, 1869-09-07
COAL MINE DISASTER,
4 Coal Shaft On Fire At Plymouth,
PA,
Upward Of Two Hundred Labore1B
at Work il the Mine.
Th, Entire Number Supposed TO Huvs
Enffotated.

EcHAKron, n, Bcpt 0, -Thcrc IL great efcite-
mcut hero in consequence Of The burning Of
coal hscAker at the ArondA'o rutne, plymouth,
atAut twenty mileA south OF Ibis city. Thcse aze
~ o hundfcd and ont met AMI boys Ia the mEne,
anti tho shafs which to Ito only means Of cscapc.
Ia ehokr.1 Up ~ Iufty feet ol burning coal aai
ruttlsh. Ventilation ID totally tiopFc.i and ihcso
urcas fears that sonc, II nol I'll, Will bc autfo-
Gated.
PLYMOUTH. TA, aept A-A llso hsoke out This
morning IN the nnc aah .,ttuH. at tho t:oabun
shafs, owned ~ tic Delaware, 1ackawannA !
Western Company. tn tals place. an. In shots
t!n'u lhr whule brsAkrs Ana uutoaIldlnks wefo !n
nan VI rseattN for Ito uuorz, destroying. Al sf-
loIa 10 ss45 tho nasucs wcru anas allanic and Tho
.hs osst m men s qn saa , sD hsss sss
10 communication out, with DO chance for RF, ~
!he oniy M iat getting air Into Tho ahalt ~
s aass ~ n s. aaa ase se. ~ il I a1e s
that tho whole number nAre been eanocttel By
atnGso O petishett for want OF ALI. ..
The Flfp Department Of scranton, WutAafA9ru
aGd klnRaton nsn playing ttreAnl oxn sho SHAFT
tos thc paspose u qurach!ng tho ire, " that tho
r1blAh CAL bt eleArcd out aud LIS condition OF
The men aece1ta.ncd- It viii probably ts1o iii TO-
from them.
The scene Is heartrenains. Families arc con-
Of The country arc there at WORK, and merchants,
and In ftct the whole population OF the town haye
turned QUt 10 A9SlAt,
The loan b, the nse ~i1 amount to abont t1eo,-
Coo: pa1unliJ covered bf iasu1ance-
~ tte pn5slclAns Of the vicinity hare been
tnmnoned tu attend when the condition Of thu
men will be ascertatnes1. The atrlr has cast a
gloom upon the Who11 community, and business
Is almost entirely sa.peaced-
sptpension Of aious hire mouths. Among tue
teLdent
SCRANTON. Pa, Sept 60 p, n.-Tne latest In
formation from the Atondsio nlae states tha.
The shalt WAS cleared, a1d txo men went down
aud penetrated stxtJ q seventy. yards to closed
1heY found three dead mules outside the door,
and sulphaIous fumes we're pour!ng out through
The door. No signs Of life were discovered, and
II ts feared that all nye dead
FLrnoc1n, Pa, Sept 80 .. u.-Af,cr the
rubbAh tlu1n the bottom Of The shatt vas cleared
away two ntrels descended In a bucket, and sent
the aoors With. Tbs bucket VAS broqsh, IN and
two men started down with the tools. AZ they
starred the men NJ the bottom requeased them ia
nnrsJ ana on their reaching the bottom both were
20 hope il entertained for the men in the shatt.
AZ We tuppotca to hare pczsshed- The black
Latest Accoc3T.
SCRANTON. Pa, Sept 6.--Tbe dte began at 10
o'clock this morning. Al experts agree rha: i,
furnace to the woodwork at the bottom Of the
sha1t which u se7 feet below the surface. The
nsnes then rn1hed With great E1olence up The
eA1altr a1lA p4uAt 4At LII Lie t1Rlu6 lDlQQ kQe
1op. The engineer barely escaped
With his life. The buildings covering
the NOUN H Of the snan were loo feei
htRlp and s1o seet long, all OF wood and drY a.
Under. 1hey were almost instantly enEeloped f1
nanes. ahu VAS Impossible TO reach the mouth
pespacnes M int stp teeeyed f1nr Asond,,e sn,
tGat ihonAs y. "Nltatns. OF Plymouth. aud la
fld Jones, OF GFAua Tunnel, who went down t
mats further tnssst1saslong. we're snnoea:e1 r
bodf vas Drought out " David II. paFt.
aud benmun JoneA Thomas Wl1au!
vent doNn aad dragged DaT1d Jones
6om1 distance 10 the foot OF the Sh2fr, when nt