Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-28
NEWS By TELEGRAPH.
From ALI Quarters.
AWFUL NINE EXPLOSION.
More Than One Hundred
Men Killed Outright.
WRECK OF A TRAIN BEARING TROOPS.
Insurgents .Bombarding
Towns in Chilli.
HANDOUB CAPTURED BY EGYPTIANS.
Speculation on Pope LeO's
Successor.
HANDOuB CAPTURED BY EGYPTIANS,
EXPLOSION OF FIRE.DAMP.


Disaster In a Pennsylvania Nine
Over One Hundred Men Hurled
Into Eternity Many other
Wounded-Sixty Bodies Recovered
How the Explosion Occurred-Aw
full Scenes at the Mine.
P1TrsBURG, Jan. PA special from
Scottdale, Pa, says: By an explosion O.
fre-damp in the mammoth shaft of H. G
Prick Coke company to-day over one hun
number seriously injured. The e1plo
sion occurred this morning shortly after
9 o'clock and, it is supposed, was the re
suit of the ignition of miners oil lamp
The after-damp which followed the ex
plosion suffocated nearly every workman
A few realizing their awful situation fell
to the ground, thereby preventing the gas
from striking them. There is not a soul
left to tell the story of the dreadful
calamity. The persons not killed are in
such critical condition that their deaths
are momentarily expected. Up to this
writing sixty bodies have been recovered,
all without signs of life.
The fire which broke out after the ex-
plosion was soon extinguished by the
immense fans which were put in opera
ton. The gas has about all been driven
from the pit and the work of rescuing the
entombed miners has been commenced.
General Manager Lynch of the H. G.
Frick Coke company, is on the scene help
ing to devise means for rescuing the per-
ished workmen. The mammoth plant
embraces 500 ovens, one of the largest
plants in the coke region, but it is hard of
access. It is situated near the United
works, where an explosion recently de-
stroyed the entire shaft
The affair has cast gloom over the en-
tire region, and tonight hundreds of mi
ners are focking to the scene of the disas-
ter, offering assistance. Language is too
feeble to describe the scenes at the mines
Horror is piled on horror. The news
spread throughout the entire coke region
with great rapidity and everybody was
awe-stricken. The collins have already
been ordered for eighty persons from
Mount Pleasant undertakers, and it is I'M
derstood that the Prick company will bear
the expense of the same. The only man
who escaped from the fatal mine was
MineBoss Eaton.
Among those killed are John Beverage
and James Boles, formerly of this place
Ex-Mine Inspector Keighley, the superin-
tendent of the fatal shaft, is nearly dis
tracted. 1t is singular fact that misfor-
tune seems to have followed him. His ex-
periences in the Hill Farm disaster resulted
in his rendering his resignation as mine in
spector. Master Workman Peter Wise, e1-
Master Workman Kerfoot, James Mcbride,
Mike Disman and John Byrne, Secretary
Parker and James Keegan, all prominent
labor leaders, left tonight for Mammoth
to render any assistance in their power,
financially or otherwise, to the stricken
and bereaved families.
It has been 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 almost
penniless, as the plant has not been run
ming full for some time and work has been
exceedingly scarce since the dullness in de-
mand for coke began. Every means pos
sible will be resorted to to supply the wild
owed mothers and their children with the
necessaries of life. The Frick company
will be liberal in this direction, and it is
understood that subscription paper will
shortly be circulated to obtain money to
support the unfortunate families Master
Workman Wise has addressed letter to
the miners and cookers of the region asking
for aid