Show 1111 TWO IWO MEN agal MINE mine horror in russia wh ch re suits in heavy loss of life many of injured being crazed from shock european russia fire has broken out in the Ri kovsky mine which on friday was the scene of an explosion ot of gas that resulted in a heavy loss of life the work of 0 rescue and fighting the fire Is being conducted under thi greatest difficult ties more than men remain down in the mine shut la in by falling earth and their fate la Is unknown one hundred and sixty dead bodies already have been brought out many ut the men were burned to death while others had their heads and limbs torn off by the force of the ex seventy five wounded were removed to hospitals and of these ten have already expired and many more ire dying it Is believed that the present known number of dead will be increased by seventy five the explosion occurred just after the shift entered the mine the last twenty men in the shift were still in the cage at the bottom of the ahart and they were drawn to the surface i 1 uninjured rescue parties were at once organized and commenced to go down six of the rescuers were suffocated but the others bravely continued at work in the meanwhile the 5 miners who had gathered at the head of the shaft became so excited that troops had to be summoned they cleared the ground and allowed only members rs of the families of victims to to come with voth si their cordon heartrending scenes were witnesses as the mangled bodies of the dead men were brought to the surface and given over to the bereaved women many of the 1 bounded are quite mad from shock the cause of the explosion Is not known |