The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-29

| was still caNing, even near the foot of
 the shaft, making it impossible to con-
 tinue the rescue without proping the
 ways, carriage after carriage of props
 was sent to the bottom. The props
 were quickly put in place and then l fifty men pushed their way to the foot
 of No. 3 plane, the scene of the ex- | tensiVe CaVe-in.
 Word was sent up that the mules at
 work were running about alive and
 this encouraged the belief that the ex-
 plosiVe sounds heard were due to no
 gas explosion, but only to the rush of
 air created by the sudden cave. The
 supposition that gas explosion had 1 occurred was, however later repeated
 emphaticaily by General Manager Law
 Later discoveries left no doubt that all
 the men were beyond immediate help
 All inside, it was concluded were most
 likely corpses.
 At o'clock tonight the outlook was
 as gloomy as it was early this morn
 ing. Mine Inspector Mcdonald was
 on the ground and went to the foot of
 the shaft, where he made a most
 thorough investigation. He determined
 that no rescue could then be made. The
 fan house of the mine suffered no in
 jury from the explosion. So far as 1 travel was possible the air current was
 perfect. The fact gave hope this morn
 ing that perhaps sufficient volume of
 air could be forced to the rear of the
 cave-in by sending it in a round about way. But this afternoon at a consulta-
 tion of the leading superintendents of
 LackaWanna and Wyoming Valleys it
 was decided that this idea was not to be banked upon.
 At this conference reports were made | by experienced fOremen who had taken
 part in the rescuing trips and the work
 done was fully endorsed. The fear was | expressed that possibly the Susquehan-
 na river near the cave was running in- 1 to the mine
 | The pump in this locality is under
 the cave and its work is entirely stop
 ped. At the meeting the possible num- Der imprisoned and mentioned, but 1 this is wholly conjectural, as all those
 from whom this information could be derived are in the pit below After a l thorough search it is believed the fol-
 lowing may be accepted as a reliable l list of some of the lost:
 M. J. Langin, mine superintendent
 and mayor pro tenn. of Pittston; leaves a wife and ten children.
 i M. F. Lynott, line foreman, married,
 seven children; Alexander Mccormick l fire boss, married ten children; Thomas 1 Tenpenny, assistant fire boss, married, | three children; Thomas Cardon, assist ant fire boss, wife; John Oberile, as- sistant fire boss, two children.
 Thomas Murphy; Condy Mcclure, married, fourzehildren; John Gill. mar | ried, two chi, Michael Hughes, night fire boss; married, one child; James Daley; Michael Connell; John Hart; M. Gaughan; James Golden, married, two children; James Walla, 1 married, two children; John Kehoe. married, six children and his son, l Frank; Edward Delaney, married four children; Peter Martini Martin Gil bride; Dominick OMalley; James Me 1 Donald, married, two children; Thomas Barrett; John and Thomas Gaffney, brothers, former single; Peter Joyce; Peter Kelley; John Sylvester married, three children; Patrick Costello; T. F. O'Brien, leaves wife; Timothy Derrig; | dtiICh lNtciIlC, IItCil llttl, SCNtI ttlli- dren; James Burke; Michael Burke; Edward Kildea, married, two children; Thomas DueWig; Robert Haston. mas ter-mechanic; Daniel Ward, married, two children; Edward Hughes, married, two children; Anthony Tollaski, mar ried, one child; Peter SaVaski, married, five children; Andrew Smomaski, mar ried, two children; Simon MascOvitz, married, two children; John Candan ish; Anthony Gordon; Owen Lee; Dan- iel Gavin; Michael Ford John Oberile; J. W. Hart, married, three children; John Histrich, married, three children; Joseph Zuringo, married, five children. The one or two mine officials that are left of the twin shaft at 9 o'clock tonight say it is hard to estimate the number In the shaft, though it is not less than eighty and may reach 125, The accident is similar to that at Avondale on September il, 1869, when 109 men lost their lives. The rescuing party has cleared away nearly 900 feet of the debris and is propping as it goes along The report sent out that the body of Superintendent Langin had been found is not true At this hour Lllelt dIe uO SlSIlS LII uilulllS tIlS iueil It may be morning before they can be reached.
 Sixty men from neighboring collieries have gone into the shaft to aid the res cuing party. The men are all eXDeri- enced. The work of the rescuing party is being pushed forward with all the rapidity possible, and very little is be- ing made known tonight to the out side world by those in charge. Some of the bodies may be found earlier than anticipated, and yet they may not be recovered in a week should the resCu- CTS encounter gas or further caves.
 Midnight-The rescuing party decid- ed that the best thing to do was to drive a gangway through the coal from the Clear Spring Colliery adjoining into the twin Shaft, when it is expected it will be possible to locate the entOmbed men. The work was at once begun, and is being pushed with all speed pos sible. Four shifts of men, each com prising five experienced miners and la borers, are employed in this task, which is expected to consume at least three 1r four days In the meantime the work will be pushed by the rescuers in the fatal shaft also. It is the opinion of the most able miners that it will take seV- eral days to find the entombed men.
 Wilkesbarre Pa, June 29.-At 12:30 a. m. a gang of men belonging to the rescUing party, who went in at six