The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-10
OF Many Miners in Coal Mine
Which Is Now
FIERCELY BURNING.
Severty.iive Miners Are Entonbed by
the Explosion in the Mine Which
Was Caused by Gas. The Wo.
meg and Children Uurge
4ho Men "a peScUA
the Men 70 Rescue.

says there are sixteen known deso and
seventy. FIVE men entonbed as recent
ct an explosion Of gas, followed bV fire
&c the West Ferk nine Of the Pocs-
hontas Colheries company Wednesday
hight. Thursdsy rescue parties en-
Geavored TO get to the entombed men,
but the hest is so intense 10 man can
get near them, and the whole mine Is
filed With gas.
Women relatives are crazed by The
knowledge that loved ones sre either
desc or dying, spur on the rescuers
and beg to be allowed to so in the
mine themselves. Three men were
brought from the bottom OF the shaft
where they were knocked ooT1 by the
exr:csicr, kut they ctu.o give &c &c
c, unit IS they were TOO fac from ~her:
tie. ,1Pi5sioi: OCCURRED.
a telegram f!cu the scene OF the
ezp!cs,cn says TIE vork OF rescui7e
hco!es trcm he NssE mine las beef
in rrc.r SIS since ssrly Wednssda:
night. Tee 61st res, &g party &c 6
into the nire was headed by Super
iLtencent William S. L=ckie. who Jocs
with rir JoE1 0 ham, ". 2 Talbot;
and J. T Brown This party aso
litt!s success, as three uemo oers werf
ey,tc,ne VITA ga~es, Oldham anc
B-oxn loving tlsis lives, and Talbot
te:ne brought OUT u.conscious
The zine vas tber bratt:ceo as the
resI parties progressed ano st eols
hyu; O'Clock p n they have Sbouf
reached the place OF the or;gin OF sSe
explosion. The body Of ooe ninsr oaS
been recovered Up to this hour. He l.
S. 3. Cock, who was WithiD 300 Zee
OF the outside when iourd and ne was
tire only survivor of the explosion 0!
1884,
A number OF bodies have been lccs.
teo By the exploring parties but can
uos be brought to the surface on ac
count OF the debris cccssioned By cha
ter. .fic explosion WEioh in soma
places has piled up ttnoers and Cir:
TO the height Of six feet.
There were supposed TO be some 50
OF so people in this section ct ahe
mines when the explosion occurred
but g;eater number Of them beina
minors, there IS 40 record kept o,
them, hence the trouble to state ex
act.y these that havs been Billed.
Parties cpm:rg to WORK Ihursds!
mcrnirc frcn tee Tug river, on ta'
West V.ssiuls SIDE Ut the mine, oiI
not kno~ there had been any trouoi.
in the mines until they ran into son'
bodies on the tracks, and some nules
dead With 3 man pinnso between
them,
Wt;le the force Of the < rlosior
was terrific yet the forenen VINO were
as the mines tfice did not know1
there had teen any trouble Until tht
men and mules failed to come cut 81
the time quitting wC-k. No re-
pcrt CT tie ,xllo<i.n vas he&io CT
IL outside I t the mines.
Supt. W. n. LecAie OF the mine
who entered the mine as one CT tbS
rescuine party, haG . narrow escspe
from death. he wss overcome by the
fusss aaG hao to Be carried out. Z
waro Jones, the inside mine FOREMAN,
l.dsthe frss rescne party and wnen
tEss psrtp failed IS return IL a reas-
enable time . second rescue party
under Supt. Leckie followed.
Two Ct Leckie's party, john o..
ram and e. SEowD, were cverco.as
o7 gas anu oied, and Leckie barely
sscs ped with his LIE. The third par
~ wse formed ard continued the
work. Mssnwhile the first party hac
1eached another entrance to tie nine
in safety and sent WORD over the
mountain announcing that fact.
All this time the work OF bsst5iclne
the nine, necessary fcr carrying oa
the work OF rescue, was being eff>c
lively carried on. SUme conlus1on
wss caused in the detecmir atlon CT
the exact number Of Een entcnoed
By the fact that when the e1p!osto-
occurred the exchange OF shifts vas
in progress, ADDED 10 which was she
fact tkar a number Of the nen es,
csceG from the Bug Fork entrance.
The scenes around the mine were
pit;fui. Relatives and friends gath
cred IL groups st the entrances snc
elsewhere awaiting tioirg Of the VIC.
Tins gave vent to their grief IS Cne
bodies one by one we're brought ou5
The authorities anticipated tie
fearful sxsent Of the csususlisies ot
orde1izgs carloads Of cch6ns and bur
ial supplies.
Mystery OF Aidnspper.