The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-03-01
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Seven Men Imprisoned in the
Boston Run Colliery.
RESCUED ALIVE AND W ELL
Two of Them We're Not in Danger but the
Rest had Occasion to Reflect on the Fate
of the Unfortunate Miners at Plymouth.
Full Par .iculars.
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Special to EvsNING HERALD.
ST. NICHOLAS March 1.--Great excitement
was caused here yesterday by the discovery
that seven men had been entombed in the
Boston Run eolliery by a cavoin Of the
workings.
The nine officials kept the matter very
quiet and assured the people that there was
no necessity for alarm, and if there was fall
Of the inside workings it could not, owing to
the character of the workings, be an extern
sive one, and if any men were entombed they
would be speedily rescued alive and unin~
iured
Fortunately the assurances Of the mine
officials we're fulfilled by tho recovery of all
the imprisoned men, alive and uninjured,
but pretty badly scared by their experience.
The men were William Irwin, Louis
Whitel Charles Mohan, Edward Mengel and
james Cramer, of Frackville, and John and
Joseph Meckes two Poles, of Shenandoah.
The Frackville men were in breast No %
of the first lift and the Poles were in breast
No. 95 of the second lift.
The discovery of the fall is given in the
| words of Fire Boss Killien. He had been
through the lifts early in the morning aud
reported them all right and the miners went
into their places,
AT 8 O'clock yesterday morning Killien
made another trip into the mine and found a
large fall of slush and rock in the east gang
way of the first lift. 1t had rushed down
through breast No so.
Killen reported the discovery to Superin-
tendeiu Richards, who Summoned other
officials and several workmen and went back
into the mine.
The party went to the second lift and found
water to the depth of three and half feet at
breast No So, where the Meckes men were
imprisoned. They were fifty yards up the
breast, working, and in ignorance of the fall
which had occurred below them until the
resouing party called them down These two
men were really not imprisoned.
The superintendent and his men then
returned to the first lift and to the fall at
breast No. 80 Finding they could not get
over or around it to breast No. 81, where the
five men were imprisoned, the rescuing party
made their way through to the lower lift and
Killien went up breast No. So.
Aft travelling about 100 yards up breast
No IS Killien crawled through heading
into breast No. 81 and then raped on the
walls and heard rsps in reply.
Upon hearing the raps Killien cried out
Are you all right9" and received reply in
chorus 'Yes."
Upon receiving this reply Killien went
through thei heading to breast No. 80 and
down to where the rescuing party was
waiting, Then all went back to the fall at
breast No. 80 in the first lift and commenced
the work of making passsge.way through
the debris.
This work was not rightly started until
noon and it took until 11;30 at night to dig
and timber an opening through the fall,
which was thirty feet long.
The imprisoned men we're waiting for the
rescueing party in the gangway few yards
east of the fall.
There was great rejoicing as the first of the
entombed men passed through the opening
and cheers and EXPLANATIONS Of joy from all
in the gangway as the rescue was completed
The Brackville men said that when they
realized they were closed in visions of the
| Plymouth horror flashed through their
minds and they were badly scared, but they
were about to try and effect some means to
escape through when they heard the rappngs.
The fall was caused by break occasioned
by the accumulation Of water in mine
breach, which broke through to breast No 50,
carrying mud, rock and coal with it to the
gangway in the first lift. Much water found
its way through the continuation of breast
No. s0 to the gangway in the second lift,
filling it with water to depth Of 81 feet and
carving considerable debris with it,