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Show 21; CAUSE"! MOWN DUBOIS, Pa , July 1G Twcnty-ono minors wore killed In an oxploplon in tho shaft of the Cnscado Coal and Coke company's mlno at SyKcavllle, nino miles from horo, last night The explosion occurred at ft 30 o clock, but It was after midnight beforo the extent of the dlsastor waa known. All of the dead but thrco nro for cigners. The explosion was slight, as evidenced by tho smnll damage done in the mine; but tho deadly damp Is responsible for most of the fatalities Throo sets of brothers and a father and son arc numbered among the dead. None of the bodies were mutilated. Eleven of the men in one heading Had apparently made ready to escape, for they carried their dinner din-ner palls and were headed for tho opening Machinery Rune Wild The first Intimation of tho explosion explo-sion at tho surfaco wns when tho safety safe-ty door on the fan blew open and tho machinery began to run wild, but it was almost midnight beforo rescuers could enter the mine. It took some time to get to the scene of the accident, acci-dent, a mile and a half from the opening, because the rescuers wcro obliged to carry oxygen with them All but four of "tho bodies were brought to the foot of the shaft to-daj. to-daj. but they were kept there until nil were recovered. Four bodies were burled beneath a cave-In of a heading head-ing and wore not recovered until late. Recover Bodies Unexcitedly, The state police from Punxsutnw-ney Punxsutnw-ney wore called to guard the vicinity of the shaft, and 'nhen tho bodies wcro brought out there was little distress, dis-tress, or excitement , Nejther iiitno officials nor Inspec tors are able to assign a causo for the explosion", as there are no survivors survi-vors from whom to gain an explanation explana-tion The shaft Is knOwn as a non gaseous ono Six men working in an other heading of the mine at the time of the accident knew nothing of the explosion until the compressed air drills stopped They realized that something had happened, but did not know the nature of It until they met a party of rescuers coming for them |