Milford chronicle., 1906-05-18
MINERS CAUGHT
IN EXPLOSION
Careless Foreigner Caused Serious
Accident in Shenandoah COlliery.
SEVEN DEAD; A DOZEN HURT

Shenandoah City cOlllery OF the Pnlli
delphia & Reading Coal & Iron con
pany. accidentally let the box fall upo
the rail. The dynamite exploded wit
terrific force, causing a section Of tn
slopes roof nearly 200 feet long
crash down into the gangway, wher
90 miners were at work.
Ten who escaped injury from tn
falling mass of earth and stones wer
hurled from their feet by a second ex
plosion. due to the escaping gas com
ing in contact with the naked lights ol
the caps of the miners.
Fifty of the entombed miners wer'
rescued alive. They were mile inside
of the scene of the explosion and the
ventilation was not affected by the
black damp which accumulated in the
section Of the mine outside of the point
where the gangway was closed and
where the men We're killed.
The list OF dead will not be more than
seven. Five have been recovered. The
known dead are:
Anthony Pitcavage, body badly mu-
4ilated.
Anthony Geek body badly mutilated;
was identified by his little finger being
missing.
John Gusko, blown almost to atoms
arm and leg missing; was identified by
q glass eye he wore.
Two of the bodies are so badly mutt
lated as to prevent Identification.
A door boy is known to have per-
ished. but his body has not been taken
from the mine.
The injured are: William Powell, fire
boss. arm and leg broken; William
Wilkowski. miner, left arm blown off,
body badly cut and burned about the
face and body; Monroe Adams, fire
bossA overcome by. black damp, left
arm broken; Fred Carl. Jr., son of the
foreman of the mine, was blown 90 feet
from a wagon into an old breast, and
} had both legs broken; Charles Hirsch,
left arm and leg broken head, face and
body badly burnedj Charles BOncavish,
body terribly cut and bruised about the
face, head and chest also badly burned;
William Densch, driver. injured about
the body, head and face slightly burn
ed; George Fiest, loader boss blown %
feet, injured and badly burned about
the head and face; Patrick O'Brien, !
John Davis and Samuel Wassel blown
along the gangway from 25 to so feet. |
but escaped with slight burns and
slight injuries.
There were five mules killed and six |
injureu. The force of the explosion /
drove the mines wagons along the |
,gangway, tearing big timbers out of |
place and causing the gangway to close |
for 200 yards or more. The work of .
rescue was extremely dangerous, owing |
TO the continuous falling of the roof, |
and the black damp, driving the brave .
.Tescuers. headed by William Stein, |
former state mine inspector, and |
Archie b. Lamb, state inspector, back |
to places of safety.
The scene about the top of the shaft |
was most pathetic. Big strong men, as
well as women and children. were cry
'lg and weeping expecting every mo-
lent to see those nearest and dearest
o them hoisted from the black pit to
The suface dead or mangled.
FOUR HURT 4" MINE EXPLOSION /
Portion Of Pa' colIiery at Ply
mouth q, 5acly Wrecked.
Wilkes-R re Pa May 15.-By the
sighting OF f3ofer an explosion Of
gas occurred al tAn Parrish mine in
plymouth. It took place in No. /,
west slope, of the fiye-foot vein. Four
miners were badly injured The vic
tins are: H. H. Hughes. burned |
about face hands and arms: Robert !
Blakslee burned on face, hands and .
legs; Walter Patton, burned on face
and hands, and August Gradients, ia
tally burned about head, face and
other parts of the body
The force of the explosion was felt
throughout the mine, and much dam
age to the portions of the working .
wherein it took place
There was great excitement for |
FEAR that many others had been in
jured, but this proved untrue when .
the rescuers went to their aid. The .
colliery laid idle for the balance Of
the day.
= objects to RoekefelIer's Gifts.
Northampton, Mass, May 16.-Be-
cause the college trustees have ac-
cepted gifts from John D. Rockefeller
and Andrew Carnegie. Mary E. Bird, |
for 19 years an instructor in the |
astronomical department of Smith Col
lege. rendered her resignation. Miss
Bird says that she will prepare a for
NAL statement of her position to be |
read at the commencement exercises
In June, when the matter of changes
in the faculty and staff are considered. |
1 Family Of Nine lneinerated.
Milton, Fla, May 15.-W. G. Acre |
man. his wife and seven children were
incinerated in their home near here. |
There are indications that they were