The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-07-02
ALL HOPE IS AsANpoNep.
Fire Breaks our In the I'm Farm
Mine.

Fire Breaks our Ia the HIil Farm
Mine.
DuSa,R, Pa June y There is no Ion.
ger any hope. All f4ith IN the industrious
rescuers has been abandoned. Tie en-
iOmbed miners cannot be rescued now.
furious fire has sealed their fate. and If their
dead bodies escaped The hungry flames. the
piifering rats that infest the mines will have
gnawed them beyond recognition. Death
never came to men in more revolving form
and affection never fell heavier on the be-
reayed. This has beenIan awful horror vet
even greater disaster threatens.
FIRE AND DEADLY Gas.
fire fierce as a whirlwind is raging for
1000 feet down into the yawning mouth of
the Hill Farm mine. Deadly gas has gem
Grated back ofthe ere, and the ponderous
hill into which the Hill Farm, the Fergu-
son and the Mahoning pits are driven is to-
night mighty magazine, fairly pregnant
with death. The lightest stroke Of miners
pick would explode il, and the effect ofsuch
an explosion would be awful 20 Contemplate
WITHDRAWAL oF TBz REscUgRs.
The rescuins party has withdrawn from
the face OF the Mahoning pit A strong
guard has been placed at the mouth Of the
Ferguson mine to keep out the impatient,
restless miners, who would rescue the un-
fortunates on their own account The flames
at the Hill Farm Mines are hot enough to
drive away invaders.
THE FIRE BREAKS LOOSE.
Fire broke from the mouth Of the Hill
Farm pit shortly afler9 O'Clock tonight
1t followed promptly after the drill entered
the burning mine. For two hours before
the flames burst out, huge billows of smoke.
black, dense and deadly, rolled over each !
other into the air and drifted upward form
ing ponderous monument of mourning to
the dead inside. A rumbling, rushing sound, |
like swig-moving train through tunnel.
preceded the himes. Secretary Watchorn,
Superintendent Hill and your correspond |
ent were at the pit mouth awaiting the out |
break. To the experts the smoke indicated |
approaching lire and for half an hour before |
its arrival its coming could be heard 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 rip
Piled down the slope seemed only to inspire
and encourage to wilder efforts the angry
fiend
THE IRISH OF FLAME
1t was indeed an awful sight, and when,
with brilliant flash, the great column of
smoke was ignited, the heavens seemed
aiiame. Fantastic figures of fire darted
hither and thther, chasing each other to
the clouds and burning a huge hole through
the gloom Of night. The ;. rounding coun
try was lighted up, guiding the excited ner-
yous crowds to the scene Those who had
been watching at the Mahoning mine hur-
ried over the hill to the fire The people of
dunbar, who could see the REDEEMED heav-
ems from the village, rushed about in CEN
fusion, fearful that another calamity had oc-
cured.
The families of the entombed miners who
have waited and watched until their grief
had become deadened, are aroused and their
suffering and distress comes tc them anew.
Neighbors gathered into each stricken home,
and while they comforted the living they
prayed for the dead.
MAKING THE HEADING.
The heading in the Hill Farm mine was
not accompanied with accident James
BarnhilI, practical miner, guided the drill,
and when he touched the objective point he
secured a green bag full of the air and then
the rescuing party was ordered out of the pit.
Inspectors Keighley, Blick and Evans then
examined the face of the mine. after which
they lefs the place 2 consult. They decided
that any attempt to break through the di-
viding wall might be accompanied by acci-
dent.
THE PEOPLE ENRAGED.
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 In
SPeNtOlS iiaU icu thttn " npNc eSdiAst AHeiil-
Oolves aud when The 6re broke out tonight
the feeling was intensely bitter against those
whom they would hold responsible for the
delay.
DARING RESOLVE.
DUNBAR, Pa, June 2S-2A. M.-The con-
ference of mine experts mentioned in my
previous dispatch lasted for nearly an hour
Every possible plan of rescue was discussed,
but none of them were adopted. Finally.