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IVI IllfU MUIThis Morning the excitement K the shaft vm |mUr this «nr. Up to eighto'clock twecty-four mo bad beenbroogbt to iba top, of dlkk number six worn dead, and all tmadlli when brought oat. One or two bare so far recovered a« to give aa account of themselves. Morgan, the cot first discovered, U still alive, though bit recovery iftyet doubtful. The exploring partialwere compelled to proceed with toe at* most caauoo, aad were freqoeotly brought oat asphixiated with foul gases.At 10 ▲. m. thirty men bad been brought oat, ten of whom were dead, and at IS o'clock not more than one or two remained in the mine. Kftry one of the men brought up for the part two boon were found atone dead. The excitement it almost indescribable, and thousands of people are crowded arouodIba mouth of the pit, and in their eagerness to eee and hear ware with difficultykept outside of the rope which is stretched arouod the shall At the time of the ignition of the upper part of the shaft yesterday, the alarm was given to the engineer, Mr. McDermott, who at once oommunioated warning of the danger to the bottom of the mine and began to hoist a carriage, bringing with the first four trips several men. In three succeeding trips no arrivals wera reported, and while the eighth trip was bain; mada the rope slipped olf the pulley and all further means of eseape was beyond apossibility. The fire originated spontaneously from the friction of wood work of the breaker.
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Greencastle Indiana Press
Greencastle, Indiana, US
Wed, May 31, 1871
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