Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-11-12
KANSAS MINE HORROR
THE TERRIBLE CALAMITY AT
PITTseURe, KAN.
90 BODIES Recovered ana 40 stn En-.
tOmDed-Ins1psEienos Of Employees
blamed for the Fatal Explosion
-Numsrous other Inctdsnta.

PITTsBURG, Kan, Nov. 10 -Ninsty
bodies have bean recovered from ahnfi
No. 2 OF the PittsburR and Cherokee
mines, In which the explosion occurred
lass evening, and, It is believed, that
forty six still remain entom bed, Tho
company had more orders than it could
6ll, and In Its attempts 10 keep up II
has been running Al unusually lsrre
force OF miners. Yesterday mornInR
l64 men were lowered into the mine, Al
noon tho shots Hsre Cred all right. and
later the miners d sotnded for after
noon duty, AtB.3) they were ready 10
Ore their shots again. Tie arst shot
Rad been fired, bnt before q man oould
bs hoissed q rumblinR noise was heard
above, and . black cloud Of dirt, slate
and dust shot into the air from the
mouth Of the shaft, tearing away the
tracks upon which the oAges are hoiat0d
and filling the SHEET with debris, The
explosion occurred on the east side, and
10 attributed to the inexperisnce OF some
OF the new men.
Before the men outside could recover
their senses one OF the miners appeared
&C the str-shaft nearly suffooated. He
vas helped out, and followed by others
until Q number had escaped, how many
IL not know, There was plenty Of help
1t hand, and those ~ the top devoted
their attention 70 reBouinR their en-
tambsd companlone. The fan-house,
only slightly damaged, was fifst repAfr
ed canvas being tackled over the holes
that had 10 be closed. About 10 O'Clock
the fAu-house Was ready, and fresh air
Was pumped into the mine, driving
back tho poisonous gRs ahz avortlng
snhooatica, Attention was then turned
20 repairing the cribbInR, 40 that the
cages could be lowered. Men lowered
into the shaft By rope and bucket osnld
aroompiish nothing. At q, m. the
cage was ready to descend, and the Hrat
reacu'ns party wcrs lowered into tire
shaft. o sing TO the bad air they could
not remain long.
soMa MEN RESCUED.
On the fret F5luru Of the Gaze 4, oou-
tsined number OF uninjured but badly
deulorsilEei men. The bottom OF the
shaft was badly damaged, and It was
difficult to get as the dead. AS found
they were piled together sI the bottom,
while the livlug aud badly ipjur, d
were hoisted 10 the top. At %. m. FIVE
had been reeeusd, and ct D. m, four
move were brought ont hivs. at this
time they struck an entry containing -
more dsad, aad ~ 2 p, N. 25 dead and 9
Injured had bosn found. with % misL-
ing who are supposed to be dead.
A large number Of tina killed are
French and italian miners.
temporary hospital WAS prepared Ia
Blacksmith shop near by, where the
mOss hsart-rsndinR scenes were witness
cd - the mansled and badly burned
insn were carried in. David Tweed and
W. Il wood died soon after bsiBR taken
70 tbe hospital. Breuk Marehinater
was the last man brought 10 the surface
this morning, BE Was nearly dead
from sufooAtion,
The principal difficulty 10 ascertain.
ing tho names OF the victims OF the
horror lies IN the fact that there were
larger number OF new mtn who were
not known to the PittsburR people, and
many may never be Identified.