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TusILIIyo IScIDEYT-FIRE IN TIE MINES
We have to record OF the most thrilling occur
rences that has get transpred IN this district.
On Saturday the l7lh Ins an explosion oi iiTe damp
tolk place N one OF Mr. Gsorge II. fotiss won !,
inss, on the Black Nine. The explosion occurred
NJ ar the foot of The slope, and was harmless III lis
effects as far as human life was concerned, but was
ful.osrd by great increase of CarbOnic ACID Gas
which is recognized in mining language is . choke
damp" This gas prevailed 10 so great an extent
That il was impossible fCT men TO survive !" the
mines. In this situation OF Affairs, MI Poits nae
Furnace and Cupos erected over an air s'cit al the
western extremity OF the vein, at more tfah iliie
from The slope Tor The purpose OF cieating drat {.
air through the workings, and IN this manner rid
the mine of the gas. After trial oil lhree or ionr
DAYS and " hen IL a-certalncd thut 10 eood re-
suited fror! this movement, two oi the principal
miners volunteered TO 90 9owa the mine and dis
cover the cause OF its failure. They accordingly
entered at the extreme end THE working, and eau
tiousv approached the place where the explosion
had originally taken place, when to their surprise
they discovered that the coal at that spot was COM
ul.iely ON fire. There was least one hundred
tous Of red hot burning coal FIRE at the time, and
'-oft which had been created al the extreme end
'he "'~- -ad o! beneftng, had only lncreas-
oi tne mime, ihs'e.~ The miners fastened
ed the rapidi,y Of its ignition. were imme-
up with the intelligence, and mcap. -
diaiely taken on Saturday last 10 have the FIRE o.
tingushed before it spread any farther.


The plan adopted was 10 quench the he with va
Ter and then haul up in the wagons the refuse mat
ier. Gang after gang Of The miners were Sent down
and after working five or six minutes were brought
up completely liieless. The proprietor however
persevered, aud by rubbing and resuscilating the
exhausted men as soon us brought 10 the surface,
he succeeded in conquering The element after 50
hours OF hard and perous labor. The fire was
completely extinguished and about one hundred
tons Of cha.red coal and ashes we're taken from the
spot.


We give this occurrence a caution TO all others
engaged IN the business. Many of our operators
are now working The veins below the wafer level,
und great deal of infammable gas is inevitably
produced The same accident may occur In any
mine and may be followed by much more disastrous
consequences. Miners IN working will sometimes
strike their picks into crevice from which will gush
complete stream Of gas. 1t sometimes happens
h1, these "leeders," us they are termed, will con-


nue to emit the inhammable matter for days. Such
was the case in the instance we have described.
After The frs, explosion, the leader in one of the
brcests continued To burn, and had it remained un-
discovered few days longer, one OF the most vaiua
bic coleres in the disric, would have been COM
plc,ely destroyed. As it is no serious damage has
occurred and the vein is now worked as usual.


[Pousvillc tPa.) Gazette.