Mower County transcript., 1869-12-30
TERRIBLE NINE ACCIDENT.
A Block of Houses and Two Familie
Swallowed Up i'm AN Old Mine.

Block of Houses and Two Families
Swallowed UP i'm an Old Mine.
At Stockton, two miles from Hazelton
Pa, about five o'clock on the morning OF
the 18th, the earth over mine which had
not been worked for fifteen years, gave
way. One block Of houses was swallowed
up SO quickly that two families living in
them had not time to escape, except one
girl who had fled from house, but not far
enough to escape from falling. She fell on
the top OF the houses and was rescued
Three families living in an adjoining
block had just escaped when the whole
block went down. There were ten per-
sons swallowed up with the houses. Geo.
Suank, his wife aud four children, and Mr..
Rctch, his wife, child and mother. were
the unfortunates. They are still in
the mine, and must certainly all be dead.
The Hazelton steam fre-engine has been
throwing continual stream on tho ruins
since daylight, and the firemen are doing
all IN their power. A rope has been ex-
tended around the hole and all persons ex-
cluded from the immediate vicinity
Trains are running from Hazelton every
hour to tho scene Of the disaster. and will
do so until all the bodies are recovered,
which will be some time yet, as it is still
dangerous to enter on the work Of rescue.
The earth ia still continuing to fall in and
enlarglng the cavity continually. The ex
citement is very great and is increasing.--
Families in the vicinity are moving out of
the houses, fearing theirs will go next. 1t
Is the general opinion that the other houses
will tall in There is also danger Of the
mine taking fire.
The cause of the accident was working
the breast in the colliery too III ar the sur.
f,r $Ea INnIn lev
about two hundred feet OF space where
they caved in. Only two days before
couple of persons in q truck were pitched
into similar hole, where portion Of the
railroad had gwen way over some workings
that approached too near the surface.
ESTIMATED VALUE OF THE CRors OF 1869.
The following figures are made up from
the reports of the Government Statistical
and Agricultural Bureaus: The wheat crop
OF 1869 is estimated Mt 27l ,000, 600 bushels,
an excess of 100, COO, 600 over the crop Oi
1859. The corn crop is estimated at l,O50.
600, 900 bushels, which is about 300. 600, 600
moro than the crop of last year. In spite
of MI rumors to tho contrary the corn pro-
ducing belt is up to the average OF former
years, and in the Southern States the yield
is large. Tho yield of other crops is csti-
mated as followa: Rye, so, coo, 900 bushels;
oats, BOO, 900, 900 bushels; potatoes, 175,-
600, 600 bushels. Add to these hay. wool,
cotton, rice, tobacco. &C., and reduce all to
fair average valuation, and We have the
following result:
Cotton $500 ,O0O, 900 Potatoes. >. .S4l, 900, ,00o
! Whcat..... 33l, 750, 600 Hay ....... 5.O0O, Wtl
Corn ..... 5OO, ,000, 600 WOOL. G9,0oo, ,OlO
Ryc 30 NNO 600 Tolarrn. .21O, ,OUO.0)O
| Oats ", ,OUO, 900 Rico ... II 4O00,OU0
| Barley 49,. IS 5000 600 --------.
Total ..... ..............Sl Sl,6|O, |oo,ooo
| Don Pintt has been excused from
further attendance on the floor Of Congress.
His abuse of some of the members is the
! cause.