New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-15
PRICE THREE CENTS
CAUSED BY NAKED LAMPS
EIGHT MEN BADLY HURT AND ONE KILLED.
SEVERAL OTHERS INJURED-AN EXPLOSION DUE To
A MINERs CARELEssNEss.

SEVERAL OTHERS INJURED-AN EXPLOSION DUE To
MINERS cARELEssNEss
WMKEsBARRE, Dec. Ii (Specidt.-An explO-
sion OF gas occurred in the upper seam at the Mil creek
Colliery OF the Delaware aud Hudson Coal Company
near this city this morning Eight were severely
injured. OF whom has since died and three others
cannot survive The men had just gone to work when
the shock OF the explosion felt throughout the miue
The violence Of the conclusion tremendous Doors
and brattices blown pieces hurled from tho
track and smashed against the sides of the mne and
every and boy in tho neighborhood was
thrown TO the ground. The greatest c0nster-
nation prevailed Every light had been blown ont and
for time the were panc-strcken and
made rush for the slope There being
no further explosion however, number OF them sum
moned up courage to return and help TO the surface
some OF their injured companions In addition To th0so
seriously hurt there several who sustained sgs
injuries One boy blown through bratce built OF
twoinch boards, but escaped with few bruises ana
scratches A driver found unconscious under his
mule which mad been blown top OF him. yet he WAS
not much injured. When all got to the surface IL was
found that four men, Cofey Stone. Ceasby and Martini
were missing. though the other injured men had been
brought the surface The inside foreman James Mar
tin, of OF the missing men, Immediately started
down with relief party. Much difficulty was encoun-
tered in penetrating through the wrecked workings
account Of the piles OF debris and rubbish but the
succeeded in their search Coey and stone were found
the chamber in which they had been at work. terribly
burned The latter had every rag OF clothing except his
boots burned off. Coey not 80 badly burned, tho
fire only having reached his head neck shoulders and
hands his recovery well nigh impossible Cleasby
and Martin were found in the gangway not far from
Cofey chamber. They had not been burned at ALL but
been dashed with terrible force against the sides and
ground and buried under tine wreckage
Just how the explosion occurred will probably never
be known Cleasby the fire boss, IN making his usual
i'm hpf the m in had
several Of the chambers OF that portion OF the mine and
had posted notice fobddng any one TO enter that os
ganRway until he had cleared ont the gas lie then
TO tho surface and returned with his assistant.
must have entered the loft gone their chamber and
begun work When Cleasby came back with Martin he
entered that part Of the mine and visited number OF
the chambers and brushed out the gas. Tie two men
their way frOu adjoining chamber to COiey5
brush the the when the explosion TO place.
The seems to have been fired first IN Cofeys cham
ber and tuen have spread tho adjoining ones.
when the explorers reached IT, nutho nle Was
elsewhere 1t is presumed, therefore that C0hey or
Stone fired the with their naked lights. Had they
done ms the other men dd the explosion would not nave
place. The portion OF the mine where the explosion
took place badly damaged, and Will be- some tme
before il can be put in working order Ihe rest OF the
cOery will be IN working order tomorrow. The mine
OF the largest OF those owned by the Delaware ah
Hudson Company, and employs about 700 men and
boys inside and out and entered by slope 3700 feet
longest in this vicinity The list or the dead ana
wounded is as follows:
ant fire boss; IL married. His skull vas irTciured
CoffEY PETER age thirty-six married badly
STONE rETER. Hungarian aborer terribly burned in
ternaily ana externally. ., 49,, ,, 49,. ,,,
CRAY NICHOLAS driver age head and face cut boy
PARp ky JOHN Poe doortendr age sixteen head and
body cut and bruised arm troten. , ., sn
| broken bead cut and bru!sed - - .,-.,,.
PARow- ANTo1 hungarian ab1rer ago twenty, singei