Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-02-09
HORRIBLE EXPLOSION
A Coal Mine In Virginia Rtows
with Great LOSS OF Life

RICHMOND. VA, REQ. 4.-Advices from
Coalfeld, Va, say that terrible exnlo'
sion occurred in the Midlothian Minss
Just as the miners were going into tho
mines after dinner A volume of smote
cinders, wood and bark burst from the
shalt, which became choked an and
closed. Intense excitement ensued az
it was known that large number Of
men were at work in the pit, which is
over 1900 feet deep, the galleries ex.
tending 5000 feet under ground. The
greatest efforts have been made to tan
the pit and reach the injured workmen.
but without success. People from ali
quarters
ARE BLOCKING TO THE SCENE
of the explosion. There are various re.
ports as to the number of workmen in
the pit. Some say there are thirty-tive,
Others say that the correct number is
probably thirty-two. There is hardly
doubt entertained that the thirty-two
men are dead. If any survived the i'm
mediate explosion they We're suffocated
very soon after. The night pit boss
reported to Superintendent Dobbs that
the pit was free from gas, but that dur
lIlS Vic IlISub tilClC lldo OCtu ~ tuiIlDle
of slate, which knocked down a por-
ton of the brattice, which is wooden
partition for conveying the air to the
face of the coal.
THIS CAUSED AN ACCUMULATION
of a small quantity of gas in this level,
which was removed before he left and
the brattice restored. Work was sus.
pended for dinner until O'clock. Pre-
cisely at that hour there was report
of an explosion in the shaft, followed
by cloud of dust from its mouth. A
large number of top hands who were
near at the time, instantly knew that
something appalling had hap
pened. They said at once that it
was either an explosion of gas or
that boiler had burst Marshall and
Coxson descended to the bottom of the
shaft. They reported large portion
of brattice in the shaft broken out and
considerable quantity of debris, con-
sisting of timber, coal-boxes, water bar
rels, and other articles, at the bottom
of the shaft. All was
SILENT AS THE GRAVE.
About 2 O'Clock all hope was aban-
doned, and the most narrowing scenes
Of wailing women and children and
rief-stricken men followed. A ma
jority of the entombed were married,
and many leave large families. Most
of these had by this time assembled at
the mouth of the shaft, and the scene
was heartrending in the extreme.
The names of the men are:
Whites -Wm. II. Marshall, Bottom
Boss; Jas. E. Hall, Thos. NJ. Hall, Geo.
Jewett, Jr., A. w. Jewett, James
Brown, Joseph Cournow, John Morris,
James Shields, and Richard Cog
bill.
Colored Richard Morgan, Robert
Binford, Sam'l Cox, Pleasant Stewart,
Joseph Cunlupp, Ben Brooks, Alex Lo-
gan, Peter Hopper, Major Pollard, Solo
mon Taylor, squire Bright, John
Green, Lewis Hobbs, Daniel Ham
mond, Sam Graves, Ed. Ross, Robert
Brooks, Thomas Samuels, Albert
and Fred Anderson.
The shaft is nearly 600 feet deep,run-
ming about three quarters of mile in
lateral direction. The Midlothian coal
mines belong to the estate of the late
H. II. Burroughs, of New York, and
cost, about twelve years ago, between
100000 and 100000.
RICHMOND, Va, Feb. A telegram
from the coal field in relation to the
mine disaster at Midlothian, says:
Superintendent Dodds and two others
went down into the shaft about noon,
but returned before reaching the bot
70 FThn,- fo,,nI tn1,oo of
fire. Another party of five went down
this afternoon to repair the brattice
and restore the ventilation which was
cut off by the brattice being tumbled
in by the force of the explosion. This
party remained below until after four
O'Clock, when they came up and re-
ported that there was slight prospect
of reaching that portion of the
mine where the men were entombed
tonight. The miners are still at work,
however, and ventilation at s o'clock
P. NJ, had been restored to both of the
shafts. The disaster has left twenty
seven widows and los orphans. A sub
scription has been started in this city
for the benefit of the stricken families.
Later intelligence from the NINE disas-
ter is that the miners at work clearing
the shaft discovered one body, but the
air was so foul that they were obliged to
suspend operations and come out.
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