New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-13
HEAVY OF LIFE.

--,r vXPIORUES UNABLE TO MAXI MOCh f"VO'"00
ruv MN II THE NORTH SIDE UNHARMED.
u.,Ir,x. y. :, Nov. 12.-Thcre has been heavy
81 life in consequence Of accident at Ford
o. one Of the Albion mines, IN stsllarton, this
-, About $50 o'clock an explosion Of gas
.I IN +e south side of the MT. The explosion
:, terrible as to sweep nearly across 10 the
VI. si5e Of the mir. killing the men and horses
.L;r roach No miners working III the north
~o-o iriured. and number Of them were sur
4a+ the crowds around the mouth of tho PIT
- +nor- came I'D 10 dinner, not having any idea
-, a.. terrible fate had beiallen their fellow
wcIkmen. .. g..
Va and H. : Poole, of the Acadia, with
- vo1,,,te. r. went down in the pit soon after
bvDlosiou. yui found it impossible to explore the
ct .,de for any distance on account OF the AFTER
dom, there being no ar through the side, as ali tue
aoors had been blown down by the blast. IheY
f,,,J- some bodies. Dut could not identify them
an the horses i'll the pir. twenty-npe in number,
were dead.
II i, not known how the fire originated. as no one
from the side where the accident occurred is alive
,o tell the tale Ef,rts viii be made to recover the
bolies of the missing men as as the pit Is con-
sdered safe.
As farasls known for'Y-seven men and boys
were ID the pit and supposed to be lost. Thirty
three Of this number were married men. some with
large families. O.her searching parties could not
get in very far account OF masses OF coal block
ing up the way in all directions.
MN KNOWN TO BE DEAD.
The following arc the names of the missing men
Of whom tterc is no hope of recovery:
Carr. Joau MeJnness John
Crfur1 Joan Mel ness fcttt
Cnnnnt JoAa Mclaughlin, John
Duudlr Charles Mclean Hector
Haid.n Hpu~y Mcleod Robert
n U,,ru IoSfpu McNaughtOn, JOHN
J,ln.f,n In nm Mcneil, John
Lenuan James Roberts, EdWali' sr
IDyis Wi-lIn Roberts Edward, II.
Mltch,L James-overman, X berGs Jphn
Morrison John Rogers. Thomas
Wurdock William Ross. william
McD ia WnrdocK sahagc Edward
II Kay. finer. ctalnner JOp
L ~. Tn mas sullivan, Thnmas
McEsy. Thomas Sutherland Daniel
ucklHnon, Rory
MINERS BADLY INJURED.
The following named miners are injured so badly
that very little hope of their recovery is enter
tained
Burdeu. George Nicely W.
Dunbar, William, sr. Mcpherson, Matthew
Dunbar, Ruben
Ii was piain that another explosion would have
occurred thus afternoon when the pit gathered gas
again.
" rk is totally suspended at all the cOllieries IN
the county and miners have come to the scene of
TIE accident IL great NUMBERS DuI dlJOgelner pow
erless to render any assistance on account of the
Drecarons condition of the pit.
PROBABLY KILLED TOGETHER.
A telegram from Stellarton says:
The party OF searchers have gone into Ford Pit again
70 make another attempt into the workings where
the missing are Ii supposed that there sim in
the pit fOlty-six men and boys, ana no hopes are
entertained OF their recovery, II u believed
thar thy have been either burned By the explosion
killed Dy the dead aftec damp. There Is no appear
snce on surface damage FROM the explosion.
The hosting shaft all gt and sui IN working order
TIE cover was blown off the ventliatng fan, but was
again restored the is IN good condition aud
igerlng the pit OF damD.
A. the boxes containing the tools for the had not
gone workings at the time of the explosion, 1t
eyed and boys Will be found together on
the main level, about half way IN. where they were
sccust1mcd 10 wait until the tools came before sep
aralng the different working places. L Is not yet
known exactly where the explosion occurred or what
the immediate cause was. The workings on the north
sl6e have not been damaged to extent. Tne work
there could b. resumed without decay. but until the
south side workings thoroughly explored the eX
tn OF tne damage dOue cannot be Judged The men
viii hesitate 10 work III the pit until yeDtliauon Is
Thoroughly established. All the other cO.lerlcs are
Idle and work may be resumed until the recovery
u toe bodies