, 1890-06-19
THIRTY-TW0 KILLED.
Explosion of Fire-Damp in
a Mine.
RASH ACT OF A W0ULD-BE HERO
The Victims Doomed by a Young
Miner Who Tried to
Save Them.


purB,R, Penn, June i6.-This morn.
ing at li;io sullen roar shook the
lowly miners dwellings on Hill Farm
In Fayette county, near this place. and
hundreds aifrighted persons, who knew
sound too we'll, aud who feared
other mino disaster, soon found
yfeir apprshensions well gtuuued. In
moment the fearful news had spread
that Hill Farm mines bad exploded
The low -bruwcd hill, from which the
slope entered, shook from mouth to pit
and score OF miners houses oil the
fatal hill shook for moment and poursd
out their irenzicd inmates by the nun
dre,is. A Aru,h was made In tho mouth
nj Tho nj, hnt in,rass v,. ,rno.s,hls a.
~ 80
smoke III uohse No'umes was issuing
torth'
fity-two miners had gone to work this
Morning and were in the sion, when
The e,niosion occurred Ot ,hcs. d,tv.
~, i,..,.. ,is.
No' eIsn'een Woio III 'ne e' measuring
ana thlrtN'tonf IN tho r'ght headlng
Those In the len heading got out all
right. The retreat of tho others was
chi oI and moi one .scan.d
HOW THE A'clptNr hAffsNEb
The mine, it.seems, has been some
what troubled with water and an air
,h,n h.d uaen dr,Il.I Irnn, Inc ,u,,.c.
A., -, s.,.,s.- ~ e.
" t"e Ju"O'ion VI '"e 'ish' shu fi'
~ Us, where the water seemed TO be
rt abundant. As tho miners branohed
bf from this point they knew that an
mir hole had heer ,Iri,l,d ,,o,. ard thn,
- ''NAN ''ss' SNNa' f'''Nf NH'N'' sf' 'fs'N
""u "'' So' wv" o'oAe" "'o
'he mine, nut they ala not know
that the shaft was to bs broken In to
day. This shaft, by the way. being n
six.inch hole. IA miner NAMED kcrwin
had h.o, ian In tho rI,h, dr,,, naar
- ~ ~ "V u', va
VIII, mi 'nI vtu"Vn y'.'eu Wy ni,iiers
r aIl W tno oourse Oh hls ihuots
IL" 'V ,n",,", va, P,p'"'N ea- oAn,
into A Hood of water rusheI ouL and
kerwin and man named Landy, who
was standing 10y, yelled out Tor some one
70 save the men IN tn" right shalt, as
"v "' Pv'ivu uo"n 'ne mn IN
dr,wn' Yonn, David Ia H., my ~yu, ~
seen the affair, icapcd forward Al the calI
hhu tuinuu uowh the lelt dfitt 70 warn
as he Passed the air shalt that had been
broken into the rush OF water changed
nl.o an usly roar, ~h,oh elanchsd the
hau rb,ns. IL ~ an, %a.A,, "e low ., "aea nra
damn. and a. voung iIayas ss,n, hv
tho shaft a flash oil blazing Iight
slid through the shaft from Gnu to cnd,
II seemed that the daring young man
~. Ian ou.Iaihs I "'n mnp open III
IN hcyond ,h. roarir,s sh,,, h.n Ia
ksrk ignitcd the reservoir OF deadly
Hre damp, and he sank a corpse ten
feet toward ,l,e men whom he had hoped
20 save anu .ne men wnom ne hau Ger
on,'ngh ab,a f,r,, .,ts,,s 'n ,n ,ho nv W.
Zoo, vein lust between tile main entrance
and the eight-ioot driit. forever shutting
oil the 80 men imprisoned there.
DEATH "f fouSu hAfh fAtHka
Ioot o'u paViu hayes TIE iather oi
the H'smAeh nero, aiiVen mad by NE
'a'o o' ms son. oashod into the SUI
phurous smoke and strangling III tie
fire.damp, fell blindly by tho side OF
his son, to be drawn out an hour later
with JamoA Sbearn both taoogntz,J
nnIv Ia, ,L.,r ,.iya.
o"'y ny '"e" "Ne''
HIARrRySptsa SCENES AT THE Nisr.
M,
ine Hniners iro'h 'ne eioi'utltcScHpeu
olackoned and bruised, but safe, and
lhoy tell q fearful story of the sight
beyond the blazing coal on the right
Willing hands aud hearts v.re MOI,
,.a.,,ns, an d. o.,.,aa CT
"Hn'"s ~" nv '"'e',, anu .,arA
Iook' win MINE inspector heaBhieN,
headed party OF 100, who entered the
main shaft, and after cropping on for a
quarter OF mile at least. were driven
,S,act a,.in hv m. dsaJIv ,n. only 10
K. -. -
'e' ois"'n 'oi nro"ien. anu again
plunge IN again. Inc drift was I'M.
y'enetrablc, and no man living could
pass. Finally they came upon two
bodies. and thew were brouuht In
the opening OF the mine. When two
olackened corpses, those OF shenrn and
Hayes the elder were drawn into the
day yiiSht' moan went up from iow oi
dhe hundreds about the pit, but the
sngulsh was as nothing to the silent
watch Kept oy mo wives and children,
s awf,,, Mo"am.o moss auvh' unl was AZ ,na more
lie smoke and e,as ,ro,n ,ha r,nn, .,,
non rsd ,,,, ,he ,,,in 80 ' ~, tn' n'Ent sma,'
iuu i,, "p ''s i'''i" eA'' III uh uhoioAeh
A,,or trial. .,,., h, ,
d,,s ", "'a.s a'.nos. oeyonu human en-.
~ ts' ''o 'eSS"'"k parry ghNo w