The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-07-18
Eight Men Are Blown TO Pieces by an
Explosion
MANGLED Beyond RECOGNITION
Two Hundred Sticks of Dynamite Ex-
at No. 8, Stockton Mine, with
Shocking Results - Unfortunate
Miners in the Tunnels Are Blown
Almost to Atoms and Rocks and
Timbers Are Dislodged-The Shock
Felt at the Surface Three Hundred
Feet Away.
HAZLETON, Pa. July II.
INILETON, TH, July II.
lPTHE mcst horrible accident which
has ever occurred about tine
mines in this region took place

b,s oya,. oocnrra1 ohnnt t,a
,ni,os i, this rac,;o,, +oni, ,looo
~ No 9 S,onl,t tnN viva oy ' this
,,,or,inr Tno IrndroI ,tio,,a 90 d,'ra
mi,a ovnIodod ,,nonc, a crn,va ~ y,a.,
v,bo W. ,r.,,ori,,, 70 ,,o 10 tbair do,,,s
work All Of tha rnfortnnatos viva
shottaraJ AVID form 20 frogwamts ,'
Tho names of tba vicfi,no oo fur
nishod NV tina nina fnromar ora.
C,,..'.,,,,' 'o,r.',,..,.. -. -.,.,
Aynn ',NI9 o", nos 'n, laG s', ~ orriaI 80 'iie'
Jnuy purvpnvE sgad % sineIa
JoHN KEoHLEp. AGED 9a single.
ANTHONY MoRCAyrrz, aged %, married.
JouN KHINoCK. aged 2S married.
JOHN MAEToFsKl aged ~, married.
JOHN b"l""oN, aseu 20 slhsIo'
The true cause of the explosion will
never be known, as none of the men
are living. 1t occurred at abous z
o'clock. The men were descending
the slope at the time and distributing
themselves in their various chambers
and gangways where they are en-
| ployed at the bottom OF the slope.
| Charles ODolnell, who looked after
the explosives and supplies for the
leaders AMI other company workmen.
was busy dealing out dynamite and
caps TO the loaders ana the starters.
InV la''er came u niii III groups
usuaily, anu oet"eeh eisht anu zen OF
tneSe WorNuem @ a., were s'ahulhg aGouV
"U 1ae 'llne' tHo uiiver UoyS, VINO hau
9onio '!owh oai'ie n'u "iie"uy P"sse,'
III the IiuIeway anu were cIo"n'us anu
uSlheSslns Snoil 'en'n' W. W. 'ue s1au'e'
mnlon 10 Du',C zoo i 'ho e n"i 10 'oI gang
Why auou1 loo y"r'S iioil 'ne Uo''olu
Vi mss ruo SUPP
a. ne9o UOys "oio '.e on;y p'tsoi" ~
e. &C !e - u o1t 'iooI -. 'uo t,uls' Snu lne
a'Sv ni1 'i',,ua'.Tn .I y. ;e "n eo0'uenv 'uey te
oe.ten ,; was nv Tuo eelilno Iep'L' VI 'h9
unp'oS'ou' ,,.l, 40 eohouSslon S ~ o"useu S,
M"S 50 sewers as W SHOCK tne inTieS T
anu uiIn erS e,, Hpou' III 'ne staois' the
p'aoo was niieu WIN uust anu nyl'iS
Hooiio. u,1 A'i 'lE uUo "oIe eAtins e'Sueu'
nv; ino ine' u, MoIo LeIno'".lH?u iol 'ne
I'M "n,' ,.i uiu nv Mo" NnlcH way ~
tuln Iil, oo1 HrvnouIu ,.uI & tno eAP.oslou 'opN
p'e01 oOo yS'u' oo'o" 'no SUI "o'' '"e
sHooN Mn' ieI' otoi an nte" vi suttaoo
eAGen ., uiHS ~ 'ne iuiii oei ya'l: tuteo
% nl!.es STu'.,' % ca auI ~ '"e a"J''n'nS
ni'''e'' 4''' . "'o'N'o
THE WORK OF RESCUE
From the latter mine resculnP
party rushed through suhterranean
passageways to NO 8 AS these men
approached the bottom OF the ill-tated
slope they came up with the drivers
and other laoorers groplng about In the
darkness. Pushlng forward toward
the bottom, they came upon scene
which bniiie5 description. Huge tim
bers were twisted and torn and scat
tered about promlscnousIy. Rocks and
debris We're everywhere.
over all were strewn human flesh
legs and arms OF the unfortunate vic
Tins, and from the Jagged sides hung
two shattered bodies Not one OF the
seVerhl oo"lts WAS ietC suIiiclenuy lh-
'ao' W pstii''U i".n..'y. py .nl9 'lnie
Suo ueM9 'eo"uio oT'to'U oi '"o sur
laoe' t"' nS'uie vi yI' Heo'uenU was
eV'leh,, "uu 'ne Wi'u!Sy ..:I, eAo''eIien
'ooN goSssss'o,l ~ q v. , 'no VIVA, Vl.'asets' Mon 1I
anu Woinen II 'Ihe'' uoou' v Tue "arS 4
sloPe luou'h ~ iuiut7Ee' WIVES anu
s"eeSue"i% 70 Va 'ne uitoi 'an"Vo ll','
t"n nluiIeeoIy soouU oiyiu6 io' "'u anu
LOT 'ueiL io'"u ouos' . s- =.
hes.u,ns "a. ,i"S meio io!lneu I'M
,he"ie'ey' n nu'uHer VI miners were
lowered inVo s,o vi', anu ou tno ro-
.u.n V"s9 "eoen"oI J 'Io .To Aion anu uoy I
VINO 'H'u r, osc"peu 'uo terClole cata8
tropGe' HSSe T, "elo covered win "irS
anu w uus'. t. tnoS wete euEerty OesieSGu
oy SnAlous iiignuS' ,i1i ou' W tuo i1'ea's ee 3
VI 'ho men sun ny" m Gy 'noy oouiu oiloi
no u Gonsoin''on iussr ''., sru.'i9 were @ son'
10 hu%IS'on anu suliouuuihS Owns,
many % 'u1 no" e,.p'oyou Nv W.
llVeu ~ ll.~'o.oi', auu t"G iepot' ota-
Steu ereS' eAI''1iuen' =" 'n"V G''y
Nr9"us W Peop'o n"s.oGeu ni. W ,n0 S,op'
anu Suuou W tn9 tAoi'e'iieh'' WHICH
was a'reauy ason'|'"B'
HOSTING THE MANdLED BODIES
, 1t was 10 o'clock before the workmer
got the remains OF the victims sutfi
ciently together TO arrange for hostinl