Show sim MINERS MEET DEATH IN COAL MINE gas explosion in same mine in which in 1903 one hundred and sixty nine lives were snuffed out hanna wyo this camp was visited by another catastrophe saturday afternoon and the lives of probably sixty men were snuff snuffed ed out by an explosion of gas in mine no 1 of the union pacific copt coal company A fire had been raging below the tenth level for a week and the force of miners had been laid off for the day fearing an accident might occur superintendent in bigggs and foreman durton burton with a crew of eighteen men all experienced miners with gas men and fire lighters fighters went town down into the workings early in the morning to fight the conflagration which was rapidly eating its way through the workings at 3 the men above tho the workings the idle miners in thear homes and about town were startled by an awful roar followed by a heavy boom and the shaking of the earth and trembling of the buildings all knew what had happened hap ened and there was a rush to the mine doth both entries had caved in and mine timbers had been blown great distances about the 0 outside workings relief parties went to work to secure the bodies for they know knew there was little hope of any of 1 the tha men being alive while the relief party was at work a second explosion occurred the second explosion occurred at 1030 at night snuffing out the lives of the members of a rescue party including state mine aline inspector D al sties the names of the men killed in the first explosion were ascertained certa ined from the companas comp anys books but those of the rescuers were not known as no record was kept of those who volunteered tor for this dangerous work that none hesitated in responding to the call for volunteers in the rescue of their fellow workmen after the first explosion Is shown in the fact that not a working official of 0 the three mines of tho the union pacific coal company in this camp Is left all were in the mine seeking to aid th their air stricken friends when the second explosion transformed mine no I 1 into a shambles A further evidence eviden cp that the leaders of the men of the camp were there Is shown in the fact that every official member of the local lodge of united mine aline workers of america Is missing supposedly dead in the mine the disaster brings the number ot ol victims of explosions in mine no I 1 during the twenty years of its opera tion to the neighborhood of the greatest previous loss of life occurred on juno 30 1903 when men fell victims to deadly gas |