The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-02-24
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4 report We fe.el,si bsfs this ftoalaa
ilan iuiiHi that tir tuwn NJ iiraidsnod tiiout
Hiieen mites ifnm iHiiet had been lhe iene
~ 10y ~ sfrai milne Disaster. ln ehleh ths
hfs' fernt said sitig lItss had haen let
4 o0nWsrundcni succeeded IN asfiina rom
Situation ~ tse fpurtod 4 aasiof ~ hfaih
wutd IN v lHiei lntrreiuw with A. sweet,
fteallen, nt the four Mlnssc COMPANY Hnd mo
Diamond Mine Company
49, Sweet says that M men wrfr IN the w
fiuus shafts tits afternoon when the ground
aaRHod undrf the wpight NJ vAinf that had
saturated aHd iousenrd N sixty twu men
veio IN Que shait shirh ranahi the bulk ~
the inlling drhfH nni which was Instantly
flooded Etcrt uno NJ them was olthef
dfuv ned ~ snoihefeh inside NJ i've minutes.
fhrif hoiies ne huhrd bonealh many tons NJ
earth, one hundred acres have buen oSea.
waited, and The miners not IN the onH uniur'
tunnie shtit oirnrci, niaslng and pumping
+ u ling IN vigorously, but II viii he many
hours before the nrsl bodies can he reached,
The mine VA. NJ the ordinary kini. sup
piled with regular shafts and supposed 10 bs
well protected from accidents.
The following Is n partial liz, NJ the minors
known 10 bo lost John Huber. who leaves q
wife nnd f1ur children Adam McGueailn.
lrnyns wife aud ayc children ilober MeQue4'
tlan, iAnao Piers n, leaves u wife aud one
child James Carroll, H. srhniyon, ioayea wife
and three children John lloyd, leaves wiic
aud bnby. john Neil leaves u vito and six
ohildlont H. Harper leaves u wlie and three
children =. q iieiman leaves u wiie and
three chililron, +. T.. Wall. trin knof, samuel
Atkcns h NesR vito nnd sls chldren, John
Aikrns, 4, Ilonk, leaves wife mud two chli.
drcn Ucorgc liutskin,ky, John Butskin,ky,
Tony sulllyaa, John Hickman. leaves u wife
AMI four children, jam = I1erson, John Pier.
son, Harry ingrr, leaves n wife and child.
Joseph Matthews, A, 6ollinbitg, finnk N btt-,
leave wife and ilirc rbilironi W. A. kiossor.
Joseph ,mlih.u.C. lotlin, John Gulloek. Frank
klnAla, Adam Damn, leaves wife and oar chli.
drcn D.. Damn. Joseph Groics, N Miski, John
Dcnbrosky, Anton nenb oiky, H. Muco, u.
iinmicy v. soap Matt Bells, y. f.ck, John
Huber Frank Huber, VIII NcQuestton. Adam
McQucstion. John ricrson, Mathew Redmond.
u. N, Biiige. 4. Cjsiigar A. stewart, Jr..
Prank Stewart, Hugh Nnsiislt. H. A. Babinr-
ton. simon stump. John SIN III. H. i,abbart,
George Mathew. W. &. seo0r. II. q. I.omor. J.
lens, John French. John johnson, o. q.
sprlow, John Andcr On, william Gully.
Charles llodgcr.. j. %. Ru.k.
al. a ll. L..
the mine, and II may be week, beipro oven
the melanch Ily sati iactiod Of recovering
their bodies 4 'astorl led. Tho whols af Dia.
mond Ia devoted 20 mining, and this blow
carries death into n hnndi oi families, In
several instances all the male members of the
family arc swept asay.
A 80, ton OF prnirir land forty by nfiy feet.
over witch tho hoods had extended until the
water stood three or four frct deep suddenly
cayed In, resulting In an instant flooding II
mine In whigh 80 men and boys we're work.
Ing. Inside of half mn hour the water reached
all parts of the works, and 10 night u stands
within fivc feet of tho main shaft Seventy
four human being. were chokcd to death In
the giim reaa-sef Of thu mine. ,li hope Of
possible escus III any Of them by the open.
ing NJ dividing from an Old shaft Ia tho
omptos was abandoned at dusk.
| This was III. most terrible trngedy that ever
visited the wilmln ston coai-n' III. n was In
| the No. shaft Of tho Wilmington Coal Mining
Manufacturing Company. known ns tho Da.
mond Company's. Tie little village OF Dia.
mond IL a scene of desolation, calculated 10
wiring The heart Of even the most hardened.
The mns Ia In tho extreme corner OF win
County. Tho minors live In the village across
the line In Grundy County. Tie Diamond
eompany's pits are known as Nos J.. Z, etc.
Tho pit in which to.day's horror occurred
has been operated about two years and 100 20
ioo men and boys have been regularly ON.
ploved In u. This morning no or sg went In.
Those who escaped did go by miracle.
shaft No. . T. pinety.two fest deep. and
above the coal IA n 10 no feot Of aaIth. Tho
coal vein rangrs in thicknss. from two fees
| nine inches 10 four feet. Above II IL q layer
OF soap-tone resting m q bed of nfa-ciay.
Tho vein Winds aud dips a good deal, and
thus some parts Of tie minos are loser than
| others.
from the main shaft railaie passages IN
every direction. In whith coal Il found. These
must be four feat high and six inches vide.
| Tho miners prop these passages with timber
and soapaione. These props did not prove
strong enough for tho snpennoumbent mas.
of soTsy earth.
News oi the accident soon spread and
great crowd gathered aboat the mouth II tho
pt.wortmsn fishing out the slinos, exhausted
aBd nearly drowned men Who we're alive %
tho bottom ofihe shaft.
Many wifs and mother knclt on the ground
and prayed isryantIy for the safety of her
loved ones, and a. the heart rendlng eharae.
ter NJ tho esiansi'y appeared. the grief n the
survivors was ou,spoken and paintal to bs.
hold
A wiie bent over the shaft snf her husband
climbed up 10 her with the dead body n HE
son In hi- arms she extended her hand 3, ~.
seive them. but was ssdisHppointcd and doomed
70 greater grief, for the man. worn out by the
desperate struggle for life ard for tho body of
his son. fell bark into the pli aud vas life.
iess corpse. iIr ha. not been seen since.
Mrs. hcouession. whose husband and shses
sons wcrr buried. spon learning the news was
pfo-srased. ana nov lies In pfecarious con-
dition with her mind permanently injured