Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 231, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1915 — 11 ARE ENTOMBED IN EASTERN MINE [ARTICLE]

11 ARE ENTOMBED IN EASTERN MINE

Sudden Rush of Culm and Water Pens Coaldale Miners in Tunnels —Expect Rescue Soon. Lansford, Pa., Sept. 27.—Eleven men—six Americans and five foreigners—employed as miners, engineajg and drivers in the Foster tunnel of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation company at Coaldale, two miles from here, were emtombed shortly before noon today by a sudden rush of culm and water than had broken through the roof from an abandoned working. Gangs of men hastily summoned from other colleries and operations of the company worked in half-hour shifts to stop the flow of water that was piling up the barrier of culm, dirt and' coal behind which the men are held prisoners, but from reports of company officials, it will 'be late tomorrow morning before the men can be resa.ed. The cause of the accident has not been determined. Shortly before the .noon whistle blew, it was explained, the crash came and the roof fell at close intervals for a distance of 200 feet.