The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-03
FIRE IS NOT
YET EXTINGUISHED
Discovery That Coal Is on Fire Ia the
Won Storch Mine.
FIVE OF THE VICTIMS BURIED
Funerals Were Attended by Large
Concourses of sorrowing Friends.
The Body of Moran Was Borne TO
Hyde Park Catholic Cemetery in
the Morning.-Other Funerals Took
Place in the Afternoon.

Burning coal was discovered yester-
day morning in the Won Storch mine
by gang of workmen who were en-
gagged In clearing away the debris of
saturdays disaster. The Diamond
vein in the vicinity of the place where
the hre is supposed to have started
was found to be red-hot and glowing
Tor a space of twenty feet and at sew
eral points small patches of coal had
become ignited. The work of master
ing this new danger was begun at once.
"A twin hose was attached to the
three-inch water pipes running down
the slope from the breaker to the foot
and during all of yesterday the burn
ing parts were flooded with water.
Last night the work had been so effect
lively done that the fire was under fair
control.
The gang of fire-fighters experienced
not little danger in the work. The
sulphurous gases from the shoulder
ing mineral could be detected in the
greater portion Of the mine. Precau-
tlonary methods to prevent a possible
repetition of the Jermyn, No. ], mine
horror several weeks ago, by which
five men lost their lives, were adopted
by the superintendent of the coliery,
Finlay Ross.
CLEARING UP DEBRIS.
The work of restoration after the
great fire was somewhat retarded yes
terday because of the new danger.
Nevertheless, great headway was made
in clearing away the debris. 1t is es-
timated that 5000 car loads of dirt from
the falls in the mine must be removed.
The dirt is being dumped along the
left bank Of the river. Already heap
of slate and rock and coal, 300 feet
long, twelve feet high and fifteen feet
wide has been banked up. This track
Is being extended as the mass accumu-
lates. Two gangs of men are at work
on the debris-one in the mine and one
outside receiving the loaded cars on
the plane and sending down "empties."
Another gang is engaged in erecting
new pillars where old ones were burned
out. On the grounds about the breaker
several massive piles of huge tree
| trunks are scattered about. 1t is
| thought that the work will be COM
| pleted in two weeks time.
Chief of the Fire Department p. ].
Hickey visited the mine yesterday and
offered the services of the department
in the work of fighting the burning
coal. 1t is not likely that the depart
ment will be called upon to assist.
Six hundred feet of city hose is still in
| use in the mine.
Chief Hickey yesterday secured the
safety lamp" of the dead fire boss,
| Thomas Hill, as a memento of the ex-
citing catastrophe. The lamp, which
was found where the dead bodies lay
on the Diamond plane, shows the eff
| feet of the intense heat to which the
| poor fellows were subjected. The gauge
of the lamp was melted so that the
metal was formed into a solid sheet.
FUNERALS OF VICTIMS.
| Yesterday, While men were falling
| and men were rising in battle of life,
! five collins were laid away in five new
made graves and another chapter in
| the history of coal mine catastrophes-
that Of the Won Storch mine horror
was concluded. The body of John Far
rell, the sixth victim. was buried in
| Hyde Park Catholic cemetery Monday.
! Yesterday Themes Hill. the fire boss
John Mcdonald, company hand: Thom-
as Padden, company hand; John
! Walsh, company hand and John Fran
els Moran, driver boy, all We're given
to the eternal sleep, so terribly begun.
The funeral concOurses in every in
| stance were large.
In the morning ut 10 o'clock the fu-
neral of young Moran took place from
the home of his parents, 1912 West
Market street. 1t was the largest at
tended Of any. A high mass of requiem
was sung in Holy Rosary church.
Burial was made in Hyde Park Catho-
lie cemetery. In the afternoon the re-