The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-26
BRAZNELL NINE DISASTER.
TEN BODIES OF MINERS WERn 1B-
COVERED YESTERDAY.

Only Seven OF Them Could BE Identified
All of Their, Believed to Have Been
suHocsted By the After Damp. Some
OF Them In an Effort to Reach an Exit.
UsIosTowH. Pa. Dec 25.-The work OF re-
moving the dead bodies from the Brasnell
mine was temporarily abandoned tonight. the
rescuers being worn out by their exhaustina
labors and the bad air and stencil In the mine.
They will resume work tomorrow morning
and complete the exploration Of the mine.
Seventeen dead bodies have been recovered.
ten Of them being brought to the surface to-
day.
All the bodies recovered to. day were savs
and Maayars. Only seven could be identis
ned. They are: George Warsick. married.
leaves wife and three children: Andy Parobick.
single. AGED 80; George Kovas. aged 24t
Joseph Bocksay. aged IS. has wife and i've
children In Hungary: Joe Matyas, aged 80.
single: Mike Parobick. brother OF Andy Paro-
biloxi. single. aged <5; Andy Yomlnski. AGED %.
single.
Death came to all but two OF the victims ~
covered to-day by allow suffooation. They did
not present the mangled and charred appear.
ancs Of those found yesterday. Some OF their
bodies were found In a part OF tho mine where
the direct force OF the explosion did not roach.
but the deadly after damp was as fatal. Mike
Parobick. Andy Yominski and George Kovas
died in the room where they worked. their
bodies lying close together. Their lamps had
been blown out by the explosion. as 10 shown
by the oil In them. and there are visible signs
OF the violence OF tho explosion. but there 10 no
evidence that any OF them were killed by the
shock. The entrance to the room was blocked
by a mass OF wrecked cars and rails. and dead
mule was pinned TO the ground by a pit post.
Three or four Of the men had made des-
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reach an exit. but died from the after damp
after crawling considerable distance. George
warsick had his dinner bucket In his hand and
was found hundred yards from room No 3.
G gu sIf 81 n: lo i ass
Moor. he was in Srisonsd 10 The Umpire mine
disaster near 60 the Braznell mine year ago. but
The body o. Andy Parobick was found in
signals posted up BY Mine Boss William Red
@ Ss soTs obi
explosion. Others think he went into the room
Gas on IL Ssash DEALING op %.si9n This latter
theory Z partially borne out y the eircum-
I se.' ,ssaf Joseph Mty. sode.
Saaf GsssSS, H'sI hs fss S ;hS %sa
by the explosion and Boc.kay had carried him
rs far rs he could N save his life. Their lights
dered and took the wrong direction. Bocskay
had worked his way 500 feet through obstruc-
him. Had they gone the same distance 10 tho
opposite direction: their lives would have been
their bodies were found near the main shaft,
suYocated by the deadly gascs.
Three bodies remain unidentified. Two OF
them are much disngured. but the third IL In q
tolerably natural condition. He Is possibly ono
Of the Lucyville miners who started TO work at
Braznell last week. On sunday people from
Lucyville reported TO tho BraEneil ofncials that
ave oftheir men who had eont TO work in the ILL
fated niue are missing. John Klesh. Joe An.
dreie. Peter Lavischm and George PadelinsN
OF Braznel are also unaccounted for This
entombed.
The dead animals were taken from the mine
to-day MS sanitary measure. their bodies hay-
Of the victims viii be buried at Brownsville.
The Coroners inquest will be resumed In this