Telegram-herald., 1890-06-18
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the left, while TIE larger drlflod 10 tie
rignt, and descended so fee. from tie
surface and - least = mile from
ths opening These TWO drifts are
connected. but the connection IS
from the main steEa, half mile from
the entrance. The mine, II seems,
had been somewhat troubled with
water. aud an Air-shaft had been drilled
from the surface 10 the juncture OF The
right and left scafts, where the water
see emed 10 90 most abundant As the
miners branched OF from this point
they knew that al air-hole hAd been
drilled there that had not yet been
broken into the mine. bat they did no,
know that the shat. was % be broken
into during the day. THIS shaft BY the
way, being a six-inch hole. miner
named kerwin had been left in tho
right drift near where that branch
joined the mines exit and in the
course OF his labors broke into
the perpendicular shaft The mo
ment this was broken into
flood % water gushed out and
Kerwin and = man named Landy stand
ing by yelled out foi some one 20 save
the men in the right drift, as the water
poured doWn the hin IN stream and
he feared they would drown. Young
David HAYS, who had seen the affair,
lcaped forward at the call and turned
down the left drill IN a deluge Of
water 70 warn his endangered comrades
below. just as he passed the air shaft
shat had been broken ir..o the rush Of
waters changed ~ an ugly roar which
blanched the cheeks Of the men who
stood behind.
The flow OF water had changed TO
deadly volume of hre-damp. and as
young Hays swung by the shaft fash
OF blazing light slid through the shaft
from end 70 end. The daring young
man carried an open burning
miners lamp in his hat, and he had
hardly taken step beyond
the roaring shaft when the lamp
ignited a reservoir OF the deadly fluid
flre-damp, that had already accumulat-
ed, and he sank corpse. In an in
slant an unquenchable fire sprang up
in the nine-foOt vein just between the
main entrance and the right drift, for
ever shutting in the thirtytwo men
imprisoned there.
David Hays, the father of the mis-
taken hero, driven mad by the fate of
his son, dashed into the sulphurous
smoke and strangling fire-damp, only to
fall blindly by tne side of his son and TO
be drawn out an hour later with James
Shearn, both recognizable only by their
wives. The fire, famed by air from the
main drift and from the fatal shaft itself,
soon filled the entire mine.
The miners from the left drift es-
capped blackened and bruised. but safe,
and they tell a fearful story Of the sight
of a score of terrible faces walled in by
flame no man could pass and live.
Willing hands and hearts were not
wanting on the outside and a party
Of 100 entered the main shaft, and,
after cropping on for a quarter OF a mile
az least. were driven back again and
again by the deadly gas. only TO recover
breath for moment and again plunge
in 20 find at last that the right drift
was inpeuetrable and no man
living could pass in. Sounds we're
I o'clock in the afternoon. These grew
weaker and weaker, however, and half
an hour later even the most hopeful of
the rescuers could hear nothing. The
men say that had they known the shaft
was 20 be broken into they would
never have entered the mine. a. eithe-
water or gas would surely follow. The
owners. however and some Of the men
say 10 was au accident pure and simple
There is very little change a. the
mine. except that tho fee Is fercer.
the smoke b.acker and The despair
u the sos. vo-s more des9er-
ate than eve- before. The frht f0r
the dead wss kept mp by the live
ing all night. but tho early gray of
morning only found the rescuiny party
driven farther back from tho death
chambers. ard theY could not penetrate
within 100 feet Of the place they had
reached Monday night
Eariv IN the morn ing Martin Narkev
pit boss % tie Anchor mines. made a
daring ATTEMPT - reach the right dr.. r.
ings of the Hin Farm mines. from Ito
NahoneT entrance, one and one-balf
miles svav across the hiua
lie crswled over drifts and
fallen slate 20 within 100 yards
4 the fatal chambers. ani sounded
again and again. but listened for a re-
sDo1se I'm vain The men we're eittc-
smothered. or were Sighting She fire
that vas now steadily eucroachin- On
their narrow territory and Marker. cut
and bruised abandoned the hopeless
auese
One % the ness touch i7C stories that
CO nan named Kelly and an ola nan
named Hays Ihe lst-e- it seems.
rad safely carried Kelly from che
pits In Lancashire. Ene. th-ee sacross-
i've times ard Hays tc-a terrible o
scars so saov t1e fFb- Re bad vl-h Gre
fo~ the sake 90 ris friend When Uas
rns-ed into -1a -.re. sf-er che evr.--
sio, yesterday. 20 f-5 riss son. whose ---
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he fell dead Vl-s stones ----r ~ .s
boys hoir Then -re-e cane --an
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