The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-11-15

the enCumDfanCe, OuL 10 Auu 10 Intll
danger they found that considerable
portion of the bratticing had been de
stroyed, and that the earth being pusheC
inward was falling in and threatening t
bury them They were therefore, com
PEELED to delay further operations till Thu
bratticing was repaired, aud until Thu
was accomplished nothing could be done
In the meantime the condition of mat
tors around the pit,head was very pltla
BILE. Men long Injured to the hardshipl
and dangers Of miners life were stand
ing in groups with blanched faces, com
miseratng the fate Of their comrades
None of them could understand The
explosion, and several deliberately sta
ted that they had never wrought in {
better ventilated pit, The calamity how
ever WAS so great that they can scarcely
realizs the condition of matters, aud, in
deed, nothing like this has ever occurred
in the history of Scotland The wives
were almost conspicuous by their ab
senCe, but in almost every home
there were sad hearts and weeping eyes
One strong woman came down from
| Glasgow in the forenoon in the train tC
see whether her husband and some O
her sons were among the entombed. Hel
misery was pitiable to behold. Her en-
tire frame trembled with evident menta
anguish, which seemed to increase asshe
neared the scene of the accident. Heavy
showers of rain and snow fell, but had
no effect on the crowd, who patiently
awaited the course OF events. There was
no want Of help; managers from all the
district round came and volunteered their
help, and the Government inspectors,
Messrs. Moore and Robertson, were ear
ly on the spot. Only fourteen have been
got out Of the pits; one OF these ouly is
alive. In the morning l26 went down
No. 2 pit, and l07 down No. 3, 50 there
are 2l9 yet unaCCo1nte for.
GLASGOW, IL p M.-.No further prog
ress has been made in the recovery o.
the men supposed to be yet alive in the
bottom of No 3, ard up to the present
time there seems TO be no reasonable
prospect of the men being got out for
several hours. No. shalt is rapidly col
lapsirg, and fresh squads Of men are be-
ing orgdnized for the purpose of preserv-
ing the communication at present exist
ing. So late as 8 o'clock Mr.. Moore, the
G)vernment inspector, and Mr.. Ferrie,
manager Of the Monkland Iron Com.
pauy, descended tue shaft and made a
careful examination of its condition. 1t
was reported that at that time mems
voices were heard in the shaft, but when
called to, no response was made, or at
least, if made, it was not heard.
AS so little progress was being made
with No. 3 shaft, it was deemed advisa-
BILE to make an attempt to reopen COM
munication by means of No. 2 pit. Wet
sheets aud other appliances were used to
clear the air, so as to enable the men to
descend; and after a party of explorers
reached the bottom Of the first shaft,
bratticing was erected in and around the
bottom AS soon as this operation was
completed, squad of between 20 and 80
men descended, and commenced to clear
out the roadway between No. 9 and No. 3
pits. A report has just been made that
this relief party have succeeded in peue-
trating nearly half a mile toward No. 3
pit, but as there are still $50 fathOms to
be cleared before the communication can
be opened, it is not expected that the
imprisoned men can be reached before
Tomorrow morning. The air is, how
ever, said to be paratively good, and
the men were working with energy and
hope, Practical miners, however, doubt
whether many Of the men can possibly
be alive.
Large crowds of people came from
Hamilton and other places by the even
ing train, but good order was maintained
by large body of police
GLA:Gow, Tuesday Morning.-The de-
tails of the explosion at High Blantyre
go to show that the disaster has been
even more lamentable than was at first
feared, for up to the present time only
three more of the poor fellows have been
brought to the surface alive, and there is
only too much reason to sGppose that all
the remaining 22O have perished. Two
which were made down the
shaft of No. 8 pit at late hour last night
showed conclusively that the pit could
not be safe entered by that shaft; for not
only would such proceeding have been
attended with positive danger to those
the rescue party, but in the
descent debris might have been brought
away from the walls, which might have
the effect of impeding the current OF air
that kept flowing in from the pit mouth.
Under these circumstances large num-
bers of willing hands set to work on the
inner scaffold to saw logs of wood, with
which to replace those that had given
way in the shaft, and relays of men pro-
ceeded down the shaft for the execution
of repairs. The operations were there
after proceeded with as energetiCally as
possible, but the authorities advised the
leaders of the workmen to proceed with
the utmost caution. The repairs were
therefore proceeded with very slowly.
The news received from Pit No. 2 was,
however, more cheering; and when it be-
came known that there was prospect
OF some Of the men being recovered hun
dreds of people congregate1 at the mouth
of the pit and anxiUusly awaited the rel
sult. Between 10 and II o'clock MIR Gil
christ ascended, and minated that four
Of those imprisoned, three men aud
boy had been discovered alive at the
lODJ VI we - DlAhlbs lIO ulbJ man Cdllt
upon was Thomas Macdonald, who, bad
Iy burned and wounded az he was, re-
marked to those who first observed him,
that they had been long time in com
ing" Going further in continuation of
.he search, the exploring party came
upon two other men, by one of whom
hey were made aware that boy WAS ly-
ng some distance along and piteously
.nploring help For awhile the boy could
not be seen, but eventually he attract
I'd the attention of the party to him by a
ong moan. These four having been par.
tally revived by stimulants, they were
to the stables underground, |
md information was sent to the mouth |
,f the pit. Medical aid was sought, and |
DR.. Grant, of Blantyre, and DR.. Crawford |
we're speedily in attendance. These
and the others who accom-
,anied them, took down in the cage ev-
,rything that might be of any service to
hem in restoring misunderstanding |
whisky, brandy and warm blankets.