OCR Text |
Show Old Mine Sealed in 1901 By Explosion Reopened PORT ROYAL, PA. On the night ot June 10, 1901, two blackdamp explosions ex-plosions rocked a coal tipple across the Youghiogheny river from Fitz Henry and brought death to 18 miners. min-ers. Today, workmen are exploring the old diggings, removing tools and lunch pails which were dropped by the men when the blasts occurred, and preparing to reopen the pits after 41 years of idleness. A belated belat-ed search for the body of John Peeples of West Newton, even is under way, for it's believed his remains re-mains are in some unexplored part of the shaft The deserted mine is being reopened re-opened because of the war emergency. |