Cremated By Coal Oil

FiNDLAT, O., Sept. 3. - Three men were roasted alive ia the burning of an immense oil tank belonging to the Buckeye pumpJine, at Oil Center, twelve miles from this place, early Saturday morning, When the men went to work it was noticed that' the tank was leaking, and a forcé was immediately set to work to repair the damage. Several of the men were at work at the top of the tank and others at its base, when the sides suddenly feil in, carrying the men with them. The vat at the time contained 20,000 barrels of oil, and this poured fourth in all directions, carrying the men with it and rushing onward with such force that they were unabla to escape. A ditch some feet deep temporarily checked the flow of oil and all but three of the men had succeeded in escaping, when the petroleum suddenly caught re from a forge. In a moment the entire mass was blazing fiercely, while from the midst of it the shrieks and cries for help of the three doomed men could be plainly heard. It was impossible to alïord them any aid, the only thing the spectators could do being to build temporary dams and big ditches to lead the blazing oil away from the sixty-three other tanks which were scattered around. In this they were tuccessf ui. It was at flrst thought that at least ten men had lost their lives, but a roll cali of the employés showed that only three - James P. East, Charles Grace and Rembrandt Kansom- had lost their lives. The bodies of the men were recovered some time af ter the accident, nothing being left but the bones, which crumbled away when the searching party endeavored to piek them up. The okeletons of a number of animáis, which were also cremated in the blazing flood, were also found. The flames continued to burn with f earful strength during the entire day, immense clouds of dense snioke extending over the sky so that they nearly overhuiig Ibis city. Late Saturday evening the burning oil began to creep dangerously near the other tanks, each of which has a capacity of 36,000 barrels, and gangs of men Were hastily sent from Lima and this city to aid iu subduing the flames.