Eureka Reporter | 1903-11-20 | Page 6 | Where Death is Pleasant

WHERE DEATH IS PLEASANT many tramps who take their last slee sleep p on burn ng culm banks death comes in many forms in the anthracite mines of pennsylvania but only one form Is painless and pleas ant and to only one the victims go unconsciously it Is the death of the burning culm culin bank many times during the year Is such a death recorded when one of these great culm banks Is burning the fire la Is not seen in the daytime and at night it shines only with a taint faint glow through the layers of ashes which separates the live coals from the out A er air to these burning banks tramps and other unfortunates forced to spend a night in fix the open air go when the nights grow chilly the warm breath of the culm lures them on with a promise of a warm bed for the night and they lie dona down to sleep in the corn com tor for table atmosphere of the bank and never open their eyes again A the noxious gases emanating from the bank watt waft over them so softly that they are soon asleep and in many cases they never awaken being buffo bated during the night