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| | Braeburn Mine & Metcalf Mine, Braeburn, Allegheny Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA, U.S.A. |
 | | While the nearby poverty-stricken hamlet of Braeburn today prepared to bury the three victims of the worst mine disaster in its history, state and federal authorities were pushing their investigation into causes. |
 | | Forbes, the federal man, said: "Open flame lamps are used in Drift Mines, but I wouldn't say that their use is the safest practice." He hinted that he would probe into the use of the lamps, but insisted that it was not a known fact that the lamps caused the explosion. |
 | | Rescuers leaving blasted Braeburn Mine's mouth with a victim of the explosion, Campbell Woods, one of the ten trapped miners in the Braeburn Mine gas explosion of Sept. 21, 1934. |
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