Evening star., 1869-09-11
THE GREAT MINING HORROR.

l. lateSt from the scene Oh Otsostef AT
Avondale-Burial Of the Dead, &c.
some of the newspapers try to convey tue
impression that the Avondale victims might
have been saved but for the mi stake OF the
down the shaft before tne fire was extnguished,
and 50 driving the fatal gas back INTO the gal.
leries. II must be remembered, however, that
the fan was not erected until twenty.four
hours after the catastrophe, and there is net the
slightest probability that man OF them was
alive at that time. The mine had already been
entered, and the choke. damp was so bad that
no one could endure It more than five or six
minutes. Dispatches from Ayondale ON
Thursday give a full list OF the names
showing that los men psrlshed in the mine,
Jones we're suffocated on Monday evening In
attempting to enter the mine. The explorations
have have been thorough, and there Is no
tempts to account tor the great discrepancy
between tie first estimates and the result,
The widows are So and the orphans in the
county are 100. number OF the men had
caildren living in the old country, The desti-
tuition existing is great, and Quires immediate
relief Three and half months strike had
reduced all the families TO the verge of starva.
ton, the men not being at work long enough 70
receive any pay. There was never q case that
appealed more strongly to the charitable
Funerals have been going on all day. Thirty.
Park Welsh Cemetery this afternoon. SIXTY.
one bodies IN all have been received In this
city. and the others have been buried at points
The various committees throughout the
country are requested to for ward, without uR-
necessary delay, any contributions they may
nave on hand, or may hereafter receive, to
Henderson Gaylord, treasurer, Plymouth, Pa
The dispatches also say:
After a night of horrors, beautiful morning
comes with the atmosphere full Of sunlight TO
mock the widows and orphans who are mourn
Ing IN their desolated households. About dark
last night the rain commenced pouring down
in torrents. and, when the people were com.
heurs the long lines OF humanity stationed on
the breaker walls, above the shaft, remained
motionless In the storm. The piles of empty
INNS, and the halt. bodies in front,of
the dead house, seemed TO have a peculiar
fascination for the multitude, but by O'Clock
the crowd began to leave. When twilight came
on the masses Of burning coal at the mouth OF
the shaft were covered with sheets Of blue and
purple flame. The road between thus place,
Kingston, and Wilkesbarre was filed with
people and vehicles. Poorly .clad women,
with babes in their arms. dragged their weary
limbs through the mud and ram, and wagons
loaded with cofins rumbled over the rocks to.
ward the town. The means and sobs were still
heard, and now and then poor unfortunate
would make the weod ring with her wild
shrek.
A correspondent of the New York World thus
The funeral of forty-three miners to-day, at
one O'Clock, was an event Of unusual impress
siveness. solemn requiem was tollsd by the
city bells, flags were hung at half-mast, stores
numerous locomotives draped in mourning,
and all the working population Of Scranton
appeared to have betaken themselves to Avon.
dale, one train, OF thirty.seven platform cars,
carrying 3,50O passengers to the scene OF the
late disaster. So great was the crush that two
men were knocked of the cars and cut to
mense, and extended down the railroad track
for miles. A vast majority Of those present
came purely from motives Of curiosity.
There were hundred women, dressed In cos.
tune more befitting a picnic than a funeral,
and among many Of the men there was q levlty
and rudeness Of manner better adapted to the
scene Of such great grief. The cofiins, in grim
orray, were piled upon q construction carriage.
On reaching Scranton they were deposited, one
by one, In ten hearses and q number of wagons
The crowd that followed this dismally formid.
able funeral to the Welsh cemetery, at Hyde
Park, numbered over three thousand, all on
foot, OF decent and well. behaved class of
people. When the third coffin was about being
lowered into one Of the long and regular
row OF excavations woman rushed
herses snd wih ,s despeFs'
aYou shani bury bury my ny sSns William! !''S1S, Yos
shanr! you shan'r Give him back to me, or
il you won't, bury me with him,' Finally the
all The strongest emotions OF a passionate sor.
row, was prevailed upon to let the coffin be
lowered to its place. But as the men began to
eyes up toward heaven, clas ped her tremulous
hands, and, with an expression Of the widest
oespalrlng anguish in her face, which those who
saw Wh never De IfKeiy ~ forget, Exclaimed.
sob, Almighty God! take me-take me to where
my William is"' And with freq uent repettIons
OF this strong imploration she passed with
weary steps out OF the cemetery gates The rest
OF the interment ceremony was marked by no
especial incident, and the large assemnlaee
present dispersed quietly when all had been
consigned to the grave. Dr. Roberts preached
the funeral sermon. In the evening at seven
o'clock eleven more bodies were brought up
from Avondale on train Of cars, ON which
over 5000 people must have been mass an 0ors
They We're taken, as before, to the Hyde PARK
Cemetery, without the accompaniment OF 60
large body Of mourners as felio wed the mid
day procession. Fifty.four bodies are now
buried in Hyde Park Cemetery. Two have
have been inferred by friends, one at Pittston
aud one at Wyoming. Another is being walked
this evening, and ffty-one remains to be buried
Tomorrow