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united states mine rescue association
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One man, William Donnelly, was killed at the head of the mine by the blast. Bodies of four trapped miners were sighted on the 16th level. Several rescue workers were overcome by the gas, known as coal damp, and one, John Moore, was carried from the mine. The damp sent rescuers -- numbering about fifty -- back to the tenth level of the mine where ventilation was good. Efforts were being made to obtain brattice cloth to curtain off mine entries and aid ventilation lower down. Workers estimated it would require six men from five to six hours to carry one body from the lower levels, because of the mass of debris to be traversed. It was impossible to send a car into the affected regions. No Hope Held Out Miller D. Hay, chief mine inspector, who entered the workings on his arrival here early today from Ada, Oklahoma, was authority for the statement there was little hope for the men trapped in the 16th, 17th and 18th levels. The names of the dead and trapped miners as given out by the company, follows:
Cause Is Undetermined Although the mine is on prison property it is owned privately and operated by civilian labor. It is said to be one of the most modern in the state, with every available safety advice. Existence of the damp added to fears for the trapped men. It is quickly fatal, although not explosive. Rescuers were repairing telephone lines and were in touch with the engine room at all times. The first rescue group was led into the mine 20 minutes after the explosion by W. C. Robbin, district mine inspector. Three hundred or more persons were gathered about the shaft mouth and the engine room this morning. T. W. Wheatley, McAlester, mine manager, and part owner, collapsed in a private office near the scene of the blast. |
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