The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-02-18
Terrible Coal.NIne Disaster.
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RIcnsosp, Va, febnayl
Particulars Of the terrible coal mine disaster
tcauscd by a gas erploslonl at the Grove
Shaft, at Coalneld, in Chesterfield County,
yesterday, were received here to-day, aud In.
dlcatc that the disaster was even more horn
bic than al, frat reported. Cosl6eld Il ilttls
hamlet In the midst Of the great eoal.beds Of
Chesterfield County, and the mine In which
the disaster took place Is about two miles dis
tant.
The scenes and Incidents about the mouth
Of the pit this morning were hssrt-fending
Nearly every family In the place has lost q
relative by the disaster, and, despite tho ter.
rible snow storm Of last night, crowd Of
men, women and children we're orouehed
at'ou, the mouth Of the fatal shaft, shlFering
from cold and calling pltecusly for their loved
ones, and begging that aid should be sent
them. All the morning crowds OF miners
frum the surrounding county have been
pouring Into the place, and all seemed intent
upon penetrating The awful plt and learning
definitely the fate Of those uho arc ensombed
Experienced miners say that the thirty-,wo
men IN The pit are undoubtedly dead, but the
wives and children DO no, give up bopc, and
there ar. not 10 he found those Who can break
The terrible truth 20 them ret,
This momlnE Al eleven o'clSck the frat
attempt 10 reach the hpttom of the shaft vas
made. A large number Of miners volun-
teered 10 70 down IN the bucket Most OF
them uere younE and hardy men, and were
prepared W take their lives In their hands.
The older miners told them that the terrible
esrbonic Kas tIll fingered in the pit, and
they realized the dangers Of the undertaking.
especially a. no connection had yet been made
with the bottom Of the shaft. Three stepped
from the crowd and insisted upon golug down
In the bucket. NJ Deids. the Superintendent
Of the pit, rn one II them They verc LET
dovn carefully. and, after going dorn 100
feet, gave the signal 10 Be pulled up The
result of their Investigation shs-sd that 81
least forty feet ef The bfaitlee.vork IN The
mine vas torn up. TheY dlscoverei no sas
Like rnany similar horrors. this one has
served 70 bring forward another striking evt
dence Of the dsvotson Of woman A young
pumsn. Just nineteen Jsarz Of age, living IN
Manchester, VI. beiro,hed 70 one Of the VIC
tims % this disaster. This morning. when the
Intelligence rs.rhsi Manchester of The erpio-
sios, she st once started 10 sslk 10 the seems.
distance Of thIrteen miles from Manchester.
the ground being covered With sit Inches of
ssov and the Wind blowing binding drifss.
FnsHuAEr 8
Al 7s3o Superintendent Dodds, with third
party, made The descent. remaining nearly IN
hour. They explored sks tunnel for soms dis-
tsnce. Al The mouth ef ese of The ehsmh<rs
IN The vicinity of The engine ihsy discovered
snosher body. vhlsh I supposed 10 b thsk q
coior>d fireman, Ro1<rt summers This
bodv. With that discovered lat sixht. vss
brpukht 70 the surise> thiz evening Ihs
vsrh of rsp>Irine he br.tsics lsrth inprovs
nent of venttislion 4 prsfreasiss. ssd n b
sspr<t>d that bJ io-noFFes > mors sstiaf.e
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