Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-07-03
ALI HOPE GONE.

All Dead and n Strong prObaDility eH"s
Their Bodies will Never be Recovered
Intact as the Mine is a Seething Fur
mace ytithin--A Foriorn Hope OF brave
Men.
DUNBAR, Pa, June 27.-There is no
longer any hope. Al faith IN the IN
dustrious rescuers has been abandoned.
The entonlh bed miners can not De res
cued now A furious fire has sealeo
their fate. and If their dead bodies es-
cape the hungry flames, the p!tterlng
rats that iEfest the mines Will nave
rnawed them beyond recognition.
Death never came to men in more re-
voting form, and affection never tell
heavier on the bereaTed. This mas
been an awful event. yet even a greater
disaster threatens. A fire, fierce as 4
whirlwird, is raging for two thousand
feet down into the yawning mouth OF
the Hill Farm mine. Deadly gas has
generated back OF the fire, ana the
pondrous hill into which the Hill harm,
the Ferguson and the Mahonig pits are
driven, is tonight mighty magazine,
fairly pregnant with death. The light
est stroke Of a miners pick would ex-
plode it, and the effect of such an eX-
plosion would be awful to contemplate.
The rescuing party has been Withdrawn
from, the face OF the Mahonig pit.
strong guard has been placed at the
mouth of the Ferguson mines to keep
or+ the ir,re tic~t, RESTLESS MINORS WV"
would rescue the unfortunates on their
own account.
The flames at the Hill Farm mines
are hot enough to drive away invaders.
Fire broke from the mouth of the pit
shortly after nine o'clock tonight. 1t
followed promptly after the drill emit
cred the burning mine. For two hours
before the flames burst out, huge bill
lows of smoke, black, dense and deadly,
rolled over each other into the air and
drifted upward, forming an awful mon
ument of mourning to the dead inside.
A rumbling, rushing sound, like swift
ly-moying train through tunnel, pre-
coded the flames.
Secretary Watchern, Superintendent
Hill and the United Press porter were
at the pit mouth awaiting the outbreak.
To the experts the smoke indicated APP
preaching fire, and for half hour be-
fore it arrived its coming could be
heard and long before the fire reached
the pit mouth it could be seen licking up
the timbers in the mine, and the steady
stream of water which rippled down the
slope seemed only to inspire and en-
courage to wilder efforts the angry
fiend.
1t was indeed an awful sight, and
when with brilliant flash the great
column of smoke was ignited the
heavens seemed aflame Fantastic
figures of fire darted hither and thither,
chasing each other to the clouds and
burning huge hole through the gloom
of night. The surrounding country
was lighted up, guiding the excited and
nervous crowds to the scene. Those
who had been watching at the Mahonig
mine, hurried over the hill to the fire.
The people of Dunbar who could see
the Redeemed heavens from the village
rushed about in confusion, fearful that
another calamity had occurred The
families of the entombed miners who
have waited and watched until their
grief had become deadened are aroused,
and their sufferings and distress come
to them anew. Neighbors gathered
into each stricken home, and while they
comforted the living they prayed for
the dead: and while they watched the
fire they seemed mentally to bury their
loved ones.
The heading in the Hill Farm mine
was not accompanied with accident
James Barnhill, practical miner,
guided the drill and when he touched
the objective point he secured green
bag full of air and then the rescuing
party was ordered out of the pit. In
spectors Keighly, BliclS and Evans then
examined the face of the mine, after
L. I'll. ~. la
They decided that any attempt to break
through the dividing wall might be ac-
companied by accident. Watchern,
Wise and other miners were present at
the conference.
The suspension of work just when the
unfortunate miners are almost within
reach has been great disappointment
here and has still further enraged the
people. The false reports sent out
daily by the mine inspector had led
them to hope against themselves and
when the fire broke out tonight the
feeling was intensely bitter against
those whom they would hold responsible
for the delay.
The conference lasted for nearly an
hour. Every possible plan of rescue
was discussed, but none of them was
auOpJcu lHdlly inspectors LOuttlt,
Keighly, Masterman, Kerfoot and Man
ager Hill. of the Furnace company, de-
cided to face death itself that the en-
tombed men may be rescued. They de-
cided to go to the face and together
dig through. There are eleven feet of
coal to dig, or about two hours work.
They are all provided with all appli-
ances for their safety, but they carry
their lives in their hands, and every
body about the pit babe them goodbye
and wished for their safe return.
Roach's Ship-BuiIding and Engineering
Company (Limited).
NEW YORK, June 2S.-A COMPANY of
British capitalists has been formed to
acquire from the representatives of the
late John Roach the ship building wards
and engine works at Chester, Pa. and
the Morgan Iron-works of this CITY.
The new corporation is to be known as
Reaches Ship-building and Engineer
ing Company Uimited), and it has been
incorporated in Great Britain under the
Company act. The capital is to be
5000, 600.
The Trial Trip of the Philadelphia
WASHINGTON, June 27.-Captain Hem