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Show NINE MEN BURNED TO DEATH, SIX ARE 8ERIOU8LY INJURED Kano, Pa., Feb. 3. Nino mon wero burned to death and six others wore seriously Injured In a flro which early today dostroyed the sleeping house of tho Tlonesta Chemical Company Com-pany nt Mayburg, Forest county. Tho men, mostly wanderors of whom lit-tlo lit-tlo was known to tho company,, wqro employed In the forests as woodmen nnd nt night slopt In tho frnmo building oroctod for them. Tho house wns heated by gas, nnd It is believed Increased pressure In tho mains cnusod an explosion which fired tho bulldliitf. Tho nearest town, Shefllold. Is 18 miles nway and medical nld wn hours In reaching tho Inlurod. Only ono occurmnt of tho building osiap-ed osiap-ed unhurt. . , 3 j$8SSB I |