Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1901 — Sixteen Killed In Mine Horror. [ARTICLE]

Sixteen Killed In Mine Horror.

As a result of Monday night’s explosion in the Port Royal (Pa.) mines of the Pittsburg Coal company, sixteen men are dead, seven injured, and thousands of dollars’ worth Qf property destroyed. The official list of dead and Injured was made public by the coal company’s officials last night Among the victims is William F. Allison, assistant superintendent of mines. He was a second cousin of President McKinley and leaves a widow and five children. William McCune, superintendent of the company’s mines along the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, was also killed. He left a family.