Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-20
SEVENTY NJ
BURIED IN NINE
Believed Every One is Dead-.Explosion Occur.
ed in Maypole Mine, Ensland-Legs,
Arms and Heads Blown Off

WlGAN, England. Aug. 19.-Seventy
men are buried in a mine here and 1t
ts believed this morning that every
one is dead, as the result OF an explo-
sion which occurred in the Maypole
mine, belonging to Messrs. Pearson
sand Knowles. The headgear and ven
tilating apparatus Of the mine was de-
stroyed by the explosion.
Four men were reported rescued
yesterday who were at work in an ad.
joining building. The ventilating fan,
which was put out of order by the
explosion WAS repaired this morning
and the mine cleared of gas, a rescue
party again descended. The sight
which met>Aoeir eyes was horrifying
Not far from the bottop CT the shaft
eighteen bodies were found, all fright
fully mutilated, legs and arms had
beaA blown off and heads battered al
maat beyond recognition.
The management of the mine de-
clares that between sixty and seventy
men were underground at the time of
the explosion and that there is no
hope that any Of them will be brought
out alive. The women and children,
however. who remained at the pit all
night. refused to leave until the bodies
OF their dead are brought to the sur.
face. Nothing will convince them Of
the hOpelessness Of waiting.
DENVER, Aug 19.-One of the most
important conventions that Denver win
witness this year, began this morning
at 10 O'CLOCK in the Albany hotel audi
torium winch members Of the Ameri.
can Life convention inaugurated their
1Anpal session. The meetings will ex-
M over three days ending Friday.
The convention has included en- its
rollAAil many of the most distinguish.
ed insurance men and Insurance law.
yers in the cog2tsy. OF the 200 dele
gates to the 1:A, .stion, over half are
presidents d zee presidents Of com.
panles. while the others are general
counsels aud members of legal frater.
nifty. The session this morning is
merely organising.
NEW YORK. Aug. 1s.-Hurled from
the platform Of a trolley car that
crashed into a heavily laden truck
with terrific force, four men were
terribly injured today at Woodhaven
-
5ured. two OF whom are policemen, are
dying.
DETROIT. Mich, Aug. 19.-Thir-
teen were seriously injured. SIX fatal.
~. today when a charge OF dynamite
exploded unaee4 drill vessel destroyer
which has been working on the new
Livingston channel. The day shift had
started to clean out a hole over which
the drill lay preparatory to the blast,
when the charge of dynamite left in
the hole by the night shift exploded
without warning. All the injured men
belofx At Amhurstburg. When the
tug Columbia reached the scene the
destroyer was found badly wrecked,
with her boilers standing on end and
decks strewn with MANNED and bleed
ing workmen. Injured taken ON board
the tug and taken to Amherstburg for
medical attention.
NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-While watch
fdg q crowd run to the aid Of boy
who had fallen five stories. James To
roca, 9 years old. fell from the roof
Of nve-story tenement house and was
dashed to death at his mothers feet.
YAe first boy. Solomon slabotkin. 10
a years old. received only slight bruises
in his fall, and was able to watch the
crowd gather around the child killed
by falling the same distance. The Sla-
botkin boy. while playing on the roof,
toppled over the edge. In his descent
he bumped through a maze Of clothes
lines that broke the fall and saved his
lie.
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 19.-Notwith.
standing Governor Johnson's oft re-
peated declaration that he would not
BE- = candidate for denomination for
sovernooswhich statement has been
coupled with the threat that II he Ia
named against his will, the conven.
~sk,A would have to do its work over
again. and the probabilities are that
the convention which assembled to-
day Will ignore the governors wishes
and nAIf0 him.
CHICAGO. Aug. 1.-THE recruiting
stations Of the United States army
are besiesed today BY negroes who ara
anxious to enter the service Of the
government. Many Of these refugees
arc from the mob-stricken capital ol
tse state. who in their fright, imag
tnsd their only hope Of safety wss u
~ usieern q . sos4iss.