The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-02
HORRIBLE ACClDENl'
,.,nr CAVES IN THE "'lN2"
" BARRE REGION.
r,t,mbcd. and it is Eel''|e"
Ware crushba to Death ny the No"' w.,
,,, wives and Mothers WA
crief-Mattcrs in Mexico

T., o,d # is believed al OF tue
men persisted. About forty " WV 1.-Two
,,rrroned men We're Eag'ish-7peaN'As
miners the others foreigners ..:
Mare than two-vhirds of the 'lc ',
,,.ro married men aud leave 1ahn''e''
.norg them were Acting Mayor Ian.
ean. who was inside superintendent "a
ths mine, and J. p. Lynot. a "aFo 'ouD
Gilman. rav,r.
Aho,,t two weeks ago the surveyor,
r.norted to General SUPPLEMENTARY.
NV that the mine was squeezing anu
H. unless s.eps were Immediately tax
.n IN timber a cave in or a ran "'s'ls
y. ,ooxed for Superintendent La"
Asst no time but at once put a nu'''o'
men at work 20 brace the dal'ns wv,
1,ne "soueeze" continued, however. anu
SATURDAY. the situation became alarm
,ne In the afternoon s'isnt IAN -.
,,-r.d and the men who were at woSA
mad to retreat before It. A consu Ia
ton Of mine officials was then nelo anu
- voa decided that heroic measures
wou,d have to be resorted to to prevent
heavy damage to the mine. lns1ue or
aarintendent Iangan gave instructions
THAT the most experienced miners
u,o,,d no secured. and that the party
would go down in the mine at A. w.
Expert timber men put in an appear
ance at that hour and were soon low
ered into Nhe workings. They mace
their wav to Red Ash Vein, 1900 feet
down the slope. The work OF PROV
ing proceeded rapidly until Ill O'CLOCK
Saturday night, when another fall o.
curred Il made a low rumb.ngnoise
and the flying coal and debris drove
the men hack. Then the Squeeze
ceased again and the men thought it
WIS safe to resume work.
They labored until 3 o'clock yesterday
whan, 50 it is presumed, Inc ROOT TEL
IN without warning, making tremeh-
dhus crash. 1t is supposed, ho"e'e''
mat the men we're not all aogether' p'':
so,oe near the slope. and these proDa-
,,y nam I'M the incline when the fall
occurred. II the men received any
warming they mad time to run up 'nt
aons hut not to any great distance
-, falling rock and coal filled up the slope
and the adjoining gangways, complete
: w shutting off all avenues OF escape.
Ii was supposed that the men mfgh
4 have escaped being caught in the ia.
and they were imprisoned behind w
g debris, but the finding of the two bodie
e disproves this.
d 1t is still possible that living me-
! NAV be behind the fall. Even II the
?, ascaped being crushed by the fallln
= roof the possibility Of their being ahv
l. for any length of time in a gaseou
~ mine is remote. The alarm was hrs
:" Given by Water Carrier john Sheridan
~ who. with William Reichard and Thon
~ rs Gil, were the only ones to escal
If VI the whole number who entered Tn
ts mine saturday night. He was on III
d, way up the slope to get some water IL
the men, and when about 100 feet fro
III the foot of the shaft was knocked COW
Id nv the conclusion. He was badly G.
lie and bruised by flying coal and rock. I
Id law unconscious for ten minutes az
OF then came up the shaft.
The conclusion was SO great that
Is was heard for miles around. The four
us datsous Of nearly every building in Put
es aton were shaken and windows al
doors ratified as in tornado. In u
ho,sss nearer to the mines perso
W, we're thrown from their beds.
rhe first Thought was that gre
Tin eartho,ake had occurred and the 1
,no hah;tants rushed ,pell NEIL from th'
houses. The ringing OF the fire be
,at and the checking Of the big mine VIII
IN t1a told the story. Crowds OF peoi
md rathered about the mouth OF the SIN
i and numbered thousands by daybre'
tild stalwtart men stood appalled,
ord frantic women who had husbands
me- eons in the doomed mine walled IN I
50, snair. One mother cried out that
/ SO had two SONS below. Another was
ms wife or widow OF some unfortunate
had nine helpless children at iho7
ko MANY kneM ON the ground and in Vol
anu broken with sobs implored divine pr
''es adence to restore their loved ones a.
'ou' When it was given out that there
eaI little or NO hope of rescuing the 4
49,. alive. women and girls tainted
,ror, were borne away senseless. The "
woe of rescu was prompt and efiiclent.
How NEST miners VINO remained on the
face Joined voluntarily in the hazar'
that task-for hazardous it certainly w;
orks, There was the menace OF another
;erly, or explosion Of gas damp. Specia
ride dorts were made to keep the air la
still good order, so that il by chance
men were alive they should have
pered air to breathe.