The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-19
DAY DISPATCHES.

DA D1Ox II I'LL CO.
| News of the frightful explosion q
the POcOh0ntas coal mine spread rap
idly throughout the surrounding sec
ton and tO-day a crowd hocked *
the scene Of the disaster. The arriv
al of every train increased the mum
Der, and the constant stream Of hu
manity indicates the direction of tht
mines from the vii age. The specia1
tran which left Central last nigh,
with relief party aid newsnapo,
correspondents, ran into \ slide 3:
miles east of POcahontas and fht
party was held five hours. The track
is still blocked, making transfer nee.
esSary. The mines this morning pre-
sented an awful spectacle, whicil baf-
des all attempts at description.
From peaks TO mountains were evi.
dences of the frigntful havoc wrought
by the explosion.
The hills in every direction were
strewn with debris. At the mines
was a scene of dectructlon, of anuihi-
latlOn and desOlati0n appalling to the
last degree and when one ref 9cts on
the horrible fate ot 154 human beings
whose charred and mangled remains
are bruised and smoulderin< in that
charnel house, one needn't be as
tOnished If the stout and fear ess
quail and people shrink from a nearer
approach to the awful scene for very
terror. One of the dead miners was
picked up in g"lch nearly half. a
luile away. All the laborers' shanties
IN the vicinity are more or less
wrecked and those In the line
of the mine approaches are
completely demolished So ter
itfic was the force of the explosion
that the house of a farmer, two miles
away. was shivered. A few minutes
befOr.. the explosion the coal cars had
been backed into one entrance and the
locomotive removed some distance
down the track. Many cars were
hurled down the track and others
were wrecked and threwn a great dis
tance upon the mountain side. Heavy
axles were wrenched and twisted into
all shapes, and wheels were crushed
and broken. The gulches in front of
the mines were filled with wreckage.
CENTRAL. Va. March IA The re-
cOvery Of the dead bodies is .impossi
ble. Every attempt to enter the
mines is attended with bad result,
and in several instances the men
barely escaped with their lives 80
terrible were the effects Of the over
powering gas. PLY slcians were kept
busy yesterday administering to such
Cases. The farthest entry effected
was bv a Hungarian, whose son was
buried in the mi"es. Nearly crazed
bv grief he could not be restrained.
He penetrated the tu' mel a.
long distance, but Was eventually
forced to retire. He reports seeing a
number Of bodies in the chamber
torn and mangled beyond resem-
blance. Col. Madlithia, superintend-
ent Of the mines,, and other expert
enced mining engineers visited the
mines this morning and m 1de care
full exarninatlon. After consultation
it was decided unsafe to at
tempt the use of the fan and
orders were issued to close and seal
the mines up. the only method OF sup
pressing the fire. It is impossible |
YET for the officials of the company to
estimate the amount of damage,
which must be enormous. The mines |
will remain sealed for two weeks and |
perhaps longer. Most of the miners |
killed were unmarried. Hampton,
the night foreman, leaves an invalid |
wife and several helpless children.
One 0fAthe young men killed was the
only son of a widow whose husband
perished in the mines several weeks
ago. The physicians sent up from
Lynchburg returned and only the
mining engineers and press represen-
tatives remain on the ground tonight.
SUAKIM, March It, Immense
volumes uf black smoke which rose
rom the burning camp and villages
made a greater impression upon the
,ugitives than the British proclama-
ion made. Before the battle O5man
vent 20 miles to holy spot" to pray
or sucress.
LONDON, March 14.-Suakim advi-
'es stale that panic occurred last
light among the E E{yptian troops un-
Ter the Baker PaSha who is still in
amp at Striba. They got notion
hat the rebels were approaching and
'ecame frightened. Two men
to be rebels were killed.
The troops returning to Suakim were
heered greatly. Tue personal hero.
SIN of Adam Frazer. the largest man
t the Black Watch regiment is much
Twelve A,abs were laid
Nv by his single bayOnet. Drum
lOnd Of the same regiment bayonet-
ed Osman Dlgrna's nephew. Fifty
len have left h .tham to nll the va
ancies in the Black Watch regiment.
NEW York. March IA circular c
7as issLed to-day by the independent I
epublican conference committee, ,
IOwiug the republican vote in each {
ate at the last president ial election, {
nj the number of delegates to the
ati"nal convention to which each
ale is entitled 1t appears that in
;ates of New York, Ohio. Pennsyl-
ania and Indiana there is one dele u u
.te to every 7 755 republican voters, .
hile in Mississippi, Texas, Georgia !.
I'd Louisiana the representation in y
IL convention is one to every 2,2U6 =
publican Votes. The next COM :,
ittee will be asked to provide that
future national conventions the
be proportioned to re-
lbilcan votes of states and congress- j
nal districts respectively: h