Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-02-21
coal MINE DISASTER.
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CSHLyIE. IN. Feb IA terrible
mine explosion occurred At the Osiin
eoal mine. Is miles eaS, % thiS city.
Friday. The furcr of the couesissiosi
was felt throughout town Il was fnl-
lowed by dcafcning rcpurt- The en-
giuser at the mine had goue horne To
dinner when the explosion occurred.
aud Il was half an hour before any aid
could - sent 10 the ssri miners cntornt t..si
in the bowels ofthe earth. Immediately v
after the explosion the mine caught
Gre and smoke rolled out frcn the
shaft a. II issuing from a huge smoke
stack. The residents of the town had
been appri>sd ~ what had occurred.
and soon the wives. daughters, moth
ers. bruthers aud fathers of the miners
began 70 congreEate about the shaft ~
the mine still no engineer came Tho
women beeame frantic. many fainting
on the spot
In the meantime the men below were
nearly snffocated wish smoke and Is
was decidedly a great rviief = .hem -
ses. the cage ninvc GA ifs upsvaiff rip.
oue hundred and seventy II ths. Hs-n
werr rescued by the citixsns ant the
miners felioN-wurlSmrn az the peril %,
their lives Tbs. trc still continued IN
ahatssi. AMI the remaining thirty men
in the miue were given up for lnSt-
These men were almost dying from saf-
focation in th,. bottom - th.. mime. but
by Z special act II Providence il seelns
the fire died out
\ searching party was sent immesii-
ately 70 the bottom There they found
the miners lying here and there uns-,sft-
sei1uS and nearly dead They were
piled MP like cor,ivOod on the cages
and quickly as possihle raised % tho
top Of the shaft, where they slowly
regsainsd consciousness.
The cause of the acrisEsnt was n pre-
mature blast in ROOM in the mine be-
ing worked by Luther wein,artner.
The blast ignited twenty five-p-iund
keG II powder. which exploited with
terrific effect The mine in the imnle-
diate vicinity was torn up in a terrible
manner. aud the twenty-five miners
working in the same rs-sm certainly
bad miraculous escape FROM death
\ relief train from Centralia carried
several surgeons IL will ~ several
days before the mins. can resume
operations Thirty miners were in
jnred in all Those most seriously
hurt arc-
f-uther Weingartner. burnt about
heal and face. has n large family. can
not live
John Tadlo..iS anil sau are both
burnt ah-lat the head ansl b.s.iy, little
hop..s % recovery, he alsp has large
I family
John Link. aged l. ysars. severely
hurut about b.-iy; viii probably ~
cover
I Albert Litti.. aged l. years. nearly
suifoeats,t and basiy burned. will re-
essTrr-
f James Saith. single. aged =. berns.sl
about face aud hansls, recovery doubt
fuL
EslslmaH Eahanlss. aged =. u1arriss,i.
E badly burned. NAV recover
f Alh-rt Jacobs. aged - married. seri.
eu~iy burned and NAV not recover.
f IN unknown man aged - YEAS. aud
another one aged about -. are alss,
1 fatally burned AMI can not live Thfs
I = a. fuli iis, q the in ju--d A. sould
I - secured II Is feared some have per-
E ishesi in the mine