The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-23

permit of the least POSSIBLE danger
from such explosions
The air supply within the mine is
now the CHIEF concern of the Tescu-
ers. who believe they will be able TO
reach the interior OF the mine by to-
morrow night at the latest
In the relief camps situated several
yards from the entrance TO mine No
are gathered the women and chill
dren OF the entombec miners. The
miners are cheered by the knowledge
that Superintendent McDermott Is
among the main body Of the miners
entombed and they have confidence.
a have mine officials. in the super
ter
Relief parties from nearby towns
.are constantly arriving and by tOmor-
Tow the number of rescuers in Daw-
son will be- well into the hundreds. all
equipped with the latest APPARATUS for
combating gases and other evils OF
mine explosions. Tonight the rescue
work Is proceeding by shifts. As one
I group OF workers Is driven back for
air, another takes It's place. so that
the work IS continuous. That system
! - 10 be continued until the last OF the
men known 10 have been caught in
/ the explosion will have been found.
Two Men Rescued.
DAWSON. n NJ. oct. 22.-Two
Z hundred and thirty miners were en-
I tombed in Shaft No. . OF the Stag Can.
on mines here when an explosion oc-
CURED at the property al 3 o'clock this
afternoon, according TO an unofficial es-
I innate.
Two men found on an upper level
! We're taken from the mine tonight
ResCuers We're called from all parts OF
Tho Southern Colorado coal fields
The day shift working in Shaft No
: numbered 23O persons The cause Of
I me explosion is unknown
Immediately after the explosion all
shifts were called 10 the work OF res
Cue. and those miners who were en-
ployed in other shafts were put 10
work drilling through the debris
which was said 90 have blocked the
mine below the second level
U. s. Rescue Car Summoned.
Ihe United States rescue car sta
toned az Trinidad was summoned. and
every available man in Dawson to-
night Wa- aiding iu the attempt 10
reach the entOmbed miners
krscuefs worked nerOiCaliy 10 sup
ply air 20 the men. Reports from tho
mine did not state at which level the
J explosion occurred simply that the
mine shaft was blocked from the sec
ond level
The mine property is owned by the
PhelpS-DOdge Company. OF New York
Five mines are connected in the
N'T INKS H||N 1T IH IfI0NEUf IfILf ~ any
Of the miners escaped death IN the ev-
plo-lon they should De able 10 reach
safety
r J. Miller. -uperIntenden' Of tho
Colorado Fuel e. Iron company rescue
department. with q crew % trained
re-cuers. left Trinidad, Col. on q spc-
b clal car for Dawson with oxygen hal-
NETS and other apparatus.
2s0 Minors Entonbed
FL PASO Tex. OCT 90 "A long
distance telephone mes sage from
Dawson. y VI said thar 2SJ minere
We're entomhed buf assurance was
given that there was hope that an
Wf~ht be- rescued
q The telephone message was 20 r. o..
3 Searle. division agent Tor tho Daw 7on
Fuel sales company. ard said
An explosion in mine 40 Of Stag
b Canon Fuel company mine at Dawson
/ y NJ. caused n Cave-.n a. the an-
. tranc" of the mines. enfombinr .sp
I mon. Including General Suppriuford.
cnt Frank e. McD.rmOtt s large ma
ioriiv NJ the men eufombed are Itaf.
fans Ther" Is every reason to bpIIeye
hat practically AN tne men sntomb.d
can hr rescued. ae several NEAR. o.
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