The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 15, 1937, Page 5

EXPLOSION AT ALASKA MINE Win Ovr Bring| Commissioner Stewart Tells of Tragedy Which Coz: Lives of 14 Men (Continued fromn Page Ore’ vision must be made for allaying dust. He reported th is not badly d the blast scatter and a motor was de company has a replacem There were 32 the time of the expl two shifts, and 19 tually at work. The Commissioner pointed ¢ that the tragedy emphasizes the im- portance of safety work huch as is being carried on by Safety Engin- eer Humphrey for the U. S. Bureau of Mines, Had self-rescuer equip- ment been in operation at the mine, he bélieves many of the men who died would have been able to save themselves. The Commissioner paidc warm compliment to George R. Miller, former mine safety inspector, who took charge until the arrival of Stewart and Humphrey; Maurice L Sharp, Bureau of Mines coal ana- lyist, and the rescue crews from the Eska mine and the Black Diamond, all of whom did excellent work, he reported. The following inlorta..on is con- tained in the formal report made by the Commissioner 1.—Concentrated accumulation of inflammable as was found in the four chutes and rooms most re cently driven in the mine. These chutes and rooms cre numbered 41, 42, 43 and 44 respectively, and they are situated between points that yange frein 230 feet to 50 feet in distance outby (toward the mine entrance) from the face of the main haula; gangway, which face was dn course of bei dr at tt mine it n al of the gangway is a d fault, that was penet #inz the gangway during August, 1037, and by which fault the coal seam being followed by the gang- way was offset about fifty feet. No inflammable gas w found in eny other portion of the accessible mine workings. 2~The explosion originated in the gangway beiween Chute No. 41 and the gangway face. 3—One of the miner’s coats that was found in the parf,of the gangs {way lying between Chute No. 41 and gangway face was partly burned and ymuch blackened by soot and fine icinder. This coat has been identi- ‘fied as belonging to one of the miners who was working in this area at the time of the explosion {In a pocket of this coat there was !found a box of snuif, a cigareite ipackage containing four unsmoked tcigarettes, and a match box con- |tulning six matches. “4—From the point of origin de- signated in paragraph No. 2 above, $he explosive blast proceeded outby toward the oatside) along the gangway, increasing in violence as { progressed. As the bottom or mouth < in;the Huskies Display Real Power with IWashinglon Proves Tie with | | Cahfornia Was No f | Accident SEATTLE, No Proving that | their great score tie uinst | mighty California no We lamb: the Bruins 26 to 0 Satu At no lime did the iously en the Hi in the third and tl pushed two markers o strip e | Halfback Merle Miller plur ore over i ca other. play 36 ya peints he last touchd grobbed another touchdown the final marker. The Washington Huskies, playing their first game of the se i rain or snow, wi ! because of t They were t plainly speaking, too good for the Bruins and outclassed their southern rj s from on2 gun to the next, SCORES KILLED, AUTO ACCIDENTS, OVER WEEK-END Some Die in Wet, Stormy Weather, Others Warm Bright Afternoon CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. 15— 118 persons died in traffic it a some in w t the East and the - warm, bright Sund h racted thousands at the > b U R Sl S N TR SR f | " DOYUGLAS | A g | T A LS i Y THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, M " BARNEY-GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUG | \ A -- GLCH CONTENTMENT-- ZR] T HAD A LONG TALK WITH MAJOR NBBS, SNUEEN -+ HE WAS GOOD Aty SORE BECAUSE T TOLD NYOL AB0UT HIS WILL--- NON etet- i WANTED T To 8 8. SEaRe L e KEM (N, WMSTOEER. GOOGLE, AN GET & SPELL-- (M OMDDLIN' GLAR NE DRACPED (N~ SN\E - WHAR NE GITTIN SICH ™ MY MONEY NAOW, PAW - TH MAJOR HANKERS TO ELNG iR \F NE &X ME, GOOGLF - T DONT THINK VARMINT'S GOT aLL WS BUTTONS-- RISTERCRATICAL NOTIONS 22 WHO'S GONTER PAY EER MENDIN' T ROOF, AN' PLASTERWY TA WALLS AN SCREENIN T/ SIDE PCoRCH AN ??/ OLIVER ANDERSON VISITS Oliver Anderson, former Dougla ite, has arrived he from Be whe e is in charge of t thern Commercial Company branch store. He made the trip this far by ne and is continuing south on he Alaska for a business visit. - FROM TENAKEE Tom Hill arrived here from Tena- kee Springs to remain on the Chan- nel for the present. -re DUPREE SOUTHBOUND Being sent south by the city, Ro- bert Dupree, City Marshal, is en- ¢ each ‘of the chutes that opem rcute south on the Alaska which tonto the gangway and that give left early this morning, to enter the i@.wa‘s to the rooms above was pass- Virginia Mason Hospital for treat- i‘d a branching tongue of the blast ment of his broken jaw. He expects Was forced upward through it, tear- to return home as soon as permit- g away all doors and curtains ‘fhat had been placed acress the j¢hute-openings and room-connec- t »5 to control the ventilation of ‘the.mine, The destructive violence I"the tlaming, hurricane-like blast aftained its greatest intensity when| it reached the vicinity of Chutes No. 36 and No. 35, which are sit-| uated between 600 and 700 feet out- At Chute No. 36 the train of eleven ‘mine cars had just been loaded.' Considerable coal dust arising from the loading operation was suspend- tu In tne alr n this vicinity and a pction of it was being carried in- ward along the gangway by the current of ventilating air. This dust-cloud added greatly to the vio-| lence of the explosion in the vicinity of Chute No. 36, from which the motor and loaded train had pro-| ‘ceeded but a short distance on its way to the outside tipple. All damage to the haulage motor| Svas found to have been caused when! (it was struck by the explosive blast| and by accompanying violence. It was found that there was no revidence of destructive violence in .the gangway outby the locality when the damaged motor and coal train! iwere found after the explosion. | i 5—From observed conditions as ‘stated above and other confirma- tory evidence the conclusion has been reached that the explosion was ‘caused by the accumulation of a body of inflammable gas and its ignition by a match used in lighting 'a sigarette. - e - | California Holds Oregon Scoreless PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. 15—.Cal- ifornia crushed Oregon 26 to 0 last Saturday afternon on a sloppy field. |The Bear regulars scored three iquick touchdowns in the second ted by physicians there. e COUNCIL MEETING The usual weekly meeting of the Douglas City. Council is scheduled for this evening at the City Hall. F.0.E. TO MEET Due to the American Legion and Auxiliary having ured the Parish sion tonight, Doug- las Eagles will hold their regular meeting at the Douglas Inn, Judge Specializes In Traffic Lectures ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 15.—A ten- minute educational lecture goes with the fine assessed traffic violators by City Judge E. M. Ruddy. First offenders often are released with just the lecture. i “Most humans are prone to lay the ' responsibility for careless driv- ing upon the other fellow.” he tells the violators “but bear in mind you are the other fellow to the other motorist.” | Judge Ruddy estimates he will deliver 50,000 “lectures” the next| year. DAUGHTER Friends are extending congratu-| latiors today to Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam Shirk upon the birth of a daughter at :30 p;n. Saturday in St. Ann’s Hospital. The child weighs six pounds and ten ounces, - e | MARTINS HAVE SON Mrs. A. J. Martin gave birth to a | son at 11:45 a.m. yesterday at St. Ann’s Hospital. The child weighs seven pounds and eight ounces. - eee In territorial days, the name Ar-| kansas was officially spelled "Ar—I | | | | | ,peritl, and the second team made i another in_the third period el kansaw” to conform with its pro-| ‘mmciaunn. ‘ A HEY , SNUEEY -- WAKE UP W\ MAJOR MIBBS SANS HE HEARD A WILD BEAST OR SUMP'N PROWLIN' 'ROUND HIS BEDROOM T WINDOW LAST NIGHT --- HURRY --GET YOUR NOURSELF TOGETHER . MAJOR --- THERE'S NO WILD BEAST PROWLIN' 'ROUND- \T'S JUST NOLR (MAGINATION --- NOW - CALM DOWN--- MIBBS WAS RIGHT ! > = Copr. 1937, King. Features ACCUMELRTE NORESE'F, PAW, AEORE NE BUS CRIITER FLUNGE TULL WS HEART'S GEE,SNUEEN"- LOWZIE'S ONLY TRYWN TO TELL A 8LO0D WSS ~- TH DURN \OJ(T ¢ TTOL Wi A HUNNERT TIMES THAT TAAR LAST JUG O CORN-SQUEEZIN'S 1 S0OL0 HVM ORTER 8E LEF' TO AGE A LEETLE AFORE HE STARTED GUZZELN' \T-- T-1- SWEAR T HEARD GCOMETHING - oN World nights rescrv In ONDAY, NOV. 15 HARD- Nou COULD Do (& MAJOR MSBS 1937. 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MST FEEL A NECHae: LOWIZIE - LET ME N LET t\E (N "w NE GOT A FACE ON NE =) }\OT SREATH i e LKE A RUNABWAN HO5S OFER GOOGLE - MERRIED FOLKS'| THS TiIME*|* Q' NIGHT 32 AN NO'RE WHITE A% TH BOTTOM-S\DE OF A TOADSTOOL - WHAT'S HAPPENT 22 RESPECKABLE i MAW AN VL CLINCH WIE | TH VARMINT