Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-28

overshadpwed ~ the destruction Of life
in the Mammoth calamity. The news
spread throughout the entire coke re-
gion with great rapidity, and everybody
was awe-stricken. Collins have al
ready been ordered for eighty persons,
from Mt. Pleasant undertakers. No one
escaped from the mine in a condition to
tell the story of the awful disaster. 1t
is estimated that there are sixty wives
and families left wholly dependent on
the charity Of the world for sustenance
by this disaster. In fact they are al
most penniless, as the plant has not
been running fully for some time, and
work has been exceedingly scarce.
Everything possible will be resorted to
to supply the widowed mothers and
orphaned children with the necessities
OF life. The Fricke company will act
literally in this direction, aud Master
Workman Peter Wise has sent an ap-
peal for aid to the miners and cokers Of
the region.
THE STORY OF THE DISASTER.
This evening partial story OF the dis
aster was obtained. An unexpected
flow of gas was struck, and the miners
working in the headings connected with
flags No. 2, and 4, were all killed. The
fire boss, as is kis duty, had been in the
mine and examined the working places.
His mangled body lies at the morgue.
The only evidence that he attended
to his duties ere the regular certificates
of inspection received from him this
morning, which guaranteed the mines
safe. The miners knew these certifi-
Gates had been filed out and went to
work. They never returned.
Superintendent Keighly who was mine
inspector in the Dunbar district when
that horror occurred. was at the mine
when the explosion took place. He inn
mediately called for volunteers, and
gathering few about him, descended
the shaft. Before doing 20 he notified
General Superintendent Dinch, and that
gentleman ordered the mine Huperiu-
tendents in the region to the scehe.
When the volunteers entered the mine,
SIGHT ndPossIBLE TO PICTURE
met them. Cars, mules and, more ter
rible than all, men were piled in COM
pact mass against the ribs or walls of
coal, and not a living thing was in the
wreckage. 1t was almost as solid as the
coal itself, so.terrifc was the force OF the
explosion. This obstruction was re-
moved with difficulty and they entered
THE CIIAMBRR OF HORRORS.
The first object they discovered after
leaving the main entry, was gum boot
in it was the leg Of man. Farther on
they found human head, but nowhere
in sight was the trunk that had borne
it.; but q few minutes later,
after walking distance sur
rounded by dangers unseen,
they found the trunk. The ragged neck,
with the blood oozing from it, told the
story of appalling disaster. Working
their way in, they found bodies strewn
along the gangway. One unfortunate
NET DEATH ON HIS KNEES,
in prayer, with his hands cIasped and
his eyes uplifted. His bodywas found
in this position. It was pathetic pic
While all this was occurring, the peo-
pie OF the region we're concentrating at
the scene Of disaster. Women and chill
dren, the relatives and friends OF the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., rushed to the mouth
Ct the pit. shfieking and eobbinx, and
the scene was one never TO be forgotten.
Following them came phyeicians and
Pleasant and Greensb burg, md flt6r
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