Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-10-22
A MINE HORROR.
A Terrible Explosion of Gas at
Plymouth, Pa.
FIFTEEN MINERS HORRIBLY BuRSEr
Four Dead and the Remainder Thought
to be Fatally In
jured.
DETAILS OF THE DEADLY ACCIDENT,

WnKEsBARRE, Pa, October 2l.-A ter
rife explosion of gas took place in the No.
2 slope of the Delaware and Hudson Coal
Company. at Plymoth. this morning. The
greatest sxcitsn ent prevails there as the
slope is full OF men and boys.
One report has it the number killed will
be large. As far as can be learned fifteen
men are known to be fatally burned.
LAFER-The Coroner has been notified
Of the accident nisanos reported THAI
Of The ffteen men burned, fourteen have
since died. Priests from this city and
Nanticoks have been telegraphed for
As now fully explained the accident at
No. 2 slope of the Delaware and Hudson
Company ct Plymouth was caused BY
miner. who entered an abandoned portion
of the slope, which was marked dangerous,
With naked lamp upon his head, thereby
firing the gas and causing terrific explo-
sion. The loss Of life was not SO great as
at first reported here BY telegraph. At
this hour, p. m one man, Dennis TituF,
is dead and fourteen are frightfully burned.
Most Of these, it is thought, cannot recover.
Most of the injured men are Poles and
Hungsrians.
DREADFUL DETAILS.
The miner that went into the abandoned
opening and fred the gas that caused the
explosion at No 2 shaft was Peter Zolintz'
Ky. There was two explosions. The frat
one was that OF gas which was soon
followed by another, sweeping everything
before it. sending fame up the slope and
above the fan house and sencing the shin.
giles and timbers from the breaker, flying
400 feet above the earth. Zohntzky was
not killed and was removed from
the elope with only his boots on and
no hair on his head. He was otherwise
unirjured. The scene that ensued was
terrible. The victims of the disaster lay
in every direction Titus was instantly
killed, and when found lay two hundred
feet away from his hi. Of tools. When the
gas was igni,ed ell the men on the slope
were violently thrown to the ground, or
against the cars or ribs of the gsngwsy
The lights on their head were extinguished
by the shock of the second explosion, and
sil were in confusion making their way
through the flames and managing with
great difficulty to reach a place Of safety.
The following is
A LIST OF THE DEAD
thus far;
Thos Collins, miner.
Anthony Spianette.
John Levitskey.
Dennis Titus, laborers.
The wounded are: They are horribly
burned and breathed flames to such en- ex-
tent that their injuries are considered
fatal
Frank SpinRette.
Thos McDermotf. ~ = %.
Alex. Love.
John Colby.
John Kirst.
David Grimes.
John Woods
Joseph Thomas.
David Bryan.
Frank Lsmoreux.
Thos. Howard
Edward johnson.
The last three named are in q critical
condition and cannot survive. The shaft
at which the explosion took place is one Of
The largest operated by the Delaware and
Hudson Company. The average daily
hoist of coal is from ESQ to 400 car loads,
and over 400 men and boys are employed
in preparing this coal for market. 1t iG
thought that nearly all the others Of the
injured will die.
Thos. Collins. who was reported to have
died, is not dead, though it is expected he
will die before morning.