The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-29


the Wives and Children and other
Relatives o1 the Men in the Earth
Brave Lads TO the Rescue-The
Results Up TO an EearIy Hour This
Morning.
WILKES-BARRE, Penn, June IS.
While ninety miners were at work
in the Red Ash vein of the Twin
shaft, at Pittston, about o'clock this
afternoon, the roof caved in and it is
believed all Of the men persisted. About
forty of the imprisoned men were
English-speaking miners, the others
foreign The names are:
Nj. j. Lanigan. inside superintendent,
married, 40 years old.
NJ. J. Lynott, inside foreman, mar
ried. aged 43.
Alexander Mccormick. aged ~.
Thomas Murphy, driver boss, aged Sc.
James Costello. married, q.
Michael Caughan. single, q.
John Hart, single, so.
James Daley, single, 20.
Michael Cornell, single, 81.
Daniel Ward, single, 80.
Frank hehoe, single, 16.
John Kehoe, married. 40.
James Mcdonald, married, So.
Ed Delaney, married, IS.
Cornelius Mcguire, married, 81.
James Golden. married, "a.
Michael O'Brien, married, IS.
Michael Hughes. married, S5.
Ed Kilday. married, Sc.
James Burke, single. 30.
Patrick Ruane, married, 40.
Thomas Tenpenny, fire boss, mar
ried. "a.
Thomas Gaffney.
John Gaffney. married, IS.
Thomas Doirg, single, 80.
Anthony Kane single, "a.
j. w. Murphy, single. %.
James Wall, married, IS.
owen Lee, single, %.
Anthony Gordon, married, IS.
Thomas Wall, single, is.
Dominiclz O'Malley, single, so.
Peter Martin, married, 35.
Michael Ford. married, so.
Timothy Durbrick, single, &c.
Thomas Carlin. married, 2S.
Patrick Gibbons.
John Oberle, married, 80
Peter Joyce, married, 81.
Daniel Gavin, single.
John Gill. single, So.
Patrick Boland.
Anthony Jordan, married
John Ho.sten, married, Hungarian
laborer.
Joseph Durenda, married, Hungar-
ian.
Tony Tollasl0i, married, Hungarian.
Pete Savoslzi, married. Hungarian.
Andrew Slovinsl1i, married, Rungar-
ian.
Iunanian Maskovite, married. Hun
garian.
John Cadamiski, single, Hungarian.
THERE ARE OTHERS.
Aside from, these there may be other
English-speaking miners among the
unfortunates. Thirty Polander5 and
Huns were entombed and it is thought
the total number Of bodies in the mine
will reach 100.
The men were at work propping up
the roof when the fall occurred The
alarm was Immediately given by the
ringing of the fire bells. and rescuers
we're put TO work without delay. AT
O'Clock this afternoon the first bodies
were found in the slope some distance
from the place in which the men had
been working.
More than twoithirds of the victims
were married men. Among them were
Acting Mayor Lanigan, who was in
side superintendent of the mine. and
j. H. Lynett, a ward councilman
About two weeks ago the surveyors
reported TO General Superintendent
Law that the mine was Squeezing
and that unless steps were immedi-
atefy taken 10 timber it a caye-in or
fall might be looked for. Superinten-
dent Law lost no time, but at once
put a number of tinlbermen at work TO
brace the falling roof. The squeeze"
continued, however, and yesterday the
SITUATION BECAME ALARMING.
In the afternoon a slight fall occurred
the p-6r. Of H. =
TO retreat before 1T. A consultation Of
mine officers was then held, and it
was decided that heroic measures
would have TO be reSoIted to to prevent
heavy damage to the mine. Inside
Superintendent Lanigan gave orders
that the most experienced miners
should be secured and that the party
would go down the mine at O'Clock.
Expert timbermen put in an appear
ance at that hour and were soon low
cred into the workings. They made
their way to Road Ash vein, $50 feet
down the slope. The work of propping
proceeded rapidly until IL O'Clock,
when another fall occurred. 1t made
e. low, rumbling noise and the flying
coal and debris drove the men back.
-iIen the squeeze" ceased, again. and
the inen thought it was safe TO resume
work. They labored on until $3.50
O'clock. when, SO it is presumed, the
ROOF FELL IN WITHOUT WARN
ING,
making a tremendous crash. 1t is sup
posed, however, that the men were
not all together, but some were near
the slope. and these probably ran I'D
the incline when the fall occurred.
This is the only way the finding OF
Mayor Lanigan's body in the slope can
be accounted for. If the men received
any warning they had: time to run up
the slope. but not TO any great distance.
The falling rock ard coal filed I'D the
slope and the adjoining gangways,
completely shutting off ali avenues of
escape. It was at first supposed the
men escaped being caught, and that
they We're imprisoned behind the de-
brss. but the finding OF the two bodies
would 60 to disprove this. 1t is still