The explosion was of such force as to completely barricade the main entrance. Any miner will tell you that working in a coal mine is a rough and treacherous job. At present everything is in such confusion that it is impossible to give details. This is quite sufficient to fully supply the wants of the miners and keep the air perfectly pure, unless some accident happens to cut off or interfere with the supply. The explosion was one of the most appalling in its consequences that ever occurred in a coal mine in this country. A CATASTROPHE IN COLORADO CAUSED BY FIRE-DAMP -- TERRIBLE SCENES AT THE PIT. Widows who returned to their homelands abroad got $350. Hanna, Wyo. A number of the families reside here. Larson, T.A. [3], The Loveland Mine, which lay a short distance to the north, had worked the same coal seam. Copyright ©2003-2019, All rights reserved. Can you please put me in touch with the previous commenter so we can compare family trees? Yet the mine is one of the most perfectly ventilated in the world. William Collins It worked a near-vertical coal seam near the base of the Laramie Formation that ranged from 6 to 8 feet (1.8 to 2.4 metres) thick. It is likely that the flood was caused by a fire that weakened a barrier between the White Ash Mine and a nearby abandoned mine that was known to be flooded. As soon as possible the fan was repaired and put to work pumping air into the mine and men were set to work to remove the obstructions so as to reach the chambers and get the bodies out to-night if possible. The following are the names of 55 of the unfortunates, the other two were unobtainable: Redstone, Colo. (UPI) -- The bodies of nine miners, killed by an explosion of odorless methane gas, were recovered Wednesday from a coal mine nearly a mile beneath the Colorado Rockies. But the miner interviewed by United Press International insisted: "I've never worked for a mine as conscientious as this one -- one that tries harder to avoid things like this." SMITH, M. MURPHY, R. NORTON, J. REED, FRANK McCANN, H. WOOD, IRA STARBUCK, GALE ASBESTA, LEO BANTA, E. STRONG, F. OBEATER, BERT BARTLE, JOHN ALLEN, WM. While one of the best producing mines in the country, its operation has always been attended with more or less apprehension and real danger. GenDisasters is a genealogy site, compiling information on the historic disasters, events, and tragic accidents our ancestors endured, as well as, information about their life and death. The White Ash Mine disaster occurred on 9 September 1889 at the White Ash Mine, an underground coal mine in Golden, Colorado. Unpublished manuscript, 2007. Part of Anderson’s work will appear in a new book on Wyoming’s Red Desert and surroundings, edited by Annie Proulx, due from the University of Texas Press in 2008. These are all thought to have perished. The earliest of these occurred in 1889 at the White Ash mine near Golden. Copyright ©2003-2019, All rights reserved. Privacy Policy. “The coal industry was enormous in Colorado,” said Jason Hanson, director of … The men were trapped by the deadly gas at 11:45 p.m. MST Tuesday, 15 minutes before their work shift was to end. "[1], The Inspector noted that a mine dump on the surface was also on fire and, alternatively, that fire might have worked its way down into the barrier.[3]. During the 125 years or so that coal mining played a significant role in our local economy, the region saw its share of deadly mine disasters. 113-115, 142, 196, 230, 298, 336-337. This is a greater amount of fresh air than is furnished to any other mine in the country," Superintendent CAMERON added: "We send a mine viewer through every chamber each morning before any of the men are allowed to go in, and he must have returned this morning before the workmen started in, and everything must have been all right when he passed through the workings. Aguilar, CO Mine Explosion, May 1923 . One of the worst coal mine disasters that has ever happened in Colorado occurred at New Castle last Tuesday morning at 10:20 o'clock. If anyone has further information on Luigi Fuschino, I would be very interested in hearing from them. Fifty-seven men were at work in chambers one and two. The central figure in the book is Charlie’s mother, Mary Hughes Stebner Ford. Adelaide Park, CO Giant Powder Explosion, Sep 1895. The appliances for supplying air were badly wrecked and, the roof of the tramway was blown off. However, mining had occurred at the site since the 1870s. H. Hastings mine explosion; W. White Ash Mine disaster; This page was last edited on 2 May 2020, at 03:32 (UTC). "Frontier Wyoming’s Most Dangerous Occupation: The Quest for Mine Safety in Wyoming’s Coal Industry." Colorado Mine Accident Index, Fatalities (updated 24 Mar 2014) A0128 Sherard Collection. PLEASE NOTE: THE LAST PERSON NAMED IN THE "NEW CASTLE, CO MINE EXPLOSION, DEC. 1913" STORY IS MY GREAT GRANDFATHER. Most of the men killed were married and the greater number were Americans. "Hanna." The mine's bosses blamed the accident on a careless miner and, because of a coal strike in Colorado, Union Pacific Coal Company reopened mine #1 a few months later. The victims were identified as: THE INTEND OF THIS NOTE IS TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE CORRECT THE SPELLING OF THE LAST NAME FROM JOE LABLANCHE TO Joe LaBranch. This mine is now but a tomb marked with a now rusty ribbon of an abandoned railroad line. He said he had no doubt that every man in the mine at the time of the explosion was instantly killed. SHERER, JOE FARRER, GEO. Coal dust and gas in the west tunnel of the mine was in some manner ignited and exploded with a detonation that shook the earth like an earthquake for miles around. This is one of many pages on University of Wyoming History Professor Phil Roberts’ useful website on Wyoming history. But a miner who helped bring out the bodies said safety precautions were "excellent." Compilation, design, artwork and concept covered by copyright. It produced coal for use in Golden, in Denver to the east, and at gold and silver mines in the Rocky Mountains to the west. Coal mine gas (methane) was ignited in Mine No. Had Union Pacific dug deep into the mountain first and mined the coal on their way back toward the surface, they would have been able to flood mined rooms with water. Green grass now covers most of the hill that was once the entrance to Mine #1. Of the forty men working in the mine only two escaped, and they chanced to be in an upper gallery away from the main workings. A small monument marks the location, on County Road 44, about 1.5 km west of the Ludlow Monument, which commemorates the those who died in a massacre during the Colorado Coalfield War. When he attempted to raise the cage he found that it was stuck. Roberts, Phil. Rescue teams picked their way through piles of rubble in the mine tunnel to find nine of the bodies about 32 hours after a pocket of methane exploded Wednesday. Laramie: privately published, 1989. "We couldn't hear the explosion but they (mine officials) phoned us and told us to come out," he said. A COAL MINING HORROR. John Morgan Who lost their lives here on The men were trapped by the deadly gas at 11:45 p.m. MST Tuesday, 15 minutes before their work shift was to end. Database and records searchable by surname. "History of coal mining activity near Golden, Colorado", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White_Ash_Mine_disaster&oldid=978136292, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Engineer Charles Hoagland, and Foreman Evan Jones, This page was last edited on 13 September 2020, at 03:34. Chimney Springs was renamed Hanna in honor of Marcus A. Hanna, a member of Union Pacific Company management and an Ohio United States Senator. Database and records searchable by surname. The Town Hall has been prepared for the reception of the dead. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1965. The air is forced in along a shaft by machinery, and no less that 56,000 cubic feet of fresh air is forced into the mine every minute. ED SMITH, 27. Also, thank you for correcting the spelling of his name so that his death is properly memorialized. One of the worst coal mine disasters that has ever happened in Colorado occurred at New Castle last Tuesday morning at 10:20 o'clock. The men who were in the lower levels were terribly burned and mangled, and though most of the bodies have been recovered, identification proceeds very slowly. In the five-year period from 1903 through 1908, 228 had died in these two mine disasters in mine #1 before the creation of safety teams, safety laws or even the implementation of safety inspections. Details Wyoming coal mine disasters and government attempts at reform from the earliest days through the 20th century. The Union Pacific Coal Company opened new mines in Hanna, hiring new miners. State officials said the mine was the most gaseous coal mine in Colorado and the second most gaseous in the nation. A nearby abandoned mine known as the Loveland shaft had filled with water and on September 9, it broke through. They were working an hour overtime each night this week to make up for time off on New Year's Eve. … [2] Many bodies, recovered over the next year, are buried in the nearby Hanna Cemetery. One of the worst coal mine disasters that has ever happened in Colorado occurred at New Castle last Tuesday morning at 10:20 o'clock. EASTON SNOW, 48, all of Carbondale, Colo.

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