The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-09-22
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Fire and RIplstles N yellow jacket
Mae, HeyHdH-.se tcrai Lives Lost.
The PITe Gaining at Last Accounts.

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up several lncnes tne smoke came fusn'
ing up INC smart " inc same une' hno"'
ing tneIe must pe nIe or soneInlng wtons
below, inc alarm was given and the en-
CINE soon sounded tho whistle Of the
works The alarm was quickly commn-
nlcated 70 tpe h[e department. ana 10 q
short time 'the nremen with their ma
chimes were 81 the scene, and had strea m
OF water running down the shalt, Capt.
Cosgroye, saraheld guard, Chas. kohler,
chief engineer o. the Sfellew jacket,
Jack Donahue and others were busy put.
ting IN tho pumps 70 eend water from the
1900 iootleVel OF the Yellow Jacket mine
through % The Imperial shalt by the drift
which connect the mines at the ! 300 foot
level Of the Yellow Jack, and 10 q few
minutes more would have completed the
JOB. The three men whose names are
mentioned, were at the 1900 foot level.
Those above MaEned them ol their dan
ger md they saw "a heavy volume 81
smoke pouring from thu drilt tnto tbs
shan. They succeeded 10 escaping
through Crown Point mine. Tho explo-
sion was strongly felt 10 both Crown
Point and Belcher mines, and the
alarm was communicated to the mines
with panic quickness. The miners hur-
rled 10 the shaft % speedily as possible,
and effectively holsted the works with
tho double cages aGnd brought them TO
tho surface, Tho force oil the explosion
blew out the lights In one hundred foot
level Of the contiguous parts Of the two
mines, anu the men were thrown violent
~ Oft OF their ieet, Several Of the miners
were missing. II was known that some
were killed or so Injured that they could
mol escape. AS soon as the great ruSh
was over parties went IN search OF the
Killed and wounded. They succeeded In
finding six; two Niles and Cussick were
sent up first, and were soon followed oy
four Others, Five were found o. the ] ,1QQ
foot level Of Grown Point mine. where.
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