The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-29
rible Disaster at Mine of Pittsburg-
Buffalo Coal Company, Mariana,
Washington County, Pa,
Costs MANY Lives.
[Y A FEW OF THE WORKMEN WHO
ARE ENTOMBED HAVE CHANCE FOR LIFE
\ of Those Employed We're Americans; Herioc
Attempts at Rescue While Bereaved
Women and Children Wait.

lsDuRG, Nov, 2S.-More than
d were killed ny an explosion
,[arlanna mines of the Pitts
ssHaio Coal company yesterday,
ertombed a large number OF
o'clock this morning the rescu-
nny had recovered thirty-four
ssd brought them TO the bottom
saaft preparatory 10 removing
4 "a the surface. All the victims
4 iorDd in the main entry, the
N the workings making it i'm
\. to explore there.
officials OF the company assert
he number Of men entombed will
need l25, while others about the
uy larger number was IN the
Wien the explosion occurred,
Some May Be Saved.
|nly before midnight Peter Ar
DO american miner, was brought
4 surface from the Rachel shaft,
X oaly Q little from his terrible
,aec- Joseph Kearney. one of
ssing party, reported that there
obsr men alive below, and the
ID vere Immediately set to work
s away the debris. From the
bon OF the workings where Ar.
Sas discovered, Deputy State
laspector Henry Loutitt believes
7tsty other men may be saved.
si fifty OF the victims, it is re-
about the mine, were either
sans or English-speakiug men. y
ay Of the foreigners were com
l7ely new arrivals in the country,
Of them having left families in
DID homes.
power house Of the mine has
sulverted into temporary
:. COfins have been ordered
'ss city. Monongnhela and Wash
Eslsf for Bereaved Ones.
have already been taken for
PET Of the dependents of the
II Subscriptions have been
By charitable societies and the
aEers.
authoritative estimate Of the
~ loss has been made up to this
N Ii will be heavy.
sSIkines in which. today 5 catas-
Appened are known as the
ssa Agnes mines, in reality
Ine with underground connec-
'lstfrction work was practically
ana Deputy State Nine Inspec-
~ Lautitt a'few rinutes before
sosl'n had completed a two days
sn WHICH had revealed no
W. apprehension. He and Gen
4 sMtgsr Kerr of the company
fg le sn1face few minutes be-
-, c:oek. Mine Foreman Henry
! rS S' ana two miners entered the
|ca started toward the bottom Of
!, I1has,' hu' soatt, Suddenly there was
os NV, tpmoling. then q trembling
MVsaa around the mouth OF the
"A l,insr' n'@ an earthquake and an
!. IL 's,sr s tnere was q terrific report
4 tb,eHse was hurled up the shaft
sSasn sSs the roof of the shaft
I'M J, Mihe foreman and the TWO
= a tsa y. Their bodies were tossed
IA 4 tIUp OF the building and far
~ ~ Thompson was dead when
- Sud the others mortally in
Terrible Force Evident.
was the force Of the ex.
!, kuk oh!a shattered portions Of the
y boz aoout the mouth of the shaft
|irau INTO Ten-Mile creek. 1000
: l|/-<f, rnr-. llit lHIGE men III
4 q wess polslous tlous Of at least two other
y se,s blown from the shaft house
ftdia,'g,hd IN q field nearby.
4 b ICY saItiy following the explosion
EsttS So,GMh onn of smoke issued from
Z nQipssn sna y was feared fierce fire
Z &ST i; Z, the bottom of the mine.
e,ssdtlime tlime afterward the smoke
= sa5iss :. but those on the surface
Z sroibe,so % tell whether the fire had
4 hllissa@e 5 or the shafts so filled
I; n espeS oeoris that the smoke could
v sot IIurK Ia was immediately started,
4 nSat,t5 assuming charge, but
b hs fvasloIe far to gain entrance 10
y ope5;ar M a long time.
n b Ind Of the shaft was the only
2, s,n ~ !, Tor this task there wero vert
= frS relays Of os many men as
!. ton as ,ooin for operations.
"A IS the news Of the cxplo.