The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-25
In GENERAL.
4 Terrible Accident NJ Crested nuite
Colorado.
A Chicago Docio'' Ncst shameful
Cefl,AsiOJ.
miscellaneous News by Vhr
A Torn ibIo Explosion.

A Terrible ErplpsidN.
DENVER. Jan. N.-A terrible esfIo'.cH
occurred at Crested Butte, Gnaai'Hr
conlty, Vt : O'Clock thir morning., 10 llc
! C.es.ed Quito conf m.ug, in which lom
| tv,uy Ave 10 fifty mlECra are ltaoYt1 ~
] have been killed. THO explosion BLOCK elA
( The entrance 10 the miLr, sud tle iuli e.
! tent oi be disaster Is on present UnEno RIi.
/ Tho tnlur was owned GAs operated bT tNc
! q iorniu C1nl ard Iron company, ~ his
lcty. and employs from eighty 70 ninety
| miner. "a "a shsit. .p d'tsi3 are 40
prpceul oDtalnabe.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT
! DsrYNE, Jan. 2i.-Ihc iimt.' GuunisOn
sprcu .nys: A terrible explosion occurred
/ ti 3 O'Clock tnis morniuE D" the Ov.orauo
| Goal q Iron company mine ~ Crested
| B4.te. so Tor only the most meaSrr details
/ have been received here, bat Tho loss o.
/ BOZ. ssrupusa d To- be terrible, hire were
! siyty-s. van men iu 'hH mine &c the time.
} O tnc.u plevau, who were lust ou 'eiih.,
/ arrr thrown OgCk 20 the On ruhce nY no
/ f.fc. of ,hc explosion ana have been tes-
cuet. Ono Of those Ia desd ard rl the
otbrrg nfr injured. There are illty.'iI y,
/ ip ilr nine aud Ca1unt Doc reached. IreV
/ a.s rIl supposed to boz Gpgd. lnc expluAilH
va NJ such force ns ~ entirely wreck th1
agyip. mouse. which stood lu.s lUl ''rl
} rom the entrance. IT, Is supposed TIE *
ole ion was caused by q lyaF loo the air clm'
| Dresser. Crested Bulte people arc doing
| siIt1at il pos,ible 10 rrtcgc the miners.
I Tws special trains hayN gone up from nero
wi-h doctors aud others.
nryysr. Jan 2i.-The explosion az Ore %
ed Butte coal mine this morn z
+ Uas ono OF the most nppGlilns
I that eyer occurred ~ = coal mine OF il'S
colugry. Crossed Buue, near which ih'
.iuc b. located, ~ c3al-mining low
It1irtv niles north Of Gunn.'
,on CITY. On the D,nYer q Rio Gmnde
| rurnal Ihg cause OF tie explosion IL not
| deUnitriv known, out j. vs. supposed TO
! have resulted from fire damp.
/ Tbs explosion occurred either IN
chamber NJ. or . iIs, hali an hour
after the day force OF m&ly-seYen men
had gone to work. There. were
tor men Al work 10 chamber No. ionr;.
| These escaped uuhuit, except one mar
John Angus, whom IN pass
s9 ye' was lust ou.,i'o of the
gnsmb.r ~ badly burna !, bn WI recr9t'',,
Futy-twl were Vt work IN chambers Nos
aud .. These are al thought ~ nave =
is,.d. The explosion Has VI such fore %
20 clmrlptply barrcsde the main entrance
and appliance. for supplying the ayr, j.
Gated near, we're badly wrecked, 0nd 'he
roof of the trAinway blown of. ihe McH
were at work un anlhfnr.. o.
mes. INC night force OF tLc Colorado Co1l
uau Iron company m'n,s ana citizeus
genera u.s. hHv" been working nara MI uay
: ln 10 cue to men, aiiuougu though'
more can possibly escape alive. Inc town
: hall has been prepared for the reception
! OF the depl. As soon ~ possible
, the Ion Was repaired aud pu. u Nof
; pumpin, he air INTO mo mine ana tE'
men set 10 work 10 remove obstruction s'
| a.. 49,. I..,ru nd ,tpl
out tonight II possible. Tne following az
the names oi li,ty.fvu OF the uuiortunBits
The other two were not obtalnao'e:
Henry Anderson, John Mililams
" J. eEart Johh hSIub,
Thomas Rogers. james onpiIL
JAc b Leux, Juhn nhHoIspn'
James wash, REFER bak'I,
William, DAyidtop Richard Jsmcs
David Hughes, hcMhhus,
| " r. King John Cr.elman,
/. | Iohn Uulsr Nh mas Ni.Iiams,
|, | Tohu shnns PaIrick Barrett,
John McGreSor. NICK ttoVs'
. JoNn Myers Thos Lpimy,
r. W. Smith, Jno. Prince,
ID T. MrHod.oc. jos Driscoli,
VIM. Waroney, Jas Caughn'
Henry stewart " Hcutou'
n u, fIrifrOu. w l. jones',
! John uonuely Car Rldeuwald,
= Charles sterling ThomaS kooer'A
lin ',ie Court Sred RschL
Wm McCowett. A. NJ. Godfrci,
pn. Mcdonald, VIM Aubrey
| nnn IeN',ies Tnos. stewart
m. King. Joseph Weisenb,rE
, ! n Innegen loseph krausi.
! lanes n stewart IT,, VIM. Noah
Morgan NoAth, Thomas G'shc'Fi
Jonn Ku herford
5 M.nv of these were married men Gut
/, leave families, many living mere. y specl9
train leii GunnisOI thH afternoon VIII
, surgeons ana u large hulhoer
, citizens 10 renuer al ara pos
sible. The to"n OF oivs','
Z al
cluster about The entrance 10 tue NINE
~rnvinr wrirrin- their hand
, and crying pteously, present,nl
| scene most neHrtre ding
, Il /, snid that at the time OF The expo
sion there were ten kegs OF blast powder u
: chambers Nos. and ?, whore tne me
, were working, ana where tho explosion !
supposed 20 have taken place. rhe mlu
/ mas three mi es of drifting and II - lmpoa
, stole to- locate the accident uhli tue res'u
= ing parties can gain ADM lance
z The mino has long been c'n-idered gan
$ g-rous by those gcQ uainted vith ~ VIM
s one OF the best mines IN the country j.
4 operation has always neeu nt'e We
2 with more or less apprehension huu rea
4 danger. 1t ia fine dampmine sai'
j. Superintendent Cameron, now in.Denvei
= a d seems constantly generating TIE mos
. generate IN the coal or unue
3 / and pour out OF the seams in the Walls :,
. the tunnels and shafts. let me hlne
n thu most perfectly ventilated in the world
t The air is forced in along the shalt oy ma
A ehinery, aud more than $1,000 cubic tee
b. OF fresh air forced into y every minute
This is quite sufficient to fully supply "a
wants of minsrs aud keep the air periectl
pure. unless something hsppous 10 CUT VI
! or interfere with the supply =,
John hcNeal, state lice inspector, lei
!. for the scene OF the disaster this morning
8 He says there is no doubt that avery ma
!, in the niue q, the time OF she eIplo'io