The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-27
A NINE DISASTER
N EnE ANTuRAoITR AEaIoNs
OF Psnnsylvanla The Deadly Gas Forty
Two allen Severely IuIuFod-TwslVe of
Whom Cannot Possibly Survive,
HoartrendIng Scenes,

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WILyRsBARRR, PAu Nov, 9G.-shortly Of
ter tho miners and lsborers entered thl
OonynSham shaft this morning an explo
sion Of gGs took place, and nearly every
man in the mine was seriously injured
At frat all was confusion, and but vsry
very little information regarding the accI
dent could bO learned, but at ten O'Clock
1t was stated that the explosion had occur
red in a shanty at the foot Of the shat
which was occupied by the FIRE boss, Nc
work was done yesterday, andCoussqusnt
ly there was larger quantity Of gas thar
usual in the shaft Tue work Of ofremoyinp
the victims then began, and they were
taken to their homes or to hoSpitGls In am
balances aud wagons. The shaft is known
to contain considerable gas, and Ia owned
aud operStol by the Delaware and Mud:
aon Company, rr
The accident in the Conyngham shaft
occurred at ten minutes paat seven o'clock
this morning. while the men were getting
ready to go to work. About fifty men,
miners and lAhorers, were 8itLing at the
foot Of the shalt waiting for the inside
bees, when the tSrIlb!e explosion took
place, and only three or four men, so far
AZ can be ascertaiaed, escaped without in.
Jury. Most OF the men were sent to their
homes at once, aud as they are scattered
far aud near, long distances from the shalt,
no account Of the result OF their injuries
can, at this writing, bs obtained, II is
known, however, that twelve or fifteen
will die, and others will be scared and
MANNED for lie. Tho disaster was caused
by Cornelius Boyle, q niue laboEsr, who
stepped into woIked.out chamber which
was li!led with gap, With u lighted lamp
upon his hat. Boyle will die. Many
mules were killed and wounded, and the
damage to the inslde workings Of the shaft
ar6 great.
Fire bosses Vim, WiIiams and VIM.
Evans are reported fatally buTnad. There
la great excitement in and about the shut,
aud the full knowledge as TO the exact
number oi those hurt and the character
Of the woGGda Of thoSs injured cannot bs
obtained at prescat.
TrTENT OF THE DISASTER d
Tho explosion was the most serious that
has occurred in the anthracite coal fielda
this year. 1t Is now definitely known
that " men are severely burned and others
slightly Injured, Twelve Of the men will
die Of their injuries. The sceAs at the
Oolliery while theiujurcd mon were being
taken from the shaft was terrible. A
crowd OF several hundred persons had
gathered at the mouth Of the SHAFT among
them wives, mothers and daughters Of the
injured men. Az they were taken out oI
tile pit, they were brought to the engine
house and the women plade desperate ef.
forts to gain entrance. Their, 0ltreGtieG
and frantic demonstrations Of grief were
heOrLrendlng, but they were sternly kept
outside the building Whilo tho blAckened,
sCorChed and bleeding victims OF the dis
nAter we're wrapped In blankets soaked In
oil. The door Of the engine hogse was
covered with wriIhing human forms, 90
dislgured by fire as to be. un-
recognizable. As fast as pofsibls
they were taken to the hospital,
or 70 their homes, aad 80 rapidly was tho
work done that by 8 o'clock everyone had
been taken out and carried away. The
recovery Of tho following is believed to be
hopeless: Hugh Sweeney, aged aS, Ia.
horer, unmarried. Richard Coulter, 20,
miner, vile and family. Oondy Shannon,
81, miner, wife and large family. Thos.
0'Brien, 30, miner, vile and large family.
Cornelius Boyle, 3S, miner, wife and
family, reported dead. John Cannon, 40,
miner, wife and family. Christopher
Brnndsge, s., laborer, unmarried, Daniel
Ferry, SO, miner, vile and large family.
Dennis MCOabe, 40, miner, unmarried.