Nine inspectors today began an investigation to determine the cause of a mine roof cave-in that killed two miners yesterday near Masontown.
Michael Lakatos, 46, of Masontown, was killed instantly when tons of roof slate fell in the Kinsley Company mine. Frank Hower, 48, also of Masontown, died a short time later in the Uniontown Hospital.
Published Aug. 24, 1939, The Monessen Daily Independent, Monessen, PA