St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-08-18
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A fire damp explosion occurred at
l'iit<ton, Pa, ON Monday morning, in
the EAGLE shaft, operated hy Alva lomp-
kin>. Twenty men were Wurkn" iii a
new "angway at the time Of the cXplO-
sion, which tore away the timbers sup
porlip" the roof. causing it 10 fall and
leaving the men imprisoned behind the
rock, with no means OF escape until the
debris should he cleared away Eenia-
min Davis, who WAS worhin. outside the
gangway, was Instantly hil!cl 10y the eN-
plu,inn. The men imprisoned Will prob
ably he dead before they can BE- reached
OF the twenty men working in the msmr.
II were employed ON the ncW 9angway,
and were imprisoned by the tallin" root.
Three others, working in other parts of
the mine, escaped uninIGrcd. At last
accounts, the bodies of five ot the victims
had been recovered, and lar"r force al
men WAS at work removing the dcbri~,
and every effort was maxim. Ia Receiver
the bodies Of the others.
Recovery of the Remains OF the Victims.
PIrr>roN. Pa, Tuesday, AM" -.
A large force has been workin" sine,
. o'clock, yesterday morning, 10 reach
the victims Of the explosion at Eagle
shaft A. soon a. the accident wa
known volunteers proceeded III the dl-
rectiun of the noise with Il lamp, and in
about thrcc-,luatrrs OF an hour brought
up the body of II miner, named Brnia-
min Davis. Scores of willing hands i'm
meliatcly rococdcd 10 repair the board
partitions ami to keep fresh air from
rushing into the worked ont chambers,
50 that it would enter only to those
where men were working On rntcrng
the chamber in which the explosion ur-
Cured, Il fall OF rock WAS first found,
which laid partly upon the car, com
pIetrly blockin" up one side AMI lravin"
spac,. on the other just sufficient for 4
man 10 force himself THROUGH Some
distance further in there was another
fall, which completely filled the passage,
and behind this the men were walled 80
completely that it required hours of the
most persistent Labor 10 reach them.
At about three o'clock the body of
Evan T.. Jones was found and lrnu.ht
up. during the afternoon the dead
bodies of Thomas Lesion. lanes Nor
can, and David Harris were found. The
last body was taken ont about I o'clock
this morning. Work was continued all
day Monday, and up to midnight, only
five had been taken out. About that
time, the mine Inspector put stop To all
proceedings, in order tn investigate til,
mine, SO that those who went down
could work without DANCER. \ stream
of water was turned in, and the paS@a",
ways were arranged, 10y means of doors
So that fresh air cnull he circulate,
throughout the mine. About llalt-pa>
,, eight bodies were discovered an,
brought up, and Il fresh gan" of work
men went down. and in a short TIM
brought up Martin Mason, and after ;
dillncnt search, finally found and brou@li
up the rcmainiu" three. The funeral
will he held to-day. ut thc old Fellow
cemetery.
Outsidr, while the search was in pro
ores. the scene was heart rcndir" in I'll
extreme. Thousands of sympathizin
citizens, miners and others, were prcs,I
rendering all assistance possible undo
the circumstances. Women and chil
drcn were weeping, wrin@im@ their hand
and mourning aloud for the loved AN
lost, and waiting in anxious, h"pclcsI cN
pectation for each new report from til
prisoners pit. The women cvcrywhcr
did what they could 10 minister 10 I'll
wants Of the exhausted volunteers, F.;
they were horne like helpless childre
back from the mouth of the pit. Gre:
cal,lronS of steamin" coffee were pr,
pared, and all known rr-lor:Itivr7 wcr
at hand.