Litchfield Enquirer

Shocking Accident.—An accident by which four men were killed and two others sorely wounded, occurred yesterday (Friday) in the course of the usual progress of stripping, as it is termed, of a high bank of coal, preparatory to the next year's work. The bank had been undermined to a considerable extent, and trenched above; and while the men were awaiting the fall, having previously removed their tools, &c. it fell, but tore away a larger mass than they had anticipated, and overwhelmed nearly all the party below, eight in number. Four were instantly killed, and their bodies so shockingly lacerated, as to render it impossible to remove their clothing when dug out. Of the remainder, two who were severely wounded, providentially escaped with life. The remaining two escaped all injury. The mass which fell weighed several tons; and consisted of frozen earth, and large masses of rock—Mauch Chunk Cour.