The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-23
MES AND CASUALTIES.
,oER, HoRRoRsAND STRIKES.
,srs of Wickedness and Misfortune
n Numerous to Summarize, but
the warner Bank Swindle Is
the Chief of Them All.
,,o pennsylvania Mime Horror.

ANoKIN, PA, Aug. 22.5-The mine
las not yet abated, although heavy
II was worked, forcing water down
lime all day. Both the Bucllridge
Ireenbaci collieries are full of gas
[ number of men in the surface
sIyercome by escaping gas. There
n possibility Of the bodies being
Mi before tomorrow.
srsguR Pa, Aug. g2,-The Posts
1okin, Pennsylvania, special says:
tman are buried in the Greehback
/ m. near this place, victims of
Iy blaci, damp. Their names are:
Il TAYLOR, married; VIM. Carl,
Ied: Patrick .lIealy, mar
n VIM. Shankweiter, married;
/ Fox. married; Robert White,
H., Frank WMdrop, pumpman,
jTed Not since the frighytul acct
4 AT the Soney clay works, years ago,
ibis town been 50 terribly excited as
II to-day when the news Of the dis
spread about. The Greenback
located about two miles east
ISbamokin. On Wednesday morn
tbe Buckridge colliery, on the Rem
Ig and johnson tract, was discOv-
Il to be on fire. The mouth Of the
|oo was shut up. The Greenback col
| n lies heXt to the Buckridge, on the
|5ton and Brady tract, a line filler of
Fan wards intervening, when the fire
Ese out. S. b. Whiting and other
ming experts made an examination,
\ decided to drive hole from the
renback into the workings Of
n Buckridge. The men who were
gagged in driving the hole
5rked all night and had made good
ogress and everything at daybrcak
emed favorable to the plans adopted
r extinguishing the fire. BY 8 o'clock,
,weyer, the fire had burned through
e old workings of the water level, and
eat quantity of gas began to penetrate
10 the Greenback workings, and the
ven men, whose names are given,
ore overcome before they could get
d of reach Of the deadly poison. Val
tine Depener made an effort to recov-
the bodies, and narrowly escaped
,ng his own life. Everything posi-
Ms being done to reach them, but no
ubt exists of their fate. Eleven mules
supposed to be smOthered or burned.
e fire is burning more fiercely than
Err Both collieries are likely TO be a
al loss. The Greenback and Buck
he cOllieries employ over 800 men ana
rs. The fire started in the fan house
1 the flames assembled rapidly. All
timbers which supported the roof OF
mines have already been burned
ay. Heavy falls of top coal and rock
constantly occurring.
Aug. "a special to
Press from Shamokin says: The
ding officials are on hand and doing
they can to get the dead men out.
, excitement in town is intense. a,
time but little Roadway is being
lie. Men are slowly moving down
slope, carrying with them brattic
air pipe of three inches diameter,
) not supposed the bodies of the men
he slope can be recovered before Sat
ay. The mouth of the BuckridgN
10 was opened yesterday evening.
, noXious gas at the face of the
enback colliery oyercomes any one
} goes within five feet of 1t. If the
way can be put down to the water
FL of the Grcenback slope, which is
ut 200 feet higher than
Buckridge, the men can
Ily be reached. Nothing
| he left undone or expense spared to
over the bodies. The loss to the
4 and iron company will probably
ch SlO0,O0O, besides u long term OF
eness forced on the employees.
suAMoKIN, PENN, Aug. -, There is
Improvement in the situation at the
ming mine at Buck Ridge, The gas
very strong in The Grecuback mine
d the men have lY,ton down forty.
G feet, without rccOyt ing any bodies
an experiment dog was forced
WIN to the spot whore the bodies o.
ok aud White are supposed to lie ly
{, and the animal Was alive whor
istod us. This indicates that thes,
o bodies can be recovered, The lOca
n of the other bodies is unknown.
PA, Aug. 2.-At thu
eenback Slope this afternoon thu
ny of VIM. Clark was recovered at
pth of seventy-iive yards, and VIM
ylor's body Il short distance down.