| Show Pennsylvania Coal Mine Casualty WILKESBABBE Pa August 11 Information Informa-tion has just reached hero that a terrible I explosion of gas took place in theWest End Coal Companys mines this morning at Mocanagna fifteen miles from here As far as can be learned ten miners were instantly killed and several others dangerously injured I in-jured Further intelligence of the disaster says I thefan engine that supplies fresh air to the I West end mine at Mocanagua broke depriving de-priving the mine of air Four men have I been brought to the surface dead and four or five more are yet in the mine and cannot be reached owing to the impure air Just before the night shift went off duty I the fan broke The boss knew this and so I did the men of the day shift before they entered en-tered the mine but notwithstanding this they went into the mine taking a great risk There were about thirty men in all who were sapplied with safety lamps as it was well known that gas would accumulate About seventyfive men were in the mine at the time when work began The workmen repairing re-pairing the fan were first who were overcome over-come with gas and in about an hour later the same fate happened to many more in the mine Before the men fairly realized the danger more than twenty were unconscious Those who could then escape did so Superintendent Sup-erintendent John Teasdale and several of I his men became unconscious and were with I difficulty rescued Others went down and in the face of immense difficulties and in spite of being continually overpowered by I gas got out all but ten men Three of those brought out were dead and the other six are bevond doubt dead |
