Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-06-12
.I.N|||ANI 4 4 PERISH { 4 NINE
Seventeen Persons Perish as Result Of
xplosion ii Nine }at est New N
I. ton, Fennsy sylvania. 58. 5sa 35S
Rescuing Party Attempts to Reach
N Imprisoned Men and Meet Death Il
NJ ID the Mine n I! ;5 + SSs55s!
General Superintendent McCune and
Superintendent Allison are Among I
,,3&ss the Victims. 2.7 2f s

West Newton, Pa, June 12.---Time
only adds horror to the disastrous
mime 4expl losion which occurred during
The evening at No mine Of the Pitts
burg Coal company at Port Royal
Three men were rescued and II 9TH
sers y are irnprisone in the burning
mine. n When the mine was reported
at the Offices of the company here to-
be on fire Division superintendent
William M cC Cune and w n, Allison of
this place started for the scene. 'They
entered the mine with Fire Boss John
Keck,} who carried an open lamp.
Three iexplos ions olloWed at intervals
of a few moments, the large fan being
Inadequate to counteract the rush Of
Ifiredamp. Many of the miners escap-
ed, but: latest reports state. that Nc.
Cune Sand Allison, with Is miners, are
beyond reach Of rescue. Even we're
there a bare possibility Of rescue, the
men are located over a mile from the.
bottom OF the. pit. Since the efforts
of the third rescuing party, which like
previous attempts was disastrous, no
effort has been made to reach the men.
and no further attempt will be made
until Mine Inspector Callihan arrives
from Conn nellsville j. The 4 wives and
children of the missing are gathered
about the mine shaft. waiting for news
and appealing to the men to rescue
their loved ones. ga s. s. 5g x
Explosion Was, Terrific. Il 4s.s 5Z5s:%5
Not a practical miner in this dis
trict believes that one OF the II men
entombed ii the Port Royal mine by
the, explosion Is still alive. There is
no fire in the mine, to Judge from ap.
pearances at the pit mouth, but the
force $of the explosion was SO great
that none Of the men, SO the miners
say, could: have survived the shock.
The complete listSof the dead is: III
William McCune, general superin-
tendent;: John Keck, mine boss; Will
fam Allison, superintendent; Daniel
Alsop, mine boss; Thomas Labin, Mi
chael Roy, Thomp Gleson, Chris How.
ellis, Anthony Steckles, Frank Daven-
port Taylor Gunsaless, ST., Taylor
Gunsaless, III. John Stacle, Peter Nc
Candf John Burke, George DAILY, Ber-
nard Ball. :* 5'=s = ~
William Nj Cune was superintend-
ent OF the Port Royal district, compris-
ing 1--WE mines. He was q large stock
holder ii the Pi ttsburg Coal company
and his family lives II, a handsome
residence On Vine street, West New
ton. 81 William d lIison was Sa second
cousin OF Presiden Mel Kinley. 4 N .s5! !$aa
Early in the morning Harry BeYer-
iage and two miners, three Of q res
cuing party that went into the mine
to bring out their mates who were en-
tombed, were sent I'd the McKeesport
hospital. Beveridge had both hands
broken and the other two were badly
burned & $s5s s= r 81
Inspection Party Goes Down. s
AT s. a. M an inspection party went
down into the mine through the shaft
$on the Baltimore and Ohio side Of the
Youghio ogheny river. 1t is their pur-
pose to penetrate as far as possible
Isto locate the dead bod les, with hardly
d hope sof finding anyone alive.
IL Il0 l<tltS III UOtu SndAUo VI TANOs - ~
ling On the north side Of the river,
were started up to clear the mine of
smoke. Are damp and the afterdamp
Eremaining from the expl plosions. The
Iexplosions are imposed to have oc-
cslrred between entries 20 and %,
900 feet back from the shaft. M
The disaste eli occurred about is in
the evening All plosion was heard
Iby men at shaf No. q and sudd denly q
lcIoud OF smoke burst from the mouth
Iof the shaf II Is known that An
Ithony stlckle ohm PEBBLES George
DAILY, Frank Dayen nport and James Set
Ter were in the mi ne. A searching
party composed of supe erintenden Nc
SCune and nine others went down shaft
No. Just before they lowered the
hell was rung II ON he foot 5of the
Ishaft The cage was already down
and # vas brough d M ith set1ersin
it. The reseuing party then went
down Nothing was heard of them
and ia an hour anothe heIs rescning force
lied by James Bail ley and M rilIian Will
I8iams IRE bosses ). syere llet down the
shaft
Rescuina Party Entofabesis
They had grou ped heir way about
200 feet when two xpiosions were
/ heard la rapid d successio ion Fhe shaft
lamps III the han dis of Baiiey and