Show I J 0 BURIED IN A MINE I I Pennsylvania miners Entombed by I the Cavingin of a ftllnu I SOIUNTON Pa Sept lBThe Marvin shaft colliery of the Delaware Hudson Canal Company was the scene of an oxten sivecavoin this morning by which it is i feared a number of men have lost their I lives How many it is impossible to say suppositions varying from six to nine There seems to be but little question of the death of one of them an elderly man named John Shafer A number of men were out and bruised by the falling of rock and coal in making their escape The following are the names of the injured in-jured Henry Shafer shoulder bruised and three ribs broken Thomas Healy laborer slightly hurt Joseph R Ready driver toes mashed George Mason miner hand badly out Peter Kelly timber boss was struck on the back of the head and on the shoulder by a falling rook Kelly passed John Shafer an elderly man at the foot of the slope He thinks that the rock which struck him struck Shafer also I But two young men who were in the very I farthest workings were behind Kelly and told Shafer as they passed him to hurry on and get out They did not look back to see if ho was following and as he has not since been seen the suppositions that ho has been crushed under the falling rock Search for those still remaining in the mine and to ascertain the extent of the disaster was at once commenced The mine foreman immediately im-mediately ordered the fans set going at an unusual rate of speed to force if possible the air through the crevices of the fallen rock to reach the imprisoned men if still alive The materials for brattice and for restoring the air courses were at once gathered gath-ered and sent down into the mines The main road and straight road as they are culled are both wrecked and entrance through is as yet impossible There is a possibility however of effecting an entrance to the workings in the rear of the fall by means of another heading around twenty five feet of the chamber in which John Youngwas working This was explained ex-plained to Vanding on the map and he at once gave orders for the men to go to work and continue without cessation until the work was finished By working the shaft and relieving the men every three hours it is hoped to drive through this twentyfive feet of coal by some time tomorrow when by getting in the rear of the fall if the missing men are alive they will almost certainly cer-tainly be found The chances of rescue are very slim It is just probable that they turned back at the first fall and made their way beyond the effects of the second fall If this is the case will they have air enough to sustain life until rescued These are grave questions remaining to be answered and the case seems so helpless that it seems the answer must be in the negative So far as is known the names of the missing men in addition to Shafer are as follows John 3ardev John Young Patrick MoNulty Cormac Maguire Patrick Kavanangh Patrick I Pat-rick Murphy Patrick Harrison |