Image 1 of Santa Fe new Mexican (Santa Fe, N.M.), June 11, 1901
author: Anonymous
source date: 1901
availability: public_domain

ANT A FE NEW ME VOL 38 SANTA FE N M TUESDAY JUNE 11 1901 NO 96 TWENTY MINERS ENTOMBED Explosions of Gas Cause Death and Destruction in a Pennsylvania Coal Mine BRAYE RESCUERS ARE LOST The Mouth of the Shaft Surronnded by a Weeping Frenzied Multitude All Wight The Names of the Men Who Are Missing West Newton Pa June 11 Time only adds horror to the disastrous mine explosion which occurred late last e ni in No 2 mine of the Pittsburg Coal company at Port Royal Three men were rescued and 17 others are inFimnwi in the hurnlnsr mine Late last night the mine was reported at the moco rf the mnranv here to be on Are and Division Vuperinteudent Wm McCune and W P Allison started for the scene They entered with Fire Boss Keck who carried an open lamp 1 hree fnilnwerl at intervals of a V few minutes the Jarge fan being Inad equate to counteract the rush of fire riomn Mnnv miners escaped hut the latest reports state that McCune and Allison with 15 miners are beyond the reach of rescue They are over a mile from the bottom of the pit Since