The excitement Is great. The bodies
are in q bad condition and cannot be recog-
nized.
2:55A A. M.-The air is getting better i'm the
mine. Two bodies, badly bloated, Were found
IN the staole-one q young man, probably
elghr en- years OF age, and the other a middle
sent BoOd 10 cIo,s !. ssoas sn.,e aats pre-
and they are terrible objects 70 look upon. A
gang OF strangers, supposed 70 be from Hyde
fark, came down tnirty minutes before the dis
covery OF the hodies.
THIRD DIsPArcH.l
PHrLADELPHIA, Sept s.-A special dispatch
to the Evening Telegraph says:-The AVIAN
dale mine wss successfully opened this morn
ing, and all the miners, 200 in number, were
found dead.
fPouRTH DISPATCH
PAILADEIPHIA, Sept s.-A private dispatch
says lO3 bodies have been brought up.