The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-02-04


der colored. Most q ihemcu are married.
and have families residing IN and about the
village q Mid'othian. or Coa6eld. = il j.
sometimes called. The pit has been
WORKED NIGHT aSD DAY.
changing 81 6 O'Clock A. ". and 6 o'clock
7. NJ. and about 1fty men have been en-
ul0ved on . shift. The working forces in
The bottom have been under charge q two
brothers. named William Marshall and
johnson Marshall. alternating night and
day-both old miners and considered ex-
cciient CIs-mcn. They have been IL the
4 employment q the company for q long
number q years. and both 81 them have
families. William Marshall host 9 son in
the same pit by the explosion n 1876.
The thickness q the scan in which the
miners have been az work would average
about four feet and by perpendicOlar de-
scent Il j. likely that THE men were some
500 feet below the surface.
TIE PAY oF THE HTS
~ work IL these mines averaged about
$50 per day. They had d task q about
100 bushels per dav, and were generally
able 70 GET through with il in eight or nioe
bours.
Il /, estimated that these Midlothian
Nine. have cost about Sj30.00) since Hir.
f BuTow. acquired them about twelve year,
ago.
BLACK nAST.
I. /, quite likely that after The explosion
the shaft was riled with black damp.
through which TIE fresh air could not easily
be forced with the I'm. IA ls,6 TIN black
damp had % be broken with wlter.
The air from the surface had - Doe driven
. - } a.. F-.If
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TuHnelfrtu oott0m o. shafi rluHiHg hori- 49,.
VHrfaIlT aIflf 4 'a
Incline coIumeDrirr af end q tunBe ha1
nol1 driven for ub9li 1000 feef- Dip
ping ~ an aoglc q a1oui 81 cetTttr- Zoo
Ts,,, $50
The men were probably about 200 ieei
from The extremity ~ the incline. sly about
269) feet from thefan OF ilc surface. The
shaft u-as IN two chamber,; the theory oi j.
wa. that fresh air would 20 down one and
foul air r.se out oi the other. The " uT-
cast" was simply q third chamber pene-
fra-ing from the surface % the tunnel The
beat from The boiler and tie work oi The
fan created 4 draft which carried Of bad ar.
VOLCANIC oUTBURsT.
The fri evidence q what had occurred
D
wood. and hsrk thrown up from the shaft
which ihoreupon became choked up and
closed.
Inten-e excitement ensued. s. il wa.
known tl.ni a large number q men were a.
work in the pii.
several efT0rf. were made Yesterday atier'
doom 20 test the pit and 10 reach the ln-
rrisoned workmen without success.
4 telegram from Coalheid % iais paper,
dled Al tS.45. said Peopie from ail guar
IT. are booking 90 the scene oi tho eSplo-
ion. There are various reports Il to The
xUgHER OF W0KENES N TBE TT.
some s2v -. some -. ard otLers say, VIII
more correctness. -. The co-l-Iiis -Tt
about che r.ilc Eud q hah from this poln'
fCoaife.dl. AID j. difficult - gel iIio'l-ia'
ton.
10 one sceI-s % know bow TIE expo
SION happened. wAGheT = va The resul
4 foul sir Or czrelessness on the par; q
some q the uutor1unEte men. The supeT'
frferdeut says be cannot account ior N
He ad5- thaf L j. supposed tlai The iailn-
sls.e tarae on the hrlttishs which eaiTlel
the eir. sfouuin- The ventilation. ! hh
nav have occurred while Tie men Wer'
fstinv their dinner. No doubt they wen
hsck 70 her work, ard may have lighted
up The line.
, The following ], : list n the men N III
nj = TIE time q the explosion:
Winism Mar,hal, foreman;
. Jane. z Han.
ThoUsa. II. Han.
Georre Jeweff, Jr..
A. ". Jeweif,
james Brown,
, Joe tOurnoU,
John Morris.
Joseph shie.cs.
Richard Coghin
r.. tall white;
Richard MoTgED-
Boz Ber1ord,
, Ssm- Cox.
Pleasant >tewari,
Joe Cunlun.
Beverly Brook,
Alexzzder Logan,
Peter Ho1eT'
.Najor Pollard.
solomon Taylor.
. squire Bright
> John 6reen,
Lrwgs Hobbs.
: Daniel Hammond,
Isham GraTes,
> Ia. ROss,
Robert Booker,
Thongs Sumnel-,
Alert Hughes,
James NILS,
JEFF. Coleman,
: Fred. Anderson
fall oolored)-
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