The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-06-24
MINERS BLOWN INTO ETERNITY
Terrible Disaster in a Welsh
C0lliery.
Deadly Effects of an Explosion and
After-Damp.
Two Hundred Men and Boys Buried in
the Mius-Many Known to Be
Kined-The Work OF
Rescue.
By tieAssociated Press

BY theAssoeiated Press
CARDIFF, Wales, June ga dispatch
from Pont-y-Pridd, Clamerogan, says q
terrible explosion occurred this after.
noon in the Albion colliery. Two hun.
dred miners are buried beneath the
debris OF the mine. 1t is believed O
large number were killed.
1t is estimated so miners were killed,
either by the explosion or by the falling
earth and rock. Several parties of vol.
unteers in the work Of rescue descended
into the pit this evening. Every possi-
Die effort is being made to save the
Imprisoned miners who are yet alive,
and to rescue the budies of the
dead. None OF the rescuing parties
which went down tonight have yet re-
turned. and this is taken to indicate
that difficulty is being met in reaching
the place where the miners are en-.
tombed. The entire population of Gil.
fynd and hundreds OF persona from Point.
y-Pryd and other places in the vicinity
gathered about the mouth of the pit
this evening, anxiously waiting for news
from the mine.
A dozen or more boys are among the
number entombed. Late tonight some
OF the rescuers came to the surface and
reported they had penetrated 100 yards
into the mine and found five men alive
but badly injured. They also found Is
men who had been killed. This inform
alton spread rapidly among the crowd
at the pits mouth and the excitemen MT
grew in intensity. Those who had
friends or relatives in the mine asked
with eager and strained faces il they
we're among the dead. OF course no
information could be vouchsafed them.
as the mine officials did not know the
names OF the killed, and many of the
bodies were SO badly burned that identi-
hcation was impossible.
The five men were brought up the
shalt as soon as possible, and the DOC
tors who were present are doing all in
their power to alleviate their suiferlngs.
Shortly after the five live men were
brought up, the bodies near them were
raised to the surface and placed in a
shed near the mouth of the pit. Hare
several Of them were identified by their |
clothing While the crowd was assem-.
bed about the shed, 20 men and bows |
in a semi-conscious condition were |
brought up. They had apparently not |
been injured by the explosion. but had
inhaled the after-damp. HAD they not
Deem found Wnen they were there is no |
doubt they would have all been euffo.
Gated.
AS time advances the impression grows
that the loss will be greater than at first
estimated. The men who have come to
the surface report they have seen a mum.
Der of bodies so pinned under the tim bers
that it is impossible as yet to ext,i,ate
them. They also say that, judging from
the appearances OF the faces OF tt 10 b7t ,s
that death in many cases was caused By
work OF the rescuers. the fanns1 as yet not
having succeeded in freeing the pit Of it.
In the further workings, the gas lie pres
ent in large quantities and this fact ia
against the hope of saving the imprisoned
men there.
q. m.-More bodies were discovered
and brought out after midnight. So
many of them were go terribly scalded
that the flesh almost dropped from them
and had to be handled most carefully.
1t is more than probable that large
percentage of the dead will never be
identified. The work OF clearing the
debris is now proceeding more rapidly
and hopes are entertained that the men
yet alive will be rescued before many
hours.