The age-herald., 1898-09-24
SEVENTY MEN
 WERE EMTOMBED Result of Explosions Of Gas and Fire
 Damp. EIGHT KILLED OUTRIGHT Others Escaped OF Were Taken Out
 by ReSCuiDg Parties. L0OSENING OF A BLOCK OF COAL Opened Pocket of Gas and the Two Explosions Followed-Many Made Their Exit Through an Old
 Abandoned Shaft.
.0OsENING OF A BLOCK OF COAL

Brownsville, Pa., September 23.-Seventy men were entombed today in the Empire mine of Snowden, Guild & Co.,, one fourth of mile below town, as the result .of an explosion of gas, followed by another tombed all escaped or were taken out by rescuing parties except eight, who Were killed outright, and three, more or less hurt.
 The list of the dead and injured is:
 JOHN A. HA1SToN, miner, aged 30.
 SALEM HAIRSToN, miner, aged 25.
 ROBERT DAWSON, miner aged 45.
 J. BENNETT, driver, aged 22.
 WILLIAM PRITCHARD miner, aged 50. HENRY EAGER, driver, aged IT.
 J. CARTWRIGHT miner, aged 50
 JAMES HALL, miner, aged 27
 Following were injured George Blk r, miner, burned about face and breast John Baker, slightly burned; Sam Mcintyre, cut on head.
 Pocket of Gas
 The explosion is said to have been caused by the loosening of large block of coal which opened pocket of gas. Immediate ly following the explosion of gas there was second explosion of fre-damp. TheI e were seventy men at work in the mine at the time of the disaster and at first 1t seemed an impossibility for any of the fif- ty-four men in Mines No. and No. 10, where the explosion occurred, to escape. Four men who were near the escape man. aged to crawl out and the others, with the exception of those caught by falling coal, escaped by traversing a mile and a half of underground passages coming out at the entrance near Lynn Station.
 It is difficult to find words to describe the scenes of today. Shortly after the re- port was circulated that an explosion had taken place at the Empire mine and that many miners were entombed Water street, a narrow thoroughfare leading to it, was crowded with men, women and children all moving at a breakneck speed towards the mines. There were moans and sobs and c general feeling of painful apprehension. There were conjectures of whether hus- band, father, brother, or sweetheart were victims. When the mine was reached willing hands at once went to work; there was no waiting.
 Everybody seemed to want to go into the mine. It was by sheer force that those in charge at the entrance kept the crowd out. It was announced that there was a sufficient force of men inside to do rescue Work, when a weary ana palnful wait or hours took place.
 Women stood about wringing their hands in anguish, weeping and wailing. The hundreds of people realized that they stood at the entrance of a living tomb
 Ghastly Sight
 It was some hours later that the tinking of the bell in the engine room announced that signal was coming from within. The scene of the disaster is more than a mile from the entrance. The cars were taken in and out by means of heavy iron cables wrapped and unwrapped by two large spools. It took about ten minutes for the first load to reach the outside world. While the cable was winding there was suspense that bordered on the awful. No one knew what was coming, but feared the worst. As one of the spools indicated that the load would soon arrive, the suspense became all the greater. Here it comes," al- most unanimous whisper when the little train of cars emerged a shudder was visible view, and they presented ghastly appear ance. Their faces were begrimed with the black dust of the mines. After the first lot of bodies had been brought out, the excitement grew more in- tense. There were yet many men in the mine, and there was great anxiety to know who would be brought out next During the entire afternoon there was desperate wait. It was announced that many men had come out of the train through an aban- doned entry nearly three miles distant. This allayed the fears of many, and as fast as the men were accounted for to their friends and families, rejoicings and congratulations followed At o'clock to- night the last of the explorers of the mine came out and announced that there was no living or dead left behind in the mine, leaving the list of fatalities as given above.
 FLAGLER RELIEVES MAHAN.