| Show FATAL EXPLOSION pittsburg pa sept se pt 23 an of fire damp occurred at aft the umpire coal mines near brownsville Browns ville pa at today pl acty men lare are entombed two have been taken wa dead the was caused by an sea of gas there were men at work at 1 time and all aal but about fifty afif ty emata without injury five ave men are bel belfe to have been killed and a 0 are still entombed rescuing parties part les are now truid reach the unfortunate men inen hul of women and children surround aur rotina mouth olf of the pit the nie mine anh is owned by the tf coal como company alny brownsville Browns ville pa sept as 23 ft fifty men W et A en entombed noih bed I 1 in n the mine of snowden gould co oni one raft nt 44 from Browns brownsville ville by an explosion cf gas at 8 tb this I 1 a bornt coming n S ta dead bodies have so far beeh beeb out the dead ae james hall john bannett searching part parties ibs are malclm malc lh to reach the entombed miners adt progress to te slow and there I 1 Is i danger of another explosion v W might bury thefts also under df rock and earth immediately cely follot ng the th e aft of gas there was a second e of fire damp there were llo V the mine at the time of the asci I 1 work having been begun been i for r 14 a short time or lAua of il were in entries lq gm ana i 1 x pour men jacobs davis walker and a Hung hungarian arJan were near the mouth ot the entries the others were far in when the explosion came these four men inen made a rush for the main heading which they succeeded in reaching though all were more or less injured they finally crawled out to the open air of the 53 men in entries 9 and 10 these four are the only ones known to be alive they say there is no possible chance for the escape of the other 64 crowds soon gathered around the mouth of the mine terrible scenes of grief and horror were presented wives and children of the entombed men were frantic with grief and their shrieks and walls wails were fearful to hear at one this afternoon four more bodies were recovered and it was feared that none of those still entombed bombed would be taken out alive the names of the five were harry if hager fager john Capt cartwright wright john halstuk Hai Hal stua william pritchard S hastings P m twenty seven of the entombed miners have just returned to town they escaped by traversing a mile and a half underground passage homing nag out at an opening near lynn Is station 10 n on the red stone branch of the pennsylvania railroad this point is spur spur miles from the opening of the mine on the monongahela river another body that of robert davis has been recovered making eight dead miners axe are still unaccounted ator john baker and his son george who escaped the back way are terribly burned ed about the face but will likely boover er all who escaped are injured or burned either slightly or seriously the dead are unrecognizable being burned and mutilated A partly im morgue was arranged for at the entrance to the mine the coroner was ao sent for and the bodies will be removed to the undertaking of brownsville Browns ville where the in areat wll wil be held the explosion is said to have been caused amused by the loosening of a large mock of coal which opened a pocket ef as seas ate phe entry where the explosion occurred Is in located about a mile and a half abib pom the pit mouth the mine is an old i I 1 one me and pretty well worked out 10 crowd of hundreds are surging 4 the mine entrance imploring of their loved ones away back wies milea and a half in the bowels of earth he alside is black with people and as lol tl to is terrible id n miners n era who are present say there one chance in 9 a hundred of 11 or the missing issing nr men alive |
