The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-19
FLOODED MINE.
A Curious Accident--A Mine Flooded b.
River.


W~lLKEsRARRE, December 18.-The water
in the Susquehanna river at NantlcoKe
broke through the workings at No. l stope
of the Susouehanna Coal Company this
morning and at noon there was about Six
feet of water in the stope. An alarm was
sent through the workings. when the dam
ger became apparent and all the men ex-
cept seven Hungarians, who are believed
to la We been drowned, were hurried to the
mouth OF the stope and were rescued.
IMPRISONED IN THE DRIFTS.
Accounts from Nanticoke are conflicting.
Advices received this afternoon were to the
effect that thi-ty-nine men employed on rock
work in NO. 1 stope, were imprisoned IN
the upper drifts by the rising OF the water:
Several miners entered the stope at 3
o'clock with boats, intending to use every
means to reach the men. A dispatch re-
ceived here at 6 o'clock this evening from
Nanticoke stated that sixty-One OF the
miners were u~naccounted for, and that it
was supposed they were drowned.
TwENTY-FoUR UNAcCoUNTED o
Later advices state all the men arc re.
ported to be out o! the iii except twenty
four. The fate Of these is yet unknown.
PUMPS BEING PUT IN.
At 10 o'clock this evening the company
were making every possible effort to reach
the imprisoned men. Additional pumps are
being rapidly put up. Another force Of
| men have been sent down the air shalt,
who will endeavor to cut through to the
spot where the imprisoned men are be-
lieved to be. This work will be kept up
night and day until the fate Of the men is
known.
A SERIOUS MATTER.
The disaster atNanticoke is more serious
chan at 6rst supposed. The theory that
| the water broke through from the bed OF
| the river has been dispelled by the fact that
| the place where the water came in is over
1000 feet from the Susquehanna. 1t
! flowed from a pool on the surface. 1t fol-
| lowed the rock to a fault in the seam, ran
| into a gangway and the Slopes, and thence
to the lower workings of No. 1stope. When
the water was discovered working into the
stope there were nearly a thousand men
and boys at work On the various openings,
but at the particular spot where it first ap-
peared there were not over thirty persons.
THIRTY MEN SHUT IN.
It is reported there are now about thirty
men who are shut in by the water and rub
bish that have accumulated in the west
gangway in the second drift oil the cross
| seam. It is impossible to say what their
fate will be. A rescuing party is following
the face of the chambers in that part OF
the gangway, with hopes OF r~escuing them
sometime during the night. Officials say
there is no danger of the men suffocating
as they will get plenty of air from the faces
of the chambers that are not clogged'
Pumps will be put into operation tonight,
They have a capacity OF 1000 gallons o.
water per minute, and it is expected that
the mine will be clear by Monday next
! Old miners are of the opinion that the
men who are shut up will be rescued alive
STRONG HOPES OF REsCUING H MEN
Later information, received here al
1890 p. M. from Nanticok, says the water
has subsidized and a large force of men are
at work removing the q%uicksand that
blocks the gangway. The rescuing party
are now within forty feet OF the men and
by morning. The damage to the mine will
be extensive, and it will be some weeks be
fore " uik is reumed.