Show EXPLOSION IN MINES EIGHT MEN KILLED BY GAS EXPLOSION ON IN SHAFT OF washington PROPERTY colu column mn of fire thrown hundred 8 0 0 fee feet t into tho the air ignited t the he shaft plant and adjoining buildings building causing fearful conflagration roslyn wash eight men were ware killed and three fatally injured in fit an explosion of gas in the shaft abaft of mine no 4 of the tha northwestern improvement company at 12 1245 sunday afternoon when the explosion occurred occur mol a column of fire wati was thrown hundreds of teet feet into the lh air Igni trig the shaft plant and adjoining buIN burnings Ings under the interim intense beat the hoist of the shaft crumbled and fell into tho the furnace below cinders were blown fr in all directions and buildings in various ou parts of the biittig mining town took fire the citizens were able to extinguish these small fires and the roslyn firo department aided by apparatus and men sent cent from Cle elum three away finally confined the blaze to the main buildings of the mine tho the scene in roslyn immediately following the accident was one ot of wild confusion contu slon men women and children rushed from their homes at the sound bound of the explosion ind and hurried to the tha mine it was not known how many men were working in the tha shaft bhatt and people ran frantically about searching tor for rola relatives tives in the crowd that gathered near the burning shaft the manes of the northwestern improvement pro company are the largest in the state and havo have a producing capacity of tons they employ 2500 men the loss of shaft no 4 which was waa ono one of the biggest producers operated by the company will affect the coal output of tho otate |