Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-15
TIE NEGROES

Iltit NECkOES.
! The following are colOred:
>. ii. AmberbOn, Robert Lewis,
Amos Connor, Thornton Hicks,
James Witten, John Lawson,
| John Maxwell, James Maxwell,
George Maxwell, Penny Richardson,
James Hampton, Henry Seers,
Daniel Johnson d Edward Pncker.
Partner, Wade Stuart,
| Howard Quartz, Henry McIVor,
Henderson Miller, Charles Wyatt,
Larkin Richardson, James Perdue.
Robert Perdue, Reed Howard,
Daniel Wright, James Wright,
Lucas Watson, James COrnwelI
Greek Burrows, Frank Ii. Herman
| Pharaoh Bowers, deZ.
Joseph Brice, Henry Henley,
Benjamin Henley, j. w. James,
Henry Sales, Philip Ragland,
Buzzard Hay, Andrew Johnson,
| Wade Stuart, John Tettle,
William Moore, Riley Austin,
Allen Graves. Giles Bacon,
James Campbell, Nation Heath,
Samuel Lawson, Lewis Cockerbam.
Andrew Marshall, Booker Wilson.
Additions to this list of men missing
| and unaccOunted for will swell the num-
! Der killed to 154.
A DESOLATE SCENE.
The scene at the mouth of the mine
battles description. The hillsides in every
direction are strewn with debris and
blackened with coal dust, blown with
| terrific force from the entrances to the
mine. Trees are torn to pieces and their
limbs are scattered about. Portions of
| the wreck were blown clear over the
mountain ridge fronting the approaches
to the ruins, and picked up more than
half mile distant. Even coal dust was
blown over the mountain and covers the
earth on the opposite side to the depth of
half an inch. The blackened and rent
overcoat of one of the miners was picked
up i'll gulch nearly half a mile away.
sHANTIEs DEMOLISHED.
All of the Jaborers' shanties in the
vicinity were more or less wrecked, and
those in the line of the mine approaches
were completely demolished. So terrific
was the force of the explosion that Win
dows in the house of farmer two miles
off were shivered. A few minutes before
| the explosion occurred a train of coal cars
had been backed into one Of the entrances
of the mine, and the locomotives had
moved a safe distance down the track.
The cars were sent many of them down
the track, and others wrecked and the
| debris thrown great distance
upon the mountain side, heavy axles be-
ing twisted into all sorts of shapes and
the wheels cracked and broken. The
gulches in front of the mines were filled
with car wreckage. There are five en-
frances to the mine.
THE DIPOSSIBILITY OF ENTERING.
The entrances are all filled with foul
air. which renders the recovery of the
dead bodies impossible. Every attempt
to enter the mine has been attended with
bad results and in several instances the
men have barely escaped dying from the
Overpowering effects of the gas. The
farthest entry effected was by a Hun
garian, whose son was buried in the
mlne. He was nearly craZed by grief.
lie could not be restrained and penetrated
to considerable distance but was event
ually forced to retire.
HORRIBLE SIGHTS.
He reported seeing a number of bodies
congregated indiscriminately in one
chamber, torn and mangled beyond recOg-
nizatiOn. Col. George DOdd, of the Mid
lothian mine, and other experienced
mining engineers visited the mines this
morning and made a careful examination
of the surroundings. After consultation
it was decided unsafe to attempt to use
the fan, and orders were Immediately
issued TO have the mines closed and sealed
as the only means OF suppressing the fire,
which is still burning. The regular coal
drifts are not burning. tits the fine coal
which was in the mine which is ON fire.
A Cough, Cold or Sore Throat
Shsuld not be neglected. Browns Bron-
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