The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-24

Cardiff, Wales, June pa dispatch
from Pont-y-Pridd, Clamorgan. says
terrible explosion occurred this afternoon,
in Albion oolliery. Two hundred miners
are buried beneath the debris of the mine.
1t is believed large number are killed
1t is estimated eighty miners were
killed. either by the explosion or by the
falling earth and rock. Several parties of
volunteers in the work of rescue de-
seconded into the pit this evening. Every
possible effort is being made to save the
imprisoned miners who are yet alive, and
TO rescue the bodies of the dead. None
of the rescuing parties which went down
tonight have yet returned, and this is
taken to indicate that great difficulty is
being met in reaching the place where the
miners are entombed. The entire popula-
ton of Cllfyndd and hundreds from Pont-
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 re-
ported they had penetrated 100 ysrds INTO
the mine, and found five men alive but
badly injured. They also found thirteen
men who had been killed. This informa-
ton spread rapidly among the crowd at
the pits mouth, and the excitement grew
in intensity. Those who had friends or
relatives I'm the mine, asked with eager,
strained faces if they were among the
dead.
of course no information could be
vouchsafed then, as the mine officials did
not know the names of the killed and
many of the bodies were so badly
burned that Identification by the rescuing
party under the dim light of their lamps
was impossible. The five men were
brought up the SHAFT as quick as posi-
bic, and the doctors who were present are
doing all IN their power to alleviate their
sufferings. Shortly after the five live men
were brought up, the bodies found near
ase.M1 hn
placed in a shed near the mouth OF the
pit. Here several of them were identifed
by their clothing.
While the crowd was assembled about
the shed. twenty men and boys, in a
seml-conscious condition, were brought
up. They had apparently not been injured
by the explosion, but had inhaled the af-
ter-damp Had they not been found when
they were. there is no doubt they would
have all been suffocated. As time ad-
vances. the impression grows that the
loss will be greater than the first esti-
mate. The men who have come to the
surface report that they seen number
of bodies SO pinned under the debris that
il IS impossible as yet to eXtrlcate them-
They also say that. judging from the ap-
pearance of the faces of the bodies, that
death in many cases was caused by AFTER
damn. The gas is hindering the work OF
the rescuers, the fans as yet not having
succeeded in freeing the pit of 1t. In the
further workings, the gas is present IN
large quantities, ana this tact mlhtateS
against any hope of saving the men i'm
a. m, June 24.-Nore bodies were re-
covered and brought out after midnight;
MANY of them were so terribly scalded
that the flesh almost dropped from them,
ard had 10 be handled most carefully. 1t
is more than probable that large per-
cpnfage of ne dead will never be iden-
titled. TIL, work of clearing the debris
is now proceeding more rapidly and hopes
are entertained that the men yet alive VIII
he rescued before many hours have
eiaSped.