Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-31
The FAN, Flre-Damp in a peOnsylva-
ia Colliery Is lgulted and Causes
4 Terrific Explosion
u..c,s,v,lon Of the Aco'denths
1rnpnN n,,nx Mlner-rtow tho
N nead Were h""""'

,ovuwR NiNE pIsAsrKH'
exE" pA Aug so.-A terrible
iierless ,,,nrred in me Fair Lawn col
death ra,ny witch resulted IN the
o o.ms ~ sn. Two others wess s'i
S = John II, Hose ana 80
"a, slope aanding Of the heau OF
rhey ielt the i6,mc OF the accident
rush Of sif came the explosion As the
niue, lney at ON tho mouth OF inc
August quota Of Cd damage The
last week, and no men n bccn mined
the mines. Word came, h,mployed IN
party OF Ave or elk mon her, that a
the mines TO clear up their chono into
Mine Inspector nlewwit haprs.
come along about this time and "a W
Gallagher with party OF miners ohand
going down 70 the third or lower vi,
They then followed the air course, &c,
ping TO repair damage 10 the brottice. et6
as they went along. Their progress was
necessarially slow and the course they
followed took them TO the right hand
side OF the mines. They came al last to
q point whore they found repairs necos-
sary and returned 10 the foot Of the
mines fer moro material, when they
learned that groans had been heard IN tho
east gapgway. They worked over that
way aud found the party who had gone
In the mines before the &C.
cident near or about the entrance
OF one OF tho chambers, short distance
from the foot Of the inside plane and 1850
ieet from where the heading branches on.
Thme Of them wore alive ahd three dead.
The killed were
| fItta.s f4s.Asnsuaa - nall.
WABn GAuGH and
MIonAEI pRITE.
The first man brought 10 the surface
was JOHN NORM, who II badly burned
about the face and arms.
| john KERRI0AN was alive when found
| he talked the strongest OF all, but died
before being brought TO tho surface.
The next was JOnN CONNER He haa
two large scalp wounds, bad cut on the
knee and another on his arm. His face
and hands are badly bruised. He waa
taken 70 the hospital.
po rSe M SSHf oSaua EYsRs tR he S Ssnt nss
Patrick Conner says hc and Others
waited Tor some time NJ the mouth oi
the mine for the iiro boss. AT last he
| came from another vein. IIe said he had
not been III the lower vein yet, but tolt
them 10 come on and he would soc 4
everything was all right. They went h
the foot OF the new road when Pierce
went ahead TO where he had box with
some lamps and oil In II. Ho carried 4
safety lamp and they
lItAD NAKED iAMPs,
They stood there waiting for him when
suddenly there was a fash and an explo-
sion followed quickly. He Tell hat on his
| face but he felt that he was In TOO exposed
a position and he crawled 10 the side OF a
pillar To this action he probably owes
his life, When the explosion was over
he called out 10 the mon Ia total dark
ness. Kerrigen, No1n and Pfite, an.
swered him, but no words came from
Gaugh or Conner. KerrIgan wanted 10 try
10 go with him to the foot, and he rose
on his feet 10 40 no, but no felt so sick
that ne could not 20, He had 10 lio down
sgain. They waited there In the black.
ness Of night, SICK, wounded, helpless,
with their dead comrades lying near them
| AT last they heard voices and Conner
called Presently the voices came nesrer,
then they saw the lights approaching, and
soon the resculng party were With them.
! Tho positions In which the bodies were
| found bears out his statement. lie could
not tell whether Pierce lgnIted the gas on
whether II WAS ignitod BY their lamps.
The explosion came like fash, too
quickly for anyone 70 tell my thing about
IL, They had no reason TO expect 70 find
any gas there.