The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 30, 1913, Image 3

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MINERS ENTOMBED . NEW MEXICAN MINERS ARE TRAPPED BY EXPLOSION ? 230 mm IN DEBRIS 1'iYoits ait* lleing Continuously Made to Tunnel to Miners, Who Are ImI>i isonod llelow Second Level?Air Supply Considered Abundant mid Those Alive May Survive. Two hun !red and thirty miners were entombed in shaft No. 2 of tlio Stage Canon mines at Dawson, New Mexico, when an explosion occurred in the property at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Two men found on an upper level were taken from mine Wednesday night. Rescuers were railed from all parts of the Southern Colorado coal fields. The day shirt working in shaft No. 2, numbered 220. The cause of the explosion is unknown. Immediately after the explosion all shifts were called to the work of rescue and those miners who were employed in other shafts were put to work drilling through tho debris, which was said to have blocked the mine below the second level. The United States rescue car, stationed at Trinidad, Col., was summoned and every available man in Dawson Wednesday night was aiding in the attempt to rescue the entimbed miners. Representatives from the mine d'd not state; at which level the ex >lo:don occurred, but said that the mine shaft was blocked from the second level. The cause of the explosion Is unknown. Fire has not broken out, though smoke was seen issuing from tho second level of the shaft. It was believed by rescuers that this came from the explosion. By 10 o'clock "Wednesday night the rescuers had penetrated more than 100 feet into the mouth of the mine and reached five of the entombed miners, who were alive, they had suffered much from the gas and were in no condition to tell what happened at the time of the explosion. Immediately on being brought to the surface the men were given into the rare of physicians, many of whom have arrived from nearby towns. Tn the relief camps situated several yards from the entrance to mine No. 2, are gathered the women and children of the entombed miners' families. They are cheered by the knowledge that Superintendent McDermott is among the main body of imprisoned miners, as they have confidence, as have mine officials, in the superintendent's resources in such a plight. Relief parties from nearby towns constantly are working and the number of rescuers in Dawson is well into the hundreds, all equipped with the latest apparatus for combatting gases and other dangers of mine explosions. The rescue work is continuous. As Otin irroun of wnrkertt i? Mrivon harU for ait\ another takes its place. That system is to continue until the la?t of tho men known to have been caught in the explosion shall have been found. A largo majority of the men entombed are Italians. There is every reason to believe practically all the men entombed can be rescued, as several means of escape aro offered from mine No. 2, which is connected with mine No. 5, by a tunnel driven through the mountain, and al.50 connects with an air shaft driven from the top of the mountain down into the mine. This air shaft is equipped with steps and ladders upon which the entombed men, if they aro able to reach the shaft, can mako their way to the top. A dispatch from Tinidad, Col., says a special rescue train carrying scores of experienced miners equipped with rescue apparatus left Trinidad at 3 o'clock for Dawson, N. M., shortly after news of tho explosion was received. Dawson is more than 125 miles from Trinidad, over branch line railroads, and it will be several hours before the special train reaches the scene." Two automobiles loaded with five oxygen tanks and other apparatus left Trinidad for Dawson, approximately 90 miles distant, over mountain roads. - Makes a Groat Change. Ex-Governor M. R. Patterson, of Tennessee, who recently professed conversion, seems to have gotten a dose of good old timo religion. lie is now lifting his voice whenever occasion presents in denunciation of the liquor tratlic and the men and interests that are behind impure poli tics in Tennessee. Mr. Patterson is an ablo man and splendid speaker, and the forces of civil righteousness pained a powerful ally when he joined himself to their standard. The mercies of Cod are sure and enduretli forever. lOat Chestnuts and Die. \ Ptomaine poisoning from eating chestnuts is the cause given hv physicians for the deaths of Edward Roberts, six years old, and his brother, Raymond, three years old, of Forestvllle, Conn. The physicians believe the nuts were affected by chestnut blight* ' v ; EARLY SNOW IN SOUTH FLAKES FALL AS FA It SOUTH AS GKOKGIA AM) ALABAMA. Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Carolinas K.vpprionco Earliest ' Snowfall on Itecord. Tennessee, North Carolina, Northern Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina Monday experienced tho earliest snowfall in the recollection of oldest citizens. After a week of comparatively warm weather the temperature began to drop Sunday and continued to fall during the early morning hours Monday. As far south ae Atlanta the snow began to fall shortly after two o'clock Monday morn- , ing. The precipitation continued intermittently until after daylight, tit ' which time it had been noticed as far south as Birmingham, Ala., and j Athens, Ga. , According to records kept in the < central oilice of tho weather bureau < Monday's snowfall was tho. second recorded in the month of October. The first was experienced eight days later in the year 1910. That the states mentioned above were generally blanketed by the , snow clouds is indicated from the reports from different sections. In South Carolina tho snow was noted at Greenville, Union and Florence. In Alabama the precipitation was evident at Huntsvillo and Rirmingham. Snow fell in several Georgia lines aim towns, including Atlanta, Augusta and Athens. Reports from ( Nashville and Chattanooga, Tenn., and Asheville, N. C., indicato that the snow flurry was heavier in that section than in the more southern states. ? ? Sewage Disposal Solved. The disposal of sewago is something that has given great concern to many cities. Of course when a large city is situated on the hanks of a large lake or river or by the side of the ocean the que?tion is simple even if in some cases there is danger of pollution of water. But in large cities differently situated the question Is not so simple. That sewage Is under certain conditions valuable as a fertilizer Is well known but the sludge or solid part of sewage has not given very satisfactory results because the fatty matter in it, due chiefly to soap and kitchen refuse, makes the soil to which it is applied impervious to rain and air. For this reason sewago could not ho used as a fertilizer, as really under certain conditions it would do more harm than good. I This difficulty is now being orcrcome in an economical way by the application of a small percentage of acid to . the dried sludge and subjecting the sludge to the action of superheated steam. This removes the difficulty and the result is a ster- , ilized and inodorous brown power that makes a valuable fertilizer. This method is in successful operation at Oldham, England, and scien- , title men are sanguine that in a short time sewage so treated will prove an invaluahlo fertilizer for tho farmer. I In many districts of New England where farms have lost their fertility and been abandoned it could be profitably used to restore the fertility and put the farms once more under cultivation, especially as in very many cases such farms are close to the numerous cities of that region. Hut not alone in New England would such fertilizer prove a bless- , ing, if the assertions of the scientists i are borno out. In every part of the country there are numerous farms that are run down because for years everything has beeu taken from the ' soil and nothing put back, and what thoso farms need to restore their fertility is fertilizing. If. then, this ( may bo done economically by tho ap- 1 plication of sewage treated as above stated, a two-fold gain will result, it will prove a source of revenue to the city disposing of its refuse and it will make for largo crops. This treatment of sew ago will prove a hlesing too to small towns that are 1 not located near a water course. 1 There are several such towns in this section of flie State. 1 ( lisitYi F .otru Robert Melton, white, about 35 < years of age, fell as he attempted to 1 catch a moving freight train out of Florence Saturday afternoon and had < both legs cut off between the knee and ankle. lie was from Chester- i field county and had been in Flor- ] ence some time. lie was taken to an infirmary for treatment by a railroad , physician. ( ( Gives I'p Dirigibles. f Recauso of the disaster of the j Zeppelin dirigible balloon tho CJer- 1 man minister of war has counter- i manded all the proposed ascents of < tho military dirigibles Zodiac and < nolgirpie for tho year. Ho also has I decided to suspend and probably will i abandon the intended purchase of a new dirigible of tho German rigid type. * * i Negro Baby Burns. . Tho home of Addle Helton, a negro woman living near Ridgeway, was l completely destroyed Tuesday by Are, and her eight-months-old baby, left In tho house while tho mother was in < the field picking cotton, was burned ' to death. TWO TRAINS CRASH PASSENGER HITS HEAVY FREIGHT NEAR COLUMBIA TWELVE ARE INJURED Hounding Sharp Curve Seaboard Engines Meet in Head-on Collision? Engines Are Telescoped and Other Cars llndly Damaged?Car Loaded With Cotton Serves as Hamper. Five members of train crews and seven passengers were seriously injured in a head on collision between a local north-bound passenger train and a south-hound freight train, on a sharp curve between Dixiana and Gaston, about seven miles south of Columbia on the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Wednesday morning at 10:4 0 o'clock. Seaboard local passenger train Xo 20 carrying a mail and express car, a combination baggage and negro coach, and a white coach, was rounding a sharp curve between Dixiana and Gaston when looming on tlie track beforo it was second freight No. 8 7 bearing down on them. Engineer A. S. Bradford, of the passenger and Engineer L. A. Powell, of the freight, both blew tho distress aifiiiaio, ICVCIBVU 1 III* I I" If VIM'S, Siappou on emergency brakes and followed (heir firemen, who leaped for their lives. The two engines met head-on, the freight engine telescoping the passenger engine, both being completely demolished. The combination express and mail car rodo into the passenger engine, breaking the car in two, and throwing Express Messenger W. A. Knightly and Mail Clerk J. W. (Nottingham through the bottom of tho car, they rolling down tho embankment and being severely Injured. The combination baggage and colored coach and the car containing white passengers wero derailed but remained upright. Kaggago Master J. E. Anderson was thrown to tho floor and trunks and other baggage piled up around him, cutting his head and faco and bruising him severely. A negro brakeman of the freight train, A. Hall, who was riding or the engine jumped beforo the collision and sustained internal injuries. Right next to the engine of the freight train was a car load o? cotton ami this car was completely demolished. Tho cotton piling up on the track and acting as a bumper broke tho impact and kept the balance of the cars of the long freight train upright on tho track, this being shown by tho fact that just next to the cotton car was a carload of merchandise and right behind that a carload of horses, and nnnn n f (ho?n /%oru l?f* the track, or hardly felt the force of the impact. The tenders of hoth engines were thrown from the track, torn from their trucks and deposited down the embankment a heap of ruins. Although hadly wounded, Baggage Master Anderson crawled from his battered car, and walked hack to Gaston, three miles, and reported the wreck,^wiring to Columbia for assistance. Mr. Anderson's head was cut and blood was flowing freely from his wounds, hut he covered the three miles in an increditably short ?pace of time, and his heroic action brought the news to Columbia. As soon as Baggage Master Anderson reached Gaston and the news was wired to Columbia, a relief train with physicians and carrying Railroad Commissioners Richards and Hampton, and Secretary Darby, left for the wreck. The train had crossed Congareo Creek, five miles south of Columbia, when the eccentric strap on the nnglne reversed the train and started It running hack towards Columbia. Kngineer D. C. Seldon was pinned to (he cab. his jaw being broken. He was also badly cut about the legs. The train had got hack about 100 yards and was on the trestle when the fireman, who at onco saw the danger sprang to the throttle, and brought the train to a stop. Tho engineer was given medical attention by physicians and a wrecking train, which was following right behind carried tho relief train on to the wreck, whero the injured passengers and trainmen were looked after promptly. All tlio passengers, those wound3(1 and those unhurt, and the woundrid trainmen were brought hack to Columbia. The accident at the Congareo trestlo delayed the relief train about an hour In reaching the wreck, but. in that time passengers and train men, assisted it is said, by a physician from tlie country nearby and another who happened to ho on the train had made the wounded as comfortable as possiblo. Tho following is the list of the injured : 1j. C. Seldon, of Columbia, engineer of relief train, jaw broken, cuts about legs and face. A. S. Radford, of Savannah, engineer on passenger train, internal injuries. W. A. Knightly, of Raleigh, N. C., express messenger, leg cut and bruises. J. W. Cottingham, of Colombia, ! ENTIRE VILLAGE DIES IKL.WDEKS ATE CI.OTIIINH HKKOItK DEATH CAMK. Diary Tells of SufTcrliiKM When K\plorers Find Huts With Finmiat< <1 Men, Women and Children. Woolen garments and the flesh of their comrades supplied the last food eaten by the villager^ on the island of New Zembla off the coast of ltussia, according to a report made by scientific explorers who visited the island. They found the huts and in them the starved bodies of the former occupants. Every thread of clothing had been eaten by the famished men, women, and children. Mothers were found with their dead babes still in their arms, while there was every indication that the flesh had been eaten from the bones of the less hardy of the starving fishermen. The severe winter of last year and the inability of the men to get fish or supplies from the depot of the the tragedy, in one of the huts was found a roughly scrawled diary which told the story of the islanders before death released them. The last entry j in i m- cuary roads as follows: "We can got no fish. A ship was seen to approach, but it was an illusion. It is terrible to so onr children dying of hunger. They look into our faces and crv for food. I "Hut what can we do? We have I none to give them. We are reduced to eating our own woolen garments. We are still hoping for help" The last two pages were tragic in their lntensiey: "There only remain four fishermen and two women. Our sufferings are ndesori liable. "1. (lonoff, am now tho only survivor. 1 am very feeble, and can hardly write. I tremble already. My eyes and hand fail inc. ? FIK1SMAN IS KILLK1). Const, Line Train is Derailed With Fatal Result. James Ramsey, colored fireman of Atlantic Coast Line train. No. SO. northbound from Savannah and due at the Columbia Union Station at 10:30 Sunday night, was killed, and Engineer W. H. Martin slightly bruised when tho engine, express car and two forward coaches jumped the track a short distance south of Green Pond. Tho accident occurred at 9:14 o'clock Sunday night, and at midnight a hastily made up wrecking train of live cars, in charge of Superintendent J. C. Murchison, left the Union Station for tho scene of the wreck. From tho meagre details to be obtained up to a late hour it is believed that none of the passengers was injured. ? SAID HE WAS RUSSIAN. + Spartanburg IVisoner Tries New Route, but (Jets SO Days. When Philip Alexander, a white man, arrested on a railroad train for refusal to pay his fare, was brought before Magistrate Robert J. Gantt, of Spartanburg, for trial Saturday, he represented in broken English that ho was a Russian, unfamiliar with the language and customs of this country. Magistrate Gantt sent for a native of Russia, who runs a shoe repairing shop, to act as interpreter. It was then demonstrated that Alexander could neither speak nor understand Russian, German or a? other languages of continental Europe. When he saw that his "game" would not work, he pleaded for clemency in fluent and eloquent English. Magistrate Gantt sent him up for thirty days. cuts about hips and legs. J. E. Anderson, of Savannah, baggage master, badly cut in face and bruised about body and head. A. Hall, of Savannah, negro porter, internal injuries. John Rivens, of Savannah, negro fireman of passenger train knee sprained. Will Harris, of Savannah, brake man on freight train, bruised about head and shoulders. E. Robinson, of Savannah, fireman, leg sprained. The passengers reported injured are: Mrs. J. E. Goodwin, of Styx. J. C. Coates, of Savannah. J. S. Fallow, of Gaston. 10. M .Robinson, of North. I.#. R. Gates, of Columbia. A. Z. Stroman, of Swansea. A women patient who was being brought to the State Hospital, was injured by falling timber. It is said that the wreck was caused by trainmen of the freight misreading their time, in that their watches were 1 hour slower than they should have been. The passenger train was running dead on time, and of course, had the right away. It is said that the freight crew thought it was an hour earlier than it really was and that this was the cause of the wreck. This report cannot bo verified. The track was torn up for some distance and Seaboard trains are being detoured over the Southern via Denmark. RUNS OFF TRESTLE TENDER AND FOUR COACHES FALL TWENTY FIVE FEET KILLS TWENTY SOLDIERS Special Train Failing Ixmd of Soldiers t<> State Fair Huns off Track While on Mississippi Trestle Causing Kntire Train With its Human 9 l.(uul to Fell to the ( round. Twenty RoldiotH were killed and more than 11>0 persons were Injured when a special train on the Mobile & Ohio railroad plunged through a trestle near State Line, Miss., Sunday afternoon. The, entire train fell a distance of 2feet. The wreck was caused by the engine tender jumpinc the track about 2U0 feet from a trestle. The engine was not derailed and passed over the trestle safely. The tender broke looso from the engine, however and plunged with the haggage ear and three coaches to the I I IMlilil, HMM IXMOW. At nino o'clock Sunday night 1*'. bodies had boon taken from the wreckage and Superintendent I'igford said in his report that he was sure four more bodies were in the debris, which will not bo cleared away for 2 4 hours. According to a report which is unconfirmed these were the (lead: loRcph T. Kbern, Krnest. 1 *arc|not t, Clyde Teel. 11. It. Bishop, (J. C. Burleson, Joseph Provence, \V. 11. Brim, (loodoB, Uemsen, (Jruckle, Acres, ('apt. Johnson, 8th regiment band; Corporal Konler, Corporal CholewsUi Van Stcbeins, private. One body, unidentiiicd, with initials "It. T." in cn p. One hundred and seventy-nine soldiers were on board the special train. They wero from Forts Morgan and Barnncas. They were en route to Meridian to participate in the Mississippi-Alabama joint State fair. They were under command of MaJ. Taylor. The *ien had been taken to Mobile early Sunday and at noon their ill-fated special left Mobile. As meagre news of the wreck filtered into Meridian a snoeinl rettof train bearing physicians and nurses loft for the soono. Other trains loft from Mobile and Whistler, Ala. When it was learned at. Mobile that a train bearing the dead and wounded was bound for that city another train carrying more doctors and nurses was sent to meet the one hearing the victims. As is usual with troop trains, the coaches were filled and when the three ears tumbled through the trestle the men had little protection. The dead and injured wero entangled in a twisted mass of wreckage, making it difficult to remove the dead bodies or rescue the injured. Tlecause of the confusion duo largely to poor wire communication It was impossible to ascertain how many of the wounded were expected to die or who they were. The first report of the wreck sent to tho war department was that 12 had been killed, but soon after It was sent other bodies wero found. Superintendent Pigford is firm in ills belief that at least four more bodies are in tho wreckage, but until the debris is cleared away a final statement of tho casualties cannot be made. SAVES MAN'S IJFE. +. High School Teacher of Conway l>oes Heroic Work. Robert McCracken, tho superintendent of tho "Snow Hill" farm on the outskirts of Conway, happened to a horrible accident at tlie farm ginnery Tuesday afternoon. While attempting to unchoko one of the gins bis hand was caught in the saws and torn into shreds. As he staggered from the gin house to his home ins cries ror Help were heard by Miss Kdna Mae Stephens, of the High School faculty, who requested the wounded man to sit down. She quickly and tightly clasped the arm above the wound and practically checked the flow of blood from the arteries until medical assistance could ho secured. Mr. McCracken was rushed to a hospital where it was found necessary to amputate the arm at the shoulder. The self-possession and quick action on the part of Miss Stephens probably saved Mr. McCracken's life. ? Horses Are Tlunied. Thirty-threo horses were burned to death, a tobacco warehouso, several dwellings and a livery stablo ,1 A 1 1 - w<;ic uuBuoyeu uy nre or unKnown origin at Chatham, Va., Thursday. Several farmers sleeping In tho tobacco warehouso narrowly escaped being burned to death. Tho loss is estimated at $2f>,000. ? ? ? Will Distribute Copies. Senator Tillman says that ho has a number of copies of the new tariff and income tax laws, and that he will be glad to send copies to corporations and Individuals who may desiro them If they will writo to him at once, before the supply Is exhausted. MARRIED ONE HOUR I Wil l: AM) IIISB.WD PART AFTKit SECRET MARRIAGE Atlanta Couple Soon Learn Tliey Ought Not to Hnvo W(h1, and So They Apply for Divorce. Lovo of the suhlimcst sort, sacrificed without question to duty, has been bared by the divorce cort at Atlanta (la., forming ono of tho saddest tragedies on record in the state. Robert A. Harper, a prominent young business man, and hi las Bertha Dickenson, a society bud, are tho principals in the drama. One hour after the minister had united them in marriage, the bridegroom surrendered the bride forever ut the request of her parents. Only a few persons In the city knew that Harper and Miss Dickencehad been inirried, although tho ceremony occured several months ago The story filially was ma ie public through the divorce court, in which the parents of the bride asked tho annulment of the marriage* an tho ground of "incompatibility of temper. "The broken-hearted groom even testified at the trial in order that his sorrowing bride could secure tlio divorce that had been decided upon. Harper told how he and Miss Dickenson had been married, although the love and devotion, were secretly married several months ago. Within a few minutes after the ceremony had been performed, the bride's parents obtained knowledge of it. and summoned the pair to a conference. What occured sit the conference no one aside from Mr. and Mrs. Harper and the hitters parents ever will know but Harper told the Jury in the divorce court that what he and his bride learned sit tho time convinced them that they ought not to have mnrrififl "We loved each other devotedly, and still do," ho told the court, while the tears rolled down his cheeks and the Bohhing of his wlfe'w parents was audible throughout the entire room. "Hut 1 was convinced that it was for her happiness to give her up, and her welfare is of more Importance than anything else in the world to mo. So we parted after one hour of married life." There wore few dry eyes in the jury hox after Harper had bared his broken heart, and it was with a husky voice that the judge, after commending the young man for his actions, gave Instructions to the 12 men who decided the case. The jury granted the divorce after a few minutes deliberation. ? Canal Not Harmed by Quako. Tho liability of the Isthmus of Panama to earthquake shocks has always been recognized and therefore f liorn 11 J l vi q 1 U"l uu ImnJi nir\ro vltVfi v, t?.j 0 much uiv;i o KJk ICD3 anxiety as to tho effect of such shocks on the canal now nearing completion. With many, especially with some of the European governments, tho wish has been father to the thought that a heavy shock would work irreparable damage to the canal and more particularly to tho locks. On the other hand, the constructors of the work and people generally who are conversant with conditions on the isthmus have been conlldent that locks and canal would stand without appreciable damage any shock equal to those sustained in former years. The recent heavy quake proves that they wore right for not even the slightest damage resulted. A feeling of relief and pride in tho stability of the work now parvades tho nation, and with that pride is associated fullest confidence in tho engineers and in tho ability of American contractors and workmen to construct tho most difficult undertakings. The successful withstanding of the quake will also inspire confidence in the commercial and shipping world and when tho big ditch is once open to commerce it will unquestionably bo tho great highway from Europe and our Atlantic coast to the far east. It will also enable tho United States to assemhlo a largo fleet of naval vessels in a short time on tho Pacific coast. The building of this canal Is an undertaking of such tremendous proportions that wo doubt If any nation in tho world could have accomplished It except tho United States. It has cost many millions of dollars and thousands of human lives, but these things can not bo allowed to stand in tho way of tho progress of the world. This great canal means much to this section of tho country in the way of development and increase of population. Charleston is several hundred miles nearer to it than any other port on this continent, and for that reason the old city ought to take on now lire, and become the metropolis of tho South. ? If extreme poverty on the one side and extreme luxury on the other side could be destroyed tho world would bo a gainer. Theso two extemes are very laregely responsible for the mischief and vice that now exist. Tho people who live and enjoy life between these extremes are the great eonsorvers of society. ? The Abbeville Medium thinks that a state-wide selection of grand Jurors for Charleston county would do more good than a state-wide collection of funds. f