The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-05-22
MINERS ENToMBED ALIVE.
A cave-in Covering Ten Acres Buries
wenty- .even Men.

The long series Of awful mine disasters
that have visited this valley within the past
wear reached a climax in the entombing Of
q men in the Hartford mine Of the Lehigh
and Wilkcsbarre Coal Company at Asbley,
three miles from Wukesbarre.
That portion of the mine in which the
men were is known as No. I slope and the
csye.in. ifit did not oyerwhelm them at
once, shut off all means Of reaching the sur
face Rescuing parties were at once organ
lied and all opening broken through into a
mauway along the bed OF the mountain
stream, where the chambers in that part Of.
the mine came within few feet from tie
surface.
Az o clock the news was passed that they
had succeeded in breaking through the
chambers beneath the cave. The m II toll
ed on in silence until G.j, when there was
a commouon at the mouth of the dark open.
ing, aud the foreman crawled out on his
hands and knees and announced that they
had found one OF the victims. 'Ie was lying
at the bottom Of a jv-foot plane and in order
tu rescue him it became nee, ssaty To- lower
u man down with a rope. This was done
and the charred and b'nckoncd form of An
thony Froyne, the first of the victims, was
huist,d to the surface He was still alive,
but Li, injuries are considered fatal.
IL Is supposed thn, Froyue wandered away
from the rest uf the men, and in hi, efforts ,u
find a way ou, fired the gas in au old cham
her If this explosion reached the other
men their chances Of escape are very slight.
Nearly Il score Of houses on the surface are
shattered and destroyed and the families
were compelled to lice for their lives. A. IL
looks now very little hope is entertained
that any of the men will be- rescued alive.
The following is a list Of men who are
known TO be imprisoned: John Hanson.
/ Anthony Froyue Michael shalley. John
| Allen, Michael Henry Charlie, James Frank
, Gallu:ncr, Robert Robcrz. Harry Jones'
| Ellis Williams. owen Williams, John
| Penning. Anthony Frdlc. Harry
cry, Thomas I.auss, John james, and
| four Hungarian laborcrs
! \ later rcp,r, says Fire Boss John Allen
! aud Robert Robertz had also been taken
out both terribly, perhaps fatally burned
All the entombed miners at Ashley are
| dead.
| Exploring parties have found 10 dead in
the mine, aud six more are missing.
! After working hard all night the rescuing
parties at the Inflated mine discovered, at
/ o'clock the body of George Russ one Of the
entombed men. lie Was sitting up IN one
of the gang ways, and was able TO talk. He
said he travelled away from the other men
Immediately after the caye-in, and made for
/ the abandoned workers. He thought the
men must All be safe in one OF the breasts.
This news caused great rejoicing among
The rescuers, us they thought the whole
party must be safe. The news WAS sent to
the people on the outside, and there WAS
great cheering, but this joy Of the multitude
was short-lived. Russ died rs soon a. he
was brought into the open air. lie had in.
hailed the fatal gas.
But the worst was 2, come and the full
extent of the disaster was soon learned. The
rescuing party, who had pushed Their way
further into the mine, came across ten dead
bodies in the third lit of the Baltimore vein.
The men were claspad into each others
arms. Ihety were brought ~ the surface as
soon AS possible.
Superintendent Phillips says the meE
were killed by an explosion Of gas, When
the cave-in occurred all the lights were
blown out. 1t was then dangerous to re-
light the lamp, bat one of the miners named
Allen, insisted on Lighting his and said Il
am going to have light to get out of here.
As soon rs he lit his lamp the gas exploded.
Out Of the 80 men in ths mine 25 are dead.