The sun., 1878-12-04
MINING PERILS.
Crushed UAder Roek In n WIIkesbarre
Mine-singUlsr Death.

SCRANTON, Dec. 2.-On Saturday last. VIII
liam Craven. a miner in Parrish & Co.'S Dia-
mond Mine. in Wilkesbarre. was propplng up
with timbers the roof OF the chamber in which
he worked. The roof was seven feet high. A
large fragment Of rock fell. striking Craven on
the shoulder, crushing it and breaking his
arm. and knocking him into pit three feet
deep. filled with water. The rock rolled over
on the miner AMI held him fast in the pit al
most its entire weight resting uuon him. Cra-
ycn's head lay on the edge Of the pit and the
lower half Of his face was submerged in the
water. the miner 10y a Erout eflOrt, keeping his
nose above the surface. His mouth hcing under
water. his cries Tor help were indstnct CUR
Cling sounds Thr noise Of the falling rock
drnw thre" other miners to the spot. by the
Hight OF their lnmps they discovered the critical
position OF their comrde. Tney went at work
there were three feet ~ poisonous gas in the
chamber Tho agitation caused by the fall in
creased tho drpth Of tho gas 10 four feet. Tho
miners were accordingly compelled 10 put their
lamps away in an obscure corner ui the mine. TO
prevent An explosion, To avoid the deadly con
sequences oi the gas. they lnONed about on their
knoss or bent nearly double. In order 10 keep
below tho body Of poisonous NapOr. Securing
several heavy planks the miners pushed them
oyei the pit TO form fulcrun for their crow
bars with which they hoped to remove the fock
from Craven's body. just as the ponks covered
the body of the miner in the pit there was an
other fall Of rock. This had been feared by the
workmcn. M small fragments of rock wcre con
stautY NIhDpllE. ne DlHlhA tNNtu ATNNNn
from being crushed to death. The pieces covered
the pit entirely the plank holding them free from
the unfortunate miners body. The removal
of this mass Of rock required nearly nm hours
time. Ms the miners necessarily worked in
darkness. AZ intervals they would call 10 Cra-
ven To be- az good cheer. The loose rocks were
finally tumbled aside and the miner was car
ricd out Before the surface was reached he
had become unconscious,
Frank Divers worked in the Henry coal mine
In Plains. near this city. He was u mule driver
On Saturday he WIS riding in AN open car Tho
ROOT Of the mine is very low IN some places lie
had no lamp. At ulhce where the rock depends
from the roof in sharp projections, Divers
raised his hcnd above the frame OF the ear. IL
WIS caught hctween Il rock and the woodwork
Of the car and torn from his body. He was
married on Thanksgiving Day.
Tho Rev Henry Ward Bcechcr ~ his lecture on The
Wastes and Hurdens oi Society claims mans natural
there must be waste Of ~ yenrsn There Is much Oi
truth In this statement II man he unfortunate in bust
ness II is attributed Ia the Viuduun n
law Now, n person be taken on In tie prime lille,
ought II not 10 be attributed to the violation oi some
ph, -iOogca lawY II people Only knew better, they
oud i've better md longer; but how they profit bN
that whirh they know not oif The Onlv popular work
that meets this great want N Dr Pierce Nonnon Sense
Medical Adviser Ia II the grea prubeinsO Oi disease and
pages and 30 eoloned plates and woedents Price SlbD
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