The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-28
ALL THE MEN WERE WHITE
Most of Them Were Married
 and Had Families.
Flames Shot Out from Blast sne Ispited the Gas Formed sy
 Minute Particles of Coal.

chattsneosa. rean., May 2ss-A eDe- cisi from nayten, Tenn., to The xipnep says:
 At the Richland mine of tne DaStnp. Coal and Iron Ceninany. two n91Ieg from Dayton. q 4:so o'clock this aftoe- noon. terrific explosion sf sss tot1 by the collection of csai dust rsunito1 in the death of tweuty-one zaep. aI1 white, and most of them marrisd sad with families. f
 D<ad-T'om wSght. Dock Smith. w(l Matthews, Ben smith, Bailey enltis Tom wsflkes. Seefge Helmss. I. .. Gothsrd. Terry Smith. Ahs Gothar& Sam Burwisk. Jim Pickle. Wash 1yas~ ley. oscar Rodgers. Lewry Hawsiins, J. F. Walker. Perry Pope. Light Eools, Andy Medley. .Wiil Rose.
 Injpred--wiliiam Burehene. sr., VII. liam Burchens IT,. Beb walker. Hsv. F. M. ceols Rev. william Hale. Hark Hale. Arthur Decker. Ed crsig. J. '. Burwick.
 is known among miners as 'rblown biast.'' It is the custom of the nainerp to place blasts and fiHe them of at quitting time each afteaaooa. leaving the coal thus thrown down to be loe4- cd and hauled from the mine the next morning. W
 Accumulation of Cas.
 The RiehlAnd. mine Is destituts sf wster, and hence great volumes of nne particles of coal eust. invisible te q naked eye accumniate aE the roefG the mine. forming .. hishiy infIamnaa- bic sss, sub5ses ts sxpi6sisH if sxboaed to, ths flaues. This. aftsrrpoHsA sAt sx- actry s:s6 o'clock, dynamite sart- ridge was paced in position h one of the rooms for blast. The miners had just started for the mouth of the pine. The blast did not explode as fntended. buh instead iong flame shot out of the blast hole and isnited this accumulation of dust. Instantly q ter ..!!s!s .!ss!!s sszzis..sssiieea occurred, nRd seesn- ing mass of flame shot to the mouth of the mine and extended three hun- dred feet into the open air. scorchtngs the leaves from the nearby trees. There were thfrty-four men in the nins at the time. Four of these escaped with slight injury. Twenty-one we're killed and nine were terribly burned; most of them fatally. The fogce sf the exelo- sion caused great rnasses of coal 9n3 slate to cave in from the roof of the mine and many of the Inflated miEeEs were completely buried.
 Rescue Forces org4nixeds
 Word quickly reached Dayton sad rescue forces were at once oreaHtxed and proceeded te the mine. One by one the blaekened and horribly .iassig- ured bodies were taken from the de- bris and carried to the nnosth of the mine where they were loaded into q locomotive and earri sd to Dayten. Scores of relatives and friends g4ther- ed at the nouta of the mine and the shrisks of anguish as the fofnos et loved ones were removed, were heart. rendins in the cxtr ne.
 The two undertaking establishments at Dayton were turned intU DilrroVsed morgues where the mangled bodies were dressed Snd prepared for hurisi. All of the neu Smpioy.,e in ihis ana were residents of Dayton.
 The Rlshland mine is the proBerty of the Dayton Coal and Iron Cqrppaay. composed of Glasgow capitalists. The company operates an iron furnace at Payton ana operates ceof mines in connection herewith.
 ' December 2s. 1895, similar explo- sion occurred iA ,te Nelson mire; sit uated a few hundred feet from ~hsre todays explosion occurred, in which twenty-ersht miners were instantly killed.