The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-01-29
EXPLOSION CII}
OFF 80 n
Two Men Dead and I'M,
terry Prevails Aba,s
Entire AHsir,

o0ul
Entire AHsir.
MULE CLOWN raonI
There Were 1850 Men i \,
Mine and Their Avenu. J,
Was Shut oH-Fstal 6,
at Another plas,,
Pittsburg, Pa, Jan % !,
Mccullough OF Cheswjck y
In the mine for two bo, saal
come to the surface and tai
ciated Press representa,ivuaa
opinion not one OF the mi,s.
IN the shaft at the time !, \
ion is alive. He thinks y \
eral hours before any ofih.a
pc brought to the surfaca
Pittsburg. Pa. Jan. s6.@Tt.
the rescufers an hour aso@ta
That many We're alive was y,
tered at 2:25, when the b0ds
Taylor was brought to ths A
had evidently been dead !.
hours and now hopes for IN
priSoned men have been ,hs,
The rescurers are beinr N
coated with ice, drenehed n
and unable to walk. Thev !.
the dead are scattered tbtse
the different headings. Wsl
pouring into the mine. INV,
corpses With a shroud Of ira
ing the work of rescue alma
sible. Afterdamp is now csit
Pittsburg. Pa, Jan. 25.-aa]
occurred in the shaft Of ii.
Coal company. near CheswiS3
the West Pennsylvania railw
cutting off escape of at LEAST
who were at work. Three
were badly burned and ons
Three injured men were nut
for Allegheny and one died \
to the city. When the exo]
Cured the conclusion was sod
a mule was blown out Of ona1
is not yet known what cavsa
plosion or just how it occur1
About 200 men were emma
mine, $50 inside and the REM
the tipple. The latter v
burned by the explosion, vi
with y loud report. and a shd
earthquake. The tipple was
the walls of the shaft filled n
and earth. completely cutting
Oh escape.
Just in what part of the Mi
ploSion occurred is not yet Ii
there is no means of kwj
many were killed. Unless lid
can be cleared and fresh ali
to the mine all will be dead
hours.
Gangs of men are at work
tempt to clear the entrance
the men inside. The mine Is
mile from Cheswick, and d
years ago. 1t is owned by
gheny Coal company. AT
one had been able TO desNII
mine,
Crowds Soon Gstha
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, b
no encouragement. There y
to get into the deep worsH
cages that let the men into
and brought them out again
days work was done we're b5
ished.
All day long there vas
waiting women and children
mouth OF the pit. There veg
assistance and for surgical
the men in charge of the nj
was not until II O'Clock tins
that the first attempt at
made. This was q failure,
men who volunteered wersd1
by the foul air. Shortly arg
Selwyn Taylor aud one o.
ants signaled for the enslAss
them into the shaft Ivy
down. Three times efforts
made to reach him. but 50
avail.
Thomas Wood, one Of the
rescue party hauled 10 'hs
his story of his trip throusa
He said:
bered over three or t9hf 4.
laid out the mine and seelas
the way. There was a mana
rnot of,bo shaft. He Tas&
then we took the mule paV
south level. We saw tWe
were alive. and not!fiea IA
us, then went en-. We PLY
fourth and fifth ileadiass
through an overdrift mo- "
I began to feel dizzy anu
I saw Taylor stagsef uia u
lantern fell. we tried 70 Y
could not carry him up anu
own way to safety. ~.
4. w. Cunningham, M ~,
spector of the Fourteen
reached Harwick tonisnl.
by an Associated Press
after his arrival he saia' avn
"The mine where the esp
place was inspected. 1 ll', aay
list OF December. IheLe ~
in there then, but he'l
the mine dangerous. i
The last inspection blanh
company's Office is date ots n
but it is evident that a ia's'
been torn off. cid
The little village o. dar.
been horror stricken all o usI
and relatives of the !
have crowded about ui nav
the pit, beseechins 10, iii witt
below, but only to mee ~ Il
sad answer: w do no. III &
W The ile'i little tile school house tas
pared as a morgue ana al
benches and seats na, ~,
moved, and eight glfls hpen1
class at the school have
as nurses. .,,,rd
Doctors have been s 4
the surrounding towns RIM
and Denny, and aiso iii
but nothing can be u ~
details come from the ia MS
Nj. scheetz, the I ~ !
mine, said last nlgnt press
tive of the Associates - M