Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-02-26
BLEW UP THE MINE
FriqhtfuI Explosion at the Vulcan
Works in Colorado.
EvER Y MINER WAS KILLED
Forty Five Staiwart Men Crushed by the
Uphenyal of Earth and Rock
Below.
Den yer Col, Feb. IA special to the

Den yer, Col, Feb. 1s.-A special to the
News from New Castle, Col, says:
An explosion occurred at the Vulcan
nine at IL o'clock this morning, which
was the most disastrous ever known in
the HI story OF this camp. Tonight doz-
ems OK homes In our little city are des-
slate because of some loved one-father,
hVsba nd, brother or son-who this
morning left their homes with not
thought OF danger or the awful death
that DO surely awaited them. and are
now lying lifeless at the bottom of the
vulcan slope. All business Is practical
ly suspended, every one is dazed at the
awfulhess of the sudden disaster. No
warning was given the peaceful vii
layers until sudden report, as from a
hundred cannon, resounded throughout
the valley, making the earth tremple.
People rushed out of their homes and
places of business to see what had hap
pened, and one look toward the Vulcan
mine was sufficient, for a dense cloud
Of SIN PIKE issuing from the mouth Of
the slbps met the eyes of the gazers
and told the tale of death. throng
glance was enough to dissipate any
hope for the lives of the entombed men.
The force of the explosion had caused
& cave+in and the tunnel and air courses
were filled with the fallen rock, earth
and tihbers.
Both fan houses were wrecked. and
the slope and vicinity were so full Of
debris and the gas was so bad that
1t was hard and dangerous work to
begin the rescue. Nevertheless, will
ing hands were soon at work and five
men went down as far as possible to
ascertain the condition of the slope,
and found 1t such that 1t will require
much labsr to regain the miners Ihe
Eas was 80 bad that after the party had
gotten 400 feet they were compelled to
rscede.
The Consolidated mine shut down I'M
nediately upon hearing OF the disaster
and sent their entire force of $50 men
to help rescue the unfortunate ones.
The construction OF a temporary fan
house was commenced at once, and the
work Of pumping fresh air into the
mine will soon begin. 1t is hardly pos
sdbie that any of the miners are alive,
The only man who got out OF the mine
at the time of the explosion was Ed
welch, who was near the mouth OF the
tunnel, and was blown out, his skull
being fractured, face badly cut and
burned and all the hair burned from
his head He was breathing when found
but expired shortly after without show
ing consciousness.
Two Young miners, Tom Connolly and
James Petrie, met with narrow es-
~apes. Their eyes becoming sore they
suit VIC rk in the mines, and had just
emerged from the tunnel when the sI-
plosion occurred.
The following are the names or the
niners known to be at work that can
he obtained up to this hour:
THE DEAD.
WILLIAM HAGERTY.
JOSEPH DORR.
ABEL DORR
WILL DORR.
JAMES HARRISON
THOMAS LARIGAN.
GEORGE WARD.
EDWARD WEIGH.
JOHN FUNKE.
EMIL FUNKE, Is years cid.
CHARLES MERCHANT.
TOM ADDISON.
LOUIS CINOTTI.
FRED RODANKSKI.
PETER PATRICIO,
DAN MORRIS.
FRANK TOSSIo.
GABRIEL GLEECE.
BAPTIBTE CHOWCHETT.
AUGUST MATHEVB.
JOHN SCHAIFE.
ALEXANDER SCHAIFE.
PHILLIP BACHA.
PETER BECKER.
FERD SIGINUND.
ANTONIO PATRICIo.
JOHN PASTORIO.
JOHN COUGHLAN.
WILLIAM WEBB.
DOMENIC MATTENO.
SAM JONES.
FRANK MCOURTY.
BOB C0TTLE
ALECK RENO.
FRANZ SIMONIc.
ROBERT sETIGER.
JACK JENKINS,
DONIC0 OZELLO.
JOHN QLENo.
JAMES FRAEGNO.
DOMINIC ROSETTI.
PETER TAPPERO.
ANDRE w ROLLANDO.
PETER MAGENTO.
ANTONIO. MARITIME.
DAVID j. EVANS.
RESCUE WILL BE FUTILE.
AS sooH as the news of the explosion
reached New Castle, superintendent r
Blount closed the mines of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company, and taking In
all the miners, left for the Vulcan mine
where ali are actively at work alding
In the attempt at rescue.
There are two shafts in addition tC
the one IN which the explosion took
place. In the upper Of these two the
rescuers are in about 800 feet, and 1t ID
thought that air can be forced into
some Of the rooms, but none of those In
the mine have come out, and il Ia feared
that this is conclusive evidence that
all are dead.
The coal fields in which the Vulcan
mine is located have been troubled with
subtsrranean fires for many years. In
many PLACES over a distance of eight
miles smoke has issued from creyiees
in the roc Ks since the country was first
known to white men, and in later years
more thar one valuable coal mine has
been dest foyed by fire breaking into
the workings.
FORTY. EIGHT VICTIMS ALL TOLD
Vulcan Mine Officials Have Checked TT
the List of Oe8d.
New Castle, Colo. Feb. 19.--The prin-
eipal work at the wrecked Vulcan
10 ~, g.,