The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-29
STORY OF TIE GREAT DISASTER.
Names Ofth Men Who Are EntOmbcd
in the Mine.

Names Of the Men Who Are EntOmbcd
in the Mine.
The most disastrous cave-in In the
history of the Wyoming coal regions
occurred early this morning at the
Twin shaft of the Newton Coal COM
pany at the Lackawanna and Blooms
burg junction. Pi;tston.
The number of the victims can not be
positively stated as all the bosses, in
Guiding General Superintendent NJ. j.
I.angan, are among them, but careful
estimates places the number between
seventy and eighty. about one-half of
whom were foreigners, whose names
1t is impossible at present to get. The
list of missing so far compiled is as
follows:
NJ. J. LANGAN. mine superintendent and
mayor pro TEN of Pittston, married
leaves wife and ten children; Il5
North Main street.
NJ. j. LYNETT. mine foreman, married,
seven children; ll2 North Main street.
ALIEN. MCCORMICK, fire boss, married,
ten children: IS Union street
THOMAS TENPENNY, assistant fire
boss married, three children.
THOMAS CARBON. assistant tire boss.
married. leaves a wife.
JOHN O'BOYLE assistant fire boss, two
children.
ANTHONY KANE. driver boss. single
THOMAS MURPHY, driver boss, wi
dover.
CONDY INQUIRE. track layer. married.
four children.
JOHN GILL. married, two children.
81,
ried, one child.
JAMES DAILY. footman. single.
MICHAEL CONNIE footman, single.
JOHN HART. footman single,
| NJ. GAITGHAN, footman. single.
JAMES GOLDEN, married. two children.
JAMES WALL, married, eight children;
and son Thomas.
JOHN KEHOE, married, six children; and
his son. Frank.
EDWARD DELANEY, married, four chill
| dren.
PETER MARTIN laborer, single.
MARTIN GILBRIDE, laborer, single.
| DOMINICK O'MALLEY. miner, single.
JAMES MDONALD married, two chill
dren.
THOMAS BARRETT miner, single.
JOHN AND THOMAS GAFFNEY. broth
ers. former single, latter married,
seven children.
PETER JOYCE, laborer, single.
PETER KELLEY. laborer, single.
JOHN SYLVESTER, married, three chill
! dren.
PATRICK COSTELLO, miner, single.
y. f. O'BRlEN, wife, no children.
| TIMOTHY DERRIG, laborer, single.
PATRICK RUANE married, seven chill
| dren.
JAMES BURKE, laborer, sing,e.
MICHAEL BURKE. miner. single.
EDWARD KILDEA, married, TWO chill
| dren.
THOMAS DEWIG, laborer. single.
ROBERT HASTON, master mechanic,
single.
DANIEL WARD. machlnist, married, two
children.
ANTHONY TOLLASKI, married. one
child.
ANDREW SLOMASKI, married. two chill
| dren.
SIMON MAsCOVITZ, married, two chill
| dren.
JOHN CANDANISH. single.
ANTHONY GORDON. footman, single
OWEN LEE. door boy.
DAN GAVIN, miner, single.
MICHAEL FORD, miner, single.
JOHN O'BOYLE, laborer. single.
IL. w. HART married. three children.
JOHN HOlSTRICH, married three chill
| dren.
JOSEPH ZURINDO, married, five chill
dren.
HOW ESTIMATES ARE BASED.
1t is known that a gang of twenty
six Polanders and Hungarians went In
at midnight and that fifteen or twenty
others were on the early shift. 1t IL
on the strength of this information that
the estimates of the total number OF
victims are based.
That all the bosses and such a large
number of men were at work at this
tine Is accounted for by the fact that
there was a bad "squeeZe' and effort:
were being made to prevent 1t from
reaching serious proportions.
The fall occurred in the sixth OF
lowest vein commonly called the Rec
Ash vein and the Squeeze the fore
runner of fall, began Saturday morn
ing.
Operations were at once begun t.
prop up the working" roof and 1t wa.
continued all day. At 7.3O o'clock II
the evening night shift of thirty mel
went on to continue the work of fight
ing the squeeze. About II o'clock /
became so bad that the men could no
work except in spells and as a genera
cave-in was threatened unless heroi'
measures were taken 1t was decided t.
send for reinforcements.
Messengers were dispatched for Su
perintendent Langan, the bosses an
| li,,in obi 10 IN hn mi M
How many responded to this call Is nc
known. as the foreman who took thei
names went in with them. carrying tn
time book along. The engineer, job
Ford, says that he did not take par
; ticular notice of how many he let dowr
, but is quite positive that there wer
over thirty.
J ONLY ONES WHO ESCAPED.
OF all the men who were In the min
at the time the only ones who escape
were the water boy, Frank Sheridan
. who was returning to the nen with hi
two pals of water; John Kicker, a driy
er, who was hauling out some car!
Jacob Adams. car runner, the pump
runner, who was at the foot OF tn
shaft, and couple Of miners who re
: fused to work any longer on account {
, the danger, and who were on their wa
out at the time of the fatality. One {
these was Michael Hughes. who's
, brother, Edward, is included among tn
victims. All the rest are either burie
: beneath the fall, or, II they escaped thi
which is not likely, doomed to an eve
! more terrible death, as their egress
blocked on the one side by the fall an
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