Daily Republican., 1890-05-16
MINERS ENToMBED.
!, MEN IN THE HARTFORD
NINE At ASHLEY.
accident Caused by . Cave-In.
rc of tho U"fort"n"fss ROUND
o,,cr Uodies In sight-rhe
Deadly Black Dsmp.

r,,y.r,Rnx, Pa, May 16.-The
N",n nl awful mine uisasiera that
r,,el this valley within tho past
hw w'otnI ," a climax this morning In
H. ,u,so,s,n. OF 2S men In the Hart
%,, M mine oi tho Lehigh and Wilkes
@ ,.,,s Cosi Company, at Ashley, three
M n irom tAi, city. At 0 O'clock this
ming the community was thrown
s,o STATE Of widest excitement when
~. ~ ,sr, spread that an extensive cave
Nj occurred In No. o Coiliery, cover
!, IN area OF more than 1O sc.es.
rhon.,uds rushed to the tceio OF the
|,s.ter and found that the surface
.So,t as far Us the eye could reach was
nned aud cracked with long circular
I,fes, come OF which wtro over two
I wide. Tho SORROW OF the people
nttn.Ided when 1t became known
a.S of their friends who had gone
b the fatal pit In tho morning were
h.ty beneath the portion that had
rei ia, and in all probability were en-
knb.d forever behind an impenetrable
b. Of coal aud rock. That portion Of
h, n.ne in which the men were Ia known
b No 1 ,lope, and the cavs-in, II 1t did
|ta o,erwhe!m them at once, shut oil all
|uttu, ui reaching the surface.
.,.-cuing parlies were At once organ
|,.el All an opening broken through
,n,n .m8Bysy along the bed oil noun
IAN A,r.sn, v here the chambers in that
vat, 0, W. aiue csus within u few feet
q ,le surface. Gang after gang relieved
QUE alo,hsf until At o o'clock the news
PISSED iaat they had Succeeded In break.
EgGrOash lhe chambers beneath the
eve
4 p.iul cf indcscribable suspense fol-
loved, Wills the thousands who stood
,nuHd the opening waited for some In.
|tiiepnce ron tho men at the front.
Tie ntr tUiled On In silence until half
|raNs six, when there wa. commotion 81
|hr d outll OF the dark opening. and th ,
tortGaD cfawled out on his bands and
Ane', AMI announced that lie had found
tlv Vi tue victims. He wss lying at the
kOltvm vi 80. foot plane, and In order
b fesouc him 1t became necessary to
over miner down with n rope. Thi.
ka done, and the charred AID blackon d
Pcrn Of Anthony Fruyne, the first oi tbs
tslan', was hoisted To the surisee. He
|sn stu alive, but his injuries are con
ht,nd fatal.
It Is supposed that Froyne wandered
uay from tho rest of the mon, and In
!. clio. Is TO ilnd way out fred the gas
Nv IN old chamber. II this explosion
|myAel the other men their chances o
|xalo ,ro very slight. Wreck and ruiz
uie wrought % well on the surface 81
tie fatal pit. Nearly score Of house,
IN shattered and destroyed, aud thu
knl!les were compelled to iee for thei
|Ms.
Tho latest report from the scene OF thu
kluer, at 8 O'Clock, 10 10 the effect tha
rescuiug party has penetrated t.
lb,,n sight ol two dead bodies, hut tn,
A, 10 80 thick that they were driver
prlS TO the surface. Tho place is full o
sA,k damp, and further approach in tn
Aa...ion Of the victims Is impossible
pwa With safety lamps As 1t look
loS, very little hopo IL entertained tha
W. Of the men will be rescued alive.
TIE men entombed are nearly all mar
NJ and have large families all depend
a,Upin them for sappori. Tho scene
MUD the mouth OF the pit at this writ
h. ttgyar description. Wives an,
hshtTs crowd close up to the darl
Tuiuy aud peer in 50 II their l0v
soul rend the darkness OF the ista
splhS, while the cries OF the little one
tl.ihg tor their fathers make the Leare
NIX with pity. The men who form tn
1ulns parties are strangers to feal
~ Il /. /, within the bounds OF poss
hi,y TO reach the men inside they will b
hNuttl alive or their dead bodies n
sDIei beiore morning.
little after . O'Clock shout fr0l
tlt men in the opening caused the crow
iIcsO more closely towards the from
lso m.ners hurried forward with
'hsichrr.
A imp form was laid on the stretch.
tfd slowly carried away through I'll
p'foH avenue opened by the crowd.
1t vas the fire boss, John Allen. WI
's BADLY burned about the face and III
Conscious hon inhslipg the deadly AFT,
damp.
he was placed in an ambulance al
laken home. 1t 10 stated that Allen
amp set flre to the gas that caused 8
1Xnlosion.
A 8. 40 O'Clock Robert Roberts VI
httl at the foot of the plane go bad
llned that his recovery Is doubtful.
A, midnight the rescuing parties we
'rv,n out OF the gangways by the gas.