The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-29
ENTONBED MINERS.
Forty-seven Men Are Saved from
the Parkslip Colliery.
SCENES ABOUT THE PITS MOUTH


Are Still Alfve-The Work of the
Rescuers Being Pushed Vigor.
ously-Interesting Details.
LONDON, Aug. 29.-The rescuing party
formed to excavate the Parkslip mine
rescued forty of the men alive and later
on came upon group of seven also
alive, but exceedingly weak. e..
All night long the volunteer rescuing
parties kept up their work at the Park.
slip pit, the scene of the disastrous ex.
plosion at Bridgend, Wales, yesterday.
They worked with will and removed
an enormous amount of wreckage from
the mine. At 8 o'clock in the morning
they had penetrated 900 yards into the
main shaft. In all this distance not
sign of life was discovered, but here and
there the body of miner was found,
Its attitude showing how suddenly death
had come to them. Some of the men
had died in the very act OF using their
picks. Ten bodies were recovered Of
men who did not have seconds warning
OF the fate hanging over them.
The bodies Of two miners were found
who had apparently made frantic efforts
to escape from the pit. They had been
frustrated by the falling roof of the
mine and their bodies were terribly
mutilated. Crushed to death, they
were swept over by the raging fire that
burned out many of the supports, and
their arms, legs and heads, that had not
been protected by the fallen earth, were
horribly burned. The Tescuers are di-
vided into relays. 1t is impossible for
any of the volunteers to work for any
length of time, as the mine is filled with
after damp. The rescuers are showing
the effects of the heavy work they have
done since yesterday morning, but they
work with unfiagging energy.
Rescuing the Living.
While band of the rescuers were
working their way further into the pit
a sound was heard that caused the
workmen to suddenly suspend opera
tions. Eagerly listening, they awaited
a repitition of the noise. Soon it came,
low and weak, but in sufficient volume
to make the rescuers know that some
body behind the fallen rock and earth
was alive. With hearty cheer in re-
sponse the rescuers again bent to their
task with renewed energy. Word was
phHbtu W LILO Ilb tuOulHt anu bOOu bQ0
welcome intelligence spread around the
district that some of the imprisoned
miners were yet alive and that they
would be saved.
In short time there was scene of
the widest excitement about the pit.
Women and children who had stood
about all day yesterday waiting to see
If the husbands and fathers would be
brought to the fsurface ran to the pit,
and in eager, strained voices asked the
officialssif theinews was true. When as
sured that some of the men were surely
alive the scene was about as affecting as
that ofEthe day before, when everybody
in the mine believed that all had met
their death. Some Of the women fell on
their knees and prayed that their hus.
bands might be among those whose
lives had been spared.
Those Found Burned and Injured.
Far below the surface OF the ground
the sturdy rescuers continued their
difficult task. Slowly they dug theil
way forward, careful even that the
wreckage did not fall upon them. At
last they determined to change theiI
mode Of operation and to dig sort ci
tunnel. Creeping and sometimes lying
flat on their stomachs, they advanced.
while those behind kept the tunnel
clear. AT last the separating bank Of
rock and earth fell inward, aud the
rescuers, still crawling, entered an open
space, in which were huddled together
about twenty Of the miners The res
cuers found that most of their comrades
had been badly injured and burned SO
serious indeed, is their condition that
special arrangements will have 70 be
made to get them from the pit.
Meanwhile the women above the pii
mouth were becoming distracted and
We're begging with wild impatiencs for
the officials to hurry the work Of rescue.
They feared that some further accident
would happen and again imprson the
men. After the twenty miners, go
proyidentially discovered, had been
hauled to the surface, the rescuers con,
tinued their work with will, and
shortly after excavated another open
space in which were nineteen men, soma
unconscious. but all alive. The scene.
when they reached the surface, was in
describable.
Joy and Sorrow.