Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-05
rHE DEADLY COAL Ga
Several Men Killed by Penn s,s,xs.ta
Colliery Explosion.

Several Men Killed by Penn n,s,xs.ta
Coiliery Explosion.
LocKHAyEE (Pa.), November A. hLyrhere
was an explosion in the Kettle Sr.sI- yOoaI
Company's mine, thirty miles s,sst Of tbe
city. The explosion occurre6 In "a naw
drift, in which twenty-one PEI snt,s.vere Mt
work.
As soon as possible after k1,e eev nlos;on
the mine was entered anG 4 ;f,ftarn dead
bodies carried out. -Four 6sar r,rn bafiiv
injured, were found. one of ss,to-,, hoe si,ce
died and the others are iii .alr- tcsSl;e
The cause of the explos nan ia ,unknovn
but it is supposed to s.,ve Cl,aar NV fra
striking insure or p9cf .etofgas.
ms siternooh the ol figured and naked
body of miner was at1dfSfcfv feat from
the mouth OF the air bssftI sI-rough which
il had been blown.
Inc names OF the Esd, SOL far as learned,
are oanuel hhliu ger, Park Donnelly,
Michael Curran and hros ao-Ioton hro,bors
All pas tuoSe IL nred~ aEOve were Hun
garisns or Italian ,yrl,nso names are ros
furnished.
urlVer hatheu Fa-Tel was entering the
orllt "neh tne explosion occurred. He
was inro"n low Ed its mouth and escaped,
but his mule WE KILLED.
Inc lorce OF he-explosion was shown Ia
tne iact lhat o. dies were blown clear out of
the mouth OF the drift. Everything pcs
slbie was don stfor the injured by nine ply
slclans Inc bodies Of the dead were taken
charge OF DIV the undertaken and prepared
Tor lntermei It. The Coroner of the county
was nohhe' fand will hold an inquest to-
morrow. ftae Mine Inspector of the dis
trict has a. 30 beer summoned.
Athous Il the explosion occurred before
DARK yesi erday, II was not given out by the
othciaisf II the company until to-day. they
having been advised OF it late at night
IL Is thought in making a drill gas
teeoer Ras struck, filling the chamber with
gas, Aich, conaing in contect with naked
lamp, produced the explosion. A gas
feeder ~ is a pocket of gas imbedded in
coal The Superintendent says the scci-
dent could not have been foreseen. and no
olaI ne attaches to any one.
7 HILADBBPEIA, November 4th.-A special
TO the Press from Williamsport says The
~ lmored direct cause of the explosion was
he inexperienced use of dynamite. In
conversations with one of the drivers who
escaped il is learned that an Italian had
gotten 100 sticks of dynamite from the
storekeeperin the morning, and had also
gotten 100 caps, and had returned after the
fuse, but &c there was none in stock, it is
supposed he tried to set it off in some other
way, thasrcausing an explosion
TERRIBLE SCENES.
In the Blacksmith shop near the scene of
the disaster lies the charred and unrecog-
0lZaOie remains OF August PIerS0n, who
was blown ont through the air-shaft, fifty
fee, in tho air, and some of his clothes can
be seen hanging to the limb of a large tree
near by
Next tohlm was Mike Curren, who was
blown 200 feet OUT of the mouth of the
mine, and was found dead in ditch, still
clingns 10 the handle of his shovel. He
leaves a wife and seven small children.
Beside him lay 2. f. Donnelly, who was
also blown out of the mouth of the mine
Donnetly leaves wife and four children.
A SURVIVORS, STORY
john Farrell. a mule-driver tells this
story = was beside and pushing e car,
and 10 sticking up my head, saw a fash.
Immediately dropped to the ground, nov
ing as quickly as possible toward the
mouth ef the drift, and escaped unhUrt.
Ny mule and a Swedish miner alongside
oflhs animal were killed instantly. l felt
but little the effect of the explosion, and
its foreemust have been all above me- al
though oil the timbeTs at the mouth of the
shaft were carried out 200 feet beyond the
mouth eft the DRIFT"