The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-15
4ENT0MBED MINERS.
THE PocAHoNTAs MINES DISASTER.
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LYScnuuno,YA. March h.l4.-A rpecia
from Pocahontas, where theg great calaml!.
in the mines occurred, says that tho fire /
still blazing and that the only way to OK
tiuguish II Is by closing up The pit mou.l
and scaling It. This Is being done, and i
will take two weeks to extirguish tn
fumes aud make |. possible to enter ant
look for the remains Of men who have per
ishcd. No bodies were discovered to day
Of couiss, on account Of the condition O.
the mine. The effort to enter 1t by mean.
OF an old and disused shalt was failure
When the mine is catered II Is a question
II any except very few bodies will be
found, as the intenae heat will have incin.
Grated them. .6 5G9E
The excitement at the place has calmed
down some, but the look OF anguish on
the faces Of wives and mothers, oil brothers
and sisters and friends OF those who per.
ished and whose bodies are subject to the
flames OF the mine is pitiiul beyond do.
scriptiou. The work Of burying such bod.
les and parts Of bodies as were recovered
before the flames got started Is going on.
As distance Is being offered from all the
towns In the vicinity, and The families be.
reaved will be cared for. The company Ia
doing all in It's power to alleviate the suffer.
ings oil the unhappy people, l3sEi,6$
s'h HELP FOR THE surrERERs. t5i
PnlLADELrllIA, Pa. March 1.-THE
Directors Of the Southwest Virginia Com.
pany, owners Of the mine at Pocahontas,
Va, adopted resolutions authorizing the
Superintendent Of lhe mines to take all
necessary meaAs TO alleviate the So frsrings
Of the wounded, and furnish food and
clothing tothe families of the dead and in.
jured. The introduction oi electric light
IN the minesto guard againa. q repetition
OF the disaster is being considered.
The following dispatch from the super.
inteudent Of the mine was received !:
We will make desperate attempt to get
in tonight, have temporary fan up. Indi.
cations are the mine Is on FIRE; will know in
a few hours, and il found 10 be the CAFE will
seal all openings at once and fill tho mine
with steam. Have boilers placed readyand
thes!eam pipe will BIZ on hand by II ,r.;M.
i+!i NO LIVES sAvED. .:isl
No lie has been saved. No one can
live in the atmosphere. inside. The rail.
road company is giving me every assist
anct; have also physiciana; have wired the
superintendent Of the Midlothian lor ad.
vice and help. He is on his way in a
special with seventeen men. My men are
nearly played ou., chiefly from the Effects
Of the after damp" so II 81
A,later dispatch from the Superintendent
states that two expert mining engineers ar
rived this morning, and agreed The bodies
could not be recovered; unless the mine be
sealed and the ire smothered. E SsS
4 !. aENER. Us. ACTION. II
RICHMOND, Va, March l4.-The Gen.
eral Assembly to-day, in view Of the
awful coal mine disaster at Pocahontas
and the likelihood o. great .dcstitution OF
the lamilies ot The Victims adopted joint
resolution authorizing the Governor to as
certain the approximate amount Of money
necessary to relieve immediate war,s. :
CENTRAL, VA, March 1.-THE news Of
the irightlul explosion at the Pocahontas
coal mines spread rapidly throughout the
surrounding section, and to-day crowds
have been Il ,cking to the scene Of the dis
aster. Z. Il Z; Il .,5. K ~ $..s5 &
IA AvlslT TO THE MINES. IA
A visit to.the mines this morning pre-
sented aspec'acle that battles all attcmp,e
at description. So terrific was the explo-
sion that the windows in the house OF q
farmer two miles of were shattered.
There are five entrances, and every one
Ct which seemed rs an exit for the pent up
fury are all filled with foul air, which rem.
ders the recovery Of dead bodies i,npos-
slble. Every attempt to enter the mines
Is attended with bad results, and in several
, inetancesl lsthe men barely escaped dying
trom the empowering gas. p