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Show SEVENTEEN WERE KILLED IN THE EXPLOSION I MOST OF" VICTIMS OF COAL MINE DISASTER ARE FOREIGNERS Miner's Open Lamp Ignited Pocket of Gas, and the Dread Catastrophe Was the Result. Wchrum, Pa., dune 23. As the result re-sult of an explosion of gas in mine No. I hf the Lackawanna Coal and Coke company Parly today seventeen miners min-ers were fldlled and nxteeu Injured. With the exception of one those killed were foreigners. With few exceptions the injured were Amr-rlcans. Inspector Joseph Williams with a party entered the mine tonight to ascertain as-certain if there were any more victims. vic-tims. Superintendent Johnson stated that while the mine has always been regarded as non-gaseous the explosion explo-sion was caused by a miner's opea lamp icnitinj; a pocket of gas. |