The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-12-07
Women And Children Grief Stricken
Burst Into Tears Over
No Tidings
HEROES RISK THEIR LIVES
Enter The Mines Only To Return To
The Open Much Moro Dead
Than Alive.

MoNoNGAH, Dec. 7-Cspecial.)
The opening of the Monongan coal
mine No 6 is few feet below the
Fairmont & Clarksburg Traction
Company's interurban trolley line
between this city and Fairmont and
is situated on the north side of the
West For kriver directly opposite
the town of Monoongah. 1t is one
fourth mile below the trolley station
at the head OF Bridge street. These
is a high cliff on the north side OF
the river.
At the sides OF the mine opening
are the power and fan houses, and
from opposite the mine the cars are
drawn by cable over the bridge
across the river to the mine tipple
On the other side of the river.
CROWD LINGERs ALL NIGHT
Through the night the vigil of
large crowd of people did not las
from that during the day. Forbid
den to approach near the opening
because of the barriers of ropes and
heavy guard. they waited on the
trolley embankment anxiously await
ing above the opening and watching
the work Of those on the outside
OF the milne. who assisted tilG res
cuing party. Here the crowd Is
thick with wives and daughters of
the hundred entombed fifteen hun
dred to two thousand feet beneath
the surface. and with tear-stained
and drawn faces watch with unbro!1-
en- gaze the opening.
PITIFUL SCENES
As the rescuers cropping and dazed
came from the mouth of the mine.
they were besieged py anxious one
and bringing No tldipgg or news ~
&c unfortunate men below there
were fresh outbursts of sobbing ana
cries Of grief went up for their
icTea ones. Now and then rescuers
ca1A staggering forth. gasping for
fred breath but to hear from the
women gathered near the pit re-
rowed cries OF distress and sorrow.
] 70 add further to the mine hor-
the walls and means of the wives
and daughters OF the netombed mi
ners we're heartrending.
FORCE OF EXPLOSION
The force of the explosion was no,
SO great at this mine and did not
cause any considerable amount of
property damage just outside the
entrance to the mine. 4 big black
cloud of coal. dirt. gas, wreckage
and other debris was, he first warn
ing as it belehed forth to startIe
every inhabitant and within few
seconds the news spread like wild
fire that there had been a mine ex-
plosion, and there wwas big rush
of people TO the scene.
TERRIFIC AT NO. s
No. mine on the same side of the
river farther up the river. with It's
opening half way up the hill did not
have such an abrupt approach. 1t
is above the trolley line a consider
able distance.
At the right of the opening Of
this mine the power and fan houses
were stationed and bridge-below
Epans the river. Mine cars are run
across the bridge by cable.
BOILERS BLOWN INTO RIVER
The engines, boilers and fans
were blown into tangled mass of
wreckagc 10 the southwest, with
goodly part OF them into the rive.
together with the north end of the
bridge. Here the explosion was ter
rifle, mine cars were blwon out Of
the mine ana the machinery COM
pleiely demolished and scattered IN
pieces over a large area.
This mine is at less accessible
point than the other nd for that
reason there were not so many wo-
men and children gathered there.
but they were collected In groups Of
TWO and three and more waiting