New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-16
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PIrTsToS, Aug. ia Committee has been appointed
to explore the mine and give evidence before the Coro
ner's Jury TO the of the accident The victims
have been carried their homes and placed in collins
ready nterment tomorrow. 1t is not known, and
probably never will be known, how the men came to
their deah-wbeher all were instantly killed by the ex-
ploson, or whether they stunned and afterward
suffOcated by the choke1amp. one or two bodies
were badly burned and others considerably bruised.
The following are the of the seventeen victims,
al vi whom were dead; .-..es .' 49, -. -
AnerS-Beniamin Davis, Evan +. Jones, Thomas Ley
shon James Morgan, David Harris, David owens, James
Jones, John Rees, Thomas Rees and Charles Price.
Drirer Boys-Richhrd Owens, John Morgan, and Mar
tin Mangan.
La6orcrS-Benjamn Williams, Patrick Quinan, and
Robert Hughes
Runner-Elward Owens.
TIE FIRST EFFORTS AT RESCUE-L0CATION OF
THE EAGLE SHAFT.
From IN, SCI anton Republican Aug. 15
AT about 10 o'clock, yesterday morning, this
community was startled BY the report that an explosion
the employed in the pit The news spread like wild
fire. and hundreds Of people came focking from
lions for entering the mine at once commenced
Mr. Harris the engineer at the foot Of the shaft and the
other men who him, heard q terrific ex
poson and distinctly felt the conclusion. it being
violent to blow the hat from Mr. Harriss head some
60 up the shaft Owing 10 the known impurity OF
the air In these works 1t at conectured that
explosion Of dredamp had taken place and that the
tire roof to fall filling up the gangways and cutting on
every ayeane Tor he mem snSd any nave sur
sible went along the gangway In the direction OF
the explosion. and after proceeding considerable dis
victim lying outside the pile OF roof that filled the gang
At this time On o'clock all hopes Of finding the 1s
manning men alive had vanished as those beyond the
fan could be aye wheH he S1 the sn srSr
became so large about the works that ropes were
stretched 10 heeP tns 9hges as verv de tasR
Bratices had TO be built as the workmen proceeded
evad IN
would soon exhausted, and would require To he
carried TO the foot Of the shaft and taken up into the
usually applied to resuseitate persons overcome
exp1oso6ss either upon the bodies Of the I'M
fortunate brought out or along the gangways hay
the opinion OF those present and most versed in
such matters that there had been no such explosion but
that an immense fall Of roof had created conclusion
powerful enough TO expe all pure air and leave the poor
victims to perish from the foul air that Immediately
Of the snperntendens OF the other coal works
of the vicinity soon arrived, and at once set
es AND quickest means OF reaching the victims OF this
terrible calamity At this time the scene at the dead
inpste man whose mother but few days before had
been laid in the tomb. waiting anxousy and tear
fy fof fd new as irf was taken from the carriage
walls of the refstrcken orphan as she Called IN en-
dearng names her father to come back to her. touched
every heart and strong men turned away sobbing In
sympathy with the stricken one. ,..,.,-.
The Eagle shaft Is located In the township OF Jenkins
on the borough line one mile southeast Of Pistoa, on
ahe wyoming Canal and the Lehigh valley Raroad, on
what Ia known as the Schooey tract The smart was
sunk by the Smith Brothers. in 1885, for Price bennett
The mines together with those OF the Enterprise are
now being worked by Mr. Alva Tompkins. ana AT the
present time what is called nearly worked
out" We understand that frsstdamp mas az, al
In these works, and in 1860 an explosion
occurred that killed five men, and, strange 10 re
late Mr. BENJAMIN Davis whose corpse was irst taken
from the shaft yesterday morning was the Only SURVIVOR
OF that explosion Since that time the system Vi ven
tafjon has been such that, with but Few sght acct
dents the fury Of this destroying element mas oeeh
and should this sad calamity prove 10 po tue
Work of the fiery end II would appear to have reserved
its rage until this favorable opportunity Tor S MOTH
OF destruction. The men VINO nave iOs.. ,ieI
Iites NV This accident were at work about three
fourths Of mile from foot Of the shaft IN coal that
lay beyond fault, some 800 feet IN iens,h % ,
eastery direction the shaft for distance oi 100
yards and then turned at right angie ana 1 p Uen
a hill At this hill the tunnel Is located Ano "o" "oio
| at work far beyond this tunnel