Washington County PA Archives News.....Capt Dias in A Queer Predicament January 31, 1907
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Monongahela Valley Republican January 31, 1907

Captain William Dias met with a peculiar circumstance Monday night while engaged
in raising sunken barges near Mingo creek, which went down a few nights ago with
about 20,000 bushels of coal aboard. Captain Dias had been working all night and
had been successful in getting all the coal removed from the barges, when the
wind arose and the ice in the river compelled the digger to leave its course and
was carried out in the channel of the river. While out there the digger on which
Captain Dias was, suddenly raised out of the water. The men on board thought
some great sea demon was acting and became badly frightened, but still the
digger kept raising until her hull was entirely out of water and captain was
unable to do a thing. The trouble was soon discovered, as it was found that the
two sunken barges when relieved of their heavy load of coal had drifted to the
channel also and had suddenly risen from the bottom and had come up directly
under the digger. A messenger had to be sent to the locks and a large boat sent
to their aid, which towed them to the docks, where the digger was removed from
the barges.

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