The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-07-17
Heroic Rescues at the nl-Fated
Rolling Min Nine Near
J0hnSrown. Pa.
FOURTEEN MEN TAKEN OUT ALIVE.
back Cloud Of Mourning Was Heav.
lest over Cambria City, Where
the Foreigners Dwell.
Two More Deaths Of Rescued Victims
Occurred Sunday morning, Max.
ing the Total Number o. Dead
Up 10 Date ia.

- EAAN NNN
Johns,own. pa. July li-Johnstown
naa asain been visited By an appalling
disaster
li Is only less frishtfui than the aw.
ial calamity of Nay 81. 1889. in cost OF
iie. tat in It's terrible consequences
u has brought the shadow of sorrow
ln hundreds of homes made desoiate
ny mine explosion which took place
ih the Cambria steel Co. rolling mill
mine under Westmout hHI 40 1920
Clock Thursday afternoon.
iohnstowu. Pa. july I2-Frilsy
"as day of heroic rcscues at the ul.
rated Rolliug Miu mine OF the Cam
hria Stcci Co. Thrilling experiences
attended the efforts of tho l1 brave
ana daring fellows who went down
INTO Che bowels of fhc earth viih q
very faint hone 90 spur them chat stu
tarf mIeht he in umo Co restore to
l.ie some ~ those nho are cntomboI
Death 'urkei everywhere around thcm
N1t uniauntci they surrcd forward.
s"lycl With Che nohlest OF human nnr.
poses.
+ Tho reward 0f their efforts was The
saving rF fh. f.r 80 "a 20 a. . D.
low mon and t,,.,-....- t,-.., ,.,..,. .....,.
into tho surf-bt ana ,,-t. o.. &C.,
amni.r
nral and -.,,fr,,f l.,t,,. ,..-.. d..
catof. Due r1 enort Mas ,,...r.. t.. l.,...,.
fhem out 90 mo vaet tbo.tor ,r 5,,,h
un-I svorr human enr-o, ,g,. ..,..
forward towards e..i-- 80. d., ir,...,.
soul mf-nf reran, n.fr ,ff mo.
done fhc dead wore attended OIL ana
nut ln tram cars brought un and ok
posed to morbid rare vhllo bo.r-
Transferred fo WAGONS ln which -o Do
taton ta tho morruo Fiehty seven
dral bodies wore recovered from tho
mine between daylight and mrhuau
r.lI parity of officials and miners
N1tfioa on thrco miles inside the mise
0'o'f'onaIr word would come On fho
surface lf some mysterious moans
t''i another heap oi rcmaIus bad been
exposed to lho vision of the searchcrs
tnanatoNn. Pa. July 1.-two more
DEATHS of rescued victims from the
l'a.iaE AiN mine have occurred since
saturday n'sht Early Sunday morn-
iHs lnnn S.hr and laslnte Siho'ia
e''o DO the Cambria general hospital
lNosn mea were among the SIX living
last brought out of thc mno Friday
AFTERNOON. ot which four others have
aird- These deaths raise the total ID.
'i-'iea l' -lf. although tac company
records nave DO ono less. Much cor.
fusion has attended tho compilation
al i-' record.
Aos- interest centerel Sunday iu
tAe mineral services which were scat
'eiee throughout the city. The black
claAa ol mourning was heaviest over
cam m9fla CITY. where the foreign pop
H'tl9H l"eils- Scenes OF sorrow in
1-'s section We're repeated. uut only
WIN steiner iofce- 10 was a grim iete
cay in Wnicn tue number oi the par
ueipauia was augmented oy throng1
'Ae morning trains brought Boo. The
ol,sileis came from towns within a
laN4us ai 90 miles or more These Wis
''l.s spread themselves cut In squads
ana tooN ln the various points OF in-
.e'est ~s7oelAtea with the tragedy.
lne ioot OK tne ttamway leading up
20 l"9 mann pit mouth an paid a visit
i'"NN' tus gathered there az time IN
''e ''"n nope ol seeing newly discov-
,''D Douie9 Drought iorth 20 gratliy
'".'' curious SAFE
-N'' 'Ie 'Huicnes OF Johns'own paid
.'o'e o' less attention in their morn
lAb services 70 the disaster Coiiec-
.o'1 Nv ''''eU i' many Ios the oen-
Guy ~ '''e .''e'' iauliiles OF the poorer
'',,'9 Sloo.a' masses were said IN
''e 'l''-o'i' 0"u'oNes.
N', al'''roon was devoted 10 iuner-
1 .'''',S'-i'.y professions moved
'''e''s e-vs'uu1 street toward the
mn s,5 --l''' '''s p''Ai slo'feii i'i'ie.
. O'Clock. The church va en- -
aTectine expressious ~ -erfss r-5-s
eorlrs AZ ono .ir,a ,y.r, ,,i...,,..,..,, -
-''v'ee in