The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-01-29
MINE EXPLOSION
KILLS NEARLY ZOO
Rescue Parties Are At Work With
Little Hope For the Miners.
ALL ARE PROBABLY DEAD
The Terrible Explosion Occurred In
the iIHrvicL Mine OF the
Allegheny Coal
at ChesvicL. Pa.

AAAnAAlHt IAN -DsTfIOm AL luIl
can be gathered. between $50 ard 1870
men are lying dead in the headings
and passageways OF the Harwick mine
Of the Allegheny Coal Co. at Ches
wick. tke result of a terrific explosion
Monday Cage after cage has gone
Gown into the mine and come up again.
and only n miner of all those who
Meat down 10 work Monday morning
mas been brought TO the surface. The
lescued man is Adolph Gunia. and he
Is sun in a semi-conscious condition
az the temporary hospital at the rude
s~choo.hOuse on the hillside above the
mine.
Mining Enginee- Taylor "a Victim.
In addition 10 the miners who we're
at work when the explosion occurred,
II is o believed by practically all OF
the men of the rescue party who have
come up the 220-foot vertical shaft for
a warming and a breathing spell. sh.t
Selwyn NJ. Taylor. the Pittsburg mi
ing engineer, who plotted the mine,
and who was the first to reach the
bottom after the explosion happened.
IS also now among the list OF dead. OF
those in the mine, all are probably
dead.
No Warning Of the Explosion.
The explosion occurred at 20 o'clock
Monday morning. and the first warning
was the sudden rumble underground.
and then a sheet Of flame followed ND
the deep shaft. Both tho mine cages
were hurled through the tipple. 20 feet
above the landing stage. and three men
on the tipple were hurled TO the
ground. A mule was thrown high above
the shaft and fell dead on the ground.
The injured men were brought ar once
to this city, where two of them have
since died.
No Means of RESCUE.
AS soon as the rumble Of the explo-
sion and the crash al the pit mouth
startled the little village. the wives
and children of the men below rushed
TO the scene OF the disaster. but to
gain no announcement There was no
way to get into ~, deep workings The
cages that let the men into the mines
and brought them out again when the
work was done were both demol-
ished.
Three Efforts NJ Rescue Made.
All day long there was a lam OF
waiting women and children about the
mouth OF the pit. There were calls for
assistane and for surgical aid from the
men in charge Of the mine. but il was
not until four O'Clock Monday after
noon that the first attempt at rescue
was made. This was a failure. as the
men who volunteered were driven
back by the foul air. Shortly after
i've, Selwyn NJ. Taylor and one Of his
assistants signaled for the engineer to
over them into the shaft. Taylor is
till down there. Three times efforts
been made 10 reach him. but so
ar without avail.
Late Monday night Manager Scheetz +,
elegraphed to Chief Mine Inspector y. f,
Roderick at Harrisburg as follows: !
Two outside men died OF injuries
evening. But one brought out Of ;
he shaft who is still alive. Rescuing ,
arty in mine. including Mine Inspect ?
r Cunningham. who will advise later" .
Extent OF catastrophe Unknown .
II +. Hutchinson, who gave out the :
C the miners before they went ,
0 work in the pit Monday morning. :
aid: :.
AT 7:30 o'clock. the time when the :,
blew and when everyone is :
opposed 10 be az work in the mine. :
ad given out between $50 and 100 :
="
That was one lamp 10 a man." >
"Yes." .
Did any Of those lamps come back?" !
Not one" !"
There is a light in every cottage in /"
le little hamlet above the pit mouth. :,
here Is still a crowd about the mouth ),
the shaft. but II will probably be :
before the full extent OF the ?
Itastrophe is known.