The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-07-09
AN AWFUL HORROR
Macy kfist 3, tVlosios Of peiss
ITe Damp
AWFUL SCtNtS or SAD DISTRESS
fiunarsd, Killed without wsrsssg
and " ork of Rescue wss Nrry
Dafflcut MISTER

HzanA. wyo. sp~ciAi-HKnna Vas
the sc.ne O. . terrible disaster zi
10 90 n m whrn an cApiosion - nre
damp In mine 80. I. O.; The Unioa Pa
clar Coal Company suascd out The
lives uf .5s mcn. inlurci scoFra 80
Others ara caused The dssiructiua 90
n va, amount % pruvgty. Th" mine
Vas not nr~d. a. vas stated IN the
earlier reports. bat the eHPlusi"a ~.s
terrific and cutaPl~icly shattered ne
tluh.r of the main shaft and nun
crous entrances. nillnE the ~orAinx
with debris. and those of the miners
that were not killed. outright bY The
explosion were ;.uri~i alive.
The explosion Was heard for many
miles around ani attracted people
from the adjoining settlements. haE"
tirab.rs and railroad irun ~-rs hufi"i
eco feet from ia mo-th oi IA" shaft
Sprcrintendgnt T.. : Brooks ami
lar.c force % men b~gaa the ~Ofk ~
removing the debris from The hhAr
that they might reach the cntombed
miners Their progress into The mine
VAS blocked by tho foul gasca and
several times tAcy were forced TO re-
turn 60 the surface All day "a" rcscu-
ing pa-,y wurl q. the force being IN
creased from time to ,lrn" 10y the ar
rival a. ranchmen and others from
nearby settlements ana by those ~
a relief train sent out from RA~lins.
which rcachcd here at O'Clock In the
aftcrncCn.
About | O'Clock n n. four men were
taken out alive and = half hour later
thcy were followed by g. others Many
wcTl unconscious and had tn b. car
rled from the workings. Several are
In a serious condition. hut IL is bo-
licycd all will recover.
Two hundred and eighty-two men
went down in the mine NJ O'Clock
Tuesday morning ari up to late
hour only s. have been accounted Tor.
OF this number two are dead. IL VAS
some time aftc. tie explosion oc-
| CURED that the lIet man was brought
| to the sr-laCc He was followed by
| others until ! O'Clock. when the last
/ bf the IS was brought out The Teseu-
crs were unable 10 penetrate further
! into tho mine as IL was necessary 70
make mother opening To permit irehh
air TO reach the lower levels.
Horgcs and scrapcrs were put NJ
wu-k hauling debris away from tho
shaft. The work t5 progressing slow
ly. owing TO the narrow space IN
/ which the rescuers are compelled 10
operate. but by daylight tho mine
| should be open sufficiently 20 permit
| OF deep explorations nnd the rescue OF
the dead bodies. Late at night party
| cf rcscuers reached four mules that
were alive and this caused renewed
hope. IL f. "A faint hope. however. Tor
experienced mine bosses and miners
say that when the Imprisoned men
are reached all will be found dead
Some OF the miners who escaped said
they saw 20 dead bodies IN entry No.
! II. They reported that many OF the
men were crazed By the explosion and
ran hither and thither in the mine.
Many OF thesc cou d have escaped. but
they lay down. buried their faces In
their hands and gave up the light Of
the 23i dead about l15 were married
and leave large famIlies. About loo
were Finlanders. 80 were colored ana
the rest were Americans.
The Hanna mines are among the
best on the Union Pacific system. be-
Ing established in 1878. The town
was named for Senator Marx Hanna
when he was a member OF the Union
Pacific Coal Company. Mine No. ] II
practically a new property. IL has q
entries, Is miles OF workings and
main incline shaft Of one and one
half miles in length. The mine haa
been recognized a. dangerous property
for some time on account Of the large
amount OF gas. but the system cf ven
tilation has been so good that an &C
cldent was not anticipated.