Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-30

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aoo occurred h the mise of No. Z a
1isa Hi. 0issousi, this afsssnoou. and
lo0 nines1 veee injured. Rossy doa6
bodies hAvo already heon tahen out.
YUxxl1 HAx1HuxAna
KAxals Cfr1. naseA S9.-The folIov.
fnR 0iepate6 has jast beeu reoieyed
| from kich Hill, 4iseoaf.: About (
O'Clock this afternoon thego vas 8
fuEolinG sound Ia mino No. 6, q TIL
plaee. and . 0oGenf Aftse hoaxfu, n.
paosIcn. that entirely WRECKED ths nina
| ana buried 10 The debris OVER 90 han-
dsed minefA vho vees cut oa fru0 aii
means Of esssps. Forty bsdies hsVs
already been taken out. Tie euperin-
to dent of the mine vss takeu ont haAIv
| injured, bat will survivo.
In the terrible excitement nnd oon-
fusion II 10 impossible 10 give . liss Of
eoo names a. even IN eStimnto Of the
fun extent Of the disaster, pot Il \ nov
thcaahe that over afty were killed. TIE
mine . situated six Uiteo distant from
toVu. There we're tvo explcojona. and
u 10 oaid that the loeo of life vill renah
Exsy Hea. kieh Hill b Iooa1ed d b.
county, a6oat sixfy-0vs niles oouth Of
Kensas CITY.
Aho1m1 ac0oUxT oy lHR pmAs1m.
KAxsAs Orr. March 2.-Tns youv-
ssFs special from Rich Hin 0ys: The
mast horrible dieAsfee that has ever 90
CURED In the vest bsprened st uoon
today In the Keith b Perry No. 6 mine.
and e result Q large numkeR Of men
afe entcmbed and Thousands Of dollars
worth Of peopesty 10 destroyea Juss
d the dinner hour when the men we're
ascending eight at time iu the osee 8
terrible RAs explosion occurred dIlipa
every entry With flames Of 6rs vhioh
shos out OF tie shaft. Il cannot b %
ecftsined tonight hov many men are
yes IN the mine, hut at II o'clock one
man had been taken oas dad. The
work OF removing the debris and elsan-
ing the shaft has been going on oil The
before much can be done towards e.
iefinR the mine proper.
A Journal reporter called q H. rod
dence Of tie superintendent Of II O'clock,
and found him psoppsd up n . chair
With his face and hands bandaeed, and
scarcely sbls to talk, bas he made The
following statement: "a Just ssvsn
minutes after noon ] vas ieiephoued |
thst an explosion had occurred q No. |
8. vent ont as soon - possible and |
found the south cage, on which the |
men always assembled stack 10 thAshaft.
vent down on Q Tub covered With |
ropes and focnd all badly burned and
IN . frenzy. In fact they we're crazy,
some shouting and others singing. We
doslly managed to be hoissed By means
of ropes and pulieys. in . fainiing Con-
Hilton, and then 10 vas asoertaiued that
lhe north csRe could Be- worked. then
,alisd for volunteers to 90 down With
ne to see II any POOR fellows at the
bottom could be got cot. Robert
Bris 3. George Henry, Chss. SmsllVood
md Matt Dnieasud responded when ve
'eacned the bottom. looked through
nte the entry and saw light. and
Isked Who was there. A voice respond
d GRAY, end told him TO put ont hts
light. Itbeu asked him ta crawl to me,
;r: be YES exhausted and could not do
70. and l fesohsd through the small
lperture and drsRssd him into the cage.
lust 80 this was Gone. the wind ruehed /
q with the velocity OF cyclone up the (
ntFy. putting out all our lights but one.
rhis vas followed by two loud reports
nd seething fame Of dre, which
ame With csafepinR roar. completely /,
nveloping us and shooting tout Of the
haft 2t0 feet above cur heads. We /.
rere all horribly buYned and thought
IuR TINA had come. Tho flames Do
reased as suddenly az they had come.
nd We had to abspdsn The attempt 10
ave others. yelled 10 the men On
op to hoist away, and after What 4
eemed hcurs we vefe started up and
sken cut In safety, though badly
,uFned and eieitly exhausted" |,