Report of the Bureau of Mines of the Department of Internal Affairs of Pennsylvania . MAP OF A PORTION OF Ti ROLLING MILLO OPERATED BT THE Cambria Steel C^ 6KOWIN& THE LOCATIO Fire £xpvJuly loSi n yr-[ No. 13. BUREAU OF MINES. 53 sometliiui had happened, aud that possibly a cave in had occurred,causing tlie fire damp, which I knew existed to -some extent abovethe falls in one part of the mine, to be driven on the men workingwith naked lights, and that perhaps a few might have been seriouslyor possibly fatally burned. In this state of uncertainty I went tobed aud arose early
Report of the Bureau of Mines of the Department of Internal Affairs of Pennsylvania . MAP OF A PORTION OF Ti ROLLING MILLO OPERATED BT THE Cambria Steel C^ 6KOWIN& THE LOCATIO Fire £xpvJuly loSi n yr-[ No. 13. BUREAU OF MINES. 53 sometliiui had happened, aud that possibly a cave in had occurred,causing tlie fire damp, which I knew existed to -some extent abovethe falls in one part of the mine, to be driven on the men workingwith naked lights, and that perhaps a few might have been seriouslyor possibly fatally burned. In this state of uncertainty I went tobed aud arose early the next morning in order to get the Philadel-phia jiapers, and to my dismay the morning papers more than veri-lied what the papers of the previous night had published. I tookthe iirst train for riiiladelphia, and by hiring a carriage at theferi-y was enabled to airive in time to take the train which wasdue at Johnstown a little after 4 P. M. While on the train Ireceived a telegram from Governor Stone, requesting that I shouldrepair to Johnstown at once. Later, I found that the Governorhad telegraphed to my home, and was apprised by my wife thathe could reach me at Atlantic City. I reached Johnstown a little afte
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