Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-11-07

SPANtLER. Pa. Nov. 6.-Between
fifty and sixty miners were killed IN
the Reilly mine Of the Reilly Coal Com
pany. near here this morning according
10 an official estimate made public at
midnight by rescue workers aud com.
pany officials.
SPANGl.ER. Penna.. Nov. 6.-Niorc
than fifty miners are believed 10 have
lost their lives Ia an explosion IN Reilly
mine of the Reilly Coal Company ear
here this morning. Exploration of the
workings by trained rescuers was being
continued tonight None of the dead
had been brought 10 the surface at
1890 o'clock
Thirty blanched survivors-most Ot
them young men lay on a double row
of cots In the miners hospital here tO.
night. anxiously watching the entrance
a. the big room. They were the known
survivors of the ~ miners who went
into the mine this morning a few min.
utes before terrific explosion.
IheT vigli began when the iirst
right were brought TO the hospital. The
entrance Of stretcher bearers meant
that another comrade had been dragged
from an underground seas.
~ l0:20 this morning the explosion
occurred IN the heart of the mine As
soon as miners from nearby pits could
reach the mine preliminary work ~
rescue began and II was supplemented
later In the day by trained engineers
n. -
Mines In Pittsburgh and the rescue
crews Of neirnioring mines
Tell Same Story
The rescue men all told the same
story as they came 10 the surface They
declared that bodies were scattered
through workings for more than 500
feet.
The sad mart of Il" said one sturdy
miner. is that at least 20 of the vic.
Tins We're within a hund-cd feet ~
fresh mir when they were overcome by
the gas"
Every effort tonight was being made
to loca,e an of the living As soon as
that has been done the work ~ re.
moving the dead will commence.
Men. women, and children by the
score crowded the police lines near
tho shafts
MANY Of them had hecn there since
they heard of the explosion early IN
the dav and there was No Indication
that they would leave thcir posts until
the last BODY had been brought out
Youth l. Hero.
"On the cot of honor" az the hos.
r'tal vests a youth of % His name Is
NJ" Craig His GOODNESS saved al least
dozoa lives
There isn't much ~ tell. said Craig
w" won't down al o'clock and EN-.
toro' hoadlng No 10 on me loft 4
few min ties later there was crash.
] It'd the boys that meant cave In
rnd "' hid hetter get out There was
u rush ~ gas Luckily our door was
o"or "" The explosion would have
l0ocF'' Il down. slammed II and
v''''' "' of US waited u see what
w 49, happen.
"ou's'd" there were wells and one
of o'r Tnng shouted to tell them there
IVES rresh air IN our place. opened
the door and there three or four mea
staggered In The bows rushed ont and
dragged In others We rev.vcd them
Could See Only Bodies
Then looked out again. An I
could see was bodies The afterdamp
was rolling through the heading /
jumped inside and CLOSED the door
There was nothing To do but wait for
rcscucrs
From 7.So until about O'Clock we
stayed N the chamber Older men
were getting faint Young fellows were
holding uut pretty well Nobody had
very much 20 say. Some of the boys
were praying
Finally the after damp worked lts
way around and under the door There
was only one thing o. do told them We
would have To make run FOR a. We
opened the door and ran down the
heading. II was a tough dash. s,umb
hng over bodies. We began Ia choke
Some of the hovs fcli. hut those ~ us
who had any I ght left kept on.
We ran into fallen rock between
the seventh and ninth heading That
probably was where the explosion took
ilace
II had hunch that n We got O.
the sixth heading We would get fresh
rir. hut you can believe me that the
last hundred yards was something aw
ffi. Coughing ami strangllng. We kept
On. and finally ran slap hang into the
air. was dizzy hut I sercamed .,
the bows Mos, of them who got 20 the
sixth heading keelcd over
Then | heard men coming and
knew they were rescuers They go'
us out Only the young men made u
] am afraid al the older men lost their
ver."
Three times Craig stopped his story
Each time a silent form was brought
- On s'retcher Physicians said
CRAIG and all others IN tho hosplta
wnuld recover. A number. Il was adj
ed. owed the lives 10 prcmp, treat
ment given by rescue parties.
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