The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-01-02

ham county sends THE CAUCASIAN
the following verdict:
VERDICT OF CoRoNERs JURY.
That Charles Poe and other miners came
to their death by an explosion in the Cum
mock Coal Mine December 18th, 1895, by ex-
plosion of gas; the cause of said explosion
being to us unknown, it being shown TO us
that the mine was in better condition than
usual and was well ventilated"
The above is the verdict of the
coroner's jury which investigated
one of the most fearful and horrible
disasters that ever occurred in North
Carolina. This was an explosion at
the Cumnock coal mines at Egypt
in nathan county. 1t occurred at
nine o'clock q. m. on December 10Th
and forty-three lives were lost in the
calamitOus occurrence.
| Several of them were negroes and
foreigners and the rest natives of
North Carolina. Several had fami-
lies living at Cumnock. Eight of
the dead miners were from Pennsyl-
vanla, and expected to spend Xmas
in that State visiting relatives.
A quantity of dynamite was IN the
mine and exploded, wrecking coal
cars and splitting massive pieces Of
timber into kindling wood.
Mothers, wives, and sisters were
around the mines all day weeping
and wringing their hands with grief,
expecting every minute to see life
less forms of some loved ones
brought up. The coal mines are the
largest in North Carolina. They are
owned by the Langdon Hennesy
Coal Mining Company. The mine
consists of four tunnels and is 45O
feet deep.
At seven o'clock a. m. slxty-seyen
men went down in the shaft to work,
and only "a of them ever returned.
The scene was indeed a pItiful one.
. Women who were in the morning
happy wives were at evening widows
and their children orphans. Six
men of the twenty-four who came
back from the shaft are more or less
: wounded, and it is thought tvs oil
possibly three of these may die.
The correct list of the dead is a!
follows:
,t
:, Frank Mckay, Irish, sc years OLE
leaves wife and one chill, from
8 Ramey, Pa.
: Thomas Tubby, American, 30
n single, from Ramey, Pa.
e Mike Bently, English, 45, wife an,
s two children, from Pennsylvania.
Ned Bently, English, 20 years
single, from Pennsylvania.
NJ. II. Quinn, Irish, 40, wife, from
from Ramey, Pa.
Will Mcdonald, American, %
from Iron'on. Ohio.
. Counts Poe, %, wife, Cumnock.
Henry Morris, 50, wife and 81
children. Cumnock.
i Dan Morris, l6, single, Cumnock.
John Monroe, 10, single, Cumnocl
Lucian Holland, 2G, wife ard on
child. Cumuock.
Wright Tyson, 30 wife, Cumnocl
=, John Toolery, late arrival, res
)! dence unknown.
Charlie Poe, &c, wifn and two Chi
r. dren Cumnock.
III John Odry, 80, wife and tire
children, Cumnock.
!" John Males, 81, English, frol
Langdondale, Pa.
Atlas Andrews. wife and tire
he children, Cumnock.
III Jesse Lambert, wife and six chi
IL dren, Gulf.
IN John Shamberger, German, wifi,
e; from Trenton, Ohio.
ia Joe Schmidt, German, late ariv;
= from New York.
of John Gunter, wife aud one chill,
of Cumnock.
be Charles Starke, German, Ne
e York.
or Bennett, Polander, new arriv
OF and thought not to be his real nam
~ New York.
en- en- The colored victims of the diss
90 ter are as follows:
AS Walter Horton. aged 80, vii
nv Cumnock.
CASTOR Lambert, wife and t,
he children, Cumnock.
Tor Jack McIver, 20. single, Cumnoc
ng Will jenkins, "a, wife and o
I've child, Cumnock-
r Jim Reeves, Is, single, Cumnocl
for Love Schenck, 81, single, fro
adj Concord, N. C.
tut Lewis White, 80, wife, Gu