The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-10-29
COAL Mine DISASTER,
The Horrors of Death Again in the
Pennsylvania Pits.
AN AWFUL FIREDAMP EXPLOSION,
Nearly a Score of Lives Lost as the
Result.
THE USUAL HORRIBLE SCENES
iheories as to the Cause-one of Them
Attributes tito Carelessness of the
ANAWFuL FIREDAMP EXPLOSION
THE USUAL HORRIBLE SCENES
Theories as to the Cause-one of Them
Attributes tito Careiessness of the
Company-List of tho Vic
tims-To Investigates.

hre damp, with results probably as fatal
as attended the terrible disaster at West
Leisenring last January, when nineteen
llVes were lost, occurred at the mines of
the Youngstown, Coke company, four
miles from here, between and 5o,clock
last evening. The explosion took place
in the sixth right-hOnd flat, where about
twenty men were at work. The fire
boss made his rounds ms usual this
morning, and discovered no signs of gas
and the day force won't to work. AZ 4
o'clock this afternoon this force was re-
lieved by the night force, and I'm twenty
minutes, Just after the pit boss, James
Cole ana SUPERINTENDENT REFS had come
up from the mine, and had gone to the
once, an explosion occurred, which
shattered the windows for "A milo
around. Five minutes later there wns a
second report, and Immediately after
the ilames burst forth from the opening
blocking up the avenues of entrance.
Iho news of tho disaster
spread quickly, and friends and
relatives of the doomed miners soon
gathered around the mouth of the mine.
but the fierce flames prevented anV nj.
tempt AT rescue. After an hours work
however, the iilmes were suhdued suti.
GENTLY TO allow descent 10y way OF the
air shaft.
AT this writing volunteers only have
boon able TO reach the first of the mine
owing Ia after damp, and 10 is feared The
enllre roof OF the sixth Hat has fallen in.
II this is the case none of the miners nj
work there can bo saved. The men i'm
some parts of the mine, who escaped be-
lore the explosion occurred, made an at
tempt 10 rescue their companions, but
were unable to reach them.
THE KILLED AND tNl-REp
thus far discovered are:
Joseph Subly, night pumper. single.
aged -; killed.
Jack Lopos, roperider, 80, single,
Jack Cole and his son seriously, and
1t Is thought, fatally injured.
Ghauncey Wilson, slightly injured.
Washington kebbler has lust beer
recovered. He Is not hurt. He had Tn,
presence of mind To lie down i'm poo
of water and avoid inhaling the gas.
This makes six that have been taken
out, two dead and four injured.
Jacob Cole and son are probably ia
tally.
Every effort is being made 10 rescu
the others, but up TO q late hour to-nigh
all in vain. There is scarcely
chance FOR any of them
TO be taken out alive, as II il Thought AL
have perlshod from the deadly effect o
the damp, before this.
The air in the vicinity of the MINES /,
filed with the
CRIES OF WIVES AND CHILDREN
Of tnA iInnFiannan
plenty willing hands and hearts. VIII,
are ready to risk their lives i'm trying /,
rescue them, but II Is impossible to re
at thom now, and not before mornin,
will the terrible tale he known. Ii is mo-
known how the explosion occurred. L
was Just such n day rs that of the Wes
Leisening disaster.
THE ATMOSPHERIC WAS NtURKY,
whlch ~ regarded rs favorable for th,
! accumulation of fire damp In mines
nevertheless, no gas had been dis
covered in the mine for more than
month.
THE WORST FEARS VERIFfE.
UNIoNTowN, Pa, oct. 2S.-The 1,nrs
fears touching the fate of tho mos Wl,
were imprisoned in tho Pool m.ua a.
Youngstown, four miles from this place
by the explosion of fire damp, whicl
took place there at o'clock last even
ing, have been fully confirmed. Six o
the miners were taken ont last evening
soon alter the disaster Two of thon
were dead, and two of the other four az,
so seriously injured that there is nt
| nope OF their recovery. This left from
fourteen to eighteen men supposed 1,
he stiil imprisoned In the mine. Tn,
exact number was not certainl,
known. The work of reaching thes,
men continued indus,riously through
out the whole niVht, and by this morn
ing the dead bodies of twelve of then
had been brought out and delivered Il
their friends NJ the mouth of the pit
This makes
FOURTEEN DEAD
IN all, and together with the four I'm
iured, accounts for eighteen of the Who'll,
number supposed to be in the mine
Whether there are any more remain,
yet 10 he discovered, but IL IL believes
that oil have been found. The scenes n
the mouth of the pit, as tho dlshgureC
dobies of the dead were brought To th,
surface and given into the hands of tn,
wives and relatives, was distressing II
the extreme.
THEORIES AS TO THE CAUSE.
IL cannot be stated now whether th,
explosion was due To carelessness of the
company or not. The miners alleg,
thaL IL was. But on the heels of a ca
lamity like this, the first impulse usual,
Is 20 attribute Il to the company, II I,
well'known that the Youngstown com
pmy has always been very careful, nnc
the knowledge that their mine was ,
dangerous one and predisposed to thu
generation OF tire-damp, make then
more careful. The mine was inspected
every morning, and whenever the pres
ence OF hre-damp was de
tocted 1t was the inyariablo orde
TO deny the men admission unit
the gas had been expelled. This was
tic rulo and the officials say Il has beer
rlgidly enforced. hut II In claimed bI
the miners that the company discharge,
u competent fire boss about two month,
ago and has since employed in that On
paclty one who was not competent [,
determine whether the mine was safe O
not,
THE VICTIMS.
The following In the revised list o
names OF the killed:
ried. ' '''
solomon yansecalc, miner, married
william Miner, miner, married.
james Price, iather, aud james Price
son, miners.
Thomas Cole, miner, married.
miners.
II. j. Sape, rope rider, married.
Albert TAYLOR, miner.
SOlomon Wilson, miner, married..
Frank Nickle, father, and Willie, SOL
merried.
George CunninghRm-l4 In all.
Mine Inspector STEINER was I'm IA
lnines, and he, together with the meI
worked all night TO get out the done
raylur aud Cunningham wero found /
locked arms and their faces buried /
the water. The dead mon were foun
IN every conceivable place. The create
part OF them were sniiocatod by watC
damp. Some were
BunNEn TO A CnIsp.
Many were badly bruised by helm
Knocked against tho sides of the pi
Those not killed instantly showed ev