The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-11-25
A COLl|BRY
CAVE-|N.
Eight Miners Entombpd.
The Accident Is Caused by Rotten
Tlmberins.
Every Effort Being Made 10 Reach
the Imprisoned Men--The Wound.
ed Being Cared For.

p~OTroyILLE. Pa. Nov. ~. \ cave-in
occurred this afternoon in the Hazel.
Dell Colliery Certralia, operatsd by J.
\. Riley II Co. whereby seven or eight
men are now imprisoned in the mine. be-
sides two others who have been taken
out very badly injured. The Colliery
Centrailia Is about two miles from here
and is a very large concern.
The former operators of the Hazel
Dell and sf'rick works claim that the
umbering there was rotten. This, il is
feared. had considerable to do with the
cave-in. Everything was moving alons
rs usual in the Hazel Dell works this
morning and no sign of danger was visi-
hle until 10 o'clock. when a cracking in
'he roof of the mine was heard. and a
few pillars remaining in that part of the
mine started to run and before the
miners could reach d place Of safety the
roof fell in. These who escaped say
that the suudenness of the caye-in gave
them no time to do anything but fly for
their lives.
Very narrow escapes were made by Ira
i;othermel and his son, William. The
former had a leg broken and is other.
wise injured. while his son is badly bat
tered. They say that shortly before they
fired d rather heavy shot which started
Il pillar OF coal running and at the same
time started a large body Of water which
had accumulated in a breach from yes
tcrdays storm. As the pillar ran and
the water forced itself through it brought
the roof with it and at the same time
came in so great a volume that it washed
EOthermel and his sOn 100 yards TO the
mouth Of the drainage tunnel, at which
point they were rescued.
The only exit from the part Of the
workings where the Caye-ln occurred was
At a point where the fall occurred. and
DIS the mammoth vein is 10 feet thick
and about 800 feet from the surface it
was calculated there will he 700 feet
of coal to be cut through before the men
can be reached.
The ablest mine experts have been on
the ground all day and after d thorough
examination had been made and the
great danger attending the removal of
this mass from the inside had been con
sldered, il was decided TO use hydraulic
power as the safest and quickest means
getting the men. The work Of rescue
was under the direction Of Superintend.
'nt Edward Williams. The correct list
If the entombed men is as follows:
J. kellman. Jr.. single. driver boy:
Robert Stahler, miner. wife and two
:hildren: John Ryan, miner. wife and
-FOUR children: Allen Hoffman, miner.
yitoTer. two children; Henry Martin,
inner. single: Frank Ryan. porter. sin
gle: Thomas Mcdonald. miner. single:
\ Polander. single, name unknown. All
'eside at Centralia and the deepest
,!oom prevails all over the little town.
This gloom was turned to the widest
Kind Of Joy shortly before 1 o'clock by
he announcement from the mine that
washing away of coal and dirt had
progressed so rapidly that the rescuers
lad been enabled to communicate with
the imprisoned men. The driver boy.
\elman. acted as spokesman and an
aounced that all were uninjured and
awaiting rescue.