The Sentinel=record., 1910-02-06
ANOTHER MINE HORROR ADDED TO DEATH TOLL OF THE WEEK
 AS FORMERLY sATED.
Pennsylvania Mine To Be Gaseous Is lgnited and Many Are Wounded, Aside from the Ones
 Killed.

Indiana, Pa. Feb. 5.-Ten Hungari- ans and one American is the death toll of gas explosion today in the No. 2 slope of the Ernest mine of the Jef- ferson X Clearfield Coal Company, five miles north of this place. The ex- plosion occurred in a heading whefe twelve workmen were located, and one of these, Andrew Krazee, escaped by crawling a quarter of mile on his stomach to evade the noxious fias.
 His inability to speak English pre- vented lucid explanation of the cause of the explosion. When he saw the lights of the rescuers, ne moaned and tried to crawl He was slightly burned, but suffered chiefly from tho effects of the after-damp He was placed in car and immediately taken up.
 Some of the dead were found near the entrance to the heading and others lay along the track at short distances from each other, almost at the face of the coal.
 The position of the bodies showed that the men had made def perate ef- forts to crawl away from the heading.
 One hundred and ten men working in the slope escaped through other headings of the mine, although they were held back for about ten hours by the black damp until rescue par ty of twelve mine bosses reached them.
 One thousand other men working in adjoining mines within a radius of three miles, who heard the concussiop. paid no attention 10 it and did f6t learn of the disaster until they came out of the mines early tonight.
 Four men, who were laying tracks just within the mouth Of the mine slope, were knocked unconscious by the concussion, but were revived later.
 The mine has been known as gas. eous mine and plenty of fire bosses have been maintained. Tonight it is reported that no fire boss made any return of his inspection this morning and this has been reported to the state mine Inspector of this district.
 The rescue party of twelve went rn- 10 the mine about 9:so this morning. shortly after the accident, and when they came out, about o'clock; they brought with them the bodies and an- nounced that there was no one else in the mine
 The bodies, blackened by flames, were sent to the homes of the unfor- tunates and the funerals will be held tomorrow.
 An inquest will be held Monday.
 Michael Harrington. the only AmsirAl ican among the dead, was son of John Harrington. foreman of the
  mine. The younger man. acting as assistant to his father. was directing the work of the heading when the ex- plosion occurred.
 Two hours after tue explosion, ather Amelio Farri. an Italian priest, with Michael Sullivan. one of the mlne fcremen, went into the mine slope to administer the last rites of the chusch to any victims he might De able to reach.
 Hardly had the priest go> well into, the minew hen he was ovAcome a was with difficulty brought back lo fresh air.
 Coroner James NJ Hammer, wtfn nr- rived about noon, was not pe1mfte to go into the mine becausy of tho prevalence of gas, and when Clarence Hall. W. C. Smelling and A c. Ramsey arrived from the government geologi- cal station at Pittsburg, with oxygen helmets and apparatus. they were ob- liged to defer any attempt until to- morrow.