Show KftLEDBYEXPLOSION Four Men Meet Death in Wilkesbarta Colliery THREE ARE FATALLY HURL Seven Others Seriously Injured Accident Ac-cident Due to the Explosion of n Fifty Pound Box of Dynamite at the Bottom of Shaft Mine One of the Most Gaseous in Coal Heglon But Fortunately the Gas Did Not Explode Disaster Caused Colliorj to Suspend for Day i Wllkesbarre Pa Dec 0Foul men were killed and ten Injured thret probably fatally by the explosion of i box of dynamite in No 5 i mine of the Lehlgh Wllkesbarre Coal company at South Wilkcabarre today KILLED 1 Robert Humblebco carpenter aged 55 married Arthur Jones company hand aged 28 single Matthew Phllllpg miner aged 368 married James McGIlnn laborer aged 36 married FATALLY INJURED George Knorr Charles Stafford Thomas JBVana SERIOUSLY INJURED Neil Sweeney John Ruatln DominIck Hart James Peckems The men had lowered Into the shaft which is 110 feet deep a box of dynamite dyna-mite weighing fifty pounds When the bottom of the shaft was reached Phil lips took the box off the clarrlage It slipped from his hands and fell to the ground The concussion exploded the dynamite and the twenty men who wore In the Immediate vicinity getting their tools In readiness to go to their respective t re-spective chambers were hurled In all directions The woodenwork at thti bottom of the shaft was also torn and scattered about As soon as possible word was sent to the surface and a rescuing res-cuing party was sent down The mine has the reputation of being the most gaseous In the endrc region and at first It was reported thatthe gas had exploded that a score of miners had been killed outright Fortunately however the gas did not explode The accident caused the big colliery to aua pend operations for the day |