The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-29


Jssn Hart. single, aged % years,
James Daley, single, aged ~.
Michael Connell. single. q.
Daniel Ward. single. 81.
Frank Kehoe. single. 10.
john EehOe. married. 40,
James Mcdonald. married. IS
ia Delaney, married, SS.
Cornelius Mcclure. married, 81
James Golden. married, a.
Michael OBrien, married, 10,
Michael Hughes. married, 81
Ed kildAy. married. SO.
James Burke. single, 50.
Patrick Ruane, married. 60.
Thomas Tenpeuny, fire boss, Iuar'
Tied. "a,
Thomas Gafney.
John Gatnry. married. S6
Thomas Doing. single, 30.
Anthony Kane, single, 81.
J. W. Murphy. single, q.
James Wall. married, -.
owen Lee, single. p.
Anthony Gordon. married, 2S.
Thomas Wall. single, Is.
DominlcE O'Maliey, single. 30
Peter Martin. married, IS.
Michael Ford. married, 20.
Timothy Durbrlck, single, ID
Thomas Cardln, married. 2S.
Patrick IlnDuls.
John Oberla. married, S2.
Peter Joyce. married., y.
Daniel Gavin, single.
John GIL. single, ..
p $. Kelly. single, 35.
Patrick Boland.
Anthony Jordan. married.
John Holster. married, Hungarian Ia
Joseph Durenda, married, Hunsa-
Tian. -
P.te Savoski. married. Hungarian.
Andrew Slovinski, married, HunGa-
''iii; iananiau MaskOvitz, married. Hun
john cadamiski, single. Hungarian.
About twenty other Hungarinns and
p5landers. whose names could not be
learned.
wrLKEsBARRE. Pa, June 2s.-
While ninety miners were at work in
the Red Ash vein of the Twin shaft.
a, Pt;tston. about O'Clock this morn
ing the roof caved In, and 1t Is believed
that all Of the men perlshed. About
forty OF the Imprisoned men were Eng
Ilsh-speaking miners. the others for
r!gners. The names Of the former are:
II. J. Langan, inside superintendent:
II. Lynott. inside foreman; Alex.
Mccormick. fire boss; Robert Haston.
machlnlst: Thomas Murphy, driver
boss.
The following were miners:
Michael Costello, J. H. Kelly, Michael
Gaudhan, John Hart, James Daley
Michael Connell, Daniel Ward, Frank
Kehoe. James CIeary. Edward Buckley.
John Casey. Edward Rogers, james
Kehoe, James Mcdonald. Edward De-
laney. Cornelius Mcclure, James Gold
en-. NJ o. Beck. Michael Hughes. Ed
ward Kildny. James Burke, Patrick
Ruane. Thomas Tenpenny. Michael H..
Gaffney, Thomas Doing, Anthony
Kane, ]. ". Murphy, owen Lee, An
thony, Gordon, James Wall. - Wall.
mis- son; DOminick O'Malley. Peter
Martin, Michael Ford, Timothy Dur
brick, Thomas Dempsey. Thomas Car
lin. Patrick Gibbons. John O'Boyie'
Peter Joyce.
Anthony Gordon. married; John GIN.
single. John Gaffney. single; Daniel
Gavin, single; p 8. Kelly. single, thirty
nys Years old: - HOlstrlch married.
Joseph Zurlrdo, married: Tony Tollas-
II. married: Peter SaYusklz. married:
Andrew Slovinskl. married. Simon Mas
k1yltz. married; John Cadanizsky. sim
gle
English speaking miners among the
UnfOrtunates. Thirty POlanders ana
FungarIans were ent0mbed. ana II Is
thought that the total number OF
bodies In the mine VIII reach 10y
The men were NJ work propping np
the roof when the fall occurred, The
alarm was Immediately given by the
rIrgInr OF the FIRE bells and rescucrs
acrs put 10 work without delay. At
o'clock this afternoon the first bodies
were found IN the slope, some dlstanc"
from the plane where the men had been
working
Moro than two-thlrds NJ the victims
were married men aud Leave families.
Among them were Acting Mayor Ian
gan. who was Inside superintendent OF
the mine, and ]. II. Lyhott. ward
councilman.
About Two weeks ago the surveyors
Tnugrtsd 10 General superintendent
Law that the mine was "sqceZing,' and
that unless steps tw-rr Immediately
taken IN timber N cayc-in or fall
might be looked FOR. Superintendent
Inv lott no time. but At once put
number uf timbCrmcn at work 10 brace
tInucd. however, md yesterday the sit
uhtlon becnme alarming In the nftor-
noon n slight fall occurred ana the
mon who were NJ work had 10 rctrent
before n. 4 consultation Df mine On-
,.nlH was then held ana II was decided
that heroic measures would hnv" to
ra ras0rtei TO TO prevent heavy dnmngc
10 the milne,
How u IiHpprnrd.
Inside Superintendent Lnngan gave
lnrtructlgna that the most experienced
miners should bc occurred and that the
rnrty would go down IN The mine at
z o'clock. Expert tlmhcrncn put In an
appearance at that hour and were soon
lowered into the workings They made
I4llr way 10 the Red Ash vein. i,hGD
f..' down tho slope. Tn" work n prop.
ping proceeded rapidly until II O'Clock,
when another fall occurred II mndr
Hw. rurUliUE noise and tho Tying
cuul ana debris drove the mon back.
Then tho 'a1uccZ"" ceased again ana
IED man thought IA Wug g1fn 10 resume