New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-10
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BURIED IN A KANSAS NINE.
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY MINERS ZEN.
TOMBED.

xy,. ARE ryoUGUT TO BE DEAp-FUTILE AT
rEMPrs TO RESCUE THE MINERs-oNLf
TWO SURVIVORS TO TELL THE TALE
ST.. rIouis. Mo-. Nov "a special from Pitts
burg. Kan. 10 The Republic" gives the following
account Of the coal mine explosion there this even
inn. terrific explosion that broke windows In
this LITTLE village and spread CONSERVATION among
its inhabitants occurred at dusk tonight Inc
violence of the shock great as to hurl dishes
from shelves and demolish chimneys Hall an hour
after the explosion the villagers who were pre-
pairing to 20 20 the mines were startled by tne
sight of q ragged bleeding man, who almost stag
eercd into the arms of thu searchers He said that
Shaft No. 2 at Frontenac, mining suburb OF this
village. had been destroyed by an explosion, ana
that all the men in the mine at the time. except
himself and a Dane whom he left bleeding at the
mouth Of the pit were undoubtedly dead Horses
were quickly harnessed to wagons, and in rev
minutes the villagers were hurrylng through 'he
fierce snow and sleet storm which was raging
At the mouth of the mine the tremendous ioroo
of the explosion was apparent. There were nuso
seams in the earth and the timbers of the hostlng
apparatus were shivered and burned. foui g"ses
were escaping. The Dane who had escaped with
,ho man who had alarmed the villagers, lay in the
mud with his face covered with blood. For long
consciousness in a few hours and is now at his
home He cannot speak and does not know what
caused the explosion His clothes were IN ribbons
The man who reached this village with the first
&idinss of the disaster and who accompanied the
rescucrs back to the mine said the men were ABOUT
IN Quit work for the day when the explosion oc-
curred. Together with the Dane he had ridden
in the car to the top of the shaft when the earth
seemed TO snap beneath him, and the next thing ne
realized was the splashng of the snow and water
upon his face as he lay with his comrade IN the
wreckage above the mine. There were l 60 men
in the mine at the time of the explosion. and as
they were at work liz feet below
the surface it is believed that not
one survived the shock, as the explosion
must have destroyed everything in the pit B!e
i,s were built near the mouth Of the pit, and be-
side these blazing piles the women of the entomoeo
miners placed their children, while they themselves
wicd by all kinds Of entresties 10 induce th'
miners from the other shafts to enter the pit ant
rescue their relatives.
One rescuing party started down the shaft az
o'clock but was forced 10 turn back, owing to tn'
foul air. Another attempt was made at 9 o'clock
but the plucly rescuers again were forced TO absn
don their work. They could hear no sound iron
the chambers below and this leads old miners u
believe that all the men in the shaft have per
ished Other attempts will be made to reach TN
entombed men before morning.
These who started down the shaft early in th
evening saw that the shock has destroyed whole
drifts and that it is probab Ole that the men in thu
lower levels are buried beneath tons of slate
Black damp is supposed to have caused the eX
posicn. Most OF the miners at these shafts CAM
originally from Illinois and Pennsylvania.
(Fsy earlier neus on the disaster, see First Pogc)