Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-07-16
TERRIBLE CALAMITY.
Many of Lives Were Lost by an
Explosion in n Mine.
Two More Deaths of Rescued Victims
Occurred Sunday morning, Max
ing the Total Number Of Dead
Up to Date ia.


has again been visited by an appalling
disaster.
1t is only less frightful than the aw-
full calamity OF May 81, 1889. in cost of
life, but in it's terrible consequences
1t has brought the shadow of sorrow
in hundreds of homes made desolate
by a mine explosion which took place
in the Cambria Steel Co. rolling mill
mine under Westmont hill at 1920
o'clock Thursday afternoon.
Johnstown, Pa, July 12.-Friday
was a day Of heroic rescues at the ill
fated Rolling MIL mine OF the Cam
bria Steel Co. Thrilling experiences
attended the efforts OF the 40 brave
and daring fellows who went down
into the bowels OF the earth with
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 nobIest Of human pur-
poses.
The reward of their efforts was the
saving Of the lives of II OF their fell
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 put
forward towards seeing that no living
soul might escape their aid That
done. the dead were attended to and
put in tram cars brought UP and ex.
posed to morbid gaze while being
transferred to wagons IN which to he
taken to the morgue. Eighty-seven
dead bodies were recovered from the
mine between daylight and nightfall
Still 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
talities to ia. although the company
records have 1t one less. Much con
fusion has attended the compilation
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 dwels. Scenes of sorrow in
this section were repeated. but only
with sterner force. 1t was a grim fetC
day in which the number OF the par
Elephants was augmented by throngs
the morning trains brought in. The
outsiders came from towns within
radius Of so 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.
tions were lifted in many for the ben
eft OF the bereft families Of the poorer
victims. Special masses were said I'm
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 witt
affecting expressions OF grief. Five
collins at one time were distributed in
front Of the altar. At o'clock they
commenced 20 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 tho
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. Variegatcd co1ors
were worn by the women. robblng tho
scene somewhat OF IT'S mournfuI char.
acter
All Saturday night workmen dug
graves I'm the MorrellyiUe cemeteries.
by Saturday morning they had enough
completed 90 care for the days arri.
walls and for those who wore t,l,,. e.,
me cemetery entrance ON Saturday
and had to be stored I'm barn until
excavations could Doc made for them.
Bluehelds Reporte1 Captured.
Panama Columbia July Ig-paq
sengers who have arrived here from
Costa fican ports bring reports " Tie
revolutionary movement iu Nicaragua.