The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-10-30

Terrible Gee Explosion In PennsyIvanis
Coa1 Mlne-One Nan INSTANTLY Killed.
eeven Fatally bnlured anu Others ttuse
More or Lees seriously.
WIiKrsn<KRE, Pa, October ga
lew minutes before eight o'clock yester-
day morning two successive explosions
al gas IN No. = mine Of tho Delaware :
Hudson Company, ~ Plymouth junction,
startled the people Nv Ing In tho vicinity,
a. we as those who were nt work
around the mine buildings. Flames in
stantly shot up Ia the air twenty feet
above the farmhouse. There was loud
report, aud then for time all was siiil.
The mIno In which the accident occur red
Is about mile north OF Plymouthbor-
ou.h. aud three miles fiom here. II mas
been idle since January. hut the company
had resolved 10 reopen II, and carpenters
and laborers were In the main gangway
making the necessary repairs pscpata-
| tory to the resumption Of mining opera
| tons next week. There were three gangs
| Of men At work, one In each Of the three
| seams.
Just before eight o'clock Polandcl
named ZolInsky went into an unused
chamber about three hundred yards from
| the foot Of IN shaft carrying
Ia naked lamp. Instantly there
| OF the men IN the mine were knocked
| down. but no one was burned or serious
" injured. They soon recovered from
| the shock and resumed their work. Five
minutes later second explosion &C.
Cured which was much more serious In
rs results. not only 10 those In the mid
die gangway, but those In the veins
above aud below.
Superintendent Robert Meyers was Ia
the lower gangway, and was knocked
down by the shock. Those IN the mid
die gangway, however, were the only
ones seriously affected. Sixteen men
were FRUSTRATED. one OF them being
killed outright, and eight others GER
tainly fatally Injured, while u Is proba-
able that only two or three out Of all
the wounded will recover
when the news Of the accident spread
throughout the valley the excitement be-
came intense. and hundreds Of persons
who had relatives and friends working In
the mine nocked TO the breaker. The
women and children OF the men who
were In the pit sent up wall that was
most heartrending.
As soon as possible . rcscuing party
was organized. aud the injured men were
brought out OF the mine, all terribly
burned, but with one exception, still liv.
Ing. As they were brought to the sur
face there was an oppressive, ominous
silence until the condition Of the injured
men became known. and then weeping
and waiting was renewed
The first man brought out by the relief
party was Thomas Howard. H. was cut
ia the back aud terribly burned about The
head and face. The others were brought
up In the following order; Jos. Thomas,
David Grimes, John Wood Frank Spin
nett, Edward !. Jones, John Lavensky
Thos Collins, Anthony Spinnctt, John n
lInsky, Thos. McDermott, y. Lamfraux
John Kcrst, Sandy Love. John Cooley.
All IN SC were found lying near the foo'
OF the shaft In the main gangwav None
OF them were able 10 stand up, and one
or two were unconscious. Dennis Titus
was found dead two hundred feet away
IIis body was the last brought out. Jos
Thomas died three hours after bein;
brought out
At eight O'Clock last night Thomas
Collins died. lie WIS much esteemed
! man aud was prominent IN local poll
tics. II IL certain that seven or eight
Of the other wounded men will die.