The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1906-03-30

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\ The explosion occurred at 4:45
O'clock on Thursday evening IN
room No. 1S in what is known as
the. southwest section of the mine
and was eansed BY a misplaced shot
or what is commonly known as %
blown out shot.
The shot was placed by Joe and
james Maiicka and they were Killed
INSTANTLY.
Aceording4tos thes compan's' ply
siician,,here, the loss Of Life would
have Been comparatively small had
Il not been for the fact thatEhe for
eign tniners, impediatslyy q upon
Nearing the explosion left their
work work and made a dash for tie exits
of the nine. They plunged into the
smoke Misunderstanding the danger
and they became lost and died from
suffocation.a q 4,
The American miners at work at
| the time Of the explosion were more
cIcarheaded, and they waited until
the danger was passed before they
attempted tosleave. saSAse /.
r. Thomas Jones, one Of tho .yIneri-
cans who was killed, was d muh
driver and his body was fSnnd q
short distance from the mules. He
had been esphyxiated, as was. the
mules. His son, Charles ZONES.
was killed by theseaplosion J. c.
Ward, shperiptendcnt of the mines,
first noticed the explosion from his
work at the Office. There was q
momentagy change of speed 81, the
large fan which Supplies thu air to
the mine. The fan did not stop,
however, but after the first Stock Il
lis natural speed,s Mr..
Ward, noting this. thought that
nothing of a serious nature had oc-.
CURED and he was still at The Office
whnn~t the mine foreman, %. Woods,
came in and notified him that TIE
explosion was a serious one. They
Immediately reversed the current on.
The fan so as to make it exhaust and
force the foul air out of the mine
via the return course. &
With this done, he and Woods.
planned course Of action in order
to make the saving of life practical
and safe and to prevent the rsscueTs
from being caught in the after eS-
.plosions, which frequently occur.
Upon entering the mine The res
@'ine pcrtv f0up5 bodies sca.teTe1
e,.er 2 Il staneaof Eve hundred Feet
where they had struggled to reach
the open air.
There were nearly one hundred
and twenty-five men at work when
the explosion occurred. Thcle who
we're alive were taken out BY the.
first rescuing party.
At the time Of the explosion the /
motor car which moves the cars in /
the mine was almost at the extreme
end of the mine. Henry Jones' the
motorman, stated that he had
train of two hundred cars and he
Immediately made ia break for the
mouth Of the shaft i'm order 10 give
the men a chance TO have a clear
road to make their escape. The.
smoke was SO thick in the mine that
he could not seahis way and a short
distance from the point The ex-
plosion took place lhe run down
Adam Zincovich and killed him.
The funerals Of some of the VIC
Inns took place. saturday and others
will be buried torporrow. Collins
have arrived from Pittsbnrg and
nom GAINESVILLE o., and the bodies
ire being fast prepared for burial.
The officials Of The mine stated that
The bodies of the victims will be
shipped to any point their friends |
md relatUes desire.
General Manager Benz. Bissell, of |
Baltimore, who arrived here Friday,
stated that the mines will reopen
Is soon as the victims are buried and /
] report has been made on the acci-
lent BY the mine inspector. The
mines are not dsmaged to any great
sxtent and the repairs necessary wili /
% slight
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