The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-01-29

NDout
Entire Aasir.
MULE BLOWN FROM
There Were 1850 Men 4 y,
Mine and Their Avenu, y
Was Shut oH-Fstal sssl
at Another Place.
Pittsburg, Pa, Jan, a
Mccullough OF Cheswjck ~,
In the mine for two how,
come to the surface and ta;s
ciated Press representatiya n
opinion not one of the nina
..ie '!aAt az the time Of II
ion is alive. He thinks i NJ
eral hours before any ~ ~
be brought to the surface
Pittsburs. Pa, Jan. 2s,-Th.
the rescurers an hour ) y
that many We're alive was ~,
tered at 2:25, when the hoa.
Taylor was brought 10 tia a
had evidently been dead -
hours and now hopes for tbs1
priSoned men have been aha,
The rescurers are being IA
coated with ice, drencbed &
and unable to walk. Thev :,
the dead are scattered th,S1
the different headings. Wan
pouring into the mine. eay,
corpses with a shroud Of ice
ing the work of rescue alma
sible. Afterdamp is now coli
Pittsburg. Pa, Jan. 95,-An
occurred in the shaft Of the
Coal company. near CheswleI
the West Pennsylvania railrr
cutting off escape of at Least ,
who were at work. Three ii
were badly burned and one
Three injured men were nut
for Allegheny and one died a
to the city. When the emf
Cured the conclusion was so
a mule was blown out of one
is not yet known what causa
plosion or just how 1t occurr
About 200 men We're empsJ
mine, $50 inside and the REM
the tipple. The latter NJ
burned BY the explosion. vii
with a loud report, and a sho1
earthquake. The tipple was
the walls of the shaft filled 4
and earth. completely cutting
Of escape.
Just in what part of the mid
plosion occurred is not yet XII
there is no means of kneI
many were killed. Unless the
can be cleared and fresh air
to the mine all will be dead
hours.
Gangs of men are at work
tempt to clear the entrancea
the men inside. The mine Is
mile from Cheswick. and op
years ago. II is owned by
gheny Coal company. At
one had been able to desced
mine.
Crowds Soon Gather
AS soon as the rumble Of
sion and the crash at the
startled the little village the
children Of the men below
the scene of the disaster, ba
no encouragement. There Es
to get into the deep worsl9
cages that let the men into
and brought them out again
days work was done were N
fshed.
All day long there was
waiting women and children
mouth of the pit. There werd
assistance and for surgical
the men in charge Of the m
was not until II O'Clock TINS
that the first attempt at sd
made. This was a failure,
men who volunteered were %
by the foul air. Shortly afssf
Selwyn Taylor and one Of =
ants signaled for the englnes1
them into the shaft. IaY9
down. Three times eiiosts y
made to reach him, but 80 y
avail.
Thomas Wood, one of the 4
rescue party hauled to the ~
his story OF his trip tbfousa
He said:
II was with Taylor, ana
bered over three or four ~
laid out the mine and seelas1
the way. There was y ilail ..
foot of the shaft. lie va ~
then we took the mule pau
south level. We saw w
T,a,,a a1i,sa ana notified thGs
us, then went on. We passe
fourth ana flth headings
through an overdritt mo lhs
L began to feel dizzy ana slsa
I saw Taylor stagger and
lantern fell. We tried to las
could not carry him up ana
own way to safety
3. w. Cunningham, us
spector Of the Fourtseha
reached Harwick tonlghs =
by an Associated Press iep'
after his arrival he SAD i,
"The mine where the essG
place was inspected. | thlna.
list Of December. There. Nss
in there then, but ! news
the mine dangerous. n
The last inspection ianh ~ H
company's Office is datea AZ
but it is evident that q lats
been torn off. c..;,l
Hartwick Rorror-ouW
The little village Of ~
been horror stricken all yam
and relatives of the ens Il
have crowded about the :, y
the pit, beseeching Q ,,,i1h
below, but only to meet IN
sad answer: I'VE do nol h ~
we find him we will SEM has
The little school house h nSs
pared as a morgue anu II.
benches and seats hase ,a,
moved, and eight girls n haend
class at the school nave
as nurses. .,n,moa
Doctors have been SUN
the surrounding towns .nm
and Denny, and also mi
but nothing can be d on
details come from the q
Mr.. Scheetz. the map n
mine, said last night, Y! 1,rsss.
tive of the ASsociateu md