The San Francisco call., 1913-08-03
One Victim, Brought to Day
light, Expires on Way to
Hospital Mules, Except
for Singeing of Hair, Are
Untouched, Though They
Were Near Place of Acct
dent - Broken Timbers
Delay Work of Rescue

TOWER CITY. Pa. Aug. 2.-Eighteen
men were killed and two seriously in
5ured today in double explosion in
the East Brookside mine of the Phila-
delphia and Reading Coal and Iron
neved to have been dynamite and gas.
Thirteen men died in the first explo-
sion and five went to their death in
the second blast, after heroic attempt
to rescue the first victims. One of the
rescuers escaped.
The dead are:
Daniel NJ. GinIey. zs, fire boss. Tower
City; leaves wife and seven children
Henry Murphy, SO. fire boss. Tower
City: wife and three children.
John Farrell, 4s, foreman. Tower
city: wife and 10 children.
Howard Hand. Fl. laborer, Muir:
single.
Harry Hand. "a. miner. Muir: wife
and three children.
Jacob Kopenhaver. 2e. shaft man.
Reinerto: wife and two children.
Thomas BENNY, 80. miner. Reinertor:
wife and two children.
John Endise.
Carreni Capeni.
Victor Zeane.
Cevedia GrozfanO.
Five unidentified italian workmen.
Two of the dead have not been re-
covered. They are:
Daniel Farley, AZ, fire boss. Tower
City: wife and six children.
John FessIer. 4s, miner. Tower City;
wife and two children.
It is not known what caused the ex-
plosions. but the miners at the col
liery think that the first explosion was
that of dynamite and the second was
caused by gas which had been lib
Grated by the dynamite explosion
The dead were scattered about
distance Of about quarter of mile.
Only three men were taken out alive
and one of these died on the way to the
hospital.
Superintendent John Lorenz, so
years old, was in the mine when the
first explosion occurred. He was res
cued several hours later. Harry
Schoffstall was another taken out alive
Both were burned and bruised. but are
expected to recover
superintendent Lorenz was found
crawling along the ground trying to-
make his way through the debris to
safety.
1t is possible that the real story of
the explosion may never be known, as
all who were in position to know
were killed.
The East Brookside colliery employs
about 500 men. 1t is situated on top
of the mountain. The colliery closed
down Thursday for the week, but
Charles Portland. a mining contractor,
who has contract with the Reading
company to drive a tunnel kept some
of his men at work.
RESCUE PARTY GO TO DEATH
superintendent Lorenz and Mine
BOSS Farrell were in the mine making
an inspection of some new work which
was to be done and were about 500
feet from the tunnel in which Italian
workmen were engaged 1t was
shortly before noon when the men on
the surface heard rumbling noise
and from the mouth Of the slope and
from the air passageway at the fan
house there came clouds of dust.
The outside men knew in an instant
that there had been bad explosion
and a rescue party was quickly organ
lied The party was composed OF Gin
ley, Murphy, Schoffstall, BENNY. Kopen-
haver and Howard Hand.
The rescuers were lowered In the
slope, a depth of 1900 feet at q pitch
Of so degrees. down to the fifth lift.
next to the bottom of the mine. 1t is
judged that the second explosion oc-
Cured about 20 minutes after the first
The rescuers had time to walk about
600 feet from the mouth of the slope.
where they were found dead.
Five OF the foreign workmen were
found dead in one pile in the tun-
mel.
The mine was not set afre. but the