The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-10-30
COAL NINE DISASTER.
The Horrors NJ Death Again 10 the
Pennsylvania Pits.
AN AWFUL FlREDAMP EXPLOSION.
Nearly Score Of Lives Lost as the
Result.
THE USUAL HORRIBLE SCENES.
Theories ~ Ia tn" Cause.-The uf Them
Attributed IL to gHrplgssness Of IN,
AN AWFUL FlREOAm9 EXPLOSION
THE USUAL HORRIBLE SCENES
Theories ~ Ia tn" Cnusc-One uf Them
Attributes ito Carclessness ~ IN.
CompGny-Ii-t of the Vie
tims-rO Investigate.

lives were lost, occurred III tho m!nos %
tho Youngstown, Coke company, fou
miles from here, between iaud ao'clucl
last evening. rhooSplosion took plac,
m the sixth rirht.hUud nlt, whore uhou
twenty men woro at work. The ,ir,
boss mGdo his rounds as usual thi
morning, and discovered no signs of gas
and the dNy force went to work. At
o'clock this afternoon this force was re-
iieved by the night force, aud Ia twenty
minutes, Just after the pi, boss, James
Cole, and superintendent Rcis had come
up from the mine, and had gone To- thn
Office, an explosion occurred, which
shattered fha windows tor q male
around. Five minutes later there wuy a
second report and Immediately after
the flames hurst forth from the opening,
blocking up the avenues Of entrance,
The news of the disaster
spread quickly, and friends and
relatives of the doomed miners soon
gathered around the mouth Of the mine,
but the fierce flame, prevented amy at.
tempt no rescue. After am hours work,
however, the flames were Subducd suili-
GENTLY To allow descent by way of the
air shaft.
At this writing yoluut crs only have
Ir.n aIlp IA roach th. first rf INA min.
.n,y,,,cs tn nrtrr dann. ana il H. rnn,.J ,i,,
nrtirn roof nr tbr siytb H,t has r,iIrn r..
II This Is the case none Of the miners at
work there can hc saved. The men iu
some parts Of the mine, who escaped hc-
tore the explosion occurred, made an at.
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THE KILLED And INJURED
TINS rpr Jisrnypr,J nro.
Josrpb SunIv. NIGHT puuner. sinrIa.
AGED ~. killed.
.prl. I.ours. r,Dsridgr. 20 single.
killed.
!.r'; Cole and his son sarinus,v. and
20 is Thought. fatally iuiurnG.
ybulmccv Wilson, slightly injured.
VH-hiuglon KchSlor has iust hrru
uoisnot hurt. H'a had tho
ura-rDro Dr mind tn lie down ia a unpl
of water and avoid iuh.linr The Gas.
Thi, makes six that have been takon
out, two dead and four Injured.
Ilrob Cola and son ara prDbabIy fa-
tally.
Evnrv effort il beiug mazda IN roeruo
thp others. INT untn a late hnur tn-niCht
ali i'm vain. There il scarcely a
chance for any of them.
to he taken ont alive, as II is thought All
have perishod from The deadly effect of
the damp, before this.
Tho air i'm the vicinity of the mIncs is
CRIES or WIVES AND CHILDREN
Of the imprisoned mon. There are
nlentv willing hands and hearts who
ro reojv ia risk their livos i'm trvinwto
roscue tGom. hut il IL impossibls To ret
AT them now, and not before morning
win Tho terrible tala bp known. IL il moi
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uehy 'he men l 9uillissl"h non, untl'
o sas nnu peol' eA'oii@ou. l,"o @ % ms was
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