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Show MANY LIVES ARE LOS f BY AN EXPLOSION IN A MINE IN WASHINGTON BULLETIN.. TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 8. One more body, that of John Peura, was recovered from the mine at Burnett this morning. This makes twelve recovered. re-covered. It is expected that four other bodies will be found before night. ' , It is found that Andrew Mats on is among the missing, making sixteen in all. Until the scene of the explosion is reached, which is about a mile underground, under-ground, the officials will not venture to express any opinion as to the cause of the explosion. BURNETT, Wash., Dec. 8. One of the most terrible calamities that has ever blighted the mining industry In the State of Washington occurred in the Burnett coal mine. Without a moment's warning at least eleven lives were snuffed out and it is believed that the death list will total fifteen. Following the awful catastrophe searching parties par-ties were immediately organized and they worked incessantly until 11:30 o'clock last night, by which time eleven burnt and mangled corpses had been recovered. Of these unfortunate victims eight are men of families, while three were unmarried. There were known to be at least four other miners in the shaft, but it was deemed unsafe to continue working during dur-ing the night and the effort to rescue them was abandoned before midnight. While there is slight hope that these may still be living, they have practically been given up for lost, for it is not believed be-lieved they could have survived. Scene Is Heartrending. The scene in Burnett is heartrending. Frantic women, unconsolable with sorrow, sor-row, are crying for their loved onea Little children seek their fathers who met death while earning the support for the family. On every face is depicted anguish, while the grief of those who seek but have not found their loved ones is awful to behold. Few slept last night, as almost every house was turned into a morgue. The- cause of the explosion has not been definitely ascertained and opinions vary. By some, the theory is advanced that fire damp Is responsible for the disaster, dis-aster, but this will not be known until an Investigation has been held. The Burnett mine Is owned by the South Prairie Coal company. Some Reached Safe Places. At the time of the accident there were about forty men at work. Just prior to the fatal explosion some of the miners had ascended to the surface and others, more fortunate than the victims, were able to make their way to safety after the terrible blast which shook the neigh, boring territory like an earthquake. One by one the eleven bodies were taken ta-ken from the gas-choked mine and the burs searchers) continued until the were endangered by caving walls and noxious gases. Two Will Recevor. Two workmen wertr rescued badly injured, in-jured, but It is believed they will recover. re-cover. They are Gustave Stran and Joseph Jo-seph Forsythe. They are seriously cut and bruised. The Burnett mines employes between 75 and 100 miners, working in two shifts. Many of the employees are Poles and Italians and the married victims of the catastrophe leave large families. The list of the dead Is aa follows: Justus E!on, married. . Matt Karkos, married. Erick Luoma, married. Oscar Mukaii, married. Oscar Fiiro, married. Andrew Matson, married.' John Lewis, married. Matt Peura, married. John Luoma, married. Oscar Luoma, married. John Valco, single. .: . |