Young Girls Killed

INXOCEXTS SLAiy. Wilkksbaere, Pa, Feb. 27. - Folio wixig are the details of the disaster occurriag- at Plymouth, a few miles from her, Monday afternoon, by which eleven girls were killed and two men dangerously iajurcd. Back of the Gaylord shaft stood tbe factory of John Towell, used for the manufacture of squibs, URed by miners in loosening coal in the mines. The factory employed eig-hty-four gii-fa, ïanging from 15 to 22 years of ag-e, and several workmen. While the majority of the girls were at their homes eating dinner the people were Btartled )jy the deafening thunders of a terriflc explosión. They rushed stncken to their doors and windows, and in the distance saw clouda of smoke ascending from the squib factory. Soon a large crowd had gathered around It and women began wringing their j hands, and men turned away from the Bight i presented when the charred body of a j girl was seen lying in one of the rooms and the fact became known that at least twenty pereons were in the building at the time of the explosión eatitig their noonday lunch. The scène was fraught with terror, as the girls, some of them bleeding, others gasping for a few breaths of fresh air, rushed to the Windows and screamed frantically for help. About thia time a dozen minere from the adjoining colliery came upon the scène and as soon as they saw the bleeding forms of the girls calling for aid they rushed toward the building tu a body, but fate prevented their proffered succor. As soon as they stepped near the door another terrlflc explosión took place and the entlre building collapsed, burying in the ruine the forms that a moment bef ore stood erying for asslstance. The braver of the men, when the smoke and flying debris had settled, rushed among the ruins, and one by one the bodies were found and taken out, charred beyond recognition.bleeding and mang-led. As mothers Baw and recognized some familiar token or piece of dress by which they could teil their loved ones the scène was one that repreeented the extreme throes of sorrow. The bodiea, as fast as they were taken out, were removed to an undertaking establishment, where they were placed in a row. The features of the deadwere so badly mutilated that they were scarcely recognizable. The killed so f ar as known are : Kate Jones, ased 18; Maggle Lynch, aged 21; Haute Jones, aged Í6; Gladdis Rees, aged 15; Mary Walters, aged 17; Magg e Richards, aged 17; MaryA. Lake, aged 17; Ruth Powell, aged 19: Esther Powell, aged 22; Jane Anne Thomas, aged 16; Charlotte Humphries, aged 17. John Powell, the proprietor, was badly injured. as was Foreman Reese, and it is feared that a further search may result In the finding of other bodies. At the main entrance to the factory the remains of flve of the girls were found. They must have made an effort to get out af ter the first explosión, but were caught in the debris before they could reach the door. Not one of the bodies was recognizable. Some had their heads blown off, others their arms, and a majority were minus both legs and arms.