The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-02-05
THE MAMMOTH HORROR,
DETAILS OF THE MINE DISASTER
NEAR PrfTSeURG.


In MournlnG.--A Sad Picture.
1oUNGWOoD, PA, Jan. 23.- One hun
dred and seven bodies have been taken
from the ill .fated mine, No 1, of Frick &;
Co. at Mammoth, up to 10 o'clock This
morning. 1t is estimated that there re-
main at least seventeen more victims of
yesterdays explosion still in the pit, but
it is thought they will be taken out in "a
few hours. No body slept at Mammoth
last night. In every home in the little
mining hamlet there was mourning, yet
there was no demonstration. The little
one story house, Scantilv furnished, were
Illuminated with tallOw candles: mother,
wife, sister or sweetheart SODDcd i'll
silence. They only knew that 4 mystic
riOuS accident had bcfallcn them. They
cannot see the dead and they have little
care for the living. Their grief is deep
and keen.
After the explosion vest crday the news
of the awful fate Of scores Of miners at
work i'll the shaft spread rapidly among
the mines and miners homes. CourierS
carried the dreadful news hither and
thither, and families were dashed from
grief and despair. The scenes at these
miners cottages can readily be imagined
by those who have know grief in its most
formidable forms, but no artists pen can
correctly picture it.
Within IAN incredibly short time the cn
trance TO the Shaft was SN'armcu with an
eager and anxious crowd OF men, women
and Chrdron, some of whom could only
with great difficulty be kept 1T a safe dis
tancc. AS the bodies of victims, man
gled 10y the terrible force OF explosion or
burned almost out OF human semblance,
were brought from the yaWnlng deaths,
the crowd OF watchers pushed forward to
the pit for Il glimpse Of recognition, and
the hearts OF wives and sisters stood still
lOr fear their loved ones were among tlie
dead. The more diSintere5ted ones quail
eel before tic scene. Tears courSrd down
Tie DronIcu and beareu cheeks and We're
dashed away by brawny hands that had
swung the pick Tor many years. The res
culng party proceeded with their grim
task and the crowd of watchers silently
looked Oh. 1t was one Of those scenes
which, once witnessed, remains forever
impressed upon the memory Of the spec
tator.
IhlS catastrophe, WhllN involving more
than five times the loss OF life accustomed
Oy the Dunbar disaster, differs III many
respects from he latter. -lt Dunbar the
explosion set lire TO the lnlnc and Shaft,
lor day ana weeks the roaring furnace
adding horror to the great fatality. In
yesterdays occurance tins was not the
case, and 10y the work Of the fan pure
illr was lCrceu INTO the Mllc ana the
work OF reStuluT was permitted 10 begin
~ once. flltY collins arrived from
lIttS1urg tins morning, and anotherhalf
Will reach here to night. -An
additional order for twenty-five more
WAS sent Tor TINS morning.. The cause
OF III" explosion has not YET been dctrr-
mine". The cnroner is Oh! the %roUlld
ana Il thorough lnVr3il%Ation VIII be
mau". No arrangements have yet been
made Tor the funerals. The flc!lmS VIII
nc onricd ny ihe company. Many "i
lhr uhlortl'naleS are Ilu'i%arEHnS, ana
VIII Dc Scll' 10 9co'haie loF llltHr'heHt.
Inc feSculh% party Is working win
leroic energy ana IN" Wr'cN III me S'iait
IS oeihg laSt cleared up. IN olilc!ai OF
'he rick company %''lo ''iiS morning.;
III may never DC known now OF why
ihc explosion occurred. ne accul1u-
la'ioll OF Htc-oanp WAS pTop"oiy tue
tauSp, hlI ~ Wi'| never SHOWN 20 eAi9L
~ ; an! Iudntl'y oclolt; III iact II may
pe Said l!:'U IN" -lai!;,ho'l mine HAS
PEE! pet,i liee rom HIiiip. mere IS tIeoIy
lliaI p0ckeI ol llal'tiai S'tS was re"ch-
e.. '''u NAV tle ol'el"tloii ol lelltli"tiliS
lS'iS llDW prevents any Hcc"lhulalloh
ol IT.. II IS noI lIGcSoaLS lil'tI every one
III lne h'liic me oc hllleu Wlieii tll eAl'lo"loil
occurs. ne tNplosiNe may staY III one
Paiticuiar SccIloil "ilol may lioI pclilc-
:tto llle eilllfe ili'Ne, uhieSS 'iie Eol'imc
IS so greaI as 10 force IL 10 ever! part Oh
tle PIT. III IN? case liie gas was colllih-
ed 10 one poriloll ana llle inli'crS VINO
We're III otheT l0cailVleH escaped
NeVer III tile history OF american coal
mining mas tllcre oeen Slcll an ltneNnect-
ea accluenI WIN Sucil cohlpicto aUhlhiIl-
atlon OF all Wllhlll lls feach; me mann
moln milic mas peeil liolaple uNaS3 as
Delng l'aSllcularly lrec rom gas. ll'ln-
urGoS Oh Saiely guaSe lamps were pro
Tiueu ior lhe miners ny lic company,
o'lI liicy were never ''Set', ''S tileE were
tegarueu as unnecessary: IN lhclfStcad
Elic men wore ',ie ianil,i"r l'tic open
li'ale ne i'iiPo vi llic!i 'i"l9' ti'cSe "i'!"ii
are fastened above the forehead in thp
headgCar OF the Workmen.
lne DOSS put the night Shaft to work