THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA., JULY 17, 1902. 3 lll DEAD; 22 RESCUE) Frightful Disaster in Cambria Mine at Johnstown, EXPLOSION CAUSED BY GASES Fourteen Men Were Found Alive in One Chamber. HEROIC RESCUERS PERISHED Accident Was Caused by Fire Damp and Survivors Who Escaped From the Mine Brought Horrible Stories of Crawling Over Dead Bodies of Com- rades in Their Race For Life—Bodies of Dead Were Twisted Into Various Shapes, Showing They Had Suffered a Slow Death. Johnstown, Pa., July 11.—Two hun- dred miners entombed by an explosion in a mine main shaft opens within the limits of the city to check with terror the pedestrians on the streets here yesterday. At first the rumor sald in the “rolling mill” mine Steel company ger. But later reports showed that the lower figure was correct and that 40 were sale. The is of largest in the country, and yesterday 600 men al work How many lead it eral days it is a long and It was near whose WAS Hews that al the dead of Cambria were or in dan . th mine one ae i } \ were thers may are sion before what had who Heartrending Scenes at Mine. The scenes on the 1} ides w heart: of the cated wiv miners there persons Was ang ond spread. Wiv tims ran ers faint as the known to them as about at extent guard ) one nter mine permitting nm from NOXIOUS EZASAS Were coming t § oclock when all hope of from the Westmont opening was abandoned Two mine ers ass! frightful back, and they fell they Lnally after a de sperate struggle reached the outside gave the men as- sistance, and after working with them half an hour restored them to normal condition Their of the situa. tion in mine made it clear that rescue work not proceed from the Westmont opening. and then hasty preparations were made to begin that sad mission at the Mill Creek entrance. Soon after the news of the frightful explosion reached the Cambria officials Mining Engineer Marshall G. Moore and one of his assistants, A. G. Pros- ser, made an attempt to enter the mine They Mine Su. perintendent George 7 but the deadly their pro- Rress was nearly sending rescue partie frona the John Mey {0 see what had escaped Richard DBeanett went men who and back two miles rendered them when stance could be but the iamp drove prostrate Two doctors story the could were soon followed by Robinson gases stopped Rescuers Perished. For Harry Rodgere, his ant, § iam Blanch 1 Fire Whitney 8 Mine assiat Bosses John end John T} the and it is fe perished In an heroi The 15-year-old Harry Rodgers when he heard that his father had with after damp, started down the mine to help him If poss and he had nw the drift the deadly gas ocercome the lad and carried back Hi tongue protruded its whole length from his mouth, and men had to force his Jaws apart with a stick to prevent lock Jaw Fhe mining officials of the Cambria Company stated that the explosion was one of fire damp. The catastrophe oc- curred in the section of the mines known among the miners as "Klon. dike.” The few survivors who have es. eaped from the depths of the mine de. scribe the conditions to be frightful in their nature Outside of the “Klon. dike” the mines are safe and unin- Jured, Miners who left the mine by way of the Mill Creek entrance brought hor- rible stories of crawling over the dead bodies of thelr comrmdes, Two young men who were at work fn the “Klondike” when the explosion occurred escaped by way of the alr shaft heading up through the Kernville Hill from the mine. A fan house, now out of use, stands at the top of this alr an An John | on were ov i Dy ared that thes attempt to rescud gases the miners son of ETL OVeTrCOme rescue ible, pooner entered when almost he had to be dead bodies to pure alr and light. How many they did not know, DEATH LIST NUMBERS 111 Thrilling Experiences Attended the Efforts of Rescuers. Johnstown, Pa, July 12.-—Of the 600 men supposed to have entered the mouth of the Rolling Mill mine of the Cambria Steel Company on Thursday morning 111 are dead, were res cued alive and many others escaped from the mine and reported at office of the company, Thrilling experi- attended the efforts of the 40 and daring feilows who went into the bowels of the a0 bw ences brave down store to life some of those who are entombed Death lurked around them, but undaunted they surg ed forward, swayed with the of human purposes, Eurly yesterday afternoon cheering word came from the innermost recess. es of the mine that life yet lingered in some of found, The res- cuers made first for No. 4, left heading which thgy had been unable the ein, Brin Falls of roof almost choked up the heading, but through and over the debris the brave men pushed their way. In the front Patrick Mar- tin, his brother Peter, Philip White and several made their way Suddenly in an open space they were startied by the laugh emanated from a blackened form that rushed at of the darkness The man grasped firmly a pick handle and tried In his frenzy to beat down his He overpowered and dragged back main heading to the Thirteen other living men were found In the bodies to others mania them out rescuers, was to the CArs this chan taken to the of the showing t death in Bs pot at moultl MINE VICTIMS FUNERALS Lost Their Lives sion Laid to Rest i After a Men Who in Explo- ni¥ generally he full wn regarded as extent of the disasies State inspector all the work and the almost at condition of free of gas tilating appar IS Are 1 ing cur of alr into the ff the subterranean workings ne rfect perfe pure uttermost There has not been a single place out side of the old abandoned chambers that have not undergone scrut of experts to pronounce everything in as good condition as could be asked or demanded Baddest of all the scenes following the mine disaster of Thursday those attending the funerals day and yesterday of the victims Under the black pall smoke that hangs over the church bells tolled continually, and all day long the dead through the to the tion Gireok churches, th ins ne iny were Satur 164 of city Carts rumbled Crea Catholl of streets Slav Roman fCenon and where the nf ed lsave taking Nearly all the funerals took place in the cem etery where are buried the dead of the great flood The burial was simplified by the dig ging of long trenches. In place of sep arate grave In one of these 28 cof flus were lowered, were most ting Johnstown HISTORIC TOWER FALLS Chimes of St. Mark's Cathedral, Ven ice, Crashes Down. Venice, July 15 The bell tower of histori Mark's Cathedral, 322 feet high, suddenly collapsed yesterday and fell Into the plaza. The ruins are plied up to the height of 100 feet, and the Piazza 41 San Marco and the adjoining SQUAres are with and dust. Some damage was done to the Bansovino etia, or vestibule, on the east side of the Campanile The tower now a heap of ruins It Is not believed that there was any loss of life. The cathedral proper and the Doges' Palace escaped Injury, but the falling tower struck the Roya! Pal ace, damaging a corner. A cordon of troops was immediately ordered to the plaza, and kept back the huge crowds which struggled to get a sight of the ruins, The accident, which In the eyes of Italy amounts to a ver- ftable catastrophe, Is almost the great. est art loss the kingdom has ever suf- fored, St covered debris Log Iw General Wheaton Retired. Washington, July 16.—Major General Lloyd Wheaton closed his active mill. tary career yosterday, having reached the statutory retiring age of 64 vears. He Is at his home In this country, where he recently arrived from the Philippines. The vacancy caused Ly his retirement already has been ant! }. pated by the appointment of Brigadier General Bate, now commanding the des the | earth with a very faint hope to spur them that still they might be in time to re | everywhere | noblest | 1 reach which | ber and physi- | | AWEEK’S NEWS CONDENSED, Wednesday, July 0, The mercury reached 1056 degrees at Metropolis, 111, yesterday. Philip Joseph Fitzalan-Howard, Ear] of Arundel and Surrey, died in London yesterday, The fifth annual convention of the Luther League of America opened last | evening at St. Paul, Minn. In a fight at a church in Janold's Val- ley, W. Va., Peter Henaricks was killed and several others fatally injured The fishing smack W, Young was wrecked yesterday ten miles below At- lantic City. The crew was taken off, The treasury department has begun active preparations to erect the 150 public bulidings throughout the coun- try authorized by the late congress. Thursday, July 10, Simon Freeman, of Wilkesbarre, Pa. committed suicide by jumping from a bridge into the Susquehanna river. A mast 170 feet high, for the wireless telegraph station at the Annapolis Naval Academy, was placed in position yesterday. Corporal Samuel Boyd, formerly or derly to Admiral Dewey on the Olym pla at the battle of Manila Bay, was killed by a train at Magruder, Md. J. C. Bentoyer, a ranchman of Car bon county, Montana, was given a pat ent for a flying machine yesterday has challenged Santos Dumont race, for a Friday, July 11, of the United The June postoffices receipts in the an increase of $572 The Glass Bottle tion of the United and Canada donated 35000 to the striking anthra- States show lowers’ States Seranton, Pa, dead certain | s soyme of tha ore 15. ’ Tuesday, July nati iners The exan Mich. July 28 Many famil less at Argentine the Missouri river A Paris dispatch says that 12 ruined gamblers Monte Carlo during the The battleships Kearsargs and Massach laid up Davy yard today It is expected that Minister Wu will hot av in Cl min take up his duties until nal meeting state bank 1 Detr ’ will be held al 8 are rendered home Kan. by the flood In mmitted suicide at past few days Alabama setts, which have at the time been for repairs New York put Ww some soa Washington for his new pont new not some time the will August, RS Liang Cheng Tung GENERAL MARKETS in a July 14 winter superfine iva 1 i | ' & 3.60 City mills, ext: 0 Rye flour was quiet ! barrel Wheat Petunsylvar fire Quiet lower No. | Flour 12850 i 3 NO No 1iles hy ™ Oats tyne Gr 81 Hay p id at $146 nrge | Beef was steady hams, $214 21.60. Pork was firm: ly, 2a. Live poultry sold at 15 for hens and at 9h for oO Oost ers pring chickens 17a 15 Dressed poultry sold at 1% for choice fowls and at % for oid roosters Butter was steady; cream- ery, 2 Eggs were steady; New York and Pennsylvania 4 per dozen Potatoes were steady; Jorses prime per basket, 306; 40 Live Stock Markets, Liberty, Pa, July 14 wore slow, cholee, $7.156007.560: $6.75@7.) good, $646.30; cows, $0400 per head, common to fair, $204 50 per head. Hogs were ace tive prime heavy, IR I10G 815: me dintus, $5; heavy yorkers, $7.901 7.06; light yorkers, $78087.00; pigs, $7.80 7.90; roughs, $6G7.60. Sneep were pteady; best wethers, $4. 1004.20; good $2 5504; mized, $325@3.60; culls and common, $1 G0@2, Inmbs were lower; choice lambs, $6.70¢6.25; common to , $5005.60; veal calves, 3707.50. #t Buffalo, N. Y.. July 14-Cattie were fairly active and 166 26¢, lower; fav steers, $7.20 7.75; fair to good, ady, for beef fan T1160 Wi Fast Cattle prime good fresh AEr8.25; cholee heifers, $6616.26: fair y good, $666.75; best fat 60. fair to good, $4.266r4.75, b tops, 86.7507; Je 785; roughs, $7.1 6.60 un a ve He | 50 largest or 14 per cent. | Associa | CULINARY CONCEITS, Hickory nut meats are nice for the top of sugar cookles, A slice of bread bolled In pea soup | will prevent the peas from sinking to | the bottom, When making bread In cold weather, rst warm the bread pan, the flour and » kneading board, When black spots appear on dough nuts, drop a slice of raw potato into the fat and leave it while the next re lay Is frying and repeat The dry, every grain separate effect | 80 desirable in bolled rice 18 obtained | through =a by pouring water it colander after boiling and then drying it in the oven with the door open When boiling old potatoes, which are apt to go a very dark color, put tablespoonful of milk in which they are bolled, and you w find they will beautifully when cooked, over into the waty be white When cooking eabbage, use a Ia pan, so as to and add a small and tablespoonful of salt. When the veg: table bolls up, take the ld off the pat and keep the contents bolling at a gal lop. have plenty of wate: piece of soda | True Hospitality, A certaln amount of course Is absolutely who desire social inter DECesKary for happy, « our me those tented, are housekeeper, lead “But BAYH to useful lives 80 limited.” BODE “that cannot afl to entertain.” And ght B there is a great difference between | pitulity and pitality is or has we he | SOe Is Tr entertals Mensles Canses Death Jinn Dor fev proportionate mortality under two and five years of age as does mension y KTH Lights and Small Rooms. The apparent size of stoal ment may be | by removing the chandelier and Intro ducing side lights. In 8 narrow for example. a arm in ts plaster medallion ment repeated over ante) nsidera ¥ +) parior or set Arrang« chandel six the perhs the n to the Mece vers I ceptibly nishing of the ake the col and you have gained an that cannot be ment tried to OO Take It away, 1 in stood now Hghting In «a apartments lent A another « a books pair may Ix Wer A corner seat and Hight where specs 1% The Baby's Posttion, Uncomfortable osition : Li $ often pre longed ry K : hi thy bal Their stock of tet large Orance is exceeds crib cramped ) infu position ory ap and know enough to tur over standing rule when a child turn him mnge the ment, and nt often the In penceful slumber They w He In n nes yet it trained nt cries In to the hospita over his other side rea t him a 10 see bh bedelothing pn Is surprising by drops off again Inte How to Care For Pearls. An old fn receipt previ pearis from losing thelr brillianey Is to put them away in a bos with a ples of ash root. Wise men in their own estimation — will probably Inugh at this advice, but it Is Just as well to let thes laugh and not one's beautify Jewel become dull and dead W hy the root of the ash tree should have tl marvelous effect Is hard to determin but it Is a fact and one which is worth taking advantage of. New York Hes ald i : shiloted to hnve Baked Nananas, Baked bananas are nutritious food and can be eaten by those with whom the raw fruit disagrees They are specially nice for breakfast. To pre pare clip the ends, slit the skins from end to end. but do not remove, and bake Ofteon or twenty minutes To serve remove the skins and sprinkle CH ———————————— 1E&71M 2] McCalmont's jush Arcade ttt ittention eve aay ee large rooms on fi . floor and the Correct Silverware § Correctine haracter, design and workmanship- daint { are filled with ¢ “18 A8 Nece china or fine lin would have everythi taste and has ; y forks, spoons and fancy pieces for table use will be « ct if se lected from goods stam ped 1847 Bros.” Remember «1847 + As here are imitation “Rogers”! For ( for y o Lal ormeriy No.6 address t o makers Bf. ner International Silver Co. Meriden, Conn, SEAry as Enlarged Stock Orre ~ To-day IATRCT § vou will find GARMAN HOUSE... High Street, opposite House, Bellefonte. Pa. New. New Furniture. Heat. Electric Light, modern improvements, C.M & C.B. GARMAN, Proprs Hardware Court Entirely Steam and all Carpenter Tools, Blacksmith Tools, Stonemason Tools, Bricklayer's Tools Etc E.K. RHOADS At his yard of R. R BCLS OILY P r su mn, POs to the Pass Te A NTH ™ ATT IAB EY RACITF bd and r MITT TTIY A INIATTC ALA ABO Al) Kinds Ry VANLIZNJU UY 1.8. Wood, Grain, Hay, Straw and Sand Or r BOT 8 Bu ng hu ad » . iAsterers saa 0000 TELEPHONE CALLS: Central . . | Commercial . No. N ) 1321 65; Garman’s Emoire House, MAIN STREET, TYRONE PA AL. S. GARMAN, Proprietor Ty ret basements » Now Going On Mid=summer Sale of Seasonable Shoes A Money-saving Event of Unusual Import - ance. We do not intend to Oxfords or Summer She the prices on the well.) 0 Walk Over Oxf rds A special lot of Walk Over £4 Bas 1 All Stetson £5 Oxfords now $4.50. Bilt-Well Pat. Co It Oxfords, reg Ba S. ois If Ename price All new NEA, Pr, i i a” a a a SNA ANA i le ment & i ali not to break, reduced from £3 to £2.85 Colt Bals price £§, | adies’ Pat by Stetsons ; reg and Bluchers, hand w now £13 50 Pat. Kid, Matt reduced from S3to $2 28 , made by Harris Ladies’ Colonial Ties Kid and Vici, special lot of Ladies’ hand-welt Button Shoes : re g ular price $4 50, now $300. The sale of Button Shoes was not what we anticipated and this lot must go re gardless of cost ; all sizes and shapes, Another lot of Button Shoes reduced from £3 to $2 all this season's goods Ladies’ all solid Oxfords and Strap Sandals. o8c. | We have no old stock to offer. everything Is new, This sale will be just as we advertise it and you can de pend upon getting good bargains trem us YEAGER & DAVIS. Watch for list of Bargains next week. with a little sugar. — ~ ANA AINA DAA NAN AAA —. INN NNN NANA A a NA NINA LNN ~ ~ a a AAA A Pr rr iy a aa aw So WANNA PP al aa aaa
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