The Glenwood post., 1914-01-03
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nine Whsa shots vsse fired. - Q
sticks Of powder sssd; wallaes Asxtsr
s,A Gssess Smith used epsa ksats;
Men eeaadersd tas niAs safs; ~ n
straetsa not 70 s.sks o. ishE aatsAss.
Mr.. CAisaoln worked since October
8, loading in east end; DO complaint Of
e.s; n dust in sast; men in sast ~
.aanGisd nscA; SaitA's body badly
m..gssd aad fsa,d 800 feet sast Of
eass.
Fraak A. JoAAsoa worked leading
and cleaning out erosscuts; loaAsd in
west estry; tAsee vss much dnst:
west end vas sprinklsd at niSht; safs-
ty laaps used; vas ordered nst TO ~
open light; - absolute restrietisa -
to smoking in west eatry; wss called
down BY Barter asd told not 70 ligAt
matches whiIs dust WAS worst.
Richard Davis-Three years' sxper-
ience in mining; wss tinberilg in sast
and loeding in west; lots Of dust, 20
much it was ssnetines impossible to
see the es<s; helped fire ssots; did
net consider nins safe; used safety
lamp. explosion in west e,ksy, issited
from open light; 10 sas in Vulcan, ~
dust in sast eatsy; spsiskled vest ev-
cry night; was in rooas = east evesy
night tinbesing; never saw gss; lsaA-
I'd fFoa Is, II and .; sever sav dust
ignited il ehutss; never more tAAa
halK stick sf powder to sAot; sAsts
naae considerable dust; dnst is.itsl
in It BY open lights, .ot due to sAot;
effort .sds 70 sxti.SoisA sps. lights
when sAssti,s; .A.y "ti.ss they
didn't - sst;, nevss wssssA shsst
lighting Il .aseAss, but Asssa Barter
wsRn stAefs not b light Rakehss, but
The habit eo.tiaued; epea hGhts ~esA
entirely in the esst; NV then spsiHkle
the entry. e.,
Oscer Dsvis-Loadiag a motor sad
o, outside when explosio. occurred;
coal appear dry ~ morning Of Tie
expIosioa; two or three eass Of daap
COAL observed considerable dust wAsn
leading coal into e.si.ss; I'D losasd
in west entry which was dry; ussd
ssfety lamp; whei nipped % motor
hsd open hap- shsts fired while men
were working in mise; never Nv
flans from shots; never wasssd
against lighting nsteae& =,
job. c. Wellee- Outside foesaaA at
vuleaa, three yeass there; lssksd sftsr
aaaeAt.se$ !. mise al Asa - - taat
+PanPs ~s4s kept in oeder; pxnpsd
water from IL 70 4:so Saturday .isht
prsvioas to expsss;ss; ~ inch pipe
Lire into li,s; between 10000 a.d
$4,000 sallo.s pumped i.ss nine that
night; helped inspect fans Tuesday
nsraiAg anl fsu.d tasa in god eoa-
ditioa; Crawfsrd wss ab3e a.d es.-
seientioos nsa ssd watched eosaitions
clesely; wss eospetest feeenaa; Wit
ness usually present whsa Crawford
aad NeeediHk discussed coaaitions Of
mise; Lou Waltsrs . student With idea
Of becoming expsst niiins asa; had
considerable th.nry bat not much proc.
teal exosEissqp bad god tso~ledse
Of gases; tapssk aesrd Any eonp'aint
ns.s,: .,.s III RI -'+f''s ia "''e as to
Grant 9. sHnth--ln house At time Of
explosion; lost one soa aad two sons
in-law; son w,:fce in nias ah,as. z
.estAs; Assri hin ~ u - besa
warned u laneen; cesld ten when
nise was spsinikl BY Hsnse' nads g
Ais batA tab: ,oiss hstsa ahsat N
hear. nine srrinkled three tinss n
three months; zen was working -
west side; sstea complained Of dust.
George Z. rcsft-Divisioa supsria.
te,dent on southern divisios; 20 years
in coal .ia;"g in an eapaeitiss; s::s
years vita this ecmpaay; tAosSst iri-
tial poink of ex?issioa was on west
side, farther tha. anyone has yet been
able to 90; would not co.fine himseH
10 any one point bscaass ef liability
to make careful examinasioa; lsse was
. factor, but unable yet 70 determine
real cause; found mine in badly wreck.
ed conditio,.
NiGht Session
At the evening session the first wit
ness to testify was A. 8. Tibbetts who
witnessed the explosion while driving
home from New Castle He unhitehed
his team and hurried to the mine ar
riving there about II .. u. Tuesday,