, 1880-11-13

i Schooner Fnl1 Of Dynamite Dancing
Glccfully OF Snag at Erie,
Pennsylvania.
Peculiar Street-Oar Accident ut St. Louis
An Arm Torn 0E-0ther FRI
vate Adversities.


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ronrr PERSONS LOST.
HALIFAX, Y. s., Nov. 11.-Ahout ESQ this
morning al expl0slun OF gas incurred Oil the
south side Ut the F0rd pit Mt .'tGatnrtOn. Al
the miners were at work In different parts Of
tile mine. The explosion was 50 terrible rs
10 sweep across tic other slide of tho pit.
killing a!| tho usen and horses within rcacl,
Almost MI tho Incl, t,n tho north Side will bo
saved, while all aI work OIL tic south sItte
have bcen lost. At least sixty are missing.
Five men l,aye been brought Up and arc ltkc-
1y to rec0ycr.
rnopAnt.r rO1rrY
arc shut up within the fallen coal In tile
south side. The ncciltent, presumably, was
caused by some miner firing shot In for
bjltlen part Of the workiigs.
Tho disaster occurred in
THE FORD Frr OF THE ALBION MINES.
All who hayc conie up are likely to lIyct a.
working party i,as gone down. There is not
much hope for tho safety of the thirty or
thtrty-tivo known to be In the mines.
Fn1rry.
i dispatch from Stetlarton reports only
thirty nr forty men In. that pnrt of thu mine
now on lire. Another explosion Is expected
every moment.
STERILIZATION
isa1DinIng town in, the Cuuuty OF pfctou, y.
S. The inhabitants are mostly Scotch High
lalders, given to Iron and coaI mining. The
county Is the mas. populous III the Province.
1t contains rlcli mines of coal mud iror.ure,
tile cml deposits comprising ten strata. the
main coaI.band being thtrty-thrcc feet In
thickness, with twcnty-four feet Of good
coal.
IN THE TIT.
nALIFAx, Nov. l2.-Nessrs. Hudson,
Greeslcr. Simpson. md Poole, with two other
Volunteers l,ava been tluwn In the pit ut
Stcllartul,, III which the explosion occurret!
this morIfng, mid hive come t,p ngntn. They
found It Impossible to explore the soutl, side
for my distance OIL account Ut after-da,l'p,
thers beng TO air through, M all thu doors
hnse been blown down by thu blast. They
found sanle bodies, but could not identify
them. All the horses In the pit, twenty-nlne,
nre dead.
THE LosT.
Tic following are the names Of the missing
men, whom there ure no aopcs Of recovering
nfiye:
James Mitchell, ovcrmnn.
Angus steNay, shot.tirer
James Lemon.
jain Carr.
Edward Savage.
Thomas Rogers.
John Morrison.
Thumas Mutdnck.
Edward Roberts. St.
Edward Roberts, Jr.
john N,berts.
Thu,hns Mckay,
John Cummings.
Daniel Cummings,
Juh Skinner.
Wlll1am Ltycrs,
Danlel Sutherland.
john Mclaughlin.
John Alck.nnon.
John Crawford.
Charles l{nrbar.
James N,Alrn.
Thomas Sullivan.
John Johnston.
Mur.lock Mcdonald
II. llntlten.
William Koss. ..
Jul,n Nclnnca.
John NeNctl.
TII,n4as Mckay,
Others are III the pit. Their names can,lo
be uscersained yet.
THE f0t.LowlNG ARE INJURED
so badly tl.at no hopes Ut their recovery as'
eslteytaiMed:
Matt Mcpherson.
Wli!inu puLarg,
t;eorgu BURDEN.
William AeClsSo.
lseuben Dunbar.
Angus CanIYh
tbs tuubsr Qt men still iu the pit is suit
to be tosty-fouE.
It IL feaEe1 -
ANOTHER ExrLosloy
Will occur tllia afternoon wllen the pit gath
ers gus agaln.
Work II totally Suspended at at the col
lIerles in the country, and miners have COM
10 tic scene OF tue accl4eat !n great nun
bera, but arc altogether powsrless to rende
assistance on account oS tue precarlous col.
dltlon vt ths pit.
1t Is not known how the lire originated
None from tho slde wleru TIT acclueut "
3uTre4 are alive " TIL tAs tale.