Tank's Poetry
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united states mine rescue association
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Tank's Poetry |
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Among the men killed were:
The party of engineers were making an inspection and survey of the mine and happened to be close by when the explosion occurred. With seventeen miners in the immediate vicinity, the engineers were hurled to the bottom of the chambers by the force of the explosion and tons of coal and rock fell upon them. Men in the other parts of the mine hurriedly were taken to the surface and parties immediately organized to rescue the missing men. By heroic work the rescuers reached the scene of the disaster and found Engineer Alexander Williams and 3 other men who were brought out alive. All were injured. Hoping to reach others of the entombed men the rescuers pushed the work with all haste. One after another they found the victims and by midnight all but two had been brought out of the mine. Word was sent to State District Mine Inspector Nicholson and he hurried to the mine where he took up the work of directing the rescue. A mine rescue car has started on its way from Pineville, Kentucky, to Vivian. The Bottom Creek Mine was considered safe as it was equipped with a steam jet system for dampening the workings. A sixteen foot fan was used for ventilation and clay tamping utilized for shoring. In spite of these precautions the coal dust explosion occurred. |
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