The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-07
V0MING MINING DISASTER.

# the Recent Disaster Near
t"h fsrneu'nrS Lives Lost, but Great
Whkesparre-N" v-Faiiure Of the Prose-
Damage 10 PROPER. yilinms-Judgo Hard
II ana inc TnoOoeo Va 1ARRE. July Q, 1871.
""hhSA to the Wyoming
rno scene Of the late disasse, n s,x mi,es r,om
Gave, and adjacent mines is abo> ,r,o,. az M,
the c,t, !. The damage is quite as n water was
mated my former despatch. Tn~ .o.dav ono
stonned rom running into the mines mmenced
tho worr ( repairing the break will be G" noo,,v
,uroo,.te, '. The opening is fifty feet loh& ,oa =,
twenty feet wide and the depth ~ estn. ~ Nc
eighty feet. The injury to the NH uS ."A. u
ascertained at P'esen'' o"i"s W Tic a..
water In them.
pARYIf GLARS OF THE CASUALTY.
have catne, ed the following partc uars Ia
reoaro tn the casu atty to-day, alter careful A'esN'
ga,,on and from so that be relied up "h'-
The property where the roof OF the mine gave way
belongs 70 and is ope rated by the Lehgh Valley Rad
road Company II Sc ems that the accident did not
occur IN the works All andoned and robbed OF sup
nort hur IN oneratious but recently commenced for
the nurnose of oneniup communication with an air
shaft on tha west side q, the canal coal crop. AT
Ihat noint NJ runs into "a clay and The engineer OF
the WORKS mad Olyen mar ocular instructions to The
men TO proceed with 81 eat care, as the room y |
IN that section Is yer bad, If not actually |
dangerous The gangway has been pushed under |
the canal and then turneo at right angle for the
SHAFT alluded to- The ION being mostly clay II is |
deemed a fortunate clrcumst ance that the break did
nor occur while the men were at work, as loss Of life
would nave most likely oc, mrred. The injury TO
nrOnerty which has occurred money can soon repair.
me mines win he rendered seless Tor about thirty
davs and mite or mostly $4,000 IONS Of coal Will be
Ee1t from market tor that inc, quite "a serious |
drawback considering the eff, ,rts making by the |
coal companIes I'm the north ma II OF the county to
raIse the nrce of coal early next WINTER
INC y Uf-rop wyIIIAus TO EScAI PUNISHMENT.
The movement TO lmpeach lnsp .ctor w iiiiains LOT
his implied responsibility In the la W mine horror "
West PittstOn seems TO have 1allen through ana ne
fs Epl a
mao out and placed in the hands oil the DISTRICT
Attorney hut the prosecutors did not come forward
to sustain them Ii appears to be ce ,tan now tnat
nobody VIII be punished for that terri Die AFFAIR Inc
OF the matter Is that TIN ire was tact
agreement between the mlne owners tsnd the men
employed shalt that the latter Sh oud assume
risks the and the violation OF Inc Ventila-
IT, law. Consequently no one comes forward 10
complain and the ends Of justice Will DC ieeateu by
default.
LITTLE CONFIDENCE IN JUDGE HAIDiNG'S DECISION
Judge Iardlng's opinion on the operation OF the
mine ventilation has produced some CONSERVATION
among some coal operators. liz appears there are
cOllieries III Wyoming Valley now operating !
according, TO law, three IN Lackawanna, ana probably
twenty altogether in the district under the Judges
jurisdiction II he presses the decision OF the Court
these things must be stopped at once. but some
think the Judge mas only been INDUCING IN sort or
ath OF July spread eagle oration and that operations
will go i'll the tabo0ed mines Notwithstanding the
late decree. People are curious To know IL such Is
to be the result