The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-11-23

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rs inhabitants occurred ~ dusk last
night. Fur few minutes the startled
people cnrcely dared 20 stir out Of their
bu,ldinrs. the violence u the shoe
was 20 great IS 20 hurl dishes from
shelvcs and demolish chimncya Half M
hour after the explosion tho villagers,
who we're preparing % 20 20 the mine,
were startled by ragged, bleeding
man, who almost staggered into tho
arms o. the scarchers. He said that No.
2 shaft at Frontenac. = mining suburb u
ms village had been destroyed by an ex-
plosiou, ma that all the men in the mine
At The time, except himself and Dane.
whom lie left bleeding At the mouth Of
the pit. were undoubtedly dead Horses
were quickly harnessed 70 wagons, and i
in 4 few minutes the villagers were hur.
rying through the fl.rce snow and sleet
storm which was raging.
At the mouth Of the mine the tremen. !
dous force Of the explosion was nppar'
and the timbers OF the hosting apparatus
were shivered and burned. Foul gases
were escaping. The Dane who had es-
capped with the man who alarmed the
villagers lay In the mud with his race
covered with blood. For long time u
Ia X w
Gained consciousness II few hours and
a. now nj his home. He can not speak
and does NOT know what caused the ex.
pl,,sion- His clothes were IN ribbons
The man who reached this village
with the 0rst tidiuxs OF the disaster. and
WHO Recommended the re>cuers back to
she nine. aid rs M IN were about 10 Quit
work for the day when tho explosion &C.
curred. Together with the Dane he had
ridisn a. re- car 10 the top Of the shaft
vhen the earth seemed Is snap beneath
him and the next nhiax be reaiixel was
the .plnshingof - >Aow and water upon
lila fscs as he ~ vith his comrado
. ~ the wreckaRS above the mine.
+, There were 100 men In the mine
n the time 81 the explosion,
/ ana as shev were at work IL feet
below tbs surface. Il i believed that not
/ one survived the shock as the exp losicn
/ must have destroyed, every thing IN the
1 Dit.
As soon ~ the relatives Of Tho miners,
4 who live in the little cottages 1t From.
tenac. recovered from their alarm they
| went TO the mouth Of the fatal pit and
made pifisul appeals for their husbands.
father< All sons 10 return to them. AL
though the storm was severe and the cold
exceedinplv bitter for this time OF year. the
moor. sc1ntiSv- clni women stood about IN
the water until long after midnight Biz
dres were built near the mouth Of the PIT
ana bexid, these blaxiug piles the
women placed their children, while they
themselves tried BY all kinds cfentreatiea
10 induce che miners from the other
shafts 70 enter tho pit and rescue their
| relatives. One rcscuing party etartel
down the shaft at seven o'clock but was
forced 20 turn back, owing 20 the foul air
Another attempt was mado az nIne
o'clock, but the piucky rosc1o.-
again we're forced % abandon .ns's
work They could hear no so9nu 1'o ,'
che chambers ceiow ana sn's eau ~ ~.
miners % believe snat al tne men - ~
shaft have perisned
Those Who started down the snatt earl
In the evening say that the shock nns a.
stroyed whole drifts AM tnns y = I.'o -
4 BILE thai tho men IN tuo ~ 1919 -