Tank's Poetry
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united states mine rescue association
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Tank's Poetry |
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The dead who have already been taken from the mine are:
A dull, muffled, rumbling and trembling like an earthquake gave warning to the engineer at the mouth of shaft that the deadly fire damp had caused an explosion in the mine. He sounded the alarm and as soon as possible a rescuing party was lowered in the cage. A pitiable sight met their eyes when they reached the bottom. In the main level lay the bodies of eight miners mangled and torn and in one side level were nine dead men who had been instantly killed by the explosion. Of the eighteen miners who were working on the shift, all but one was left unhurt and he told the story of the explosion. The injured men were taken to the top and cared for as well as possible and the work of recovering the dead bodies was begun. Some of them were so terribly mangled that recognition was almost impossible. Those injured were:
The company's surgeons, who were kept busy all day caring for wounded, state that they do not anticipate any more deaths, though the condition of several of the victims who have come here within the past year from Indiana and Pennsylvania is very critical. Burns, one of the victims, entered the mine for the first time Monday night. Scanlon and Love had evidently made every effort to escape, having crawled some distance, the former having buried his face in a pool of water. Had the accident occurred at any other hour of the twenty-four, the loss of life would have been terrible, as 400 men are employed there during the day. The damage to the mining property was very light. |
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