The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-04-04
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most deponble calamity thit m, ever
occurred In mis- quarter NJ lll globe an
explosion by which eleven ll,r, wefs lost
A. usual in such rlse' nobody srrms lo
know what caused tps explosion aad 10
Tact II those charged with ihs minagc
agemrni and control NJ lho mines are ~
be believed, there whs np cause But "
occurred Just the same liWas, ~ stated
above, about hilt.pist 0yc o'clock, aud
The men we're quitting work for the day.
There had been about forty men In The
rhine, but most oi them had come out
Many had gone to their homes, though
some stll lingcrc about The entrance to
the pit waltni for those who had not yet
come ohl, when, without the lcas, pre-.
monliofy hint, thosr about the mouth Of
the mine heard an explosion m saw
volume oi smoke dust aud debris hurled
NJ from the bowels Of the earth.
The alarm was giyen aud In iew min.
utes the greatest excitement prevailed.
The entire population gathered about the
scene OF the disaster, and preparations
were Immediately made Tor an lnycStlgn.
lion. Among those gathered at the
mouth Of the pit were the wives, children,
relatives and friends Of the poor fellows
underground, whose fate was unknown,
nui their cries and plIeous pleas that
something, anything, everything he done
for the relief or rescue ot lhiir loved ones
were enough 10 spur those who were at
work 10 the utmost cScr,lon
Everything was confusion at the begin.
ming, but order was soon established, and
& rcscuing party entered the mine. The
explosion was not followed by conil.
grafton, hence there was no great obstacle
to the progress of the scircher'. They
soon found that the damage TO property
was Inconsldenblc, and this led 10 a hope
that the results might not be ~ bad ~
was generally believed, They had not
EOUc lNI UtlbIt Al'l NNl' NH''hN" Wy
finding that all the men who were below
when the explosion occurred, had been
killed.
They began bringing the dead bodies
OF the victims out This work was
speedily accomplished, and count mnde,
when II was found the following had been
Killed oulrghti
James Aiken, John Nillllinsi
Thomas Aiken (son Martin Williams (son
of James,, OF john,
Joseph Peel, Robert Mitterson,
John Gold, john A. Mccoy,
W. {. Peterson, Joseph Stephenson,
Brat Cox
None OF the bodies were bnrncdi nor
were any Of them very badly mutllalcd.
Some Of them had legs or arms brokeni
but II was evident they hal been Killed
I by the explosion or conclusion.
/ The scenes on the surface when tho
bodies were brought onlwcrc oi the most
hcartrcndng character. None OF the
victims were dlsf !nrcd sufficiently to
prevent recognition, and all were prompt
ly claimed BY filcnds and taken away.
Eight OF the eleven poor fellows left wives
/ and children. Masonic and odd Fellows,
lodges took cha gc OF the Funerals OF such
OF the victims as belonged 10 these
iratcinltlcs aud funerals were held yes.
,ertlay. The rest will be buried to-day.