The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-11-10
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.
One Hundred and Sixty Coal
Miners Killed.
EASTERN sNOWsTORMs
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Work-Other News Items.

: KANSAS Cry. Mo-, November ga
Journal special hom Pittsburg. Kansas,
says: "Ths most dreadful disaster in
the history of Kansas occurred at 5
o'clock this evening. When the men
were preparing to leave off their work
at shaft No. 2, at Frontenac, suburb
of Pittsburg. terrible explosion was
heard that shook the earth for great
distance and completely shattered the
shaft. On investigation it was found
that 100 miners were in the mine at the
time of the explosion, and being liz
feet below the surface, it is almost Ger
tain that all are dead. At this writing
the only two exceptions were two men
who were in the car coming up, and be-
ing near the top o. the shaft managed
to escape"
Pittsburg is the center of the
coal mines of Southeastern Kansas, and
about lou miles south of Kansas City,
on the Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad.
ST.. Louis, November. GA special
from Plttsburg, Kansas, to the Republic
can, gives the following account of the
coal mine explosion there this evening:
A Tbhhlt1C
which broke the windows in this little
village and spread CONSERVATION among
the inhabitants, occurred about dusk
tonight. The violence of the
shock was so great as to hurl dishes
| from shelves andEdemolish chimneys.
Half an hour after the explosion the
villagers who.were preparing to go to the
mines were startled by ragged and
bleeding man, who almost staggered
into the arms of the searchers. He
said that shaft No. 2:at the Frontenic a
mining suburb of this village, had been
destroyed by an explosion, and that all
the men in the mine at the time, ex-
cept himself and Dane, whom he left
BLEEDING AT THE MOUTH OF THE PIT,
were undoubtedly dead. Horses were
quickly harnessed to wagons, and in a
few minutes the villagers were hurrying
through the fierce snow and sleet storm
which was raging. AT the mouth OF
ths mine the tremendous force of the
explosion was apparent. There were
huge seams IN the earth, and the tim
bers of the hosting apparatus were
| SadLLOICu anu DA4 A4JNs
FOUL GASES WERE ESCAPING.
The Dane who had escaped with the
man who had alarmed the, villagers lay
in the mud with his face covered with
blood. For long time it was thought
he was dead, but he regained conscious
ness in q few hours and is now at his
home. He cannot speak and does no
know what caused the explosion. His
clothes were in ribbons. The man who
reached this village with the first tidinf
of the disaster, and who acCo mpanleC
the rescuers back to the mine, said TIT
men were about to quit work for thu
day
WHEN THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED.
Together with the Dane he had rid
den in a car to the top of the shaft
when the earth..seemed to snap beneath
him, and the next thing he realized
was the splashing of the snow ant
water upon his face as he lay with hi
comrade in the wrecksge above tn
mine There were 16O men IN tn
mine at the time of the e1plo,
, sion, and as they were at worl
! LIZ 1cSL OcAOW GhO SOAAoSCI
is believed that no one sur; lved tn
shock, as the explosion must have de
stroyed everything in the pit. Big fire
were built near the mouth of the pit
and beside these blazing piles tn
: women of the entombed miners plsce
, their children, while they them selve
tried by all kinds of entreaties to Undue
the miners from other shafts to ente
the pit and rescue their relatives.
ONE REsCUING PARTY STARTED DOWN
the shaft at clock, but were force
to turn back, owing to the foul air. An
other attempt was made at 8 o'clocl
but the plucky rescuers again wei
i forced to aba ndon their work. The
= could hear no sound from tn
chambers below, and this led oil
miners to believe that all the men
the shaft have persisted. Other attempt
will be made to reach the entombe
men before morning. Those VIII
Z started down the shaft early in tt
morning say that the shock
HAS DESTROYED THE WHOLE DRIFT
and that it is probable that the men
= the lower levels are buried beneath to1
/ of slate. Black damp is supposed
e have caused the explosion. Most of til
miners at the shafts came original
from the mines of Pennsylvania.
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