New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-25

Pittsburgh, April 4.-Up to darkness
tonight thirty-fve bodies Of miners had
been taken from the Cincinnati mine Of
the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal
and Coke Company At Finleyville. the
scene of yesterdays disastrous explo-
sion. Many other bodies. it is said, have
being experienced in finding means to
carry the bodies through the wreckage
TO the surface.
Eighty miners are unaccounted for to-
night. These. with the dead already
taken from the mine. bring the probable
list of fatalities to 10
Hopes of relatives and friends OF the
missing men that they are living are
being slowly dissipated Rescuers are
unable TO reach the inner workings of
the mine on account of gas fumes, water
and debris
1t was announced by officials Of the
Pittsburgh Coal Company that 1870 men
entered the mine yesterday morning
Seventy-fye are known to have escaped
after the explosion.
or the thirty-fve dead taken from the
mine nineteen have been identified at the
morgue in Monongahela City. where all
the bodies are being sent to be prepared
for burial.
The bodies found were not far from the
entrance, among them being that of a
miner named Mccullough, who had volun-
teered for rescue work and was known
as one Of the best and most careful
miners in the district. He was among
the first 10 enter the mine after the ex-
plosion. and advancing further than his
associates. became lost. He is believed
TO have been killed by a falling roof. as
in no danger from gas.
Rescue workers from the United States
Bureau OF Mines and the squads main
tanned by the various coal companies in
the Monongshela Valley worked assidu-
ously during the day 10 penetrate the
inner workings OF the mine. but met with
little success. They have only been able
10 reach point one mile underground.
The mine is iour miles in length.
Several thousand sightseers visited the
scene to-day but We're not permitted 20
approach the mine.
The Cincinnati mine has been in opera
ton for about eighty years. Thirty years
ago there was a gas explosion. in which
mine cars were blown through the tipple
and half way across the Monongahea
River
A theory as TO the cause OF the ex-
poson yesterday advanced by one of the
men who escaped is that an old mine
running parallel with the Cincinnati mine
was filled with gas which may have es-
capped through a crack in a concrete wall
separating the mines. IT will take a thor
ough investigation, however, TO ascertain
whether escaping gas, coal dust or after
damp caused the explosion.
Washington. April A.-Coal mine acci-
dents took a death toll last year Of 1850
men. according to a statement made public
to-day by the Bureau of Mines The state
ment adds. however that these figures
represent death rate OF only 3.l5 in every
thousand men employed the smallest rate
of mortality since 1899 The number Of
tons of coal mined in proportion to the
number Of lives sacrificed was the great
est on record.
There are AT present. according TO the
statement. rs 600 men employed in the in
dustry. Although 1000 more miners were
employed in 1912 than in 1907 there were
So fewer fatalities last year. The falling
of in the loss OF life in the opinion Of
Frederick W. Horton. mining engineer Of
the bureau, is largely due to the educa-
tional campaign conducted by the gov
eminent and TO the advanced means EN-
Moved by the Bureau of Mines in rescu
ing the victims of accidents.