Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-09
MINERS ENTOMBED.
,e.er A HUNDRED LIVES LOST
- rsRoUoH AN EXPLOSION.
-. vortaiiy InJared-Distress OF wives
.,1 Mothers, skaters and s"ee'-
t..ff.-Painfui Particulars.

fNF l0IftI AIh 70 tH' Ai'"'-
,.... CRY. January s.--A special to the
s..., NcAl!isier. Indian Territory,
most appalling calamity occurred
t.-s las, night. There was on explo-
mine. and as q result over 200 men
t..l about forty are fatally hurt and
-.,v more are badly burned. AZ 5;iO
A. ,fro No. n. owned by the Usage
.,l Mining Company, at krebs. four
5.t.,f miles east Of here. exploded.
AMass OF nopIns.
...t. .,os $50 men were in the shaft,
,.tom were waiting for the cage
t.,r ont and the foot OF the smart
lass of dead bodies. Eighty hve
.,.e oni by au old entry aud iorty-
,, .ayel bv the shaft. most OF
,o mora or less burned or bruised
...f whom viii probably dle.
-r,prNnEED PROBABLY dad.
. leaves about 258 men vet 10 the
.l .n nll probability 200 are dead.
.. NJ tan dead mon we're brought
D.fg one could be recognized, the
roN were so mutilated. One
.r.1 from the shaft 500 feet deep
..r- from bracket TO bracket and
-.r. .,srrors WIVES AND xorHrBs.
.- ..,,gs ~ anxious wives and
..ra eagerly watching each cage
....f 20 fic surface. hoping 20 see
..,.l ones. only 90 turn away disap-
.,rioa.on was caused by firing a
..I,.r r.. was in the mine. AT tins
..,ff. inuOssble 20 learn the number
I..I ani wounded.
r,runfg LOST STILL UNpErREMiSKD.
r... Cry No, January s.-1he
r... .arcml from South McAllister, J.
grenfv-f0ur hours have elapsed
D.. f.rriblv fatal explosion IN the
r.re 40 krebs, but II ~ stu
f......Iln fOeven estimate the number of
a. victims. Tho number who came M
sl....Ifor the explosion - sun undeter-
:, .I anI can De determined only bv a
Toulouse canvass. which Is now
i...r, made as rapidly ns possible.
rrf,sr HUNDRED BILLED.
f-,r, she facts now az hand il is be-
i.',.i tbet ne killed will number fully
n fha injured ll5. about one half OF
.-o ,gfl probably die from the effects OF
,..,r irirue-. so the hour of the explo-
s..n Eo'rI0es yesterday afternoon. there
81 .-e. as nearly as can be learned, about
a. mon iu the mine. They were the day
.l.f. .0nl were Just preparing TO ascend
uien fhs explosion TOOK place: ok men
.I..'raI .lroldy been hOisted in the cage
l.4 .r.f stepped on the platform at the
l.I. DI tho shaft. Tho cage was blown
tIr.1rl tho roof Of the tower and fifty
ie.t lut0 the air.
TONGUE or FLAME
,f.t up the shaf' and above the ground
coll. g.1 hui tsr
lI. r.nrrt. which was heard for miles
around and shook al the neigh
,.-n, country so violently that
f.un.e iu the surrounding towns,
+..r and FIVE miles distant. thought
a. earthquake was rocking the
Ground. The meu already above ground
wore, frasirated by the force of tine explO-
f..l. tlt iii not receive severe injuries.
FEARFUL SEEMS.
Tie scenes about the mouth Of the shaft
muoiatcly following were fearful III the
.rtr.me. Weeping wives. mothers, and
f.r- ffckoI 10 the scene from the VII
DAD. 10 tho sound of the explosion. their
..,s hhnched with dread and many
them hysterical 20 the point of
insanity. The air-shAlt, the only way of
...n- for the entOmhed miners. was the
.0.ni where tho relatives Of the miners
..neregated. Many of the miners were
le to make their way cut Of the tomb
.rI were welcomed at the surface by their
,ating friends.
MANY MORrAILr INJURED.
One man with broken leg climbed all
I. Distance of hundred feet through the
r.slait and fell unconscious as be reach
I ihe surface. Others who were terribly
urnel laborei painfully up the ladder,
r.p of flesh falling from their
lands aud arms a. they .erasped
Ue ladder Iungs. 10 Is believed
..t nIv one half of the entOmbed
..n.fs escaped bv the air-shaft. Many of
Iam. however. received mortal injuries.
iri inI'hourh none of them are known TO
age died az this hour % y. NJ II IS be
feg,d That in some cases death Is not far
Instant
IHE DUTY OF MERCY.
Iiencws of the disaster spread quickly
Huush the villages surrounding krebs.
b,ry physician at once volunteered his
services and fastened 10 krebs TO do his
.atv of mercy. Hundreds OF miners
.r0n the Bmidwood and McAllister fields
.fri.i t1 the scene 10 do what thev could
ward assisting in tho rescue of the en-
Uuirl men aud the recovery of the
n.lts of the dead The work of rescue
b .. begun at once aud has continued all
tr.r.l the drcary hours of last night and
Itly.
HAZARDOUS WORK.
ll. work was terribly hazardous. The
ilI0.on had entirely changed the topo-
r.lhF ot tho mine. Many tunnels We're
.-eI ,utroly. and big gloose boulders were
l.nrDd peulously on shelves and rocks
.I.l.r.ng ihc air.shaft and the main shaft.
a.c. breath OF air almost might hurl
i.Nu upon therescuers Notwithstanding
l..r ilu-er- the rescuors kept brayely at
.ir WORK. and at 3 o'clock this evening