The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-02-04
HORRIBLE
DISASTER.
Many Miners Killed By
Gas Explosion.
Browder, Muhlenberg County,
Scene Of Another Great
% 5 OF Life.

Rcckport, KY, Feb. 2.-(Speos
Republican 1.-The little town c
Browdcr, in Mulenburg county toda
presents a scene Of ruin and desc
l. tion - the result uf yesterday
mine diSas.er which cost many minoq
TIER lives. Bodies of forty victim
have already been recovered ard Thei
bodies are lying in an improvishs,
morgue awaiting Identification. Tha
there is scill urge number of min
ers entcmbod in the fiery furnac,
there is no doubt. it is es.1matei
that there were seyenty-five men a
work In the i'll fated mines when The
,crTIble disaster occurred. Already
forty bodies have been recovered
and resurers arc at work endeavor-
ing to reach the entombed men, none
of whom can possibly be alive The
explosion which cost the miners Their
lives occurred at BUwdor Mines. yes
terday afternon. The news of the dis
aster spread like wild fire and soon
the entire population were congre-
gated at the mouth of the mines ava.
ing news of their loved oncs. Tho
agonized cries of gray haired mothers
intermingled with the heart rendering
screams Of wives and the walls Of
ophons were pitiful indeed. Strong
men wep. like babies ut the thought
of the horrible fate Of their less
fortunate friends. The shock of ihe
oxplCsium shook the entine couI ~
for miles around. Finally a c1gc
was lowered into be mines and he
crowd awaited above in broathl rs
suspense. What hgd been the fate Of
the entombcd miners? Would they be
alive on dead? These thoughts pa ID
through the crowd with lightning
like rapidly. They We're not to be
long in susponse, the signal for ,he
raising of the cage scundod and he
crowd began - pross forward. Tho
cage was piled mp with blackened ald
charred bodies Of men who had -u-
tered the mines that morning nv
~ r-,urn alive. The score was = pit
iful, one and the grea5a.4t excitemen;
prevailed. The loved ones pr I'd for
ward to claim ThCir d6ld and their
bodies were soon removed aII pllc-
ed in The improviscd morgu A
large rszcuiDg parry IVES organized
and worked all nigh' long in hcir eff
forts 20 reach the bldl-a Of the dead
and 20 rescue the living If there
were eny. The work Of rescue was
slow and difficult IN accoul, Of the
gas and foul air and che M. u were
forced 10 leave the mines time and
again. To-day the rescue parry is
5 i'll at work, but are unlbl to ne
main in the mines only a shor while
at t me. 1t is thought than me ma
iCrity Of lie bodies will BE- Recover
ed by Tonight. The cause Of the F,
explosion ~ ems to BE- mys.c"y and /
no one seeas 20 know what was res
ponsible for II. Hemmed in like rats I
in n trap the miners met an awful
dsarh. The burning gas swcp. the |
mines from one end to the other reap
ing a rich harvest of victims. Cof-
fins for the dead miners are bsing
rushed TO the scene and proportions
for the funerals are being mada
Rescuers are hard at work ard it is
thought the fate of the rest of The
miners will be asccltnincd by to-
night. Bnowder is a small mining
iown looa,ed on the l.. & n. Rail-
road near DrakesborO.
One white man, John Richardson
and four colorcd men, Hylcss Sprall.
Columbus Sprall, Henry Mason and
Win Berry were former residents of
Ohio county.