The Red Cloud chief., 1892-09-02
FEARFUL DISASTER.
Appalling Loss of Life By Explosion
in a Welsh Colliery.
ONLY TWO OF The MEN RESCUED
Wreck Of u Pleasure Yacht In tho Georgian
hay and Death of Millionaire smiley
and His Family and
Others.

LONDON, Aug. 27.-At the Park Slip
mine, near Bridgton, in G~lamorgan-
shire, Wales, this morning, soon after
the day shift of 1850 miners had gone to
work, an explosion occurred and caused
the earth and rock to fall. The mouth
Of the pit wa closed before any men
had escaped and 1t is feared that there
will be great loss OF life. Hundreds Of
the miners in the vicinity volunteered
their services for relief work.
Al 6 o'clock this evening u rescuing
party assembled to the surface bearing
with them two men whom they had
found near the bottom of the pit. Both
men were badly burned and uncon-
scious. The physicians hold little hope
Of their recovery.
Shortly after these men were brought
up flames from the burning pit assembled
and set fire tn the structures ut the pit
head and all hope WAS abandoned.
Those who escaped death in the explo-
sion have certainly been suffocated or
burned to death. The disaster Is one
of the worst that has occurred in the
mining district for many years.
|. A LAKE Disaster.
SAGINAW. Mich. Aug. 27.-The steam
yacht Wapita, which left here two weeks
ago on a pleasure trip, is reported lost in
Georgian bay. 1t is said that she went
down In "a gale yesterday near Colling-
wood, Ont, and that eight persons on
board were drowned.
On board were Hiram w. Sibley, n
New York capitalist, his wife. son and
daughter and two ladies of Rochester,
n. Y.
Capt. Ellsworth, the engineer, fire.
man and cook and N other person
were saved. The yacht belonged to
Isaac Beringer, Il partner in numbering
of Mr.. Sibley.
Two years ago the yacht was built in
Cleveland at II cost of gas. 900, and was
then named Straight Away. After
coming into the possession of Mr.. Ber-
| niger it was then named the Wapita.
Siblcy and Beringcr have largo pine in
tcrcsts in Michigan and Canada, their
headquarters being in this city. The
captain and engineer of the i'll fated
boat are from this city, while tho cook
and fireman are said To have been
| shipped az Mackinaw.
Later news in regard to the wrecking
Of the e yacht Wapita is as follows:
| George Sherman, cook on board the
yacht Wapita, telegraphed from Col.
lingwood, Ontario, to-day: Boat
wrecked: two of us saved, all the rest
! drowned
The Wapita left here about ten days
| ago on a cruise up the lakes. She had
on board II. w. Sibley, millionaire cap
~italist, of New York, his wife, son,
daughter and two lady friends, Miss NJ,
Il. Pond and Miss +. w. Durbin, 81
! Rochester, n. y. The crew was com
posed Of Capt. James Eldridgc and En-
gincer Walter A. Henry, Of this city,
Jerome O'Iare, deck hand; fireman
name unknown. and George Sherman
cook, who was shipped at MacSinaw.
The yacht left Mackinaw on the 2lst
for Georgian bay, and is reported t.
: have gone on the rocks where it weat
to pieces.
Mr.. Siblcy was ~ years old and a sol
of the late Hiram W. Sibley, of Roches
ter, n. Y. For Il year or so past he has
resided in New York city. He wa.
largely interested with Isaac Beringer
of this city. in pine lands and lumbe
and in mining property in Minnesota
as well us in real estate in Saginaw.