Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1891 — SIX MEN ENTOMBED. [ARTICLE]

SIX MEN ENTOMBED.

Terrible Results of an Explosion Ln a CoJ. liery. An explosion of gas occurred In the Richardson colliery of the Philadelphia & Reading coal and iron company at Glen Carbon,. Pa., Sunday evening, and six men were entombed in the gangway of tho Crosby vein. Theaccident occurred just before quitting time. i. Winfield Meek was taken out dead. J. F. Brennan, Michael Grant and Thbnias Convillo were taken out alive, but terribly burned and crushed. John Lawler, Thomas Clancey, Mike , Welch, John Salmon, Joseph Shiel and John Purcell aye still behind the pillar that “run” and not only closed the mine, but brought down and exploded the gas, wrecking the side of the colliery now shut off, and imprisoning the six without hope of their escape alive. About Finser Nalls. A white mark on the nail misfortune. Pale or lead-colored nails indicate melancholy people. Broad nails indicate a gentle, timid and bashful nature. Lovers of knowledge and liberal sentiment have round nails. People with narrow nails aro ambilious and quarrelsome. Small nails indicate littleness ol mind, obstinacy, and conceit , Choleric, martial men, delighting In war, have red and spotted nails. Nails growing into tho flesh at the points or sides indicate luxurious tastes. drpeople with very pale nails are subject to much infirmity of the flesh and persecution by neighbors and friends. Death in the Cigar. A celebrated European specialist for diseases of the throat, nose, and ear asserts that tuberculosis is making alarming progress among cigar smokers. He doos not attribute this to tho use of tobacco, but to the manner in which cigars are manufactured. Rolling the tobacco leaf is a craft that requires neither strength nor intelligence, consequently in this branch of the operation it is usual to find male and female operatives who are weik and diseased, and who, in consequence of their infirmities, are economicqU employees. Most of them suffer from scrofula or tuberculosis. They cough, and often give the finishing touch to a cigar with their lips.