Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-12-27
ANOTHER PENNSYLVANIA NINE
EXPLOSION KILLS OVER
TWO HUNDRED.
NO HOPE THAT ANY LIVE
THIRD MINE DISASTER IN THAT
REGION SINCE FIRST OF
THE MONTH.

Jacobs Creek. Pa.-An explosion OF
gas In the Darr mine OF the Pit'sburG
Coal Company. located here. Thursday
cntombed between 200 and 25O miners.
and there Is scarcely ray OF hope
that n single one OF them will bo taken
from the mines alive. Partially wrecked
buildings In the vicinity OF the mine
and the condition Of the few bodies
found early In the rescue work !ndi'
cate an explosion of such terrific force
that II seems impossible that anyone
could have survived II. All OF IN"
thirteen bodies taken out up TO this
time are terribly mutilatcd, and three
Of them arc hcadl, NJ.
This IL the third mine disaster since
the first Of tbs month In the veins OF
bitumlnuus coal undcflyin. Western
PENNSYLVANIA and West Virginia. for
the Naomi mine near Fnyctlc CITY and
the two mines nj MonOngnh. W. Va, Ia
which the earlier explosion happened.
are In the same belt aB tho local work
ings. Thursdays catastrophe nwclls
the number OF victims Of deadly nlnf
gas for the nineteen days TO between
$50 and COO.
That Thursdays disaster does not
equal or even snTphss Ia loss 81 '''
and attendant horrors the one In w"s'
virginia In due to tho devotion 10
church duties of n considerable NUM-
bcr of the miners In obHcTvanc" ~
the church festival. many Of III" 100
or more men regularly employed at
the min. did not so To- work this mora
Ing. Those who ESCAPED death Ia the
mines ar" members al the Greek Cath
Ollie church. and they suspended work
to celebrate 81. Nicholas day.
As was the cAEr ut MononFah. tho
explosion followed n brief shutdown.
tho Darr min. having been closed
Tuesday and Wednesday. II was Just
II 40 o'clock when the tenth trip OF
loaded ears had been brought out To
the iipplc ani there came M awful
rumbiins sound. followed Immediately
by loud report and concuHsiofFihat
shook nearby buildings and was felt
within a radius Of several miles. Nt
the same time there came out OF Tho
mouth of the mine an Immense cloud
" dcnac smoke and dust that nodici
across the YoushioEhcny river.
As far ms known only one man who
went to work Thursday morning cs-
capped. Josh Mapi-ion. n pumpcr.
-magcd from one of ,h. side entries
shortly after the explosion. lie hal
left the part of the mine where most
Of tho men were working and was on
the way to the cnsincroom for oil.
Tie main ONCE of the company IL In
PittsburE. and Immediately on receipt
Of news of the accident the officers
hurried TO the mine and arr leading
and directing the rescue work.
About 1900 feet from the mouth OF
tho mine n heavy fall uf roof was Gu.
countcrcd by ih" r-HcuUrE. II ~ bc.
iicvcd that most of the men viii b.
found nearly milo and half beyond
this point.
Tho blacksmith shop has been lifted
up as n temporary morEuc.
A considerable number Of the min.
srs were Americans. some OF the ri.
f1ccrs tonight estimating that probably
more than half Of the victims ar" AM.
orleans. as the majority Of the fore
igncrs did not work today.
The Darr mine is located on tho
west aide of the YouEhioshcny river
In wcstmoreiand county. nlnnr the
line Of the PittsburE & Lake Eric nail.
road. forty miles southeast of Pitts
burg and eighteen miles northwest Uf
-onncllsvilie. II IL one Of the largest
Of the Pittsburg Coal Company. hav-
ing daily capacity of 1000 tons. ana
II is modern In equipment. including
an electrical plant.