Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-09-29
JT0NDED II A NINE
aventv Men Caught by a
Gas Explosion.
IGur WE'RE hILI.rp OUTRIGHT
Managed II Escape. or Ner,
re.cned-rearfui Scene After
the Explosion.

was Sta
said III
|ermase brownsville, Pa. Soy. -".->eveuty
ere all su were enJom bel '"iAy III tie Em-
r. mine OF 9no" len. coH.i K Co.,
y 10 u e.iourth Of mile >e.eN ;t"u. as the
withOu l.ult OF an explosion OK -. followed
ver anothr explosion ~ nre-,'Amp. Ot
~ suited Ia number euto@at''' "t escaped ~
Oeatn ere taken cut ny r'S'iin- parties eX-
kpt eight, who Wee N'..ei outright,
care nj three more or IS hurt. The
'as absoI lad are:
receive John HalSton' miner a-el 50. col
'ney do red; leaves VIZ 1'' ."' ~ siren;
kalem Halston, uiie'' Ms brother;
'Ver. lykobert Darid>or' "-'.rr' ''hN Ben
lo thei} lett, driver; "l.lliA f'i;.A"'d' miner;
Henry HaeAT' l-'Ne'' e. Naft:!Ia'.
~ said} miner; james ila4. miner
Inc .NJ"l
more nner; John b"A''. siS"'.y burned,
oetol| and Samuel NJ !N'EFT. t.'' % The bead.
pefhaps| The explosion = SA'] '' nave Teen
TENDED aused by tie '-7'>r.''- OF Large
eApeH. block OF Goa. Wl.e'+ eAel IpcAes
that of gas. '"'t.! '''i'" lnI TIE eX-
~ thal Iplosion OF gas t-eFe "a' second oN-
'ulaoyIplosion Of hre-a-,. 1-e'e We're ~
nc lace men at work Il lA' '.''-' AZ i-e titae
eace I Of the disaster az. IL "fS' II >tVi2el
s an impossiol.'tT Ilt a,N 81 HE = men
in mines No y al. 80. I'D. where the
Of H.. explosion occu! re- to r>Ha!e' -Four
men-JacoOs' JAWS " 4'e''seA AMI
Ger. Walker, vino Were near me entrance.
Dels.| manage 70 crA"' OAK t'' '"e Others,
orders with the exception az nose caught -
Sugar the iallns coi1' estap'i pF faNefslns
ge of mile and max oi underground pas
lew OIL sages, coming ons al the entrance near
ptapI Lynn station. 4A's point Is four miles
oth.l from the opening ~ tue mine
'ease. Just above Tie entrance 70 the nine
ut Oh there is an aitltcla! plateau n against
The the hillside. rom the edge ot TIE
Ill 5. plateau good view oi the track Lead
port. inc to the mine Gould &c had. Here
,nce, women stood W7in=iHs their hands II
aiken anguish, weeYins ard "ai!ing. The
re. hundreds Of people realized that they
,out. stood at the ent'anea Of a living tomb.
st tc It was seveia. hours later tina, the
few linking OF 'Ae e-et'iic DELL IN tiie EN-
the gne.house announced that train Of
was coal cars was coming from within.
the The scene o! the disaster IS more than
dge amile from The entrance. The cars
was are takeL IL an OUT oy means oi heavy
ken iron cables. wrapped ana unwialped
,On. by two large spoois II took about 10
minutes LOT !He MS. 'o1H ~ 'eacH We
and outside world
dis While the caofe was "ln1lhS TIE s1s-
pense oo'defei 90 the a"iul. No one
knew what vas coming, out ,eared the
worst, IN when there was no disap-
70, polntment. As one Of 'he st-osS H.
dlcated tnat 'ne 'oa1 "ouiH soon arrive,
Inc the suspense Cseame all 'he greater.
100 Here II comes was 81, Almost unani-
IA. nous whisper " hen me little train
in of cars emerge, shuidei vas visioie
Of in the crowd. r l's' mere came TWO
g. cars loade'l Win coal linen thfee
IN cars, IN each OF whIcA there were tWo
D. bodies. ID one were TWO orothers'
le side oy slae' ''ohn ahH 3aiem Ha!s.oh.
\. In the others were hootN DaVlo-on
10 and Jonn bennett !Ii'am fil,cAa'd
70 and Jenn OaItFl2hN James nan was
!. IN tle lss. cay
t. "nen the oPi!e- were Drought Up
Is nom the mines 'hey presenter -H"7'-