Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-11-30
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Fatal Fall Of Rock in
a Mine.
SIX MINERS KNOWN TO HAVE DErN
KILLED.
CRUSHED TO DEATH.
ALL OF THE noDIEs OF THE DEAD
MEN WE'RE uoRnInLr
MANoLED.
Several other Men Are Eutombed in
the Mine and supposed
so BE Dead.
CRUSHED TO DEATH.

Carmel. N. Y, Nov. 2e.-An accident
resulting in the loss of thirteen of four
teen lives occurred a, the Tilley Foster
Mine little after O'Clock this after
noon.
Foreman Pat Murtha was descending
into the pit to take the time OF the
men when vast avalanche OF rock
and earth fell into the pit.
The earth crashed over the men with
tremendous force. Out of one gang OF
eleven only Ave came out alive ind
three OF the men employed In another
gang were taken out dead. among
those killed are:
a. GORMAN, foreman.
PATRICK II. MURTHA. foreman.
JOHN FAGlN. boarding house keep
err.
THOMAS DENNIS.
JAMES SMITH.
AN AUSTRALIAN. name unknown
AN UNKNOWN. received a fracture
of the skull and will probably die
The names OF the others killed RE AZ
present unknown. superintendent
Thompson took charge OF .sarcning
party and up to o'clock Ave dead
bodies had been brought to the sur
face. Murtha was taken out alive, tut
died fve minutes after he was taken
home. Darkness stopped the work OF
rescue and II VIII not be until tenor.
row morning that further efforts will
be made TO clear away the ruins.
II Is thought that all tho others In
the pit are Italians and Australians.
There was some difficulty In Identify
ing the bodies. owing to the -trrlble
sguremont they h.i undergone.
The accident occurred Mt riley Eos
ter. a small town located near Carmel.
The flrst intimaton to those below
was the low rumbling sound which
preceded the fall of the mass. but the
shock came 20 suddenly that few were
able to reach places OF snfety. Half
dozen of the workers who were d.
rectly under the place whore the mass
fell were buried under the 'ons of
debris, one of the first to he brought
to the surface was Foreman Murthn,
He was found near the top pinned
down by a huge piece of rock. The
him to the fresh air, but he died al
most Immediately. Murtha's wife
with those Of other unfortnnates, stood
at the top OF the slope while the res.
cuers were at work All OF the bodies
were horribly mnngled. One by one
the bodies were brought out and carried
to the carpenter shop, whore an awe
stricken crowd of people looked on.
Five men succeeded in getting away
by running. Five Italians also got
away, One OF the Italians who came
down on the cable car for the purpose
OF rendering assistance was killed by n
second fall OF rock. Despite the danger,
Patrick II. Kelly and John McGinn de-
seconded the mine In another car. They
succeeded In organizing the frightened
men who had not been killed outright,
secured help and commenced to re-
move the bodies. Mike Choselcy was
removed to his home suffering from a
fracture OF the spine. Patrick BURNS
was also taken to his home. Both will
probably recover. The bodies said TO
be In the pit are those of:
JAMES FOX.
BACHELOR DIETER known rs James
SMITH.
JAMES CLARK,
4 STRANGER who began work on
November 10. and
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The accident In supposed to have
been caused by the heavy rains, which
opened crevnsses In many places The
mine ~ owned by the Lackawanna
company OF New York and Scranton,
| Pennsylvania.