The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-10-29
OVER TWO HUNDRED
MINERS
Many of These Will BE Saved But
Scores will Perish from Result of
Terrific Explosion In a Model Mine.

score VIII PerlSn from Result OF
Terrific Explosion I'm a Model Mine.
Dawson. N. M, Oct. 23.-Two hun
dred and forty-seven miners are be-
lieyed to be dead tonight beneath tons
OF fallen earth, timber, coal and rock
In the cuts and roms of mine No. 2
Of the Stag Canon Fuel here.
Hundreds OF miners, working in shifts
OF 10 each, slowly are forcing their
way through the rooms and entries,
fighting against dangers of gas and a
fire which started In an adjoining mine
and which threatens to reach the
space in which the entombed men
were trapped.
Only % men have been taken from
the mine alive. At 6:15 o'clock to-
night the first miner to be rescued
alive within ~ hours was taken from
the mime entry. He was found uncon-
scious not far from the place where a
mule earlier in the evening had been
found alive. Fourteen dead bodies
and % rescued make the total of the
days work of recovery. The finding
of the live mule in the mine late today
encouraged officials i'm charge of the
rescue work to hope that some live
miners still are entombed is a room
located more than 1000 feet from an
entrance.
Wealthy Youth n Victim.
Henry p. McShaw, son of Mrs. Il. p.
McShaw of New York city, widow of a
former heavy stakeholder in the mine.
is among the known dead. McShaw.
WHO was but 10 years old, had come to
the mine, in which his fathers estate
still held an interest, to learn mining
from practical experience.
j. G. Roberts, chief of the United
states mine rescue bureau in this dis
trict, is in charge of the rescue work.
Mr.. Roberts said it was impossible
to tell what caused the explosion, but
that it was Of such violence as to
cause him to lose hope for rescue alive
OF any more of the men.
90 b'N "'ihS CT III llhlc Vi lIC en-
plosion were 2S4 miners and the large
death list is attributed to the fact that
the great fans which kept the air cir
culating in the mine were rendered
useless by the force of the explosion.
Not until four hours after the eXplo-
sion were the fans repaired.
Party Nav hn Snrn
Some of the rescue parties today de-
clared their belief hat a party of
the entombed miners had reached a
room and had sealed it in time to keen
the gas from overcoming them.
Dir. S. p. Norris, representative of
this district of the American Red
Cross society, reached hero at noon
and at once made preparations to re-
lievc the families of victims.
Director General Ernest p. Bicknell
of the Red Cross in Washington wired
Gov. Mcdonald to draw on the society
for $1,000 with which to alleviate the
suffering of miners families here but
Gov. Mcdonald replied that the mine
officials had given him assurance that
the destitute would be provided for
and that the company would defray
expenses of all funerals. Orders on
company stores for an indefinite
length OF time have been issued to the
families of the entombed miners.
The mine was supposed to have been
a model n and that such a disaster
could befall the men within 1t had
been considered impossible. Only two
days before the explosion State Mine
inspector Biddow had examined the
property and pronounced it in excel
lent condition.
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