Rescue teams near Pottsville, Pa., hampered by a driving rainstorm which turned the area into a sea of mud and dumped streams of water down the mine shaft, clawed their way through tons of rock and coal to reach three men trapped by a cave-in.

After 20 hours of digging they found:

• Russell Delbert, Wiconisco
• John Hnatishion, St. Clair
• Stanley Gravish, Cumbola

The coroner said they suffocated.