The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-09-09
Extinguishing the Fire !!
INTO THE MINE.
Dead Bodies Brought Up.
TWO HUNDRED CHASTITY VICTIMS
Horrible and Sickening De-
tails.

SCRANTON, September AT $50
o'clock tonight John Price, Z. Morris,
William Thomas and Elijah Thomas
went down, it being Norris second trip,
for the purpose of arranging tho hose;
They were down twenty minutes, ana
+. Norris was brought out lnsenslole,
fainting before he reached the carriage
The second trip proved more than ne
could stand. He was recuscltated IN
short time. The others are all right.
They succeeded in getting the hose
ready to haul up.
New YORK, September S.-A special
dispatch from Scranton, Pa, says:
There were not less than one hundred
and thirty-eight nor more than one hum
dred and fifty people in the AvondaIe
mine when the accident occurred. Some
of the men who went down the shaft
reported that the fire in the furnace was
ali out. The presumption was that
when the fire broke out the miners had
kept their senses, and having dragged
the fire, had fed to the upper chambers,
closing the doors behind them. Sup
posing this to be true, the rescuers pro-
ceeded on the simple plan of forcing
fresh air into the mine. This was con-
tinued till four o'clock in the after
noon, when party of men, penetrating
three hundred feet and opening the
door, made the discovery that the fire
was still burning in the furnace and
had even ignited the coal piled out
under it. Those understanding the
situation upon hearing this fact saw in
q moment that all hope$was at AZ end
and that all that could be done was to
ba Lost r1iparG from their fiery
tomb TO administer Christian burial. y
change of operations was then instantly
decided on. II was determined 10 di-
rect immediate efforts to the extinguish
ment of the fire. Means are now ar
ranged to that end and the night will
be occupied by deIusing the mine with
water.
SCRANTON, September S.-Four men
who went down the shaft yesterday at
teruoon and explored q gangway open
ed door leading to the furnace and
found ii full of burning coal and lot
Of coal near by blazing. One became
overpowercd, and they returned TO tho
mouth of the shaft, where they We're
with difficulty restored from the effects
of the gas and blue damp which was
following them.
1t was then determined to pour water
into the mine to eXtinguIsh the fire and
after some four hours another party |
went down and carried hose 10 the fur
mace. They reported the iro dying out
in the furnace. Ojhcr parties went |
down aud placed the hose in position to
throw water on the tuTuacc After the |
water had been turned on two hours two !
parties went down, the last one return
ing III bad condition from the effects OF
blue damp, which arose very freely,
About = o'clock this morning another
gang went down and brought up the
bodies of TWO miners, which were in a
n bad and unacceptable condition,
being badly bloatcd, with clots of blood
about their mouths. One is young
man and the other middle-agcd. The
excitement was intense, and the air i'll
the mine was then improving.
PHILADELPHIA, September Especial
dispatches from Scranton, dated at four
o'clock to-day, report the finding of
nearly two hundred dead bodies of
miners piled up together in Avondale
Mine.
LATER.
A private dispatch says one hundred
and three dead bodies have been brought
up from the mine.