The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-08-25
TWO NINE FATALITIES.
Thirty-8even Lose Their Lives
Near Seattle, Wash,
ENvBLoPBD IN CLOUDS OF FLAME.

The Men Might Have Escaped but for
Heroic In,rt TO suppress the Fire.
Explosion In PennsyIvaniA Mine Kills
Two and wounds Eleven.
SEATTLE Wash, Aug. 2b-A terrific
gas explosion occurred IN breast go on the
sixth level Of the Franklin mine. near this
city, yesterday afternoon number of
miners were imprisoned and thirty-seven
were killed The FIRE was soon extin-
Ruished, and the work Of taking out the
b dies began All were recovered. Fol-
lowing is a list of the dead;
American William Secora (married)
John StrambriRe and Chris bunker. En-
Rlish-John Hall and Joe Dawson. Scotch
Peter Hay (mar ried). Welsh-John E.
Jones tmarried), Evan d. Jones, ID. ID.
Jones (marred), John Morris (marriedl
John w Pugh (married) and Evan
Hughes Cmarried). Swedes - Jacob Oh
sen, Ed Johnson, John Anderson and
Andy Eugdahl Italian-Louis Fetrra,
Phil de Mari (married), Joe L. Bossi, Joe
Cassell, John Frantalli, Rocco Tetti and
Pete Harri. Pole-Robert McCoskey. Col
ored-Charley Straens, James Gibson, Ike
Clements (married), H. r. Roberts, John
Irving, Frank Willis (married), Ed Max
we'll, r. w. Jones, A. ]. Jones (mar-
Eied), w. P. Jones and Andy Greer. With
the exceptions noted all were single men.
About half of the miners were negroes,
having been brought from the east four
years ago to replace the strikers The
mine is owned by the Oregon Improve
ment company, and produces the best coal
In the sttae of Washington. The damage
TO the mine Is not large
At 12.45 o'clock yesterday afternoon a
fire was noticed by some of the drivers on
the sixth north level, and notice was
given to the men inside who were work
ing the different places, some in the breast
about the level and others along the
gangway.
Many of the men in the gangways
rushed back to notify the miners further
in, while others rushed out and reached
the main shaft 1t is certain that-a the
men in the breast reached the gangway
in safety
In all about seventy men were at work
in the sixth level north, and of that num-
Der about forty fingered at breast go,
where the fire originated, and made an
attempt to put it out. The breast was
burning fiercely, and before the miners
knew it the fire had communicated to
breasts 60 and 81, Several of those who
fingered at the burning breast 49, took
warning, but all who remained were
overcome and asphyxiated
1t is evident that all the men had time
to come out, for those who worked in the
further breast reached the shaft in safety,
while those who were nearest the shaft,
and consequently more removed from
danger, persisted They evidently be.
lieved they were in perfect safety from
the fire, but while they fingered the
smoke oozed out from outside places fur.
ther south and the bodies were all found
| south Of breast GO. They were all found
within a space Of 500 feet.
Several of the men were badly bruised
and one colored man was taken out with
a broken neck lltheir wounds indicating
that they had thrown themselves against
the posts and timbers of the gangway in
a wild and desperate endeavor to escape
| The majority of the bodies, however, bear
no marks at all, and their features are in
| Quiet repose, indicating that their deaths
ha been a speedy and painless one.