Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-11
THE MINE HOLOCAUST.
Additional Particulars Of the Most
Appalling Mine Disaster in the His
tory of Our Country,
Tire Employment If Uuskiued Isbor
Claimed tu be the osnss Of thu Explosion.
che DeaG AID Wounded.
Special % the Gazette.

Special 20 the Gazette.
PITTsBURG, KAN, NOV. l0.-Thc *.
plosion III SnsGs No. 2 Of the Cherokee
snd P,t:sburg Cosl Company's mi:e
ST FsontenEc, Ksn., lsct night,
proved to be GIG OF the most appsil.
ing that has ever occurred il this
country and brought death &c the homcs
Ct GSzsps al Isnil & il Plttsbarg From
tensc ecd GirArd.
The explosion occurred al ) 80 O'clock,
wheD the usu,! daily blast is fred Ooe
of the blasts proved 70 De def i've
and shot stream OF f4me into the air,
igniIhg the gas sud f &c Particles OF co.i
Gnet stirred mp 6y the two previous
blssts, aud il an instant most
TERRIFIC RxPLOsIoN
to0S plsee, the shock OF which threw ell
Of the miners down, hurled rasses G!
coal On them, and shook every p.rs OF
TIE miGs. O0G hUEdred sid slxsy-tGu: Inep
we're 10 the mine, and Of thst run
Der about half were uuiriu.ed
and found their wsy to tho AIR shsti ard
escaped. TIC explosion WAS heard IL
every part OK Frontsnal and Plfsburg,
and IL an Incredible short time the Easd
lssdi2g 70 the ulia~ was thrcneed with
WV s, mothers and Daughters
OF the miners with locks CT terror %.
Dlcted upon their faces, fastening to the
srene. Hundreds a cltzaus bnd MIXERS
jliueG the thF0Eg OF -sls ives scout the
ehail, sud SIS fortunate miner
EMERGED FROM The AIR SHAFT
in eaety Ee Was Sc zsd by MA vile,
mother OK Gsugnter aId carried Of boGia
Ga account u2 the air fan bslrr
damaged and tie Shaft blocked OF
the debIis, tie voIk Of -cscai6c
could not be begun until sitter II
waeE Tsccuipg party descsEGsd tac
s0tis cad begsE ses!ca FOR the living
The most horrible sight Est thei. g.z
the dead lay IL pi!as in very
entry CT the north snd VS.:
SIDES while. the psssaEeyLya
we've strewn with dead msn, mules ana
wrecked carts. The air Ess bad and
number Ct the reEcuias psety were pros
trs!ed sad had to oe carried CUB theiT
IlIcss were
SUPPLIED WITH READY VOLUNTEER
In some OF the entIies very man wsa
deaf and nangled AID burned in the !
most horrible manner Hers ard there
In protected spots man wes
foua alive ard be wss carried |
to tbs surface, where large iorce OF
persons mad gathered 10 receive them |
Dolly fourteen Of such Were found, but
the lSst one WAS not re2cGed |
until delight this mcrDiDg. They were
s!l 6uraed and the greater part OF them
will Yet die.
Arrangements were then made 10 bring
up the dead sud at noon that work wss
PNrrtaf rpn{Slu
THIRTY SIX BoDIgs
were und N three entries on the north
snd west eides, whers the work
uSd stopped until other parts Of
Lhe mine could be secured
% that It coaid be explored and tha deaG
IeCCyarej. Il VIII require three dGys 70
.aE oil the bcdies, sad SIS ns5y
ire burned ant msrgled beyond
sae Dsmos Of all the dead
Fill never bs learned.
At the preeert time Only pQrtisl list
# the dead csa se nlsds IS follows:
John Lsbecg
August BsroieTg.
James B lrblerts
Lew Lemon ard bother.
Hsrry Harrison.
John and George WGisenhc1er
Joseph Julietts.
George Crockson. -
johnny Connors. :
Billy F, ster. 4
Carlos Issco. f
Antonio Birmicik.
B.1zto BarrA.
A LeCalle.
a. Shipley.
Guiave DaEranee, |:
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