Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-17
NINETEEN DEAD.
Later AdVices from the Wilkes
barre Mine Disaster.
Six of the Imprisoned Miners
Still Missing.

noartrehuihg scenes ADOut the mime a.
the Dead and Charred Remains Were
Brought 20 the surface-A Terrific Isx-
plosion Occurs Two Hours After the
Cave-in-I.ist of the victims.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, May 17.--Ex-
ploring parties have found nineteen dead
in the Ashley mine; six more are missing
and it is probable they are also dead.
Sad Scenes.
When the dead and charred bodies
were being brought out the scene at the
mine was heartrending in the extreme.
Men, women and children shrielSing and
groaning fell upon their knees, lifted
their hands and eyes toward heaven and
prayed for the dead.
Allen, the fire boss, who was rescued
from the mine alive last Thursday night,
died Friday.
1t is now stated that all of the en-
tombed miners are dead. AT Z o'clock
Friday morning the rescuing party dis
covered one of the Hungarian brothers
named Butts in an abandoned working.
He was still alive, and said that he
thought the other men We're all safe in
one of the breasts. This gave rise to the
rumor that all the men We're safe. He
died on being brought to the surface.
Followed by an Explosion.
All the men, with the exception Of
those rescued Thursday evening, it is
now said, were killed by the explosion
which occurred two hours after the
cavern took place. The bodies of the
victims are horribly mangled, in some
instances heads having been blown en-
tirely Off
The ghastly appearance of the bodies
cast gloom over the people, and their
lamentation were pitiable TO hear, The
conclusion was almost positive that all
the men must be dead. Such proved to
be the case.
At 1915 Foreman Reese, of the rescu-
ing gang reached the chamber where
the men took refuge. Eighteen bodies
were found huddled together. The
sight was sickening. Some of the bodies
had no heads and others were minus
hands and feet. As quickly as possible
the bodies were brought to the farface
As soon as dead body made its APP
pearance at the mouth of the pit some
relatives would cry out in distress; |Oh,
that is my poor papa~ or "Oh, my
darling husband; that is him; l can tell
by his coat"
superintendent Phillips says the men
We're killed by an explosion Of gas
When the cavern occurred, all the
lights were blown out.
1t was then dangerous to relight the
lamps, but Miner Allen insisted on re-
lighting his. He said: 81 am going to
soon as he lit his lamp the gas exploded.
Out of the twenty-seven men in the
mine twenty-five are dead.
Tho Victims.
The following is said to be an official
list of the victims Of the accident:
Ellis d. Williams, aged 60, married,
seven children; resides at Hanover town
ship.
Harry Parry, aged so, married, FIVE
children, resides Newport township, and
Owen Parry, his son, aged II.
Michael Henry, aged AZ, married, two
sons; residence Ashley.
Thomas G. Davis, aged 60, married,
eight children; residence Ashley.
John Scally, aged 90, the support of a
widowed mother; residence Ashley. Hsf
Michael Scally, brother, aged ~; re-
sides Ashley
Daniel Sullivan, aged As, married,
seven children, one an invalid; resi-
dence Wilkesbarre.
John Hanson, aged 25, single; resi-
dence, Moffett's Patch
John Allen, assistant mine boss, re-
sides at Ashley, aged 30, married, three
children; taken out seriously burned at
$50 p. m. Died later.
Robert W. Roberts, aged 81, married.
no children, resides at Ashley; brought
to the surface at .. m, fatally burned.
Harry Jones, laboler of former, aged
IS, married, three children; residence,
Newtown.
Robert X. Pritchard, aged 80, mar
ried, one child; residence, Hanover.
Charles James, aged 80, married, five
children; residence, Hanover
Anothony Frgyne, married, one child,
residence at Ashley Piane rescued at 7
o'clock badly burned.
JOhu 0dutcht hStu OSs IndETltu, TWO
children, family in Wales; resides in
Ashley.
John Williams, aged 35, married, six
children; residence Newtown.
Jonathan Williams, aged 30, mar
ried, two children; residence Newtown.
Richard Jones, aged 30, married, two
children; residence Newtown.
William Edwards, aged %, mar
ried, two children; residence Wilkes
barre.
Thomas J. Williams, aged 80, mar.
rird, one child; residence Ashley.
Thomas Clauss, aged %, married, no
children; residence Newtown.
Owen Williams, aged 40, married,
one adopted child; residence Ashley.
John Hempsey, aged az, single; resi-
dence Moffett's Patch.
Frank Gallagher, aged 20, single, and
two Hnngarians named Butts.
John Renning, aged SO, single.