Omaha daily bee., 1892-11-20
Almost Miraculous Esotpe from Being
Crushed to Death.
COMMUNICATING WITH THE PRISONERS
They Are Unhurt aud Are Patiently Await
ing the Rescuer8
WORK OF RESCUE PROCEEDING RAPIDLY
Hopes Entertained That tho Men win Bs
Inken Out unhurt-Names OF
Those WHO Are Known to
BE In the Mine.

| fIrrSNnLE, Pa, Nov. l9.--A cave-in oc-
Cured TINS afternoon in tho Haz.i Dell COL
| iicry, Centralia. operated by l.. A. Riley 81
co' whereby eight mon are now imprisoned
| IN the mine, beside two others, who hayo
ocen taken out very badly injured The
| colIiery is situated about two miles from
Ashland, aud is very largo conccrn.
former operators of the Hazel ID Ill an d
| FLICK works claim that ths timb b,ring there
was rotten. This, 1t is fearel had con sid
| cradle TO do with the cave-n.
everything was moving along as usual In
the Hazel Dell works this incoming aud no
signs OF danger were visible until 10 o'clock,
when cracGing IN the roof of tho mine was
heard and few pillars remaining in that
Dart of the mine, started to run, and before
the miners could reach places of safety tho
roof fell in. Those who escaped say That ths
suGdenness of the cave-in gave them no time
10 do anything but fly for their lives. Very
narrow escapes were made by Ira Rothermel
and his son, William. The former had q leg
broken and is otherwise injured, while his
son is badly battered.
Caused bya Heavy Srot.
lhey say that shortly before thev fred q
rather heavy shot, which started pillar of
coal running, and AT the same time started q
large body OF water which had accumulated
IN breach from yesterdays storm. AS tho
pillar ran and the water forced its way
through, it brought tho roof with it, and at
the same time came In ia so great a volume
that it was ahead of Rothermel 100 yards to
the mouth of the drainage tunnel, at which
point they were rescued.
The only exit from this part OF the work.
ings in which occurred tho cavein is the
point where the fall occurred and as tho
mammoth vein is forty five feet thick and
about 800 feet from the surface, it Is calou-
lated by practical miners that there are 700
feet OF coal to be cut through bef ore the mon
can be reached. The ablest mining engl-
neers aud minc experts havo been on tho
ground oil day and after thorough exami.
nation had been made aud the great danger
attending the removal Of this mass from tho
inside had been considered, 1t was decided to
use hydraulic power aS the safest and quick
est means OF getting at the mon.
The work of rescue is under the direction
OF Superintendent Edward Williams
Men Who Were in the Mine.
The correct list OF the cntomoed mon is az
follows:
JOIN KELMAN, jr,, single, driver boy.
ROBERT STAHLER, miner wife ana two
children.
JOHN RYAN, miner, wife and four children.
ALLEN HOFFMAN, miner, widower, two
children.
HENRY MARTIN, miner, single.
FRANK RYAN, door boy, single.
THOMAS MCDoNALD miner. single
PoLANDER, single, name not known.
All reside at Centrala. and the dcepost
gloom prevails ali over the little town. This
gloom was turned to the widest kind of ioy
shortly before o'clock by tho announce
nient from the mine that the washing awav
OF coal and dirt mad progressed so rapidly
that the rcscuers had been enabled to commu-
nicate with the imprisoned men. The driver
boy, kelman, acted as spokesman and IN
nounced that all were uninjured ana well
and waiting for rescue. They wore shut up
IN cave-n and to this fact Is due their
escape from instant death.
All Rescued but Two.
The work of rescuing the entombed men
continued 1urinu aftornoon a,J ,...-