Evening journal., 1891-02-05
A FEARFUL FATE.
Eighteen Men Drowned in a
Mine ut Jeansyille, Pa.
WIVES WIDOWED BY WATER
Shocking Accident Caused by the
Stroke Of n Pick.

Several Men While at work il HAYDEN
Co.'S Mine Broke Into Ncigi,bor-
ing shan That Was FILLED with sYatcr.
The Flood Rushed In Upon Them and
the Terrified worIsmen Fled FOR Their
Lives Eighteen Of Them Were Caught
Like 50 Many Rats in Trap ana
Drowned q Narrowing scenes at the
Mouth % the Mine-wives waiting for
Husbands whose Faces They win Neve,
Again see Warm with the Breath 81
Life.
WHirR HAVEN, Pa, Feb. 5-The shud.
ders Of horror that thrilled the people Of
this and adjoining states at the fate or the
Mammoth mine unfortunates have barely
ceased before another mine horror comes
70 take its place. The scene Of sbe latter
disaster i at Jeansyille, near here. where
eighteen miners were drowned Yesterday
ike rats in trap. While Charles Boyle
and Patrick Coll of Lewiston, were en-
gagged ia drilling hole in their chamber
in No. 10 slope Of J. G. Hayden & Co.'S
mine at Jeansyille, they broke into the
old No. slope, which had been idle for
five years and which had been 1ooded to
the mouth with water
run for Your Lives."
William Brislin, driver, was close by
and he cried ont, Boys, for Gods sake
run for your lives or you viii be drownedpf
In moment thereafter the water came
and Brislln barely escaped with his life.
BESIDES him, six others reached daylight
alive They are Henry Gibbon, John
Nellne, John and Charles Boyle. William
toll and Patrick Coll The water rose
rapidly and before amy attempt could be
made 70 rescue amy Of the other worlsmeu
the slope, which is 62s feet deep was flood.
ed to the mouth ana they were caught and
drowned The lost are.
List 81 the Dead.
Lawrence Reed married. has eight chill.
dren Edward Gillisher married Two chill.
dren; James Griaiths, married one child.
James Ward Married eight children.
Harry Bull, married, seven children.
Joseph Aatskowiteh, married. four chill
dren Barney McCloskey, single Patrick
Nelly, single Jake Wiasto single. Mike
smith, single, John Berne single: Tom
Gllk, married, one child; Tom Tomaskas
Kay, married, three children; Joe Astro.
single; Bascp Frinko single. Thomas
Greko single; John Boyle single, and
samuel Porter, single.
Eitifnl scenes at the Si0pe.
The news of the disaster caused ,,reat ex.
citement and the mouth OF the siope waa
soon thronged with the anxious families
and relatives Of the workmen and others
The scenes when It was positively I,noyyn
VINO were lost were heaItrendine. Wives
implored piteously Of the miners standing
by, who knew only too well the fatal re-
suit, 20 save their husbands from the ter.
rors of watery grave Little children
crying Tor their papas and relatives pray
ing Tor the safety Of their loved ones. The
sorrowing wives, relatives aud friends
We're inally convinced that there was no
nope Of rescuing any Of the men, and were
ied away from the scene Of this new mining
horror by sympathetic hands TO their
Many Weeks Of Waiting.
large force Of men was imn,e,liataIv
put a. work pumping ont the water. How
long u viii take is a question, since no
uehnlte idea Of the volume OF water can be
ascertained. Some of the miners say IL will
take four weeks before the bodies can be
reached, but Others incline to the opinion
that y viii take much longer
survivors, story.
brislin, one OF the men who escaned
said 70 a reporter Il was waiting ~ the
bottom Of the slope for trip Co come out.
Suddenly heard loud noise and thoucbt
= was the trip coming out. Then dread
iul blast Of wind came and knocked me
down ia the gangway. The wind blew INV
lamp out. tried to run for the slope but
stumbled and fell Then John BOYLE and
John Mems came running out. Ncems'
lamp was burning, aud by the aid of this
We got to the slope, The water came
pouring after rs as we ran. When we rot
TO the slope the light went out.
ruTsued by the Waters.
we clambered up as fast AZ we could
ana the water came rushing after as, ris-
ng very quickly. In five minutes Che wa
Ter rose Os yards 70 the mouth of the
slope, the pitch Of which is SO deas
Many reasons are advanced a. "a the
'anse Of the great disaster. Some charge
{ TO neglect to notify the wOrkmen az tba
dangerous proximity Of the water. as only
few OF the old miners knew of Che pres
nee Of the vast body of water in the old
ilope. Even those that knew OF il had NO
dea that the workings were driven As near
Q the water as they were. The civil en-
lneer in charge Of the Jeansville mines
vas man from Pottsviile named Womels-
lorf