The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-15
-FOUR ESCAPED
WITH THEIR LIVES
Death List in Greene Mine
Disaster Now Reduced
to Nine
ALL QUIET NOW
Al DISASTERS SCENE
superintendent BarroWman
Gave His Life in VAN At
tempt to ouccor Dy-
Ing wen

Especial TO The Richmond Virginian.)
hoANokE. VA, Dec. lo.---Aii IS re-
porteu quiet at tue Grcono mine to-
gay The explosion, which occurred
Yesterday inoriifns. resutteo IN the
uta,n nt fuiie nten. Fo1r miners
escaped from the names aaa VIA i've.
III, a4oi hias at cIoek, us nun
utetas III ptotte siUou a"uut tue OPEN
lb-s oi the at,olt ana the resCucis were
naru at "orn, Two men Naanea from
TIE htino into the open elf. 1ney
We're tai, oi the uiiestiis huners.
when ,ue eAptootan occurred they
threw themselves on tneir taees anu
Afterwards, Ior eighteen hours. SUCK
ea AR from pipeS, wnlch leo out
stue o. the miur ana wnlcn they
uroke.
The mine rescue car reached Gree
no at O'Clock tris morning.. AS a
result two more at the miners were
Rescued aIise ard able to Walk.
Twenty-four men we're working in
the mine resuiariy, hut tor some rea-
son nalT ct ,ueiu tatieu to so To WORK
on inc fatefui morning.
Driven from ht-,uc work ny 0'as.
inc rcs,A4rts were driven from their
work last htsnt ny the dangerous At
ter-anmp that tl!iea the passages OF
the nine, but to-uay, after the draft
fans haa been repaired and fresh air
driven through the workings. a party.
lea ny Charles Rosenpaum, the only
miner rescued alive, MADE ready to go
inside.
Inc names of the nine of the dead
who We're taken out of the mine last
night are as follows:
James Barrowman, superintendent.
William Richie, mine foreman.
Lee Rowland.
Charles Williams.
Jessie PITCHER.
Charles Whitaker.
John Rodan.
Arch Leslie.
John Ritchic.
John Richie and Charles Rosen-
baum were rescued alive. but Richie
succumbed later TO his injuries. Ro-
senbaum's injuries are slight.
II Is generally believed that the ex-
plosion WAS caused b. an accumula-
ton Of gas set off by blowing coal
similar explosion In the same
mine three years ago caused the death
OF elk men.
Superintendent Barrow and his par
~ gave their lives in vain attempt
to suceor the men In the mines. They
gained some distance within the main
opening before they signalied the en-
gineer To stop. Those outside waited
for further signals. but none came.
/ Hours passed, and not sign or whis-
! per came from the superintendent and
his companions. and it Is believed they
were caught IN storm of heated air
and sufYocated. by O'Clock in the
afternoon four unidentified bodies had
been taken out Of the mine by daring
miners, who entered the shaft with
helmets
pittsburg Man Missing.
Much anxiety is felt for a man
named Brown, a gas expert from
Pittsburg. who was mt Tacoma yes
terday. 1T Is stated that Brown was
seen getting into the mine car with
Barrowman as member OF the res
cue party. Nothing has been heard
from him since.
A government mine rescue car from
Knoxville came to the scene of the
i explosion with all possible speed,
reaching the mine at IL o'clock last
night
Especially hard Is tho lot of the
Richie family The two brothers
were found near the entrance of the
mine, to which point they had crawl
ed only to be overcome by black
damp. They we're the sole support
! OF a widowed mother. Their father
was killed in an explosion in the same
mine six years ago.
The Greene mine is a small one
employing about So men.