Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-03-19
The Awful Calamity in the Andsrl,s
Mine Increases in
Horror.
Flames Burst From the Month ana
the Adjacent Buildings are
Consumed.
Water POared Down the Shaft Re-
comes Steam Before Reaching
the Bottom.

Brussels, March 1l,-An explosion o
fire damp occurred today at AnderIuis col.
liery, in which 500 men we're at work
The men who survived the shock Of the
explosion are apt to meet their death from
choke damp, as with the destruction of the
ventilator tits impossible to rid the mineof
gases. A large force of volunteers is at
work clearing the mouth of the mine Of
debris in order to reach the imprisoned
miners. A large number of the miners
are married and their families and friends
at the pit mouth are frantic with grief.
Later particulars regarding the expIo.
sim show that it occurred in a gallery 400
beet below the surface, where go men
we're working. Of this number, 40 e.
capped by means of second shaft and Is
others were rescued in a fatally injured
condition.
Rescuers soon descended and after a long
interval of weary suspense brought to the
surface thirty or forty unfortunates, an
either dead or seriously injured A great
sheet Of flame must have shot through the
mines as the miners eva lashes and hair
are all singed eft.
The searching party again descended
and hasnot yet been heard from.
Later.
The crowds increased as the day wore
on The rescuers began to come to the
surface, few at time, bearing one o.
two mangled forms. The scenes
usually incident to such disasters were
enacted with, if possible, more than
the usual intensity The work Of the res.
cuers was greatly retarded bY the noyious
gases still remaining in the mine. There
Is hardly shadow of nope that any Of
the men who were in the mine al the time
Of the explosion are now alive
BRUSSELS, March l2-Ihe Auderus
calamity increases In horror. The pit is
now burning and smoke and flames bar
the sear1bers In their work Of rescue. 1t
is feared not less than 200 miners have
persisted including a large number Of
women, of whom there were many en-
pIoyed in the mine. The most touching
scene az the pit mouth today was the pee
tacls Of children weeping tor their moth
FRS. who hal h.en lost iii the mine
Thousands continue so d)ck to AnderIUs,
ID, proposed to tLrn water into the mine
fer tue purpose Of putting q stop to the
conAgQration.
The FIRE in the mine grew fercer aud
iieTcer. Since 2 o'clock this morning The
heat vas 50 intense that 1t was impossible
for the resculng party to remain IN the
PVT. They we're compelled for the present
10 abandon all efforts to reach the CALLER
les 1t is decided that there is not The
slightest doubt that everybody IN Tue
mine is dead.
At2 O'Clock the flames burst from the
pits mouth, Illuminating the country all
around and set FIRE to the engine house
and adjoining buildings. Il was decided
10 food the mine. The total death roll is
2l0, of whom 10 were burned alive.
Great suffering among families must
result, The government has ordered the
Distribution Of relief
BY Z O'Clock the buildings around the
mouth of The pit were ali destroyed.
Heavy machinery went crashing down the
shaft acting as somewhat of a damper 70
the FIRE, but the flames still shot out Of the
mouth of the pile occasionally, and could
be heard roaring and seething through the
galleries far below the surface Water
commenced to be thrown in the pit for the
purpose Of flowing the mine, Before i
descended any distance It was converted
into steam, escaping with a terrific roar
and adding to The horror of the scene.
Numbers of relatives of the dead still sur.
round the pit mouth, seemingly attracted
by the very horror that has bgreayed
tlem.