The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-24
THIRTY-TWO MINERSKILLED
FIREDAMP WRECKS THE BRAzNELL
MINES At UAIoNToWN, RI.


Night and Entered II on inc n"oks-rhe
Foreman Was Delayed and Then tho Ex-
piosion Camc-Grsnt Mass OF wreckage.
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OSioSTo"N. "a. Dec. 2o'-Ihe most serious
explosion IN 'he history OF 'ne COKE tek'on oe-
eurr"u at the brazhel mines at o'oo eioek
tnis morning. In when thfV-two men iost
.neir lives anu others were in!ureu pau'y.
rue nine 10 wreck anu IL 10 'housn'
WIN na'e W peapahuoheo' ahe ueao 50 ,ai iueh
tineu are oamuei meese' uleRef' aeed %, mar
.,eu' anu iea'esaw he anu h'e chiiuFeh' h'oei.
meese. son Oh samuel Meese .rapper. aReo
-, "iinam lnomas' eager. aged d. 'ea'es d
Nne ana I'VE ehiiureh' henry mayer oisser.
aeeo 49, leaves wIe ana iour cnlicren hhuy
farooeck' aeea oo. siheie' NIKE farooecs'
aReu 80. single fete Laviskich' aReo ~
single Nike harsick. aged Il. single; George
hnarelko' Mike trohawl. george "arsik' fet
orls' george 'oVes. Joe hatyas' Joseph
Bocskay' John hokeish. Andy iominskl. Joe
rouolhski' Inc names OF tne other fourteen
men haa not oeen learned All put the 'hree
nfst-namsd are hungarians.
Ihirteeh men had oecn rescued py hiGht-
iah' ALBERT meese was taken out carry tn'S
morning out MS purhs were 30 sewers that he
dieu. Inc explosion was torrhc' inc mine
was ruined ana all the outside oui'dihss were
knoeked 70 pieces. me noise was hearu Six
an eartbnuale. A soon "A the result was
$500 ,hausara. ooLoa o. ,ha .o.na "a Al,
sho"n 'nousanus hookeu 70 .ne s'one' anu 10, ah
'ns a.. e'eas Ma. ne mes 81 So VIC, Sou'u
none o. o, tho d.ad bodies had been taken from
the mine.
The accident is attributed to a sudden ae-
cum ulation OF gas. Fireboss William Red
night shit and at 500 o'clock he discovered
four inches of gas in room No. 2 OF
entry No o. ne placed a danger signal
at the mouth OF the room. Another danger
signal had been placed in an old entry. which
wac SNOW 70 DC iui, oi gas heue'.no lei, tle
mine at o'clock and went to the office above
~, III. In,o.,io.,to, rha ,oI,a tora,,n Ia
~ ~, III. 'n'ee''ka''o"' ine n.ne ,'n -. 20
duty at /, O'Clock in the morning, but for some
~..son ~, ,ras taiara, an, ma 40, 20, ST.
~, Ne was us'ayeu anu u'a no' Ro' '"er'
,ao,cioct fnstnosr so,omon Nses a% v.s ON
duty at $500. but before he arrived II Is said
about fifteen men had been sent down. He
sent down four cages OF eight men each and
host. The signal RI came. and with it came the
IL 49, -.
explosion was 80 teTriole that ioT
una he was ualcu anu naraiy reaaa P
she s, h9ua.lo9 N nioiheh, az az was niIeu
MIL nv ueof ,, az. me s,'u,nx haek ohrhp
enn ~ "na casa VS. hrntn and hs osse
Sto,e y! o"s Saae was ot a., anu .no cane
SpSys was ,nrown t"Ti us o pIa re- feoat Two
hhnnurer yu az a ne rVo OF uhe enR x
Was on aho ZEN e, ,b ,i a,r1ss
". ,i 81 .ms r , az VIZ d ahd ,ne
snso,,to N. wore 'oth 'ooSo anu o'o"h
sruuunu nne s cnps ., ,o,ox an, ,.r. ,,. .,.
ME- ms a9d nane tns na =. IN,
n tbs az sSn, 100 sye tb 20 coysInS
which had been blown on and the iron stair.
Setb.r e' THsy founS the mn" mine Wi" wrecteJ Tho
snnnorts ~ ba,h ~, IL bad haan ,ovn ,rnY Y
suppot,s y" pon snass nsT Uesn ,opn awhs
b.t, tton, b.y dn.an ,nina,s "a a,apaiaa t ,n
sb. pt hai, an ns IA ~ @ 80, ,hnk 80,
Sin he go" conrse az 'wn hours naarIv iii tbs
,trtns rera s,so On Ton Thev tbnn nsda
.n.nk W." NJ h.n III gu tUv , III sth hns,
EvsyythInv was in :, chsotin cnnaition Tbs
~ - .nk r wos ~ .',,oa msa III, u t
ent ganoTsh.d y,,irn r. oas trom ,ho "h,n ~
doned rooms. cars wer. TANNED together and
.moonnu umt Y, ,h IL ~ : III w sn