, 1877-11-07


until Mt last IL tLrt them at the t'4nt of tl,a
anaft. atl then bc.nn tn a'crn'l. Ftna'fy, l,,w.
ever. II waH fnuni necessary IL close the shaft
AM! to give up all lnpc ot saving The people II,
a. least IN It Is drca!c.l, are lost.
The terror aud agony exhibited nshupg thu
wives and children of the mprisonci miners
we're of the most hcartrcndtn9 character.
with those belnw. and At length, these were ~
far suvrcsAful that one man was brought up
altvo to. tho surface. Ihff survivor, WIN
MS working At the face when he 'lcart! m c1.
plosftn. MT, however, sustccting anything
unusual lsc .l1aIc Ills way lclsasely 10 liz !nt.
tom. when the Sight Of dead frsllcs al around
catastrophe. Every effort was made to restore
the ventilation which the explosion hai stag
mated, but more than an hour elnpsctj before
current of air would aow as It should do froru
six scTcral times tho reserves returned at
areai risk 10 themselves, anil on eacll o<tasfo't
they managed to l,rtnx up dead bsxlY, each Of
VII whlei vas dreadfuily burned aid tni,tiiate.!.
Ille ehoke-s!anp eventually became 20 haA That
they were forced to desIst. Some Of the party
Indeed
vghY NARROWLY EscArrD,
and 30 overcome were they all that thcF hal tn
bs is covered with earth to FREQ them from tho
sciousncs:: To promote q. current Of mir,
streams of water were pourc,i down the ahaft4,
nut fbftt. tllc elnpseh before there WAS mucti
Improvement IN IL the atmosphere heiow. THU
bodies that were recorcrel were tefriljy
storchctl atnl bfackCned, and the men wiz, went
down stated TINT there was every appearance Of
tue explosion having been ~ terrible a. ~
Justify the worst fears. Dead bodies were
COnfusIutl.
Jozeph Gitnour. tic huursrnan Of pit No. 2,
was found dead near the engine at The b,,ttnul
of the shaft. The work of exploration was vlg-
urOlIEF Dtn&Hc1tftt1. I'LL HH3 s,If.k
it!e afternoon thrce tnofe lylles wcrc recovered.
They ~ere brought up BY the No. = sttaft. near
~ tue lattom Of which they lad 'ecn tccn
lying. Tho bodtcs were thusc vi Young lasis
aget! from II tu IA, and they presented a sirk-
lnE sight Whcn brought to the snrlarc. They
sscFe literally tntascd III mud; tho luccs wercai
blnlkct,cl md ctiarfcd. Two of them. named
were discovered lying beside their dead charges.
The thirl lid was identified "a n SON Ut u man
nalnc1 Gfln1our, whose torpae wss removed
fF9m t!ls same pit Ut m earlier hour.
Between ! atnl 4 O'Clock tho rnen who were
cndcarorlng to clean tho shut Vi M. 5 p't
stated that tl,ey hear,l the sounds Ut Knocking
i1on the Imprisoned colllcrs. Extra cxertIuna,
4 that we're possIble, were .l'cu nude 10 reac,i
them, ~ naty as could yet IN the shat working
as II ihc!r own lives ticpenicsl On the result,
mud isa'lds III others, equally willing, were
standing realy to take tho rlare u ttosc who
wnrhcd I'll they became exhausted. Tn to q
o'clEk thts eruntnY twenty bodies alal l,ccr re-
covered. 1t Is llppcd tho imprisoned miners
may be rot out altvo from Tie playc at Which
they wcrc Engaged In the mines, bu. II Is feared
the disaster Viii result, ut tue best. In the
DEATH or ABOUT TWO HUNDRED MEN.
In spitu Ut the Krcat extrtiota made by large
holics Ut wiling workers tile men imprisoned
It, No. u pit have not set been reached, md
thcrc Ia not the slightest hopf Of their le,lu rot
Ut fur considerable time. Although tier fore.
kLocktiIgs afd tiuutings were In tlle afternoon
heard FROM below. IL Is not expected tint SIN
Ele ts,an IT. taat pit Ut lllc lU7 rr. who enter.
60 It In tllu morning can hc gut out alive. Fro,n
No: : pit twenty VI the lgj miners employed III
1t have Gccn save, but all the r.st have perish
ed, 81 thAt altogether upwards of 2UU men n;,l
buys lWse nut their tleatlt. As Alrcuiy nct,-
TUNED, thirteen dsMl todfps have bccn taken to
tie firfl.c, antl FURTHER explanations lure re-
yea!ed fearful spectactc ut tic buttunI 1f tho
Rllaft. No Tower titan Iurty eoru.cs still liz
there. etrcwtl III nll directions within a short
ssraec. burned and rnut,|ated beyond rreogni-
tto, 1t US Accned advisable NOT to take these
i'otaIcs to tue p't.heal, although tt,at night
have been dofe, hut rather to continue The c1-
crtions being male to reacl, Mo- y pit.
:, Among The gentlemen TN the ssouud during
tue day, a',a VIM took an aettse part m the nj
tenpt to rescue thc men, weru Mr.. Isaiph Moorc
(0orrrht.lent lnsptctorl. Mr. Kobertsn, tais
assistanth, slrrtG Brnie. Ar. Dykes trrpuratur-
dozen medical gentlemen Iron. iiaulItot, a,,il
l''antyrc. The Ircllng produccd over tho
cunntFy by the tcrrlbIu catastrophe can hardly
1Ie Imagined. Som utter tie aceiIcnt occurred
LuG HEWb ulau 6lHEAu N9Gl liE NtlulG I'll Etttt-
land, but frut,. tho very drsiructtveness Of its
character III tic luss 0f life 1t wua MT credited.
Thousands III pcnpie crowded t0 tue Heu,le OF
tho explosion during tic day. md THOSE who
weFu observers Of thc frantic grief displayed by
thu wltiowt and lanliles vi the miners Will not
soon forget It,. There Ia hcarerly llulse in
BIautyrc fn which therU ts not tho deepest
mourning for lost relatives, und thu kcciicst
sr,npathy ia felt al! oycr the country for tue be-
reaycl.
1frauTnHvntvn srrrrs
IIsjHstcA Ia L4,ndun Tina. ,..
GLAs6oW-D:;N p. m.--Thc most heartrcndfng
both pits aud along the row u llo,lscs situated
tOo yards from No. = pit. for It was near tncsu
budings that tho dead bodies recovered frot,l
tlIc pit were conveyed. rhero wefc Wouicn with
hursytng fraut!ral!y about, aaktng tho latest
news from tic txplor!ug parties. As one body
after another VIA iakun to tue jpincrst she'd
there wus rush Of the selativcs ot tic men,
aill m caKeE scanning Ut tho bottles to teo
whether they wcro those of their beloved ones.
Daughters usu sisters, too, OF the unfortunate
intncrs vent about wrlng1ug their hak,ua mud
exclaiutfIg. thnt thcy would ncyer see their
wcrc too young to know the loss tl,ey had sus-
talncl EazCtl fntU tbs fAecs III their mothers or
s!stcrs, and At tho great crowd, With feelings Ut
w1ndcr at tho coIl1!!ntIon around tAeul.
Tic Rev. Alr. Wright, parish minister Of
nlantyrc. and the Catholic clergyman Ut thu
district went from house to house 10 guu. ole
the bereavc.l families, but they cuuld hold out
1ittIU hope that illc poor Wutncn would eser Sc
tl,rLr husbands. Indeed such scene OF domestic
sorruw aIl4 lesEalrlng grief Illus not been wit
nrssetl It, Scotland fuf centuries, mud no dts.
astcr equal III its dcstructtycuesa 10 hun,an life
lus cYcr ocruErcl IN this part Ut tho Empire.
moro leul bollcs than tllc thirteen aIrea,iy
mentioned had been recovered. The exploring
purity ltud resumed operations In No. p,., and
reported that they had seen furty dead botics
ktStft1 NE.ufk
take them up. but cuutnea their efforts to
direct u flow Ut pure air through tho tnine. 4
party Was also working at NJ. q nit trying to
icnetrutc tu the bottom, but they did not SUE
cccl In getting down; 50 that from this tuinc
no one, dead Or alive, has bccu take,l. The two
exploring parties ate working all night.
CATTLE SHIPPING ON THE
PLAINS.