The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-05-12
NINE EXPLOSION.
WRECKS TOWN
People Are Homs|ess as Al
Houses Were Wrecked.
4 "Non-Explesive" In Q Magazine
Mysteriousiy ele~e Up and hurls
Dwellings Prom Their Foundations.

4 "Non-ExpIesive" In Q Magazine
Mysteriousiy eIe~e Up ard hurss
Dwellings Prom Their Foundations.
Uniontown. Pa, May 12.-When the
magazine Of the Sunshine Coal and
Coke company's mine No. I. three
miles from Masontown. this county.
exploded the mining town was pracu-
cally wiped out. three persons were
killed and forty men, women and chill
dren were injured. twenty-five OF them
severely.
The magazine contained 500 sticks
Of an explosive resembling dynamite.
but which was believed to be non-ex-
plosive. The general store, the homo
Of Francis Rocke. an officiA Of tho
company. and twenty-five small dwell
ings were made uninhabitable and the
inhabitants of the town moved to an
other mining settlement.
The dead are: HAIRY Bossa, aged
forty-three years, head blown OF: two
unidentified men. who were in the
magazine when 1t let 90. and were
blown to pieces ~ :
The injured are: Tony Williams.
aged six years. terribly burned. may
die; Frank Tobagolic, thirty-nine, skull
fractured. may die; Nike Hornat. aged
eleven; Josephine Hartley. thirty;
Mrs.. George Horewak, twenty ty-seven;
Annie Horewat, aged one; Mrs. John
Hartley. thirty-eight: Elizabeth Bart
ley. eight; Mrs. Bessie Ganley, thirty
three: Mrs. Mary Mehalie. forty-two;,
Mrs. Ella Barnhsrt, sixty-five; Vic.
toris Sape, ten; Mrs.. Anna Sape. aged
forty; Rose G. Rocks, four; Anna H.
Rocks. six; Mrs. Francis Rocks. aged
thirty-four; ]. W. Frymoyer, forty.
three; John May. twenty-five: John
Slime. forty-six; Louis Angelo, forty
one; zillie wyandro. twenty-five. and
Mrs. Mary Simko. thirty-flve.
The injured were all taken TO the
private hospital Of Dr.. J. w. Brady, IN
Masoutowns. Twenty others .were cut
and bruised slightly. p
Two men entered the magazine to
procure some Of tho explosive, and
shortly afterward the little town was
shaken as though an earthquake had
occurred. The magazine was blown TO
bits, and the men met the same fate.f
The magazine was about twenty. dye
yards from the general store and also
about the Same distance from the
Rocks home. and many Of those most
seriously injured were IN the. general
store II tho time Of the sxplpsto1 Seyf
eral of the small dwellings Nere blown
from their foundations. and the walls
Of every house In the town were blown
out. ne - &5,@ .e1 @f.r4
{ .Windowpanes IN houses two miles
from the, mine we're blown out and
the, houses in tMasoutown were shaken.
A telephone. message for help was
sent to Masontown, and all available
rigs were sent.
=. Bossa, one OF the dead. was thrown
200 yards and his body was badly mui
tilated. ,-SI- A. -. ~ 80
Tony Williams, who may die. was
In the general store; and . radiator
fell on him., The child was pinned un-
der the steaming radiator for fifteen
minutes. .-,- ,., ., s-,,..,ss
All the buildings in the town were
owned by the coal company, and its
loss is estimated at ~. 200.
i There were freight cars near the.
magazine, one Of which was loaded
with dynamite. Fortunately for the In
habitants Of the. town this did not 60
OF. although the, roof Of the car was
blown away and other cars were blown
from their trucks. e4...,