, 1873-05-15
Frequent: and Terrific Explosions on j
= Tuesday and Wednesday,.
Stones and Debris Thrown One Hun
Hundred Feet Into tho Air.
The Number Killed Now Esti-
mated at seventy-fve.
Saddening Scenes In The Vicinity of
): the Mine, T.


Special Dtspaseh 10 ri Chicago 7itb.s,s
HALIFAX, Nay 14.-The mine At Weatvillo Ia
still burning fesrfully. Volumes Of donsc smoke
and flames ARC Issuing from the slopes and
shafta.' No hopes nro entertained Of saving any
moro lives, There is a scarcity Of water In tho
neighborhood, but every effort ia being mndo by
mon from tho Drummond Oolliery, md yoluu-
teera from all other mines to dam up every avail
ab1o stroam Of wator, from which trenches aro
boing dug leading to the slopes and shafts, with
tho intention Of 1ottlng tho water into tho mino.
Managers Of tho nefghboring mines are Oh tho
ground, and, with thoir mon, are doing all that
mon ,1 osn Do: R Tho fro company noar Now alas-
tho buildings on tho surface, which arc now
throhted by flamoa from tho slopeB. -
At this writing the fire is Htil raging more fcar-
fully than ever, and the air is filled with denso
exact number Of persons Lost is not yet known.
Tho eceno at tho nine Is heartrondfug, with re-
lationa mourning for those Lost.
Tho cause Of tho fro WAS an explosion Of gas
from blast fred by coal-cutters In ono Of the
boards. Tho fro communicated with the gns in
other parts OF the mino; and Immediately caused
tho frat fearful explosion, which out or all
escape from tho workmen. Tho mon had only
resumed work aftcr strike.
HALIFAX, N. g., May 14.-Tho fire at tho
Drummond colliory continues, but is slowly
abattng. All tho openings AFRO being filled up,
and stream Of water haa boon turned into an
dir shaft lately worked. Tho lst Of killed, as
wivos and fhuilols. md twenty-five single mon.
Tho total number killed will probably reach
soventy-Ayo. Tho wounded number six, Of
whom two nre fatally injured.
Guilty from tho slope report that on thor way
up they passed bodiea Of their comrades, who
had probably become stupeaed By smoke since
tho explosion.
OF tic four men who volunteered to 70 down
tho shaft M shGT s;'1z before tho second explosion
Several violent explosions took place last
night. Ono wns percoptibly felt four mi1oa dis
tant.
Tho inquest waa commenced yesterday, and
adjourned until this evening.
wxsr,111z, pictou Co., N.:s.,. May 14.-From
10 oelock lhst night until daylight this morning
eaoh moment. Tho Ky in tho vicinity Of tic
calamity was illuminated with aamcs Issuing from
tho air.shaft to- tho height Of nearly ono
It. nsfSss ase Wefe
ccaodl by . rumbling, noise resembling
around the pits mouth and atr-Bhaft and
1aborod to aubdue tho aameB woro Obliged to
6G0A auSltO1 tlU HAJUluAuE hOQut III 1u0 BLQnG,
debris, ETC., wore thrown from tho pits mouth
around in Iii directions, and and threatened
ono within reach. About 2 o'clock
by one which, for terrific violence and dcBtruc-
two force, dwArfed all the rest. All
main slope wero Iinstantly destroyed.
s' wore Driven hgh into u tho air s a%soRe pnes asmo
and terrible noisos accompanying tho explosion,
giving the beholder q vivid idea Of volcanic
eruption. The earth for miles around was
shakon with tue violence of tho explosion.
Lnborcrs arc now engaged in filling up tho
shafts with clay, and hopes arc entertained that
plosion takes place.
The aeenoa in and around the Villages arc
saddoning:, Westvillo and tho villages at tho
shops arc closed, and mon aud women
wander about IN groups, their saddened
countenancos betokcnlng tho tho great grief
that has bofallen them. No pen can
ate ae Of ysssnr Ter
mourning wives, Bistora, and friends Of those
who nero suddenly hurled into eter-
1,lt{, nit{: The utmost ee1oitomontt, pro
iaea.,h,. ynilsd and nd for n hours ~ IT. WIS
not in tho mine. Women, many Of whom had
husbands, brothers., and sons working in tho
ooliory, mado tho air dismal with thoir Crying.
One of tho resculng party, killed. by tho explosion
yesterday, WAS driven into tho air distance OF
hundred feat, and fol- into tho wood near by,
where his doad body was picked up this morning.
About forty-hv Of tho mon lost wero married,
all Of whom 1eare families to mourn their sad
fate. Nearly every fnmfly hero lost Bomo rela.
tton or friend by this terrible calamity.
There arc many reasons to account for tho dis
nster, but the droot cAuae ia attributable to tho
atoppage OF York at the mines and rapid ac-
ounulation OF gas. Whether proper care and
precaution were oxercised, during the atoppago,
in looking after the mine, arc facts which viii
be determined ufon official inquiry.
A. $3.50 P: m. there was no change In tho con-
dition OF tho fire. The flames arc still lBal,ing
from the shaft, and tho opinion prevails TINT
there will be moro heavy explosions.
LArEn-Apprehensiona Of another explosion
have subBfded.
The Ooronor'a inquest has been adjourned un-
till tomorrow forenoon.
Testimony WAS elicited this afternoon, which
points to some nlHmanagoment IL permitting
il tho upper level whore tle aroo
first broke out, thus endangering tho lives Of
those who wore at work in tho loyelB below.
Tho Inspector of Mines, however, who attended
the inquest, thinks the diroot cause was
IN not exercising proper precautions in
tsog shots Il h1on the e bench tsno Tue t
the body Of tho coal, whore the gas accumulated.
When tho third shot waB fred, Tho coal ignited
and all attempts then to quench the tlame8 were
unavailfng, The number known to have beon
killed now reaohes tlfty-nino.
1knilroad Nc1va.
AUGUSTA, Ga, HAY 14.-A convention was
from Chicago t. tho Atlantic M s va Aug,lata u a. an
RtF-lipp road. Tho Anr,1RfR EynThnro beli n