Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 212, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 December 1926 — Page 23

DEC. 10, 1926

Ke MINE . ORDERED SEALED * (Continued From Page 1) time of the explosion. The hoist had already carried seventy-one down. Suddenly those above ground heard a rumbling in the mine. The earth trembled with the force of the blast and flames, and smoke belched from the top of the shaft. The blast ripped the top from the air shaft and blew the mine cage to the top of the main shaft. Flames and smol.e enveloped the tipple. Stunned for a moment as they realized the mine had been visited by disaster and that they had escaped death or injury only by minutes, the miners on top quickly turned in the work of rescue. Timbers were thrown across the top of the air shaft and covered with sand to aid in circulation of air in the workings and the huge mine fan was kept going. Twenty-five volunteers entered the mine through the air shaft, and as they wearied with the strenuous work they were relieved by others. Somo of the men on the bottom who were unhurt made the perilous climb up the narrow stairway adjoining the air shaft and staggered out into daylight, their faces blackened and clothing torn by the blast. A number of injured were carried up on the backs of rescuers and Jtiter a temporal hoist was rigged |rp and made hurried trips to the bottom of the shaft, carrying up each time an injured man or the body of a dead miner, accompanied by one of the rescuers. Word of the disaster spread quickly to Francisco and Princetoq, where many of the men caught by the explosion lived, and wives and relatives of the victims gathered at the mouth of the shaft. There they waited in a frenzy of anxiety as hour' after hour passed while the rescue crews searched through the recesses of the mine and sent up the dead and injured. A guard line was thrown about the mouth of the shaft to prevent the gathering throngs from interfering with rescue work. A mine rescue crew was sent to <'rancisco from Vincennes and all vailable doctors and nurses in ’rniceton and nearby towns has- ' nod to the scene. Miners from other mines in Gibi and Vanderburgh Counties aban'.ned their work and went to the ncosco mine to help with the •: scue. The Princeton chapter of the Red oss nid 1 in furnishing supplies, iltnkets and cots. Supplies were ! so rc uisitioned from nearby homes and the Armory of he Indiana National Guard was thrown open to care for the injured. First Aid Station An emergency dressing station as set up inYme of the mine company’s buildings, and there the injured were given first aid treatment before removal to-hospitals. w Some of the dead were so badly burned by the explosion that identification was difficult. Others had been hurled against timbers and sides of the entries and killed by the force of the blast. The head of one of the dead men

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were almost cut in two as if with the blow of a heavy ax. The badly injured were wrapped in blankets at the bottom of the shaft, placed on stretchers when brought to the top and hurried away in ambulances. Throughout the day the work of rescue went tirelessly on under the direction of R. J. Moseby, superintendent of the mine, and at 6 p. m twenty bodies had been recovered, twenty-four were listed as injured, fifteen as unhurt and twelve men were reported still in the mine. Relatives Remain Relatives of the men still unac counted for refused to leave the shaft as darkness settled down, still clinging to the hope that the missing men would be found alive. An hour later rescuers sent up word the seven men had been found alive. They were discovered in a remote part of the mine that escaped the main force of the explosion. They were brought to the top and removed to the hospital. For several hours after the explosionfl rescue crews did not encounter the hazard of fire, but near midnight fire was reported in the south entry. To guard against additional loss of life, the rescuers were ordered to the surface while an inspection was made to dtermine whether it would be necessary to seal the mine to check the fire. After the inspection It was decided this measure would be unnecessary and the rescue crews again went be low to search for the five missing

In morgues at Princeton embalmers worked far into the night preparing bodies of the dead for burial. Funerals of a number at the victims will be held Saturday and others are to be buried Sunday. The explosion was the worst disaster that has visited the mining dis trict of Indiana since early in 1925. when fifty-one miners were killed by a blast at Sullivan. EXPECT TEN TO DIE Ten of the thirty Francisco mln° blast victims In the Princeton hospitals are expected to dio, according to a telegram today from Walter Wills, State industrial board member, to Charles Rockwell, board secretary. Albert C. Dolly, chief inspector who ha3 been attending American Mining Conference in Washington ’vas expected to jo n the corn’* - eputies at the scene of the tragedy. Dally was expected to arrive at noon SAVED FOR C OTTON DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 10. —Attorneys were just about to foreclase on the home of a widow living near Dallas recently. A cotton brtker told the woman the calamity could be averted if she could sell her cotton crop at 25 cents a pound. R. B. Ellfritz, hotel proprietor, purchased the cotton at 25 cents a pound, declaring he would place a bale of it in the lobby of his hotel and put a sign on it telling the world that he was going to hold it until the market price of Texas middling cotton reached what he had paid for It.

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MERGER CASETO BETAKENHIGHER (Continued From Page 1) heax-ing on the merger as a result of the defeat of Rucker's injunction. “While the court realizes that the public of Indianapolis as represented by the plaintiff city, has grown suspicious and fearful of every move made by the local utilises and perhaps with some justification, such is not a sufficient warrant for this court to either misapply the law or attempt to ehange existing law as created by the Legislature and interpreted by our courts of review,” Judge Chamberlain's decision declared, in sustaining the contention of utility lawyers that he had no jurisdiction. The opinion stated that there must be more than suspicion* that the public service commission members will not do their duty In the merger petition affair. Conspiracy Charged Rucker had contended that because of a contribution of $19,000 by utilities to Governor Jackson’s campaign fund, a conspiracy had

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