The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-06

but Foreman Gibbons declared vester-
day that he expected that the animals
could be liberated today.
The cave is said to have resulted from
the supports of veins and 8, the lower
ones giving way. The supports. ii is
said, We're weakened by the rains of
late. and then, too. the opinion is eX-
pressed that it was the result of "a cave
in the adjoining workings of the PENN
sylvania Coal company. where the sup
porting pillars We're in a very weak
state
NAMES OF THE MEN.
The men who had such d narrow es-
cape from being walled in, are:
JOHN GIBBONS mine boss. =,
MARTIN WALSH. driver boss.
W. KNOX, company hand.
PATRICK LARklN, miner and two lahorrrs.
PATRICK TIERNEY. miner, and two lahorers.
THOMAS O'HARA. miner
HENRY BERNllARDr, miner
WILLIAM KElLOW. Ebo'rr.
PATRICK M.ANDREW. driver.
JOIN DERIG. company hand.
PETER WALSH, miner and two lahorcrs.
MATTHEW GRIMES. laborer.
WILLIAM uELLANAN aborer.
JOHN CUNNINGHAM, hborcr
JAMES PHILLIP. miner.
BEN LlTCIIlE and two abolers.
MIKE DEMARkO, miner.
JOSEPH SABlO. laborcr.
WILLIAM NEALON, company hand.
THOMAS GRADY, company hand.
EDWARD BuRGE. company hand.
MICHAEL llEENA miner. and laborc,.
PATRICK DOTGIiERrI, miner. and laborer.
The Nay Aug colliery was opened
more than thirty years ago by the
Roaring Brook Coal company, and
about twenty years ago was aban-
doned. 1t being then thought that the
supply of coal vas exhausted. The
Nay Aug Coal company was organized
about five years ago. and work was
again started. A breaker and Washerv
was built and since then hundreds of
thousands of tons of coal have been
taken out of the mine. w. j. Hand is
it's president: c. Il: Bradbury, secre.
tary and treasurer. and j. q. McAskie,
the general manager.
FISSURES IN HILLSIDE.
Yesterdays cavein scanned the en-
tire hillside with gaps and tissures.
There is one long continuous seam
about two hundred and fifty feet in
length. and ranging from two to three
feet in breadth. while for fully four
acres the effects of the collapse Of
the roof is reflected on the surface by
pits and holes, and Jagged stretches Of
broken land
The surface presents general sunk
en- appearance. and the ma ajority of the
men employed at the mine entertain
the opinion that it will not be in con-
dition for continuance of work for
between one and two weeks.
The exact damage sustained by the
company has not yet been definitely
ascertained as veins Nos. , and 3 were
yesterday still inaccessible and the
amount of the cave in these workings
could not be aScertained. The fam
house at the opening into No. . vein,
sustained the brunt of the first fall,
the shock blowing off it's roof.
The company authorities We're un-
able to give any approximate estimate
of the loss and declared that any fig
ures would be impossible until entry
could be made into the two veins. The
extent Of the cave in No. | vein is
said to be about three acres. Presi-
dent Hand yesterday said that too
much credit could not be given to
Foreman Gibbons. whose cool headed
ness kept the men together, and pre-
venting any general stampede prob
ably saved all their lives.
WARNING 10 GIBBONS
The warning to Foreman Gibbons
shortly before the cave occurred was
given by two small driver boys. who
while at the opening into No. 2 vei..
felt the shaking of the ground and
workings, which resulted in their hur-
rying to the men in No. l vein, with
their warning message,
1t is said that the cave started in
the Pennsylvania workings Immediate
ly adjoining No. . vein. This was the
first of the Nay Aug veins in which
the collapse occurred, and as its sup
ports gave way it brought No, l down
with 1t. Gibbons and his men We're
working in No, | vein, about eight
hundred feet from the mouth of the
slope, the entrance to the vein. When
warned of the approaching cave Glib
bons directed his little band to with
draw as far back as they possibly
could, and thus they escaped the main
fall.
1t was about 9.25 O'clock when the
warning came. A sudden gush of wind
went through the vein, eXtinguishing
the miners lamps and Foreman Glib
bons Immediately perceived that some
thing was wrong. He left his men,
and ON walking towards the main en-
trance met the boys who came to-
wards him, calling loudly that there
was going 10 be cave-in at the vein
below.
Gibbons walked on a little further,
and then his own experience in mines
told him that cave was coming, as
he could feel the trembling of the walls
and the ground beneath him. He hast