Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-02-10
TWO MINE BLASTS
ENTOMB 100 MEN;
81 NEW RECOVERED
New Mexico Explosion Traps
More Than Hundred Far
Below Surfaced Canadian
Disaster Takes Heavy Toll

CUMBERLAND, 3. c., Feb. o.
Fifty-one coal miners lost their
lives when firedamp exploded in the
second level of Mine No. 4, of the
Canadian Galleries (Dnnsmuir Lts.)
two miles from here last night, it
was estimated today by mine Off
Gals after twenty-one bodies had
been brought to the surface.
One Chinese was brought out
alive and taken to a hospital. while
four others of those trapped still
breathed, but were near death when
found three miles from the mouth
of the tunnel. A rescue party with
salvage apparatus was trying to re-
vive the four by artificial respira.
ton.
Doctors who were down in the
mines with rescue crews. declared
ventilation was entirely cut off from
the portion of the mine in which
those unaccounted for were suppos-
ed to be.
No explanation for the explosion
was offered. 1t was stated the
mine was equipped with safety de-
vices and that most of the lighting
and power was by electricity.
Two rescue crews worked in the
mine all night and a third was be-
ing recruited. About two miles
from the mouth of the tunnel the
rescuers came to the bodies of six
men grouped in attitudes Indicating
they had fallen from fatigue. Be-
yond them was found a, mule. stil
alive The body of the foreman.
Norman Hubby, then was discovered.
The Chinese in the hospital said
he was thrown down by the explo-
sion, but that getting to his feet
he began to run for the mouth or
the tunnel, two miles away. He
passed number of white men tot
tering their last steps.
The disaster was the second to oc.
cur in mine number three in sir
months. An explosion there August
| 80, 1922, took a toll of 10 lives.
Cumberland is on Vancouver iie
land. 10 miles northwest Of Vic.
toria. The population lis 1900.
TWO MINERS RESCUED
ALIVE IN NEW MEXICO
| DAWSON, N. M, Feb. 9.-(By the
Associated Press.)-Two miners Of
the 122 entombed yesterday in mine
No. l here, of the Phelps-D Dodge cor.
poration, came out alive today.
They walked out unassisted. The
men We're Charles Candale and Filipi
Martinez.
Seven bodies have been recovered
and search continued, with hope re-
Vived on the part of rescuers, who
had expressed doubt of saving any
of the trapped diggers, on account
of the afterdamp
When the rescue crews entered
the mine, they encountered fumes
which seemed to permenate the prop
erty and, as a result, little hope was
entertained that any of the entomb-
ed men will be found alive.
AS soon as the entrance which had
been blocked by the explosion could
be cleared, exploration of the mine
was begun under the direction of the
manager and general superintendent.
The first men reached were the mo-
torman and nipper, only short dis
lance inside the mine. Both were
dead. One of them was identified as
Autoinele Kiriakos.
AS ventilation was restored by
construction of temporary stoppings
ON cross cuts, the rescuers proceeded
into the mine.
One hundred and foTty-one miners
entered the mine yesterday, but
nineteen of them had checked out
before the explosion, so that 122 men
were in the mine when the accident
occurred
The mine was what is commonly
termed in this district "non-gas-
eous" one, and was extensively
equipped with a sprinkling system. :
The fire bosses who examined the
mine on the night before the ex-
plosion did not report any unusual
conditions. The cause of the ex-
plosion has not been determined.
The ventilating fan was so located
and installed that it was not dam
aged by the explosion and continued
in operation. The main force Of the
explosion passed through the intake
airWay, which is the main haulage
road, and on reaching the surface
demolished the concrete portal. Sub
sequently the haulage way caved in
at that point.
Early this morning the body OF
A. j. English was found almost
completely buried in the debris
Apparently Dead Twice,
Woman Is Recovering
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