The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-17
SIX SCORE DEAD
Terror of the Mine Gets Loose
in a Pit in Penn
sylvania.
CORPsEs ALL ALONG us TRACK
Total Death Roll viii Reach the
Number of l25.
Coniery Is a Tomb Which After Damp
Makes Nearly Tmpenetrs be
Those Escaping Did So
over Dead GIen.

Johnstown, Pa. July 1.-THE first
four victims lave been brought to the
surface from the Klondike section.
They were William Robinson. who was
unconscious when found; John Retail
lie. alive and in pretty good shape,
and two unknown Slavs. both alive.
but unconscious. DR.. john b. Low
man. of this city. who came up with
the men. said he passed twenty-five
dead bodies, some of thcn in sitting
poStureS.
Johnstown, Pa. July 1.-Two hun
drew miners entombed by an explosion
in a mine whose main shaft opens
within the limits of this city was news
TO check with terror the pedestrians
on the streets here yesterday. At first
the rumor said that all in the Rolling
Mill mine of the Cambria Steel com
pany were dead or in danger. This
would have meant COO persons. But
later reports showed that 400 Were
safe The mine is one of the largest
in the country, and yesterday GOO men
were at Work there. When the news
OF the disaster reached here it spread
like wildfre, and in less than guar
ter Of an hour the Point, an open
space at the junction of the Cone
maugh and the Stony Greek, was
crowded with women and children.
There VIII Be I25 Dead.
Across from them. in the center of the
green hillside, could be seen the dark
opening of the mine. Ii looked as
usual. but the women who looked
across the waters saw meaning there
that they had not seen before Some
cried, some mOaned and little chill
dren clasped their skirts and cried in
sympathy. President Powell ROckhouse
issues statement that the death roll
Will be about 10 men.
scores of Homes Bereaved.
1t was Hearty an hour after the ex-
ploSion before any general knowledge
OF what had happened got abroad Men
-
with their lives. told the terrible news
and soon it spread like wildfire all
over the city. In scores of homes there
was the most pathetic scenes. Mothers,
wives. daughters, SONS and relatives
Wee frantic with grief. Hundreds
rushed 10 the point and with sobbing
hearts awaited news that did not come
from the Inflated mine
Mine Full of Deadly Damp.
At the opening across the river from
the point the Cambria Iron company
police stood guard, permitting no one
TO enter the mine, from which noXious
gases were coming. 1t was nearly
i. II. when ali hope of sending rescue
parties from the West .IonI opening
vas abandoned. Two men who had
escaped from the mine-Richard Ben
nett and John MeyerS-went back two
miles To see what assistance could be
rendered. but the frightful damp drove
them back and they fell PROSTATE when
they finally. after Il desperate struggle,
reached the outside. Two doctors gave
the men assistance and after working
with them half an hour restored them.
Some Reseuers Probs. sIy Dead.
Their story of the situation in the
mine made it clear that the rescue
work could not proceed from the
Westmont opening, and then hasty
preparations were made to begin that
td mission at the Mill Greek entrance.
Soon after the news of the explosion
reached tie Cambria officials Mining
Engineer Marshall q. Moore and one
of his assistants. Al c. Prosser, made
an attempt TO enter the mine. They
were followed by Mine Superintendent
George 7. Robinson, but the deadly
gases stopped their progress. Mine
Foreman Harry Rodgers. his assistant
William Blanch, and Fire ! osseS John
Whitney. John RetaIlick and John
Thomas, were overcome by the gases
and it is feared that they persisted III
u heroic effort 10 rescue the miners.
WHAT THE SURVIVORS sax
Condition Inside the Mine Gives Little
cope Amy Rescues.
The mining officials of the Cambria
company stated that the explosion was
one OF fire damp. The catastrophe oc
CURED in the section of the mine
known among the miners as "IHlon
dixie The name of the section on The
company's books is the sixth west oil
the south main heading. 1t is about
q mile and half from the main en-
erance of the Rolling Mill mine TIL,