Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-24

as at the Plankinton house. There were
no signs or indicators to show where
the fire escapes were located. The house
had been afire since he had been there up
wards of thirty times. Ahtisdel said any
part of the house that he had charge of
could not have produced such fire un-
aided. The occupants of the fifth floor
were nearly all lost because the hot air and
smoke poured up as if shot out of a gun
and they were strangled. Gould not tell
whether the occupants on this floor
lived until the floor burned under them
or not, as two of the girls were taken
out in helpless condition and could not
tell how many girls had been saved, as the
heads of the different departments hired
their own help.
The testimony of the two sons of Ants
del followed. but did not differ mate
rally.
After that an adjournment was taken
till tomorrow.
The distric. attorney says he wants to
show that the first ones that tried to escape
had harder time than those afterwards.
The first ones seemed to be suffocated with
burning gas.
4CIFtOtC -HtNS LlGDtOotOHs
SAN Francisco, Jan. 23.-From the Sgd
ney Herald the following details of the
disaster at the Australasian mine on Dec.
- is obtained: The accident occurred at
$50 a. M, in the drift from No. 2 shaft,
which ,unexpectly broke into the old work
ing of No. shaft. The water rushed
through with great force, and in a few
minutes the lower levels were flooded and
the flood rose thirty feet in the shaft. The
men employed at this point fed for their
lives along the drift to the station where
twelve reached the cage and were
hoisted to the surface. Twenty-seven men
in another part of the new workings were
unable to reach the shaft, and the only
hope was that they might be able to reach
and ascend a distant winze leading to the
upper level The scene at the top of the
shaft was pitiful. Mothers, wives, children
and friends gathered there, waiting, almost
without hope, for news from below. The
pumps were at once started, throwing A.,
900 gallons per hour. All the miners
IN the district assembled to lend assist
ance. The body of water was so great
that the pumps lowered it very slowly, and
diver was sent for to attempt to penetrate
the mine to learn the fate of those below.
The project was found impracticable. In
the afternoon of the 18th, the water was
only breast high in the drift where the men
were supposed to be, and an attempt was
made to reach them by wading but bad air
drove back the relief party, and several
similar attempts were made during the
night, and about O'Clock on the morning
of the 18th the two searchers came
up the shaft cheering and reported
that near winze No. II they heard the
words "Its all right; we are all right"
About D. m. word came up the shaft that
the lost were found. The news spread like
Wildfre, and the whole neighborhood
focked to the shaft. Tanks were impro
vised as carriages on which to raise men to
the surface and half an hour later John
Mandy was brought out alive. He had
been caught by gaing to warn
his comrades of danger
when he might have escaped. Soon four
others were brought up, all greatly ex-
hausted but in fair way to recover. The
cage rose again, when the terrible truth
was learned that the twenty-five remaining
in the mine had perished. The whole
party had been caught in the drift, the
water raising so high that only by
clinging to the timber could thev keep
their chins above water. One by one dur
ing the sixty hours struggle they had
dropped off exhausted and drowned in the
food, the strongest only holding out until
relief came. The bodies were found scat
tered about the floor of the drift. The vic
TINS were inferred on the 10Th, the day be-
ing observed as holiday funeral. Sub
scriptions were taken up for the families