The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-11-16
TERRIBLE MINE DISASTER,
Black Damp Results in the Deatl, of sc Miners
in Kansas.

occurred 1t S O'Clock this evening. Wten
the men were preparing to leave of thei,
work at shaft No. 2, At F%rontenac, = suburb
OF Pitsburg, . terrible explosion was heard
tnst shook the earth for . great distance and
completely shattered tbs shaft. On investi-
CATION 1t was found that 100 men were in the
mine at the time of the explosion. Being
liz feet below the surface, it is almost GER
tain al are dead. At this writing there are
only two exceptions. Two men who were
10 the car coming up and being near the top
managed to escape. Pittsburg is In the cen.
ter of the coal mines in Southeastern Kansas
and is about 100 miles south Of Kansas City,
on the Fort Scott and Gulf Railway.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. "a special to the Re.
puoAc from Pittsburg gives the folloting &C.
count OF the coal mine explosion there this
evening: A terrific explosion broke the
windows in this little village and spread
CONSERVATION among the inhabitants about
dusk tonight. The violence of the sbeck
was 80 great Is to hurl dishes from shelves
and demolish chimneys. Half an hour after
the explosion the villagers, who were pre-.
pairing to go to the mines, were startled by 4
ragged, bleeding man, who almost staggered
into the arms Of the searchers. He said shaft
NO. 2, 1t Frontenac, = mining suburb Of this
village, had been destroyed BY an explosion
and that oil the men in the mine At the time
except himself and = Dane, whom he left +
bleeding at the mouth of the pit, were IN.
doubleday dead. Horses were quickly bar.
messed 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 the mine the tremendous force
OF the explosion was apparent. There were
huge seams in the earth and the timbers of
the hosting apparatus were shivered and
burned. The Dane who had essaned With
the man who had alarmed the villagers, lay
In the mud, with his face covered with blood.
Far = long time 1t was thought he was dead.
but he regoined consciousness in = few hours,
and Is now 1t bis home. He cannot speak
and does not know wha: caused the explos.
ion. His clothes were in ribbons. The man
who reached this village with the tidings,
and WHIT accompanied the rescuers back to
The mine, said the men were about to quit
work for the day, when the explosion occur
red. Together with the Dane he hal ridden
In the 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
and water upon his face, Is he lay with
bis conrade in the wrecksge above the mine.
There were 100 men in the mine At the time
the explosion. As they were At work 112
eet below the surface, 1t is believed not one
'urvived the shock, as thu explosion must
rave destroyed everything in the pit. Big
Tres were built near the mouth of the pit, I
md beside these blazing piles the wives of I
entombed miners placed their children,
While they themselves tried by all kinds of t
to induce the miners from other
bats to enter the pit and rescue their rels. '
ives. One rescuing party started down the b
bait At seven O'Clock, but was forced to turn {
'ack, owing to the foul air. Another At. t.
empt was made at nine o'clock, but the II
lucky rescuers were forced to abandon q
heir work. They could hear the sounds {
rom the chambers below, and this led the '
be old miners to believe that all the men In s
be shaft persisted. Other attempts will be n
lade to reach the entombed men before K
Those who started down the shaft b
arly this morning say the shock destroyed Il
'e whole drift, and it is probable the men ii
the lower levels are buried beneath tons IL
ate. Black damp is supposed to have o.
FUSED the explosion. Most of the miners %
these shafts came from the mines of "
..m...
CHEROKEE, Kas, Nov. 10.-The mine
saster At Pittsburg, Kas., was caused by
70 explosion of gas. Ninety bodies were
covered to-day, and forty-six are believed
i'll to be in the mine.