Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-04-27
NINE NEAR ENsLEY BLOWN UP.
- Many Miners Reported Killed--Mine
was Regarded as Model

Birmingham, Ala, April 21.-De-
tails Of the mine explosion at Mulga,
near Ensley, last night, are hard to
get. 1t Is said, however, that 25 are
dead. The State mine inspector Is in
charge. The explosion was Of such
force that flames shot to great
height from the mouth of the mine.
The shaft Is on fire. The mine has
only been open two years and was
regarded as a model. The explosion
occurred at 8 o'clock last night.
Fire damp has added to the diff
Guilty of rescue. The latest reports
say there are eight whites and thirty
three negroes in the mine.
Nineteen members Of the rescue
party were overcome by fire damp
and had to be brought out Of the
mine. Two bodies have been found
and there is no sign of life. 1t is
supposed the entombed men CROPPED
their way in every direction after the
explosion and the bodies will be
found scattered everywhere.
The Damps of Death.
Birmingham, Ala, April 22.-The
black damp is slowly disappearing
from the workings of the Mulga
mine, where 43 men were entombed
by an explosion Wednesday night,
and the rescuing crews are now able
to stay under ground from q half
hour to As minutes at a time. One
body, that of negro, was brought
to the surface at $50 o'clock this
afternoon, and five or six others have
been found, but not yet brought out
of the mine. Mine Inspector Neal ar
rived about noon to-day and descend
Ell into he mine at $50. When he
returned he made the statement that
he did not believe there was live
man out Of the 43 now known to be
in the mine.
All Hope Abandoned.
All hope has been abandoned of
rescuing any one alive since the sec
ond rescuing party, which went down
at $50 this morning, was brought to
the surface unconscious from the eff
fects Of the fire damp, which has
penetrated every crack and Granny of
the mine since the explosion.
Pathetic scenes were witnessed
about the mouth Of shaft No. all
day to-day, as the rescuing parties
were lowered time after time, only
to be brought back to the surface I'M
conscious from the fire damp. A
crowd Of 5000 people had gathered
by noon to watch the work of the
rescuers. The mountain about the
mine and the hill and the valley
were covered with those anxious to
see the most gruesome sight witness
ed in Alabama for many years. Close
about the ropes which held the crowd
back stood mothers, sisters, daught-
ers, sweethearts, fathers and sons of
the dead men below.
A bulletin issued at midnight from
the scene Of he mine accident at
Mulga recapitulates the casualties
list at five dead and between AZ and
43 missing, as the probable number
Of victims yet remaining in the
workings.
Twenty-SiX Dead Recovered.
Birmingham, Ala, April "a AT
noon to-day 26 dead had been recov-
cred from Mulga mines, the scene of
an explosion Wednesday night.
Two men are crushed under piles
OF rock and have not yet been recov-
cred, but they are believed to be Ital-
ians.
Water IS rapidly rising in both
shafts, but Is being pumped out No
apprehension Is felt from this. Nes-
cuers say they will have all of the
dead (43) out by midnight.
j. J. Rutlethe, United States gov
ernment inspector; James Hillhouse
State inspector. and several assist
ants started an investigation to-day
Some Of the miners who worked
Wednesday afternoon said the mines
were In good shape. They said a
new man must have used dynamite
which is violation Of the rules.
The Sound Sleep or Good Health.