Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-04-01
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Remarkable Esospe,

Remarkable Esospe.
A special from Wink sbarre. Pa. o.nsains
!he following:
Tie story OF G mes: remarkable esc,po from
horrible death c,mes from the LAUREL Run
Slope Collicry Of the Delaware aud Hudson
Canal Company. As teleerlphed last night
an explosion Of 6rt damp occurred lsts yestel-
dsy s!tsrcotn. The slope x ends balf O mile
quder gtouoo. and three men. VIM. Ashford.
James Williams aud VIM. Seville, wsre at
work when the terrible shock startled every
body in the neigt tblrhood. Fire followed tho
the mioers. Rsd it was thought they could po,
survive. The fire spread among the limbers
10 the slope abtut the lower chamber, and
hsd to be fought Si.h buckets of water passed
ftom hand 10 hand. After six hours OF uoa-
bated labor on the part of the Comrades of the
entCmbed Miners, who by resSou of the fercs
heat and binding speks that filled the gspt :
Ts2 leading to The btr liug tinbeis were foros d
to relleVs eaoh other Ut rapid intervals, the frs
Gas pui ont and shortly bsfore midnght q
search for tbs supposed victims was begun.
Az The mouth o. The slope fv, hucdr d tr
six hundred people Wero gathered, the " YES
OF two Of the men stsudiog near.s. and e. z OF
Hih snxlous hesrts down inCo tie dark gspp-
way, where tvsry now and then, the e cksriug
OF the mloers iisile lamrs could be seen signsl-
sng the approach of workers from below
Eagerly these Rero questioned as they came
up. bat while none We're cruel enough 10 ssy
there was no hope. 1t wss quite evident from
their confidential whispers 20 brother mioers
that they did cot expect to find the men alive.
The three imprisoned miners had been epga.
gsged 10 custug an airWsy to somo Old work
lnG TO secure better air ter the ohambere that
were beiug worked, the ventilation having been
rsceny impaired ty an scoident. The fire
following he explosion ragged furiously fer Eve
hours and played sad bsvco with tho b'atcss
scd props for three buodrad yards. People
at the surfsce did not know that lhs fire was
sxtipguished until some time after it w:s rea,,-
lY cut. The mon leading the rescuirg party,
as soon ss they had got the bstter of the & .mes
pushed their way through to the place where
they knew the msn Wtrd les! working. This
VAS distance of some 500 or 900 feet. Oa
The Way one Of The miners picked up hat and
coat belong ng to Scoville and s9me body c,r-
veyed these to the mou b Of the nit. Ths stc-
ry st oIca spread that Scovilles body had been
toro to pieces. AID when this c,me to the ears
of MIS- ScoViIle, who wss seated on q log near
b7,sho went nearly frantic aud rent the air With
her piteous screams, which were supplemented
soon after By The eriaa Of Wiiam's wife and by
Other excited women.
But while these agoniziug things wtr, traal-
piring around The mouth Of the pit some of
very d!tf:rent nature was takiug plac, below.
There the leaders in the sealcl were seudiue
Up shouts oil 0y over the miraculous die vary
of the three men, all alive. Williams aud Ash
ford Were pst comiog up the gapgway. Jhsy
bed heard heir delivtr,rs and Wero spproach-
ing to meet them. Soosilie who vas badly
bur1ed. vas to wesk to walk and was Iiog
where be fell.
All lhree men Hero q1icky assisted to III,
mpulh of the pit, where the tx,ited crowds,
who bad been told only moment before of the
wonderful discovery. stood hushed and silent for
moment as tho forms of Wilisms, Scoville
AID Ashford wero borne teDderly ou. in The
open cir. Then the surrounding bills sent back
the olamtr Us shouts OF ~ that arose for several
miGues after the mon were carried into their
hlm.s nesr by. Hundrt d, visited tho scene OF
,he accident. All three men are quite
SICK, bat Scav!llo is the worst. Williams SAYS
the explosion occurred j 1st WHEN the opepiog
TO the old workings was made. Tho latter were
6llsd With hredamp. which was ienittd ty the
open lights of the miners. Right after The ex-
plosion the fire broke out, aud the terror srick-
en- men threw themselves on their fac.s along
the gapgwsy rails. With their mcu bs olose to
little barrow stresm. Iu that position they re-
m,ined for nearly six hours. or up to within o
foW moments OF their rescue. Tha gspgway WAS
filed With gas and ;h, s,resm was all that stvsd
them.