The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-08
|IITY PERISH
| N COAL MINE
| CATASTROPHE
|Brs Breaks Out in the
| Price -Pancost Colliery
at Throop, Near
Scranton, Pa.
|,pr,ATIVES WEEP AND
wall ABOVE GROUND
|nfective Helmet Causes
/ Death of John Evans
Of United States
Rescue Car.

rpiyToN, Pa. April I.-One CT the
. sedous mine disasters which has
], Visited this section OF the mining
.-,n occurred today at the little vii
: n Throop. q short distance from
= when between fifty and sixty me n
= toys lost their lives.
',ro1a those known TO have persisted
/ Iugph Evans. who was in charge OF
rrl,cd States mine rescue car; Isaac
a, FIRE boss. and walter Knight. a
r-an Evans'S death wes the result
aefective oxygen charged armoTs
'rs. Eazian, the noted expert in gen
n thsrse OF mine rescue work for the
hi government. WAS also overcome
: { said 10 be IN critical condition.
--Ael over three bodies. One OF these
A isten Evans. lie was seen TO take
klrnei fcom mis- head Ii had evil
II is!'ed Ia work. Evans was ear
n 3 TO open air as quickly as DOS
). bn he had inhaled SO much smoke
\ as from the burning coal that he
V;hn a few hours. Enzian's eX-
|tsr was similar TO that OF Evans.
l,enpn-ary alorgue had been erected
IAr Opaning 10 the mine and here
p econsrcsa'eG hundreds or women aad
.fss fs'6iives of the men and bcrS
ID hecn so suddenly gnatched from
Dasth Came Quickly.
fss Of The bodies recovered was mu-
~. death doubtless having been
~ br lnhal!ng flames and gases.
N r,lfrt,hf Er
~ from The mine and arranged In The
Eprsr morgue Among them are the
"a Of John K. Perry. common coun-
"a First ward. Scranton: Walter
~. INSIDE foreman: Isaac Dawes.
f1s Joseph McWatcr. James Wal
Hsmy Lucas Michael Gall. Josenh
Ifins, john May. Harry Rothwen
so oodics ar THOSE OF foreigners.
Eppf' Of five thousand gathered
Y fDe nilne. TIC hysterical screams
'e seaen and children were appalling
Y Aooec and cried during the day.
I'm lhc frst body appeared under
Si OF torches al the mouth of the
~ tmy let loose their pent-up feel
N Z torrent and screamed despair
B hsny OF them had to be re-
- nom doing themselves violence
crfrrs tainted.
"a said at The mine that all the
WI he out by daylight.
aFe started in an engine house at
4snhg OF a slope leading from the
- vein $50 feet from the surface.
sere four hundred men in the
soout sixty of them al work in q
uhnei AT the end OF the slope.
~ Fes completely blocked by fire,
am Inc generated gases. The
Mp, scattered in different work.
p' ont by exits.
. 'lcsers, fire boss. who was
us engine house when the fire
,l'' W. gave the alarm and tried 10
'ue 'hinel where he knew body
- ess ~ work. He could go only
Instance before he was forced
"a usch; !ie was so exhausted tina I
W DC carried To the surface.
as his opinion that no man
w i've minutes In the funnel.
n m,hcIs led by Mine Superln-
4 ii,,s soS.pn Birtley and assisted by |
A. Ne department carried hose
ss,<inphe nphe ana fought the fire under |
tnlsd States mine rescue car sta
u Wilkesbarrc was summoned
INC afternoon and la,er ~, III. |
\ - Ldckawanna & Western rail- |
|errp.ai er, car and the I.ehjeh VAL !
n,srrc arrived. '''' t'o''
4posaele to Live in Tunnel
b. nos ~, Of The three bodies led the
believe no one WAS alive |
4 q % ,h and they renewed the at
4 ME- burning area to reduce ibe
|i orn. a ms work had proven cffec- |
! 4. ol expert rescue men pushed |
NM ~pe and later came upon sev- |
!, tks sirewn along the roadway |
IA IL .pn , had fallen in their fight |
y ss,, "N END OF the slope. The |
b H. teairied TO the foot OF the |
tk a,s,eii akeii out after nightfall 10 |
! rtl,iivend wives, children and |
~ tl,o OF the victims. who |
/'Ep Io,om mouth OF the shaft.
M sou oniclals. deputy patrol |
t.t, ,Xuad OF the state constabu-
r,e or rh.Iiohed ,hhe from Peckvillc TO |
~. alfbo,e crowds. There was no
y snn"m IL was feared there |
an ~ alsorderly demonstration
olB tho I u' friends Of the foreign
~ rY Is owned and on,,
,tahcost Coal romnar, a, ~
., '%ch =, Is John II, Brrrlcn ~nnorni @ nj
3 tiis ,ne NC Ontario & Western col
lsfean no,nes; head of the United
ki Of ,h m mines. and ". Il. Rob,
sgresn ~, Instruction department |
sthls arrived at midnight from !
t@eablv nla'ned that Mr.. Evans's
" Hc Sas due TO carbon dioxidc
lssd slid that in the kind of |
a aa,ed ose and brcathed again a
a tSeySen. which is the esann,isi
sdnts .sIa uIeaimci purifies the air.
Eassoraa sad a wearer Of the helmet
hIm,s,s conditions who over |
~ gyann might meet the fate that