The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-18

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up against the hillside. and to the rear
Of an unused mill. 50 that the lamps Of
the rescuing party after they came out
Of the bank furnished the only iliumin-
alton outside. save for the rays Of the
moon.
Pumping Air.
Finally about II O'Clock It was decid-
ed by Mayor Sweeney. Fire Chief Cline
and Chief Of Police clemans, all OF
whom were present, to use IRE hose.
and the Injection Of fresh air into the
shaft IN the hope that the foul air
might be elected. and thus make II pos
Slble for the rescuerB 10 reach young
Campbell. Chief Cline at once went
about making preparations TO do this,
and called by telephone for the hose
wagons Of the Eighth Ward. Ylgilant
Atlantic and Niagara ere companies, In
all about $500 feet Of hose.
This hose was laid from the Belmont
blast furnace at the foot Of Twenty
sixth street, along that street to and In
TO the mouth Of the coal mine. It re-
quired 200 feet OF hose to cover the
distance from the furnace TO the
800 feet additional had been laid in the
mine, making in all $500 feet Of hose in
use. or seventy-two sections Of fifty
feet each.
Another Victim.
While these preparations were being
made, another searching party was or
ganized and sent into the mine. In
the party were Joe Griffin, John Run
and Charles Seamon. These penetra-
ted the mine TO the distance OF about
1900 feet. Before reaching this point
they had encountered the bad air, and
Il was with extreme dimculty that they
were able to Withstand its effect FL
nally at the point mentioned Seamon
fell 70 the ground and was unabls to
rise. His companions were a short dis
lance in the rear at the time and found
they were unable to reach poor Sea-
mon. Though they made desperate eff
forts they were finally compelled by the
foul air to retreat to the mouth OF the
mine.
been claimed was received with dlsmay
by the large crowd that still remained
at the mouth Of the MINI. In q short
time a rescue party was formed and
sent into the shaft. but they were com
PEELED to give up and retreat when they
had nearly reached poor SeamoE, They
saw his senseless form, and the miners
lamp he wore was still pickering dimly
Another Attempt
After the FIRE hose had been intro
duced 900 feet into the shaft 1t was dis
covered that 1t had been put In wrong.
and each section had to be turned
around in order to make the connection.
This consumed much time. and 1t was
not until 1 o'clock this morning that
everything was in shape for the air to
be turned on. The air did not come
very strong. and II was deemed advis-
able TO allow II to pour into the mine
for nearly half an hour before another
attempt was made to reach Seamon
and young Campbell.
At 1880 o'clock a party of six men
went into the mine. composed Of Bert
Mercer, a South Side mill worker;
James Bailey a South Side produce
dealer; Joe Griffin, n steel worker; a
man named Worls, from West Wheel
ing, and Mr.. Scott. coal miner from
Bridgeport, the latter acting as the
leader.
Bodies Recovered.
At 4:l5 o'clock this morning the
searchers in the mine reached the bod
les Of Charles seamon and Willie
Campbell. but were compelled to return.
They asked for six volunteers TO assist
them In returning Into the mines to re-
cover the bodies. Senmon's body was
found lying across Campbell, as, II In
the attitude of reaching for him. The
reason the searchers asked for aid was
that their search had completely ex-
hausted them. The response for aid
was immediate, and six volunteers went
into the mine and brought the bodies
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