Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-09
 VICTIMS DEAD RESULT OF FIRE Every Other House at Little Mining Town of 'Throop
 Has Crepe on the
 Door F0RTY-FIVE WIDOWS
 AND 137 ORPHANS UndertakerS Fight Over Dead Bodies and Police Are Called in to Ques
 Disturbance

SCRANTON. Pa, April S.-A re, Vised list of the dead tonight shows that seventy-four men and boys met their deaths in the fire at the Pan coast colliery a: Throop, near here. yesterday. A canvass of the vic tims families shows forty-five widows and 137 orphans
 It is said every corner of the workings, which fleeing victims might have reached in search of pure air, has been entered ana every body has been removed. The last group of dead. comprising seven men, were brought up shortly be- fore noon today.
 Undertakers s Disgrace.
 As fast as the bodies were re- covered they were turned over to undertakers. according to nationali- ty, to be prepared for burial. The undertakers fairly fought for the bodies, believing the company will stand for good round charge. ana disgraceful scenes resulted. Police authorities had to interfere. At abou; every other house at Throop. crepe is cn the door, and in some houses there are more than one l corpse.
 John stoyak, two sons and a cousin lie in room in his humble home. h one house seven children are made orphans, the eldest ten years old. Another foreigners body was taken to his nome, where ore child was ill of scarlet fever and another of typhoid. The fun erals probably viii be held Monday
 Ore of the Worst.
 In number of victims, this is the ] wors: mine horror of the Iacka wanna Valley region, and the worst of the whole anthracite coal fields since the Averdale disaster, Septem- Der 6, 1869, when no men lost their lives from suffocatfon and 1 consequent burning of a breaker. Many explanations are offered as | To how the Pancoast victims came | to their deaths but none are satis- factory. One contributing cause, it is said. was the failure of inside mine bosses to realize the imminent danger in the tunnel until it wa too late for them to be taken ou
 Fire started a little after o'clock. Mining operations contiu- ued until II o'clock It is be lieved. it was near II when the danger to the men in the tunnel was realized. Some attempted to come hack in the direction of the fire. Some got a considerable dis lance in the other direction None rot any where near safety and fell in their tracks or laid down. ex- hausted, burying their faces in the wet culm to avoid choking on smoke and deadly gas,
 Death Struggle for Ali. | Some stuffed wet handkerchiefs in their mouths. Many were found huddled under sheets of canvass. used in the mines in constructing air courses. All died in struggle, ss depicted by their dead features.
 N. Frederick, chief of the state department of mires arrived today with other mine experts and will conduct an investigation. Dr. J. 4. Holmes. of Washington. D. C., chief of the United States bureay of mines. has also undertaken an in lves:igation on behalf of the fedora government He has appointed as investigators George Enzien. C. D. lRoberts and Henry c. Davis. Coun- ty officials also arc conducting aA investigation. It is supposed the fire had it's origin in oilsoaked COL ton -aste in the engine room. This is merely guess-work, however.
 About twelve of the victims were men of English speech. and boys
 whose ages range from 14 to Is
 were about of equal number. Tho D emaining fifty for the most par
 are Hungarians and Poles.