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This morning the excitement it the■baft vm greater than «v«r. Up to ligbto'clock twenty-four Mu bad been brouf bt to the top, of #biob number six ware dead, and all ImmIMi when brought out One or two bare eo far re-covered as to give aa account of them-•el tea. Morgan, the cue irtt discovered, U still alive, though bit recovery ii yet doubtful. The exploring partial were compelled to proceed with toe ut* meet caution, and were freqoeotly brought out aephixiated with foul gmata At 10 a. u. thirty men had been brought out, too of whom were deed, and at IS o'clock not more than one or two remained in the mine. Kvery one of the men brought up for the pttt two hours were found atone dead. The ex-citement is almost indescribable, and thousands of people are crowded arouod the mouth of the pit, and in their eager-ness to eae and hearts re with difficulty kept outside of the rope which is stretched around the shad At the time of the ignition of the upper part of the abaft jesterday, the alarm was given to theengineer, Mr. McDermott, who at once oommunioatod 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, aod while the eighth trip was bain; mada the rope slipped olf the pulley and allfurther means of escape was beyond a possibility. The Are originated spontaneously from the friction of wood work of the bleaker.
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Greencastle Indiana Press
Greencastle, Indiana, US
Wed, May 31, 1871
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