The evening times., 1901-06-11
THE PORT ROYAL DISASTER.
Twelve Coal Miners Missing and
Several Fatally Hurt.

JACOBS CREEK. Pa. June lit is
not yet known how many deaths have
been caused by the disastrous mine ex-
plos5on which occurred last evening in the
Port Royal colIiery OF the Pittsburg Coal
Company, six miles east OF West Newton.
There are fears that the list viii be a long
one. Twelve men are missing and are
supposed to have perishcd in the mine.
Several workmen are fatally hurt
The twelve men missing and supposed
TO be dead are:
FRANK DAVENPORT. aged t!frty-eight: mar
ricd: one child
ANTON sTickEL, aged thirey-efght; married,
one child
JOHN PEBBLES, aged forty: married, two chill
JEREMIAH DAILY, aged foFfy, single.
WILLIAM NcCTNE. superintendent Of the
mines Of the Pittsburg Coal Company, between
WILLIAM ALLISON, superintendent Of several
mines below West Newton
DENNIS WAEDLEY, pit boss Of Port Royal
mines
MICHAEL ROY, pit boss, at Euclid mines.
JOHN kECK, pit boss. at Barr mines
PETER McCANLO. bess driver, at Pert Royal
BERNARD BALL, loader at Port Royal. No ?.
An Unknown
Those known to be injured are: Arthur
Smith. pit boss, at Smithton mines, both
/ eyes destroyed and fatally burned; Fritz
krueteT, miner. both eyes destroyed and
! fatally burned: Harry Beveridge ma
chinist both arms broken and fatally
! burned
About o'clock. William McCune. Of
/ West Newton, general superintendent of
the district; Dennis Worley. pit boss of
the mine; Michael Roy. foreman Of the
Euclid mines, and several other bosses,
with twenty-five men vent down shaft
No l. which is Just opposite on the Bal
tim0re and Ohio side OF the River.
About three hours after the rescue par
ty had been in the mine, two more ex-
plosions were heard and it was feared
that all Of these men had met death, but
at o'clock this morning some members
of the rescUing party came out of the
mine They said that the black damp
makes work Impossible and they gave up
hope of finding any of the missing alive
William NcCune's hat and a couple of
his letters were found and it is supposed
that he perished in one of the explosions
that occurred after the rescuers entered
the mine
Harry Beveridge, Of the first rescuing
party, was brought up severely burned
around the back and had both arms
broken He cannot recover Frank
Stratton. almost sufocated, was brought
to the surface by the efforts OF a W.
Sweeney, an Office man.
The SatIse OF the explosion is not known.
Whep the day shift quit work at ! o'clock
yesterday afternoon report was made
that there was a squeeze in entry =. 4
squeeze is caused by the retaining timbers
giving way and allowing the passage
way to collapse. The night shift went to
work at the usual time, 5 o clock, and d
gang composed Of Davenport, SticzeI,
PEBBLES, DAILY. John Stacho and Law
renee Zetfer went down into the mine to
repair the squeeze Entry q is nearly
two miles from the mouth of No. I Port
Royal mine and about the time the re-
pair gang is supposed to have reached the
entry the explosion occurred.
Port Royal is on the bank Of the EeuSh-
iogeny River, forty miles southeast of
Pittsburg, and the mines extend under
the river bed. Seven years ago there was
a disastrous explosion there and the mine
caught fire It was nee cary 10 IN it
with water to finally gGt5ch the flames.
To do this hole was drilled from the
bed of the river. This IS now closed only
with plug which was arranged for such
an emergency as the present aad to
drown out the fire all that is necessary
is TO take out the plug and the water Of
the YoughiogeLy will rush in, but this
will NOT be resorted to until all the men
in the mine have been recovered or known
to be beyond rescue