, 1877-07-12
Twenty-Five More Expected to Die
Sharon, Pa, tho Scene.
4 Family Of Fire Persons Run OTer
aud Killed al Wcndell, Mass.
The Bite Of Dce In Girls Mouth at
Decatur, ILL.,, Results Fatally.
1 Girl ia kansas, Bitten By Serpent, Waudtri
lasaaely and Perishts.
The Kerossne.Can How the Favogita
Ambush Of tho Fool Killer.

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SHARON, Pa. July l1.-Shayon IL In mourning
Tonight tha hcartse1llng catastrophe TINT oc'
CURED at tho BFDoKda1d coal bank, about two
miles from this place. atoNt noon. Seven nen
lost their lfyes, and nearly thirty moro uerc suf-
foc2{eq,
Tho particulars arc these: The Brookheid Coal
Company recently completed tunnel mile long,
At cost Of SIS. 900. and laid track to han' out
coal. Tho locomotive refcrrod 10 burns soft coAl
or coke. sud to-day anthracite coal was trfcd.
Three trips were nade, but, In the fourth. the
tunnel filled with anlphufie gas, and number Of
workn,cn were suf1ocated. Three men wcro taken
out dead. and twsnty y.sevcn in various stages Of
auEocatlnn.
The engineer shut OF The source OF the gna when
he found that the tunnel was atnc, but not before
the brakeman fell of overcome.
. Reports reached tbs Cleveland shaft, aud sub.
sequeatly eight men from that and other mines,
under tue impression that thn miners were still In
the sunncl entered md instantly wero overcome.
The tunnel having cleared from Ras, others IN.
tered and took out three dead and hro insenstblc
bodies.
Mr. F. II. Euhl, tnansgcr Of Tie natnes. ia doing
ail c can to minister to tho wants Of tho Injured
The nanes Of the deal arc John 1nnef. mino loss,
Miles Davis. hobart Williams, David jenkins,
Richard Jones. John bartcs. and John Young.
The na1cb Of thosc nearly dead are John Evnns,
Albert Lands, william ". Jenkins. Evan lIon-
Aises AHutAaf W. hIu4HIl64 tchk$ III LGHl9t uHLll
Dedlclt, William Huforn, Henry Lewis, William
Il. Roberts. John y. Evans, Albert Rensiaa. John
Williams, David Il. Williams, Daniel q. Davis,
John 4. Thomas, David Owens. 1t. Davis, William
nowen, Jsmcs 0nIous, John Davis and John
Evans.
Tho scenes that occurred ~ tito lesd and dying
men were brought cut were keAstFenring. Wives
were wetnglng lhc!s hands over lilo dead or ayin.
huabanAa. mothers over Sons. ossGfa over Erptlcrs
In Ill thFtv. .cieht persons wefe brought out. Az
the annctesH wcEt men u family. and tho loss is
on ds, apa
~ Mf Hxsttrs Annotated Prfas.
Jp'y XII Il1lt .epoftsa that b.,
occurred In tho natneA Of the D1ookdcld Coal Com
pany, located near Wheatland. r., on tho lLns OF
s Ss eu'F 81 tos. s"fn s1a,en
forty man 4 work Il the tia,e Il ths explosion.
CLiyELAsp, O., July Ii This .Brooknela coal
mine disaster Ut %heattand, r., Is not a. bad ~
ns II Later fSm tnsss ses. the
Rlehatd Jones. and John unr.ss. rweasy.ssvet'
h.alea aut by locomotive onrtns: This
as'.a .n!a1.es ns ss su,ssa S se ias
furnace Insteaa as auft coal. hctctofote used.
About II o'clock the cnKnn passed into tic slope.
the engine ocenme suddenly a9vcteii by t,c gas
t,oa @ she hata soai. causing them @ to fali 70 nc
e e ss s ~ Tne q s
hank and gave tbs alarm. at which u barge nun.ter
Of nsA rubbed into the bank to te.cqe thels
~ers utmost immediately overcome by Kaa. and
and thoy too fell lnsenslh'c: .Aft1s several had
a'ns % fe.i. snp. wins S osssotzsd TO reseao % thesu
They woasd takv him In thes1 s.n,s aud carry him
we're brought out. slx of whom wer. W othef dsa1
before 5eseElnv tho mouth Of thu tank Or 1led tn