Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-18
Thirteen KILLED.
Another Terrible Explosion offlre-
Damp in a Mine.
Thirteen Hen Meet Dreadful and
Sudden Death.
iimbars, Human Remains and
Debris Blows Through tbs Air.

D5uifS SIUWi III UuDH tiio fli'
EySSsTon, W. y, Janua'y l6.-De:a;li
OF the h,e damp explosion which occurred
in mine No. /, L: Amy, at en- early hour
Wednesday morning, have just reached
here, and show it 70 have been one Of the
most serious in The history Of the Rocky
Mountain coal mines Occurring as il
id al Light, whea Only a light force Of
mines were at wori, :ha death roll wSs
limited to thirteen souls hut had !. taken
place during the day the loss OF
lie would have run mp into hun
dreis, for every person in the Mi es ct The
time met With instant death. The whole
face OF tie country AID that portion Of the
settlement fran,iog The sl2pe gives evidence
of the terrible force Of the explosion. The
weigh and fan houses were entirely demol
ishei and the engine house wrecked, while
residences and businesa houses lost fronts,
wird3ws, noors and chianeys. The mouth
Of the slope has the appearance Of huge
fumcl, from which fully o thousand cubic
yards CT rock have been torn and d;s,Eibut-
Ell over the adjacent country.
MEN WowNTHEoUGH THE AIR.
trim Of thirteen cars going down into
the mine at the time OF the explosion Was
broken into fragments and shot out as
though from tho mouth Of cannon. vii
liam and Joseph Evans, passengers there
on, were most terribly muIilGild the for
nar being blown over tie engine house
ard o portion OF The town. The body WAS
found scv5u hundred feet from the mouth
of tho slope, MINIS the h5sd and arm and
The entrails. Il had bounded and rolled
fully thirty yards after striking the ground.
Timbers and track for seventy feet on in
side the slope were torn up and scattered
over the surrounding country and the
ground tor fully half mile from the
mouth CT The mic wss covered with pieces
of cars, ties timbers ard o,her debris
Every air shaft Vas blown away leaving
huge pits.
Many people living near the mine naT'
rowly escaped death. Huge timbeIs
crashed through the roofof Superintond-
pat Faulks res;iouce, 2j0 yards from the
stone and iell jetReeI two beds occupied
at the tine by himself sud family. John
Smith liyesin kouse in front CT the air
shaft in the mouth oil the mine. The force
Of the explosion tore great hole in The
earth twenty feet in diameter, ard rock
weighing over q ton fell through the roof
mo the kitchen, demolshing the stove.
/ The store Of Beckwith, Qlinn * Co, two
/ hundred feet away, lost 10 i;ont, and some
goods were damaged. The wheel from
the pit Ger passed through III Clubhouse
( near by, IS if thrown from cataPnlt.
! The mines are worked by Beckwith, Quinn
4 Co, under contract with the MON Pa
cifc,
/ rae List o. VICTIMS.
Those ct work her in a. The time OF The
explosion were:
] EyoCu THoHls.
Franz Mason.
/ JOHN Peaks.
ELLIS CHAMBERLAIN
/ dsuS HvNTgR
/ JasGrT Evan,
. W E-ANG
I J2Uy PETEESoa
join Hoop
HENRY NoNNUyn.
WV UASsELLEl.
ALEX. JONES.
HENRY MuLlEEN
The bodies CT the last two we.e 'opn'
Yesterday in the eleventh level Onl,
one. that Of John Peake, was burned seri
ougiy. The remainder were GviGen,!.
killed instantly by The force Of the concus
sion.
Jlhn Han.er, Who wes driving q rlul
arnch,a to train oi ears in the slz'
, ,.vtl. was .auLd between the first snd sec
| end cas- and he mule lad been blow
backward AID wcdscd into tue fifth CO
with is legs in the air, The slon" ~ +
His pIiu. his the srnaaraGce {. hama
been itaD.f sgey., GGS orr~lNtss il r.
.ame as sa.2 every Gn7. lie mine d
} ~, take G,a SIS At h:sl reported, aud nott
! i7r sac the destruction Of the taG hous
,. AVID the consequent trouble in getting pur
. uif into the miue delayed the exp!orano
8 ard recovery of the r23.c5. "a OF n
IS ;r.Us .i.s r.0 ~ara M9rmols, married
? and leave large families.
CAUSE OF THE EXrLO5IoN.