The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-21
A mime HORROR.
At Least Sixteen Dead in ;
Wyoming Shaft : Ex-
plosion Did 1t.

EVANSTON, Wyo., March 21 iS95--A
large number of miners were killed and
injured by an explosion, which occtrred
at six O'clock last night in the Rocky
Mountain Coal and Iron Conlpany's mine.
No. 5. at Red Canon. Eight bodies have
been recovered. but some of them are
burned beyond recognition. 1t is
thought that between twenty and forty
miners were killed. The dead so far
as ascertained are as follows:-la anaes -
Bruce, foreman; VIM. Boilers, j., rope
runner; j. Clark, Edward Coach. head
carpenter; unknown man, o. B. Maltby,
Superintendent of motive power; Jerry
thought to be dead:-Wm. Brown, old
Mr." Burton, John Fern, Samuel Hutch
ison,- William Sayers, Sr., William Say
ers, Jr., Samuel Thomas and - Thomas,
son of Samuel.
All hope of rescuing anybody alive has
been given up. The death roll now num-
bers fifteen.
Superintendent Maltby died shortly af-
ter he was taken out of the. mine, as
did also Jerry Crawford 1t is thought
that Andrew Mason cannot live.
About $50 men are employed in the
mine, but most of them mad gone out
The covering of the slope ard buildings
at the mouth We're blown to. atoms. The
CONFLICTING RUMORS.
Reports are conflicting, even at this
distance of but five miles from the scene,
the destruction of the power house. and
CONSEQUENT fall of debris which blocks
the entrances and slopes.
The chief of the motive power, O. b.
Maltby. with J. Crawford and John Lamb
who were fatally injured in the hosting
house. have since died, and Andrew
Masch. another efaploye. is not expected
to live.
Owing to the uncertainty as to how
many of the $50 men in the workings had
gone out of the mine for the day, the
0f
catastrophe range from twenty to near
ly one hundred.
When the first two bodies We're brought
to the surface from not far down the
slope, by the rescuers VINO, had been or
ganized under General Superintendent
Bradley the throag dSa 9s relatives s. and ND
fortunates could possibly. be found alive
when reached by the rescuers.
SLOW WORK
The relief party was speedily at work
under Superintendent Bradley, but pro-
gress was slow as the foul air and after-
damp prevented ingress by any of the
several air or escape slopes. with which
a mine of this sort (ented.ing the hill
side at an angle instead Of by vertical
shaft is provided. Some three hours or
more after the accident. not far from
nine O'Clock, volunteers tried the main
slope and returned with two bodies.
bringing also the bad news that cave
ms barred further progress. This neces-
STATED laborious work removing the OBJ
struetions. as the main passage is some
1900 feet in length and has lateral gal
leries or drifts on nine different levels
each of which is from a mile 10 a mile
and half long. To reach this and dls,
cover If any victims were ei,5Ssl en51n3pea N. q
the stoppages caused by the caye-ins
following the expiossen;
As rniIsrs aEe N5ue y reasly r. tSaHI
at the hour of five 1t Is thought that
many may have been approaching the
main slope from the galleries when the
disaster occurred. Just before that hour
MANY ESCAPED.
lust prior to the blast number of
those that started at once for their
homes ESCAPED injury. in the flying de-
bris that followed the wreck OF the
hosting plant OF those N the immedi-
ate vicinity only one or two are known
to have escaped serious or fatal injuries
Clark and Coach were at the entrance.
to the slope. With them stood John HAM
ma, who worked under Coach, and all
though the others were killed, he es-
man named Baker who had came. out a
few minutes earlier. Baker was hit by
a fiving beam which killed Jerry Craw-5
ford. an employe under Engineer Maltby.
Evanstown for doctors and help, drew a
great crowd to the mine many OF them
CRYING aloud for Information about rela-
tsves employed below. the surface, for
the explosion had, shaken the whole
town, and the terrible truth was dread
ed though not fully REALIZED,
OTHERS MISSING.
In addition to the eight names hereto
fore reported as believed to be dead IN
the mine. the following are reported
Wi William weedup. George Hardy. John
Feeby. William Langdon and - Lang
don (son Of Wslltam} John Martin, Jr.,
John Dexter, Sloan. George Hyda,
a. Butter. John Lock. John Criscflley