The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-03-18

A 4 BELGIAN HORROR.
bssadresls - Nissss Ensenhea b. IN Va.
pis>isn In the Asderiues Mine ~ CHAR
iero'. ss~s<iam- Many Wem~n lnciadel
Among the Nictinss- Rescuing PARTIES
~ WORK and Fsw Got Oas Alive "a
shstie >ecnes Abost shs Mouth of the
sIt.
REvssErs. March IA ffirhtful
collicry disaster has occurred nj Ander-
Iuc> Three hundred miners are en-
tomhci IN the pit. aud series OF ex-
pIosions has apparently cut On all nc
cess 70 the men, An attempt has been
made "a reach the imprisoned miners
but 20 far without success The ex-
piorers have been beaten back by the
foul fumes The shnfting and ventila-
tion are destroyed. Three female
miners have b-.cn rescued. and Il seems
almost certain thar all the rest are dead.
| Intense excitement prevails. and
thousands are thronged about the
place. which is one of the leading min
ing ccntcr~ In Belgium. The scenes ~
the nit mouth are most pathetic. null
titude 81 people bcwailing the loss 81
relatives supposed 10 have persisted in
| the mine.
LATER.
Thirty Of the ent he'd miners have
been rescued Five corpses have 50 far
been recovered
Later Particular
ErrssErs. March II. DISPATCHES
from Charleroi state that four of the
officials owning the mine were at An
derlne> the scene ofthe explos' on. this
afternoon The machinery for keeping
down the water in the mine and for
facilitating the work Of hosting ont the
wreckagc has already been shipped.
The government is receiving bulic-
tins ~ the progress Of the work at the
shaft. and has sent a representative 20
the spot 70 ascertain tho facts for use
in investigation OF the cause Of the nc
cidcnt and in placing the responsibility
for IL King Leopold has contributed
1000 francs from his private purse 10
the temporary support Of the families
o. miners already known to have b>cn
killed.
Hundreds OF men and women from
nearby villages have gathered near
the mouth If the pit and are canning
around bonfires- watching the progress
Of the work az rescuc Families and
relatives Of the roo or more men have
made their home in the fields for the
night and are cooking their meals over
opcn-air fires 80 n to get the earliest
news from those imprisoned by the
shattered shaft
The place at which the explosion &C.
Cured is in the second gallery. so
yards below the surface. md work nj
this depth is difficult and dangerous
Volunteers have been let down three |
times in n cage When half way down
on the first trip the further caving OF |
the shaft frightened them and they re-
turned Five Of the ten men refused To
60 down again as the mine was food |
ing rapidly. they said. and the loosened !
sides Of the shaft threatened to fall
IN and bury them The other i've |
made the second trip and reached
the mouth Of the second gallery. |
They found few men who were near
est the shaft when the first explosion
occurred These miners had run for
their lives. but had been caught AZ the /
entrance by falling tinbers. All had
broken bones and three were SO firmly
lodged in the wreck that the rescuing
rarity dared not wait to extricatc them
Fire ~ the wounded were brought up Il
on the second trim and two Others aud
nsc dead were brought mp on the third
trip. M
TIE rescued men say that twenty
live ~ the miners still imprisoned are
women There are about 200 in all
till 10 - accounted for. II i thought
'har these nearest the first rave-in in
he gallery may be rescued alive.
Those fnr.hest from the entrance of
The gallery have probably hccn suffo-
-ated before This and il not. will die
cfore they can I,c reached
The work has been set bacl< twice
his evening bv the caving of great
blocks % soil and stone from the sides
\ the wrecked shaft. and since the
hir'i trip M volunteers for the work Of
'escue conld hc found. The ~nperin-
endent ~ the mine has twice gone !
Town eo0 feet. Int returned saying the
'lianccs were about four to one against | I;
Jim II he went lower A,
The dead will number NJ least 100 T
md probably 10 About 4o1 members
y tire families ~ the missing men will
amp in the fields around the shaft all | /
livht- About fifty Of tho 20 men ia
he gallery nj the time ~ the first cz- :
'ioSion got ont bv the second shaft
TIE VERY LATEST r
Late this evening another rescuc Y
arty descended to the scene ~ the ex-
'losion in the Andcrlucs mine They ?
leared away the debris NJ the entrance