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Show 11 MEN ENTOMBED BY RUSH OF WATER Mass of Culm Carried Into Tunnol of Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. LANSPORD, Pa.. Sept. 27. Eleven men employed as miners, laborers and drivers In the Foster tunnel of the Lehigh Le-high Coal & Navigation company at Coaldale. two miles from here, were entombed en-tombed shortly before noon today by a sudden rush of culm and water that had broken through the roof from an abandoned aban-doned working. Gangs of men hastily summoned worked In half-hour shifts this afternoon .and tonight In an effort 10 stem the flow of water that was piling pil-ing UP the barrier of culm, dirt and coal behind which the men are held prls- 0n?l! tha entombed men are from Lans-ford Lans-ford or mining towns In this vicinity. Thev arc William Watklns, George Hollywood. Hol-lywood. ESnier Herring. Peter Uemnlck, loseph Murphy. John McAndrew, Doml-nlck Doml-nlck Holoheck, John Bononus. Michael Rorlerdl. Joseph Logonis and Charles .Motoclios. |