The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-10

1t Stays One Man and Burns Ten
at Newcastle Nine
CAUSED BY 4 DUST EXPLOSION.
Ysrfsx OF . Blast TEnftes shs Dry Cosa
Dass Men Terribly Burned
se.as strange Escapes.

An erolosson OF dust occurred In the
yescastls mines Of the Oregon Improve
rent Company AZ Coal Greek ~ O'Clock
Yesterday afternoon. causing the death OF
ore man. tie probably fatal iniary OF two
Others ana serious injury 20 eight more
AZ soos a. THE ness reached the city
PogT.IsTrIrTsEzcER reporter was sent 70
the scene ard he las. night ssns the fellow
ing account Of the accident:
yzw CasYIK, WISH. Oct Especial
a dust explosion occurred IN breast
thsrty-tise. Gffh level east. OF the Coal
Greek mines Of the Oregon improvement
Company this afternoon At O'Clock, with
the result that one miner Is dead and ten
are severely burned, two probably fatally.
The explosion occurred ~ the hour when
the second shift changed for the third
shift and. all the miners being in the gang
ways. the fatality Was slight The dead Is
GKonsx PAKafsH. Engiish. aged 10,
driver.
The two probably fatally injured:
DAvTp J. LrnYp. aged 80, WEIGH. mar
RED. two children
CnssLrs GILEs. colored, aged is, trapper.
Seriously injured:
GgonsE Doasos, single, aged n, starter.
IBoxAs Pirrs. single. aged D. Irish,
miner.
MAX Krsa. married, aged 10. two chill
drsn. Scotch. miner.
DAVID PowxLI. single. aged Is. WEIGH.
trspper.
MosKs HxERoIp. colorsd. married. aged
-. gangway.
w. II. HUsHEs, colored. married, sged
20. gsngway.
JACK PAufsos. single, swede. driver.
ALrxHr JxsSr. single. aged %, Swiss.
timbsrmap.
Others we're burned, and some " no were
knocked down by the force Of the expio-
sion are more or less bruised. Five mules
were burned to death and two or three
others will probably die. The immediate
damage TO the mine is slight and 1t Is said
that 500 will cover IL. The mine will be
In full working order in two DAYS.
THE EXACT CAUSE sor KNOWN.
No one seems TO know just how the ex-
plosion occurred. but IL is believed IL oc-
Cured in breast thirty-tive OF the east fifth
level, the indications of an explosion there
being very evident At the time OF the ac-
cident III men were At work on this level,
which Is the only one being worked at
present. and had 1t occurred little earlier
In the day, IL would have caught the min
srs In the adjoining breasts and the loss of
life would have probably equslied tina. at
the Franklin disaster two months ago.
The man who il supposed to be the
indirect cause of the explosion. George
pobson. 10 badly burned, aud he has ever
since been sefli-conscious and unable to
tel anything concerning how the accident
occurred. lie Was working In breast
thfrty-flve and had been sent up to lire q
blast lie left to do this, but whether he
did or not 10 not known. General Super
intsndsnt T. B. Corey, who came here this
evening from Seattle. talked with Dobson,
but could get nothing from him. The
buried man Was bathsd In linseed oil and
a cloth with holes for bis eyes aud mouth
covered his face. Superintendent Corey
asked where he was at she time of the
explosion and he replied In sn almost
inaudihlc tone. his words evidently being
uttered with much suffering:
II don't know: 10 all happened so
quickly; I'm burned eli over; did not
fire the olast"
lie had not been questioned concerning
the blast and tbs reply indicated that the
matter was preying on his mind He
would talk no further.
THE SCENE N THE NINE
Three o'clock IL the hour nj which the
first shift of men quit work, and also the
hour when the blasts In the breasts are
set. Consequently all of the miners were
out Of the breasts and we're making their
way along tho gangway to the bottom of
Tho slope. The 1T men were scattered
along the gangsay for 1900 feet, the
IF ha -
had already arrived at the bottom of the
slope and were waiting for the cars to
carry them 20 the surface, 1900 feet un.
Suddenly the men on the level were
startled by an explosion of great force and
every man was severely shaken up. OF
the sesenty-five men standing around
at the bottom OF the slope. 1000 fee,
from the breast. thirty five were thrown
against one another in a bunch and mos,
OF them were knocked down By It's force.
The men along the gangway for q 600 feet
east Of breast thlrty-hve escaped serious
consequences. the IRE travelling wests ard
with tho return air toward the bottom OF
the slope. The bank of hre shot along
the gsngway for about coo feet vest OF
breast thirty-tive. and its energies having
been spout died out IL was all over in
minute. and though the gangvay was
alled with dense. stiding smoke, the
miners from both the west and east ends
of the gsngway rushed in TO rescue such
of their unfortunate brethren as had fallen
victims.
FINDING rHE BRAD ASn INJURED.
The men were found scattered along by
the side Of dead mules and coal ears. all
PROSTATE with their faces buried in the
coai dust on ths track. Among the men
at the bottom Of the slope when the ex-
nlosion occurred was Joshua Parrish.
father of George Parrish, the dead boy.
The boy bad but . few minutes before
passed hts father driving mule into the
gangWay. Mhea The fire died out the
father rushed and sooa found h.s bow lying
beside a dead mule. while near him VAS
taaslss titles. the colored boy, who Is not
expected - live. The other victims were
speedily brought cut, al horriogy burned
seeui the head and face. the skin being
peeled asay from their face, arms and
hands aDa mo Si Of ;hem hee4lng The
anguish Of Joshua Parrish ~Aea lie found
his boy was hsAEsrendiag. Although the
eoy was aoE harmed as badly a. some Of
the others. he VAS qu3te aead 4Aea feuad
aud IL Is thought the force Of the explosion
Knocked aim against the car Asd. being
rendered UNCONSCIOUS. De Inhaled tAe
smoke aud Fsame and Was sutgocated. az
ths other saiured inca lord saa GILES
have not vet recovered consoles sassN.
Hsins explosion twa Years sgO, waea forty.
seven men were Killed.
The fetos OF she sapsesioa broke ogt two
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