Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1937, Page 13

. THO 0F 3 HVE NMINE CAVEAN Trapped in Abandoned Coal Hole, Survivors Had Been Confident of Rescue. B5 the Associated Press. MAHANOY CITY, Pa, Two sur- vivors of a cave-in which trapped them | and killed their companion in an abandoned coal hole told fellow miners | today they had been confident they | would be rescued. Volunteers from nearby collieries | dug through rock and crumbled tim- bers yesterday to reach the men in & lower level to which they were carried by a slide of loose earth from | the pit where they were working. ‘The rescuers reached Benedict Ric- eoppeli, 36, two hours after he was trapped. Near him they found the body of Angelo Lorendi, 48, who was erushed in the fall, Six and a half hours later they had cut through to John Meconan- cio, 56. He was buried to his chest, but had been able to move his arms to tap signals on a pipe, assuring the rescuers he was alive. Neither Riccoppeli nor Meconancio LS red seriously. Riccoppeli said “all three of us were in the coal hole at the face and had Just finished timbering, when all of | & sudden we all started to go down. The dirt started sliding in * * =, Then it stopped, and I was caught up to my knees. “Angelo (Lorendi) was lying with | his face aganst the bottom, partly covered, and John (Meconancio) was on the other side of me, lower than Angelo, and he was all covered up.” Riccoppeli said Lorendi was dead by the time he reached him. ‘John called to me to get help.” | Riccoppeli related, “but I told him I| was caught and told him not to worry-—some one would soon be there.” | Jack Borlas, who had been helping with the timbering, re-entered the | hole 45 minutes later and heard the | men calling “All the while I was talking to John.” Riccoppeli said, “but I didn't tell him Angelo was dead because I didn't want to discourage him.” The mine is on property owned by the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & | Iron Co. It was abandoned several Fears ago. RANDOLPH TO HEAD POLICE BILLS STUDY Palmisano Names West Virginian as Chairman of Special Subcommittee. Chairman Palmisano of the House District Committee today appointed Representative Randolph, Democrat, of West Virginia to head a special gubcommittee to consider bills author- | izing the Commissioners to reinstate | four dismissed policemen. Randolph succeeds Representative Kennedy, Democrat, of Maryland, who | resigned as subcommittee chairman | because he said the Claims Commit- tee. which he heads, is demanding too | much of his time. Representative Jenckes, Democrat, | of Indiana was named by Palmisano to fill the vacancy on the subcommit- tee caused by Kennedy's resignation. The police bills were referred to the eubcommittee several weks ago, and the hearings scheduled on them sev- | eral weeks ago postponed because of the absence of the subcommittee members. Erosion Ruins Vast Areas. Ruin or damage by erosion of 100,- 000,000 acres of soil in the United | States is blamed by the Government | on faulty use of land. {‘Z‘.E“‘"°flun-:;.- 129 Yre li:';“'“gc:',"’d W, PN WiaRy co- C. oot st 0 OVATaE. o B4 \omis: 2007 B pepnes® 00 & ‘Call From the Lord’ Fast of 53 DaysIs Blamed for Death By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, August 3.— Miss Aida Zinkan, 63, died of starvation after & 53-day fast “for the glory of the Lord" & county autopsy surgeon decided yesterday. Mrs. Anna Ashcroft, with whom she lived, said Miss Zinkan had a “call from the Lord” and fasted, but had begun to drink fruit juices a few days before her death Saturday. She attended one of Aimee Semple McPherson's Four Square Gospel churches in Gardena, but church officials said she was not & member, ANNOUNCES WINNERS IN PRINTING ESSAYS Giegengack Reveals Recipients of Prizes in Washington Club Contest. Prize winners in the essay contest conducted by the Washington Club of the Printing House Craftsmen for local printing trade apprentices were announced yesterday by A. E. Giegen- gack, public printer and past presi- dent of the International Association of Printing House Craftsmen. Sixty-nine contestants submitted- papers on the subject, “The Develop- ments in the Graphic Arts During the Past Ten Years and the Effects of These Developments Upon the Indus- try.” Prize awards were made yes- terday afternoon in Giegengack's office. The winner of first prize was Irv- ing Studenberg, apprentice in the Government Printing Office. His award is an all-expense trip to the International Association's ~ Conven- tion in Cleveland. Other winners were | John E. Lecraw, second: Thomas M. Britt. third; Maurice C. Clerman fourth, and John M. Connor, Edward J. Bush, Stanley W. Stephenson, jr.; James Carroll and James Ocrdon.‘ honorable mention. 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