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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1900
Page
1
A gas explosion at Mine No 2 during the Friday morning shift trapped about fifty miners as work began. Rescue teams dragged men from smoke filled passages and afterdamp, bringing out injured and unconscious workers while declaring three men missing and presumed dead.
In a severe coal mine explosion authorities sealed the No 2 air shaft to allow searchers to reach three imprisoned miners. Volunteers aided by deputies, despite dense smoke and afterdamp, as teams worked through the shafts with delayed progress. One body was found near a dinner bucket, showing injuries from jagged coal.
Aaron Stvanson and Evan Joseph Mc Clelland Swanson entered the mine early and reached their rooms when the blast occurred. Joseph was overcome by gas as the mine rose to collapse. Swanson, single, MacClelland about 42, a married man estranged from his wife, reconciled days earlier and living with her. The reunion seemed providential as the devoted wife mourned the husband’s sudden death Friday morning.
William Grubb survived a minute to minute battle with suffocating fumes after a May morning collapse while three other miners McCleland Swanson and Joseph were feared dead. Gas explosion later claimed inspector Joseph as search efforts continued with Col. W Telien and his son aiding recovery.
The article discusses possible causes of a disaster, noting theories about a shot fired the night before by a miner. It suggests the shot might have ignited coal, generating gas. Mining experts claim a small blaze could trigger such a deadly event in soft rock conditions.
Beginning Monday June 1 Athens dry goods and boot and shoe merchants will close at 6 pm on weekdays except Saturdays until October 1. Seventy five clerks welcomed the plan and a June 14 start is listed for several stores. A clerks picnic and band music are planned to celebrate the agreement at the state hospital park in the grove.
The common pleas court adjourned its term after sessions since April and granted two divorces. Cras. E. Coleman obtained a divorce from Caura Coleman on adultery grounds with details of prostitution and residence in Ash ehs. plaintiff held in the Ohio penitentiary. Daniel M. Kenney was granted a divorce from Alpha Kenney for wilful absence. married in 1891 at Downington, Meigs county, now residents of Pleasanton.
The Democratic congressional convention for Ohio's Eleventh district met in the Meigs County court room Friday. Thomas H. Craig of Athens was nominated by acclamation to oppose General Grover. Delegates from Athens, Hocking, Meigs, Ross and Vinton counties attended. W. H. Jenkinson of Meigs chaired. The Chicago platform was endorsed, and Boers sympathy urged. Craig, a resident of Athens and former Athens Journal proprietor, is now a traveling salesman for a Chillicothe firm.
An old advertisement references Hall's Catarrh Cure and a one hundred dollar reward for a case of catarrh not cured. It lists Cheney and company as Toledo proprietors and includes testimonials from wholesale druggists Wear and Tacax along with others. The copy touts the cure as internal medicine affecting blood and mucous membranes. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure.
An old advertisement touts CASCARETS as a cure for various ailments by cleansing the bowels, promising easy natural movements with no gripe. It warns against imitations and notes pricing to start health recovery, mentioning DeVite’s Little Early Risers for liver and bowel cleansing from Cline's Pharmacy.
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