The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29
new MEXICAN MINERS ARE TRAP
PED BY, EXPLOSION : :,
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ESQ BURIED In DEBRIS
Efforts are Being Continuously Made
to Tunnel to Miners, Who Are Im-
prisoned Below Second Level-Air
Supply Considered Abundant and
Those Alive May Survive.

Two hundred and thirty miner
were entombed in shaft No. 2 Of thu
Stage Canon mines at Dawson, New
Mexico, when an explosion occurred
in the property at 8 o'clock Wednes
day afternoon. Two men found OF
an upper level were taken from thu
mine Wednesday night. Rescuer:
were called from all parts Of the
Southern Colorado coal fields. The
day shift working in shaft No. 2
numbered 230. The cause Of the ex
plosion is unknown.
Immediately after the explosion
all shifts were called to the work ot
rescue and those miners who were
employed in other shafts were put te
work drilling through the debris
which was said to have blocked the
mine below the second level.
The United States rescue car, sta
toned at Trinidad, Col, was sum
moned and every available man In
Dawson Wednesday night was aiding
in the attempt to rescue the entimb-
ed miners. Representatives from the
mine did. not state, at which level the
explosion occurred, but said that the
mine shaft was blocked from the
second level.
The cause of the explosion is un-
known. Fire has not broken out.
though smoke was seen issuing from
the second level OF the shaft. 1t was
believed by rescuers that this came
from the explosion. By 10 O'Clock
Wednesday night the rescuers had
penetrated more than 100 feet into
the mouth Of the mine and reached
FIVE of the entombed miners, who
were alive. they had suffered much
from the gas and we're in no condi-
ton to tell what happened at the
time of the explosion. Immediately
on being brought to the surface the
men we're given into the care OF ply
sicians. many Of whom have arrived
from nearby towns
In the relief camps situated sew
eral yards from the entrance to mine
No. 9, are gathered the women and
children of the entombed miners
families. They are cheered by the
knowledge that superintendent Nc
Dermott is among the main body OF
imprisoned miners, as they have con-
fldence, as have mine officials, in the
superintendent's resources in such
plight.
Relief parties from nearby towns
constantly are working and the num-
Der Of rescuers in Dawson is we'll into
the hundreds, all equipped with the
latest apparatus for combating gases
and other dangers Of mine explosions.
The rescue work is continuous. AS
one group of workers is driven back
for air, another takes its place. That
system is to continue until the last
of the men known to have been
caught in the explosion shall have
been found,
A large majority Of the men en-
tombed are Italians. There is every
reason to believe practically all the
men entombed can be rescued, as
several means Of escape are offered
from mine No. 9, which IS connected
with mine No. 5, by tunnel driven
through the mountain: and also con-
meets with an air shaft driven from
the top of the mountain down into
the mine. This air shaft is equipped
with steps and ladders upon which
the entombed men, If they are able
to reach the shaft, can make their
way to the top.
A dispatch from Tinidad, COL,
SAYS a special rescue train carrying
scores of experienced miners equip
ped with rescue apparatus left Trim
idad at 8 o'clock for Dawson, N. M.'
shortly after news of the explosion
was received. Dawson is more than
1925 miles from Trinidad, over branch
line railroads, and it will be several
hours before the special train reaches
the scene. Two automobiles loaded
with five oxygen tanks and other
apparatus left Trinidad for Dawson,
approximately 90 miles distant, over
mountain roads.
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