Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-16
THE MINE HOLOCAUST.
Additional Particulars of the Nest
Appalling Mine Disaster in the His
tory Of Oar County.
! Claimed to be the Oauss OF tbs Explosion.
Ehe Dead AID Ssourded.

Special to the G.zetts.
| PITTsBURs, KAN, Nov. l0.-The ex-
plosion in Shsis No. OF the Cherokee
and Pittsburg Coal Compsny'S mine
at Fronts1se, Kan, last hight,
proved to- beg one of tie most sppsll.
ing that ::Shs4 ever oesltred in this
country go brought csesE 20 the homes
Of dOzsnsgf families m Atsburg, From
sensc and rard. )
The e1R6ssn occurred VI ) :5e'o,eloek,
when tSsasssa day sAstsis fred Cps
Of the blEsts proEsa TO beSdefecifSs
snd shot stream OF Same into the air,
igniting the gas and fine particles OF coal
Gust stirred up By The two previoss
blasts, and in an instant most
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION
took place, the shock OF which threw 81
Il the miners down, hurled masses Of
coal on them, and shook every pXrt OF
the mine. One hundred and slxty-four men
were in the mine, and OF that num-
Der about half were uainju:ed
and found their way TO the cir shaft and
escaped. The explosion was hesrd in
every part OF FrlntensI and Pi:tsburg,
snd il al Incredible shoEt time the road
leaci1g TO tie mine was thIonged with
WV s, mothers and daughter
Of the miners with looks Of terror de
picted upon their faces, fastening to the
scene. Hundreds Of citizens and miners
/ joined the tdropg Of relatives about the
shaft, aud az fortunate miner
IMMERSED FROM THE AIR SHAFT
in eaieGy he was aeizsd by his wife,
mothsr or daughter snd csrried CT home
Or account Of the air fan being
damaged end the shsf. blocked by
the debris, the work OF rescuinE
could not be begun until after y
when i 1escuing psrty descended the
shaft ana began search for the living
The most horrible sight met their gsze,
the dead Iay IN piles il every
entry Of the north and wesl
sides while the pssssgewsys
were 5tTeWn with dead meD, mules Gnd
wrecEed carts. The air Hss bad and =
number OF the rescuing party were pros =
tTRted end had TO be carried oUs, but their
places were
SUPPLIED WITH READY VOLUNTEERS.
In some CT the enuIes every man Wss
dead and mSngled and burned in the
most horrible manner Here and there
In protected spots man wac
fC1n i've snd be WAS carried
to the surface, where large force Of
pereons had gathered to receive them,
Only fourteen of suc9 were found, but
the last one YVES not reeCued
until daylight this morning. They we're
al burned and the greater part Of them
will yet die.
Arrangements were then made to bring
up the desd snG st noon th2t work was
begun and carried Oh rapidly.
THIRTY SIX BODIES
we're found N three entries on the north
snd west sides, where the WORK
had stopped until otaer parts OF
the mine could be secured
SO tbs: 1! could be explored and the dead
recovered. II viii require three days to
gea all the bodies, spd Gs msIy
are burned and nangled beyond
recognition, the names Of su the dead
will never be Learned.
At the present lime only q partial list
OF the ceAd can be made as follows:
John LxbeCg.
August BaTOierg.
James Bsrbleral
Lew Lemon ard brother.
Harry Harrison.
John and George WeisenbLclsr.
Joseph Jrlietts.
George erickson.
Johnny Cynuors.
Billy F S:er.
CaElos Issco.
Antonio BirmFc1s.
Brlzlo Bsrra.
A LaCalle.
a. Shiplgy.
Gutaye DaFrance,
D Male,
Albert Mslle,
Adam Du'Z,
j williamson,
Ton L0Bgkokee,
John II Orseby,
Frank Thompson,
James L'cey,
jimmy Wilson,
jimmy O'Brien,
Robert Johnson,
Charles J0GsOp,
George KoneT,
David Tweed,
Dan Llmba,
W Petermiller,
Daniel Randall,
HSrrY Burns,
Henry Rlngo,
Leon LAnole,
Charles Lsmole, Gs.
The entries not yet explored cAtain .
large number Of bodies, which wiGswen
the number lost to nearly sezsntY,
but the superintendent refused per
mission to inspect tbe bo6ks
and their names can onay be AspssSwnen
they are brought to ,ft11 sSsScs. The
ident I'd are: ss n 2
Robert PEitchsrd, died; e
Frank Mcrshl.nger died. 81
Frank Leigh. Az
Thomas Corbett.
Fred Ysrkup. n III
Henry Young.
II S. Ksrns.
William Rowe.
Jimmy Blair.
Theo. Morehead. r.
E Foster. 81.
Thomas Jones.
D P. Dempsey. ~.
Frank Millsker-
Varions GAUGES SSe assiMed for the &C.
cidsa', but the 9sss informed CT the min
ers ssy that it W& the result OF On over
charge OF p9er pu. in by &
minersin ths hsss.entry On the north
sidsi%Aere FaaGsasd Italians were en-
ploJ ea IheE thsSa&age Of the explo-
s!oa ws1eI reatesfsnd
Sex.A SINGLE PERSON
IN tho enGASear escaped death, and
their oodies.Bs korrioly mingled. The
dissolution oglFr5StenGc Is complete and