Show MEET DEATH IN MINE TWENTY ONE MEN MEET DEATH AS RESULT OF EXPLOSION IN COAL MINE deadly fire damp probable cause of most moat of deaths men being found clasped in each others arms in death embrace dubols dubois pa an explosion in the shaft of the cascade coal and coke company at sykesville Sykes ville lato late sunday sund hy night caused the death ol of twenty one miners most moat ot of them being killed al most instantly among the lead dead are nine italians eight slavs one bt lithuanian litia and three americans twenty seven mien men were at work in the mines at the time and whether they were wera killed by the explosion or died as the result ot of inhaling the deadly ire fire damp Is not known A few bodies recovered show that they were killed by the explosion but the majority had their dinner pails p alla with them and were making their way towards the main entrance ent ranco when cut down presumably by tho the fire damp thero there were two sets of brothers and a father and son eon among those killed george and john hook brothers were found clasped in each others arms while frank Pavel lck and his fifteen year old son were also found in a death embrace |