The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-23
AS RESULT OF GAS EXPLOSION IN THE
STAG CANON MINE AT DAWSON N. NJ.
UP TO MIDNIGHT ONLY FIVE MINERS HAD BEEN RESCUED
AND THEY COULD NOT GIVE ANY INFOR-
NATION REGA 1T.
Relief Work Started Immediately and Hundreds
Are En- Route to the Scene-GOyernment Cars
Are Also Being Rushed to the

DENVER. COL, Oct. 22.-ee-
tween 23o and 2so miners were
entombed by an explosion In mine
No. 2, Of the Stag Canon Fuel
company at Dawson, N. NJ, at 3
o'clock this afternoon. The en-
tomoed men included General Su-
perintendent Frank McOermott
Of the mine, and several other
American miners. The cause Of
the explosion is unknown.
Meager adVices received up 20
$40 tonight were that only five
miners had been taken alive from
the upper level These reports
stated that most OF the day shift
were employed below the second
level, where the shaft was
blocked with debris resulting
from the explosion.
accounts from Dawson and Rs-
ten were uncertain as 10 the pos
sibility Of rescuins any OF the
men alive, while a statement
came from El Paso, expressing
hope that most Of the entomhcd
men would be found alive. This
belief was based on the fact that
the workings OF No. ? mine are
connected by a tunnel with mine
No. 5, while an air-shaft is said
TO furnish another means of exit.
Immediate relief work was un-
dertaken by men from the night
shift and neighbcring mines. Ap-
pesls for aid started scores OF eS-
perienced miners from Trinidad
and the surrounding coal Camps
shortly after 8 o'clock and they
were expected to reach Dawson
before midnight.
J. c. Roberts, superintendent Of
the federal mine rescue station
in the Rocky Mountain division,
began immediate preparations 70
leave for Dawson tonight with the
rescue car.
He also biographies Pittsburgh.
Kansas City, and. Rock Springs,
Wyo.. for the rescue cars sta
toned at these points.
DAWSON. y. NJ. Oct. 2e.-Thre
Italian miners were rescued allv
from the debris az the opening OF tn,
stag Canon mine at 9:30 o'colck %
night. This makes five miners VIII
have been rescued The rescue part.
Is making slow headway against tn
tons OF coal and debris which /
blockading the mine. The FIVE me,
rescued were separated from the mai
body Of miners at the time OF IN
explosion and could tell nothing of 81
Five Rescued.
DAWSON. y n. Oct 22-By I
o'clock tonight the rescucrs had per
@trated more than 100 feet into IN
mouth OF the mine and had reaahe
I'VE or the entombed miners VIII,
were alive. They had suffered muc
from gas and were in no condition Q
tell what happened az the time q
the explosion. Immediately upon b,
ing brought 10 the surface tn. me
were given into the care of physician
many OF whom have arrived her
from nearby towns.
II is believed that the explosion
occurred on q sIone dccp within th
mine. From conditions which hav
been met by rescucrs since diggiu
within the debris il IS now believe
that the air supply is plentiful. as
has been found 20 grow better a. m
rescuers progress toward the centa
of the mine.
Mayor T. T.. Kinney Of this cit
mas Organized new relief camp "a
the mine. where rescuers are upir
cared for and whore miners. as tho
are takn ont alive. will Dee given me,
ical assistance if needed
impossible 20 Estimate Number.
The mayor declared tonight that
was impossible 20 make any comic,
flre concerning tts pos -ihIa Ios. ,
liin and That none ot fhr mine of
cials or rescurrs ON thn ground wouf
care to make Hrv statement Do .lf
me mine was sn constructed a. G