Fatal Blast in the Roslyn Mine

A fatal explosion occurred in the mine at Roslyn this morning just as the 7 o'clock shift were going to work. Henry Gregory, a negro driver, entered the lower end of the slope with a lighted lamp on his cap and a safety lamp in his hand. He had failed to extinguish the open lamp on his cap, and a tremendous explosion immediately followed his entrance into the chamber. Gregory was instantly killed, almost every bone in his body being crushed by the fearful concussion. Peter Hartman and Edward Dunston, two white miners who were changing their clothes near the opening to the entry, were thrown with great violence against a hard partition, and both were badly cut and bruised. The mule which Gregory was driving is supposed to have been killed, but at this writing the miners have failed to reach the carcass. After the damp has accumulated in such volumes, the miners can work only in ten-minute shifts, and a large force is at work in order to reach the dead animal before decomposition sets in. The deceased was about 30 years of age and owned some property at Roslyn and other points. He was a very industrious fellow and had accumulated some means.