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Show IN A LIVING TOMB. Trrcntj-ScTcn miners Imprisoned lljr the CaTe-In at it I'cnmjl- tsiiU Ulne. HARROWING SCENES AT THE pirs MOUTH. raelfle Railroads. The Sentence Upon McCalla, tho "Enterprise" "Enter-prise" Commander. By Telegraph to the Ntws.1 THE itlNi: DIS t-STLR. TstenljSeTen Jllnrrs EntorubeU. Itrocalnc lartle at WorU. WiLKiSBUUiE, Pa., Jtay 15. As Elated in yterday'a News, a cave-Iq cave-Iq has occurrett iiear tho Ashley mine, operated by the Jx'hlgU A Wllkw-larro Cool Company. The present eavo immediately adjoins ad-joins the mine in which an extensive exten-sive cave occurred twelve years ago, imprisoning tun men over a week, but who were finally rescued alive. Tho present cava extends over half a mile square and Includes a portion of the thickly settled village called MofTtt's Patch. A large number of houses have gone down with tho turface, but only a few were badly damaged. Later. It is known that there were tv, enty-seveu miners entombed iu the mine. The cave occurred nt 9 o'clock this morning In 2Co. G gallery, covering an area of more than ten act es. The surface, almott as far as the eye can reach, was seamed and cracked with long, irregular fissure romo of which arc over two ftxt wide. Thousands rushed to the scene of the disaster, and the lamentations of the wives and little ones were heartrendlm;. Rescuing parties were immediately organized and gang after gang relieved re-lieved eacli other until 5 o'clock, when the news was passed that they had succeeded In breaking through the chamlrs beneath the cave. About half past (ix the CHARRED AMD BLACKEMU) 1X)BM of Anthony Kroyne was hoMed to the surface. He was still olie, but his Injuries ate considered fatal. Old miners said the fact ot .Kroyne biiug so badly hurt lent tery little hope, for the safety of his companions. com-panions. Wreck and ruin were, wrought on the surface of the earth, as well as In the fatal plL Nearly a score of houses were Rhnltered and destroyed, and the families com-pciled com-pciled to Uee for their lives. A igorcus cllurt Is now being made to change the air current, so as to drlvo the gas back from where tho victims are supposed to be. The scenes n round the mouth of tho pit nresorronfulnnd impressive. The sracc in the Immediate vicinity of the opening Is lighted with locomotive locomo-tive headlights turned into the yawning cavern, where details of miucrs have been laboring. Out-sldo Out-sldo this email circle all was darkness. dark-ness. Hundreds of men, Wumen and children are ranged in a semicircle semi-circle around tho opening. The men entombed are nearly all married, mar-ried, and have large families dependent depen-dent upon thtm. The people crowd close to the opening and peer Into the darkness of the fatal cavern, while the cries of the women and children moke one sick w 1th pity. |