Show 10 I 1 SCENE OF m I 1 N E BUST GAS EXPLOSION FOLLOWED BY BOTH BLACK AND WHITE IS CL CLAIMED AIMED CAUSE known death toll tol reaches ninety five rescuers penetrating walls of debris thrown down by of heavy explosion kemmerer wyo their way through the partially dismantled ills mantled portions ot of frontier mine no 1 of the kemmerer coal company one mile from liero here scene 0 of an shortly after 8 tuesday morning I 1 n go resell rescue a workers had brought out alive thirty seven ot of the miners entombed hy by the blast it Is feared that men still unaccounted for have perished it Is the con census of the rescue workers at the mine that the tragedy was the result of a gas explosion followed by both white anti black damp somo of the rescued miners claim to have seen a ton tongue tio of flame shoot from tile extreme low levels when the blast occurred while others were of contrary opinion there was no official announcement anti ounce made to the cause causa of the dalsas disaster the down town undertaking es and the 1 I 0 0 F liall hall to Nir which litch the bodies of the dead miners were brought from the scene of the disaster were crowded wednesday with relatives and friends seeking to e 0 the identity of their loved ones onea As aa yet there Is no authentic list of either dead missing or rescued tile due to file great contusion confusion which prevailed since the explosion Au authorities thorl said they had not been able to make a completely accurate chock check on the employees who were working in the be mine when the blast came A first aid station was established at the mouth of tile mine and as the survivors came out they diey were given emergency treatment A corps of six ix doctors twelve nurses and aed cross workers remained at the portal throughout tho day clay in tire the mine the ho crew of car no 2 of tho the united states bureau of mines assisted rescuers and directed in first aid to the victims who who had been overcome by gas gag rind ind smoke the rescuers passed through tho the workings as hurriedly as possible searching only tor for the Il living ving the dead were found scattered throughout tho the main slope but their bodies were not touched until 9 wednesday night when tile the task of bringing them to the surface began after hopes were abandoned of finding any more men alive indications were that those who had survived had bad taken shelter sli elter in rooms oft off the passageways eways through which the smoke and gas from the explosion swept anti and either hall had lain fain on the floor or bratti brattich cM oft off areas which were kept tree free from gas scores apparently had thrown down their tools and rushed from tho the ro rooms offis only to be met by almost in stant death us its the wave of gas en them T the he bodies of nearly all the victims were blackened as if by dense smoke As rapidly as they were brought to in the surface they were taken tal to the morgue where they were identified rind and preparations preparation amade tor for burial |