Show 29 PERSONS KILLED THE RESULT OF inexperienced ono man clowa feet out of ibe adouth ofalie mine pa nov 4 there was an explosion last night in the kettle creek coal gos mine thirty miles west of this city the ion occurred in a new drift in which twenty one persons were at work As soon as possible after the explosion the mine was entered and fifteen dead bodies were carried out four other men badly injured were found ono of whom has since died andi the others are likely to die the cause of the explosion is unknown but it ia supposed to have been from the striking of a fissure or pocket of agas this afternoon the disfigured 7 and naked body of a miner was found fifty feet from the mouth of the air chaft through which it had been blown all but three of the killed are jenun carians or italians A driver named parrell was entering the drift when the explosion occurred he was thrown towards the mouth and escaped his mule was killed the force of the explosion was shown inthe fact that the bodies were blown clear out of tho mouth of the drifts everything possible was done for tha injured by nine physicians the bodies of the dead were taken charge of by the undertaker and prepared for interment tho coroner of the county was notified and will hold an inquest tomorrow to morrow the mine inspector of the district has also been summoned although the accident occurred before dark yesterday it was not given out by the officials afi the company until today to day they having been advised of it late at night it is thought in making a drill a gas feeder was struck ailing the chamber with gas which coming in contact with a naked lamp produced an ex A aas feeder is a pocket of gas embedded in coal the superintendent in says the accident could not have bean forseen and attaches no blame to any one A special to the press from vil says it is rumored that the direct cause of the explosion was the inexperienced use of dynamite in conversation with one of the drivers who escaped it is learned an italian had gotten sticks of dynamite from the storekeeper in the morning and had also gotten caps and had returned after the fuse but as there was none in stock it is supposed ho tried to set it off in some other way thus causing the explosion in a blacksmith shop near the scene of the disaster lay tho charred and unrecognizable remains of august pierson who was blown out through the air shaft in the air and some of bis clothes can be seen hanging to the limb of a tree near by next to him is mike curren who was blown out of the mouth of tho mine and was found dead in a ditch astill clinging to tho head of a shovel he leaves a wife and seven small children beside him is was also blown out of the mouth of the mine donnelly leaves a wife and four children 1 jho parrell the mule driver tells this story I 1 was behind pushing the car and in sticking up my head saw a flash I 1 immediately dropped to the ground moving as quickly as possible towards the mouth of the drifts and escaped unhurt my mule and a swedish miner along side of the animal were killed instantly I 1 felt but little effects of the explosion and its force must have been all above me although all the timbers at the mouth of the bhart were carried out aset beyond the mauth of the drift A altany icv 5 cerious shooting affair which will in all likelihood cause the death of mrs hettie residing at no greenwich street occurred tonight early in the evening three shots were heard in tho house and an officer upon investigation found that a cuban named pred etimos had shot mrs three times two of the bullets taking effect in her face and the third one in one of her lungs the officer arrested etimos but only succeeded in doing so after the prisoner had fired a shot and been clubbed into insensibility both mrs stokes and baibos were taken to the hospital where the former is dying and the latter either feigning or is actually unconscious not the slight est clue as to the motive of the crime can be un wounds in her face to talk and tire prisoner visilike wise silent mrs stokes baso seven year old child and lived keithl her husband in the house where she received her who return edo the chouse shortly sf ter the aff throw no light upon it |