The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1902-07-18
TERRIBLE CALAMITY.
Many Of Lives Were Lost by an
Explosion in a Mine.
TWO More Deaths of Rescued Victims
Occurred Sunday morning, Max.
ing the Total Number of Dead
Up to Date ia.

JohnstoWn. Pa, July 11.-Johns.own
has again been visited by an appalliug
disaster
1t is only less frightful than the aw.
tul calamity OF May 81, 1889 in cost of
lie. but in its terrible consequences
1t has brought the shadow of sorrow
In hundreds OF homes made desolate
by mine explosion which took Mace
IN the Cambria Steel Co rolling mill
mine under Westmont hin at 1920
O'Clock Thursday afternoon.
Youngstown, Pa, July I2.-Friday
was day Of heroic rescues at the ill
fated Rolling Mill mine of the Cam
bria Steel Co. Thrilling experiences
attenG7 the efforts of the 40 brave
and daring fellows who went down
into the bowels of the earth with a
very faint hope TO spur them that still
they might be in time to restore TO
life some of those who are entombed.
Death lurked everywhere around them
but undaunted they surged forward
swayed with the noblest of human pur-
| poses.
The reward of their efforts was the
saving of the lives of IA of their fel.
low men and bringing them back again
into the sunlight and back to living
families.
Dead and manned bodies were To-
Gated. but no effort was made to bring
them out of the vast theater of death
until every human energy was pu:
forward towards seeing that no living
| soul might escape their aid. That
done. the dead were attended TO and
put in tram cars. brought ND and ex-
posed to morbid gaze while being
transferred to wagons In which to be
taken TO the morgue Eighty-seven
/ dead bodies were recovered from the
mine between daylight and nightfalI.
Still a party Of officials and miners
battled on. three miles inside the mine.
Occasionally word would come to the
surface by some mysterious means
that another heap Of remains had been
exposed to the vision of the searchers.
Johnstown, Pa, July 1.-Two more
deaths OF rescued victims from the
| Rolling Mill mine have occurred since
Saturday night. Early Sunday morn
ing John Sehr and Yasante Sibolia
died at the Cambria general hospital
These men were among the six living
last brought out Of the mine Friday
| afternoon. of which four others have
died. These deaths raise the total ia
IA g., alt
| records have it one less. Much con-
fusion has attenuee ,,yla, ;,ss-
| of the record.
Most interest centered Sunday in
| the funeral services which were scat
| tered throughout the city. The black
cloud of mourning was heaviest over
Cambria City, where the foreign pop
| ulation dwells. Scenes of sorrow in
this section were repeated. but only
with sterner force. Ii was a grim fete
day in which the number of the par
Elephants was augmented by throngs
the morning trains brought in. The
outsiders came from towns within a
radius of 80 miles or more. These Wis
itors spread themselves out in squads
| and took in the various points of in
| terest associated with the tragedy.
The foot of the tramway leading up
to the main pit mouth all paid a visit
Hundreds gathered there at a time in
the vain hope of seeing newly discov-
cred bodies brought forth to crafty
their curious gaze.
All the churches of Johnstown paid
more or less attention in their morn
ing services to the disaster. Collec-
tons were lifted in many for the ben
eft of the bereft families of the poorer
victims. Special masses were said in
the Catholic churches.
The afternoon was devoted TO funer-
ais. necessarily professions moved
out along Chestnut street toward the
Catholic cemeteries near Morrellville.
The funeral sermon commenced at
2 o'clock. The church was filled wit:
affecting expressions of grief. Five
collins at one time were distributed in
front of the altar. At o'clock they
commenced 10 leave for the cemetery
AS the throngs commenced to evacu-
ate the church the bell broke forth in
TO wild ringing. Around the corner at
ST. Mary's Greek Catholic church
there were being held services for the
dead simultaneously with those of st.
Stephens. Further down. the street
the Cretans were having their funer-
ais. In all the foreign churches the
congregations displayed emblems of
their societies. Variegated colors
were worn by the women. robbing the
scene somewhat of its pournful char
acter.
All Saturday night workmen dug
graves in the Morrellville cemeteries.
BY Saturday morning they had enough
completed to care for the DAVIS arri.
walls and for those who were taken to
the cemetery entrance on Saturday
and had to be stored in a barn until
excavations could be made for them.
G.-I1