The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-04-02
FURNAGE HING fit PITTSBURG
Detuge Of White Hot Ashes Causes Death
Of Sixty Men and Seriously In
juring Twenty Others.


Sandoval. Ills, april 1.-Five men
were killed and four fatally injured
by an explosion in the coal mine here
yesterday. The dead are: Frank De
Wis, l.. +. Lamay, Dominic Barlottso,
John Gachenis and Joe Beanca. Fa-
tally injured Newhouse. Hen
~ Wheeler, Charles Lewis and Will
lam McFadden. Seriously hurt-Frank
Day. Three of the dead men leave
families. N
Somebody Seems at Fault
The accident is said to be due to an
accumulation of gas in the mine from
imperfect ventilation. and coal dust
which had been allowed to gather two
feet in depth in many places. The
force Of the explosion wrecked the in
terror of the mine, destroying trap
doors and knocking down props. The
coal shaft is the property of the San
doval Coal company, of which 7. S.
Marshall. of Salem, is the principal
stockholder. The mine recently suf-
fered from a tire in which al the frame
work was burned to the ground with
a loss of about $4,000.
SIX Dead and Fourteen Hurt.
Pittsburg, April IAN accident at
furnace of the Edgar Thomson plant
OF the Carnegie Steel company at
Braddock yesterday is expected to
prove one of the worst in the history
of the plant in the number Of deaths
resulting. Twenty men were injured,
six of whom are dead and ten are in
the hospital and not expected to recov-
er The other injured went to their
homes and are suffering from painful
burns.
The dead are: John Smith, John Bo-
lou. Andrew Brabae, Joseph Pelar.
John Skotak and John Pelar. Serious
ly injured : George Kodok, Michael
Stevoko, Michael Skunder, Andrew
Berrits, Joseph Bobon, Frank Sebula.
Steven Be 5on, ]. Sebula, Michael Mil
Ter, Joseph Bubolona.
Caused by a "Hang."
The accident was caused by hang"
in the furnace dropping and forcing
largequantities of white hot dust down
q large pipe into pit where. the men
were at work. The victims were
caught like rats in a trap, without
means of escape. and all were burned
and blistered over their entire bodies
and large strips of flesh peeled of
their bodies when they were pulled
out of the pit by fellow workmen-
The cries Of agony of the victims as
they writhed in the lava-like stuff
from which they were vainly trying
to extricate themselves could be heard
for nearly block away.
Riches In This Invention, Too.
If a furnace Is working well and
making regular casts there Is no blast
furnaceman in the country who can
tell whether that furnace will "hang,"
and cause an explosion. If any inven-
ton could be brought forward that
could forecast "hangings" 1t would be
the greatest invention in blast furnace
history and would save many lives as
well as much loss to blast furnace cor
porations-
Killed In m Artillery Drill
Washington, April 1.-The overturn-
ing of q heavy piece of artillery in
the drill hall at Fort Myer, Va, dur
ing the regular drill of the Fourth bat
terry Of field artillery. commanded by
Captain Stephen NJ Foote, caused the
death Of . corporal and the injury of
three other soldiers. Corporal Chas.
]. Slavin. of Washington was crushed
to death beneath the wheels. The in
jured are-Frank w. Reilly, England,
confusion and abrasion of right
groin; Elmer Wehn. Baltimore, slight
confusion Of the back Of the neck;
Matthew e. Duncan, Brooklyn, both
legs bruised.
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